Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WALTERS JR, ROBERT S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1711 1717 1737 1759 1787 1792 1796 2893

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.4%
Allow Rate
-16.6% vs TC avg
1,155
Total Applications
+50.4%
Interview Lift
1290
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1092 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.1%
§102 Novelty
74.9%
§103 Obviousness
19.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18059456 WATER-BASED INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, AND INK STORAGE CONTAINER Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19004988 APPAREL FABRIC WITH HEAT RETENTION Non-Final OA Under Armour, Inc.
17081773 SURFACE ENCASING MATERIAL LAYER Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18241465 LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
18726680 METHOD FOR PREPARING RADIATIVE COOLING METAMATERIAL BY POWDER COATING Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
17579163 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING FILM COMPRISING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING LAYER Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18879445 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18656477 SUBSTRATE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
17906353 FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
19055475 PREPARATION METHOD OF BISMUTH ION FILTER MEMBRANE AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA WORK TOGETHER MARKETING CONSULTANT LIMITED
18585922 WATER-CURABLE SILICONE COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection BMIC LLC
18275456 EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL Final Rejection Toray Industries, Inc.
18437836 SILICA-COATED CELLULOSE NANOFIBER MODIFIED WITH HYDROPHOBIC FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18856877 BORON-CONTAINING PRECURSORS FOR THE ALD DEPOSITION OF BORON NITRIDE FILMS Non-Final OA Versum Materials US, LLC
18941351 THERMALLY CURABLE FILM-FORMING COMPOSITIONS PROVIDING BENEFITS IN APPEARANCE AND SAG CONTROL PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18691502 CURING OF COATING COMPOSITIONS BY APPLICATION OF PULSED INFRARED RADIATION Final Rejection PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
18848912 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18674793 A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR ENCAPSULATING A COMPONENT ARRANGED ON A SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA GN Hearing A/S
18784245 Top Coat Composition Non-Final OA AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
18715288 A DECORATIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Chiyoda Europa
18712760 USE OF A PAINT FORMULATION CONTAINING METALLIC EFFECT PIGMENTS FOR PAINTING A VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A RADAR SENSOR AND A LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA SCHLENK METALLIC PIGMENTS GMBH
17328150 Crosslinked Aromatic Polymer Compositions and Methods of Making Insulation Coatings For Use on Components Subject to High Temperature, Corrosive and/or High Voltage End Applications Non-Final OA Greene, Tweed Technologies, Inc.
18702276 PROCESS FOR COATING A GRANULAR MATERIAL, COATED GRANULAR MATERIAL AND KIT Non-Final OA ASK CHEMICALS GMBH
18611814 METHOD FOR FORMING TWO-COLOR COATING LAYER Non-Final OA GIANT GLORY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18586543 ELECTRODE PLATE INSPECTION METHOD, METHOD FOR FABRICATING POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRODE PLATE INSPECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Production Engineering Co., Ltd.
18040740 MOLECULE-CONTAINING SURFACES AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Durham
18178368 DIRECT METHOD OF SYNTHESIS OF ZNO NWS/SWCNTS AND ZNO NWS/GRAPHENE HETEROSTRUCTURES Final Rejection Saint Louis University
18038100 Starch as a Primer for Substrates Non-Final OA Knauf Gips KG
18275716 COMPOSITE PLASTIC COMPRISING PLANT FIBER, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KING'S FLAIR DEVELOPMENT LTD.
18018472 PLASMA COATING WITH NANOMATERIAL Final Rejection XEFCO PTY LTD

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