Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WANG, ALEXANDER A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1741 1754 1784

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alexander A. Wang is assigned to Art Unit 1741 in Tech Center 1700. The examiner has 272 resolved cases and an allowance rate pct of 66.2. This performance indicates a balanced approach to examination within the chemical and materials science fields.

The interview lift pct of 20.7 suggests that interviews provide a meaningful advantage. This lift indicates that applicants who engage with the examiner are more likely to succeed than those who do not. The 66.2% allowance rate serves as the baseline for this comparison.

Successful applications reach a median days to allowance of 1148. This figure helps practitioners manage client expectations regarding the length of the patenting process. The data from 272 cases provides a reliable view of the examiner's historical trends.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

66.2%
Allow Rate
+1.2% vs TC avg
319
Total Applications
+20.7%
Interview Lift
1148
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 272 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
54.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18896672 MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS FOR APPLYING MATERIALS TO ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
18184897 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND ARTIFICIAL TOOTH OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17775916 PRINT HEAD FOR 3D PRINTER WITH AGILE PRESSURE EXERTION ON THE RAW MATERIAL Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18385675 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PARTS BY USING FIBRE CONTAINING FILAMENT CONTROLLING ELASTICITY AND ELONGATION Final Rejection Airbus Operations GmbH
18745146 METHOD FOR CLEANING AN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PART Final Rejection General Electric Company
18454965 INJECTION-MOLDING GATE CUTTING DEVICE AND GATE CUTTING METHOD Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
17814255 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
17866949 COMPOSITE MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18292370 IONOMER RESIN PARTICULATE PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA KURARAY EUROPE GMBH
18282337 METHOD FOR MAKING A LOW DENSITY THERMALLY RECYCLABLE POLYMER FOAM Final Rejection Huntsman International LLC
18773866 MULTISCALE-POROUS ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
19031790 METHOD OF FORMING AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR Non-Final OA Under Armour, Inc.
19050844 ROLL-TO-ROLL MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURE-CONTAINING POLYMER FILMS Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18222862 ELEVATOR ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELEVATOR Final Rejection KONE Corporation
18666751 INJECTION UNIT, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE Non-Final OA THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
17955707 POLYMERIC ARTICLES WITH ELECTRONIC CODE FORMED THEREON AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Berry Global, Inc.
17916355 Improvements in or Relating to Organic Compounds Final Rejection GIVAUDAN SA

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