Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: USELDING, JOHN E

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1763 1796

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.2%
Allow Rate
-11.8% vs TC avg
1331
Total Applications
+17.8%
Interview Lift
1004
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1262 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.6%
§102 Novelty
44.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18647000 POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection BASF SE
18283477 POLYMER COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYACRYLIC BLOCK COPOLYMER AND AROMATIC BASED POLYALKYLENEOXIDE AS DISPERSANT Non-Final OA BASF SE
18245514 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE Non-Final OA BASF SE
17772564 Flame-Retardant Polyester Molding Compositions Non-Final OA BASF SE
17754331 Polyamide Composition and the Article Thereof Final Rejection BASF SE
17937624 AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18165372 Water-Based Ink Jet Ink Composition Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17347508 Fabricating Porous Metallic Coatings Via Electrodeposition and Compositions Thereof Non-Final OA Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
18655177 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FLUOROPOLYMER, SURFACTANT FOR POLYMERIZATION, AND USE OF SURFACTANT Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18464353 COATING COMPOSITION, COATING MEMBRANE, LAMINATE, AND COATED ARTICLE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18452908 COPOLYMER, MOLDED BODY, INJECTION MOLDED BODY, AND COATED ELECTRICAL WIRE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18245065 USE OF DIEUGENOL, OLIGOMERS AND/OR POLYMERS OF EUGENOL FOR STABILIZING ORGANIC MATERIALS, STABILIZED PLASTICS COMPOSITION, STABILIZER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING ORGANIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
17996747 ADDITIVE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF, CONDENSATION POLYMER COMPOSITION, MOLDING COMPOUND AND MOLDING COMPOUNDS PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND MOLDED PARTS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
18123496 HYDRAULIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
18262521 CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION Non-Final OA ADEKA CORPORATION
18183271 NAILABLE CONCRETE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
18158678 RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED PRODUCT, COMPOSITE AND ITS USE Final Rejection AGC Inc.
17999761 WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
18028876 PROCESS FOR THE REDUCTION OF REGIOISOMER WHERE THE DOUBLE BOND IS SHIFTED FROM ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALKOXYLATED ALCOHOLS Non-Final OA SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
18024155 CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING POWDERED POLYURETHANE Non-Final OA SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
18015861 CLAY BLOCKING ADDITIVES FOR GYPSUM COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
18195061 RESIN COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE AGENT, AND COMPATIBILIZER Final Rejection KURARAY CO., LTD.
18248763 HEAT STABILIZER FOR POLYMER PROCESSING USING PHOSPHATE WITH SUPPRESSED CRYSTALLINITY, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
18258878 MOISTURE-CURABLE SEMICONDUCTIVE FORMULATION Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18549717 POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITION FOR CABLE INSULATION Non-Final OA BOREALIS AG
17416985 CROSSLINKING ACCELERATORES FOR SILANE-GROUP CONTAINING POLYMER COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection BOREALIS AG
18906924 Feeding performance of low-melting Polymer Processing Additive Preblends Final Rejection National Industrialization Company (TASNEE)
18251108 BIOACTIVE POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER, POLYETHYLENE MACROMOLECULE AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
18020531 THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, MOLDED ARTICLE, COMPOUNDING AGENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TRANSMISSIVITY Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
17990786 Plateable Polymer Composition for Use at High Frequencies Final Rejection Ticona LLC

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