Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.7%
Allow Rate
-6.3% vs TC avg
100
Total Applications
+30.9%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 41 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17795854 PESTICIDES AND INSECT REPELLENTS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18710916 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES AND INJURIES Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18327175 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LIPOPHILIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17784500 MEDICAL COMPOSITION OR DEVICE COMPRISING OLIGO(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) POLYMERS Final Rejection CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
17963270 MIXTURE OF PYRETHROIDS AND MILBEMYCINS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Valent BioSciences LLC
18260082 OIL-IN-WATER-TYPE COSMETIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18551537 A COMPOSITION FOR CARING FOR KERATIN MATERIALS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18256334 NON-STICKY SMOOTH STABLE COMPOSITION Final Rejection L'OREAL
18008259 PRETREATMENT COMPOSITION OF A PROCESS FOR DYEING OR BLEACHING KERATIN FIBERS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18000680 RETINOL-BASED COMPOSITION Final Rejection L'OREAL
18570754 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CINMETHYLINE AND ETHOFUMESATE Non-Final OA BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18559961 HERBICIDE/SAFENER COMBINATION BASED ON SAFENERS FROM THE CLASS OF SUBSTITUTED [(1,5-DIPHENYL-1H-1,2,4-TRIAZOL-3-YL)OXY]ACETIC ACIDS AND THEIR SALTS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18553804 Liquid Personal Care Compositions and Methods for the Same Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18017216 RECOMBINANT SILK COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection BOLT THREADS, INC.
17787649 HAIR TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a Unilever
18030264 CARBOXYLIC ACID CO-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
18500625 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection MARY KAY INC.
18709724 METHOD AND USE OF PROTEIN-RICH MIXTURE Non-Final OA STAM AGRO NV
18294875 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COSMETIC Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18000451 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION OVER SKIN Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18703675 FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA UCB Biopharma Srl
18703661 FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA UCB Biopharma SRL
18700827 Method for Treating Technical Products Non-Final OA THOR GMBH
18695745 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18606203 BEVERAGES CONTAINING NATURAL PRODUCTS Non-Final OA PK Beverages LLC
18577617 GUMMY DOSAGE FORMS Non-Final OA Zarbee's, Inc.
18268690 AQUEOUS COSMETIC Non-Final OA L V M H RECHERCHE
17629206 METHODS OF CREATING A SUBSTANCE WITH DIFFERENT FREEZING POINTS BY ENCAPSULATION Final Rejection Brixton Biosciences, Inc.
17782564 NEW COMPOSITION Final Rejection Nanexa AB
18102848 HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS Non-Final OA UPL Europe LTD

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