Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: UTECH, BENJAMIN L

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1700 1716 1718 1722 1731 1733 1737 1746 1747 1754

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+35.0% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1319
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
51.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17801188 IMPURITY PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMPURITY PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18529751 LAUNDRY TREATMENT COMPOSITION INCLUDING A POLYALKYLENECARBONATE COMPOUND Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18383951 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STRONG AND SOFT TISSUE AND TOWEL PRODUCTS Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17917344 Method for Manufacturing Mixture of Positive Electrode Active Material Particles of Nickel-Rich Lithium Composite Transition Metal Oxide Final Rejection LG Chem, Ltd.
18466028 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18012470 NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18563972 AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH ELECTROSTATIC FILTER, MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SUCH AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA AUDI AG
18156192 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE Final Rejection SK ON CO., LTD.
18275477 ELECTROLYTE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT UNIT Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18453071 INSITU BUILD POWDER CHARACTERIZATION FOR POWDER BED FUSION Final Rejection RTX Corporation
18130025 MICRONIZED FLUX FOR JET VALVE DISPENSER Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18002749 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK OF PROGRESS THROUGH A USAGE SESSION Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17951218 Sheet-Like Pseudoboehmite Final Rejection SK ie technology Co., Ltd.
18579803 RESIN COMPOSITION FOR DICING PROTECTION LAYER AND TREATMENT METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
17925175 CMP POLISHING LIQUID AND POLISHING METHOD Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
17776380 METHOD FOR PREPARING A HYDROGEN TANK COMPRISING A SEALING LAYER AND A BASE Final Rejection ARKEMA FRANCE
18188340 VAPORIZATION CORE, VAPORIZER, AND ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE Final Rejection SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17791042 METHOD OF FLAVORING AND AGING SMOKING MATERIAL AND SMOKING ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
17890955 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR CORRELATING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) MEASUREMENTS WITH DEGREE OF SENSITIZATION (DOS) VALUES TO DETERMINE THE SENSITIZATION OF AN ALLOY Final Rejection NUtech Ventures

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