Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
+80.0%
Interview Lift
1069
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.5%
§102 Novelty
38.8%
§103 Obviousness
20.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18265453 MICROPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TRIFLUDIMOXAZIN Non-Final OA BASF SE
18263296 COMPOSITE FILLER, AND PRODUCT USING THE SAME Final Rejection LG CHEM, LTD.
18279684 TWO-PHASE COMPOSITION Final Rejection L'OREAL
18258408 INVERSE EMULSION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FATTY ALCOHOL, A NON-IONIC SUGAR ESTER, ETHYLCELLULOSE AND METHOD EMPLOYING IT Final Rejection L'OREAL
18255789 PROCESS FOR PREPARING A SHAMPOO FROM AN ANHYDROUS SOLID SURFACTANT COMPOSITION Final Rejection L'OREAL
18037294 COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYEING BASE, AT LEAST ONE ASSOCIATIVE POLYMER AND AT LEAST ONE FATTY SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18251414 ASSOCIATION OF A VICHY THERMAL WATER AND AN EXTRACT OF AT LEAST ONE BACTERIUM FROM THE SPECIES VITREOSCILLA FILIFORMIS CULTURED ON A MEDIUM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE VICHY THERMAL WATER Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18151132 CELLULOSIC PARTICLE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18255343 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18286344 ANHYDROUS AGENT FOR DYEING KERATIN MATERIAL, IN PARTICULAR HUMAN HAIR, CONTAINING AMINO SILICONES, PIGMENTS AND PARTICULAR ALKYLENE GLYCOLS Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18010028 Methods and Compositions for Use in Glued-Wood Products Final Rejection ARXADA AG
18014824 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UNDESIRABLE VEGETATION IN AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection BASF AGRO B.V.
18564413 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACRYLATE COPOLYMER DISPERSANT Non-Final OA RHODIA OPERATIONS
18109436 INFLUENCE OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES ON THE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF TITANATE NANOWIRES Non-Final OA BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
18316623 NANOFIBROUS SCAFFOLD COMPRISING USNIC ACID FOR SKIN TISSUE REGENERATION Final Rejection PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18253814 TAU-FLUVALINATE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Adama Makhteshim Ltd.
18018105 Aqueous Composition Final Rejection Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17958294 Orthodontic Chew, Comfort Tape, and Therapeutic Sticker for Use in the Mouth Non-Final OA ORTHONU, LLC
17581825 ORTHODONTIC CHEW AND COMFORT TAPE Final Rejection ORTHONU, LLC
18029531 SUSPENSION CONCENTRATE DISPERSANTS Non-Final OA Croda International Plc
18375599 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING GROWTH OF PLANTS Final Rejection INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
18560432 AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITION, AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATION, USE OF A DIOXABICYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE, AND, METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF DISEASES OR PESTS IN A PLANT OR PLANT SEED Non-Final OA Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio
18376238 LIQUID CRYSTAL COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH EXCELLENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR FORMING MICROCURRENT Final Rejection NEW&NEW Co., Ltd.
18036471 HYALURONIC ACID COMPOSITION HAVING PERMEATION-PROMOTING EFFECT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BLOOMAGE BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED
18282719 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION Non-Final OA YUVA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18458104 COSMETIC COMPOSITION INCLUDING MICRONEEDLES IMPREGNATED WITH CICA EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA VT Co., Ltd.
18276937 COMPOSITION IN WHICH ABSORBABILITY OF POORLY ABSORBABLE DRUG IS IMPROVED Non-Final OA MEDRx Co., Ltd.
18228237 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PLANT PATHOGENS INCLUDING NEMATODES Non-Final OA Kannar Earth Science, Ltd.
18275002 LIQUID PESTICIDE COMPOSITION CONTAINING NANO-BUBBLES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Greaux Alliance, LLC
18272652 A TISSUE FILLER COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID GEL AND A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI REKTORLUK

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