Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.7%
Allow Rate
-14.3% vs TC avg
93
Total Applications
+33.1%
Interview Lift
1208
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 35 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
0.5%
§102 Novelty
51.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18107931 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR Final Rejection L'OREAL
18009003 AQUEOUS COMPOSITION FOR CARING FOR AND/OR MAKING UP KERATIN MATERIALS COMPRISING A FATTY ACID MONOESTER, A FATTY ACID SALT, A PULLULAN AND A POLYOL Final Rejection L'OREAL
17921799 ANHYDROUS COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYOLS, MONOALCOHOLS, FATTY AMINES AND AT LEAST 0.1% OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17956991 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17852729 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STYLING HAIR Non-Final OA L'Oreal
17297765 COMPOSITION COMPRISING HECTORITE AND PECTIN Final Rejection L'OREAL
18337547 VIRUS-INACTIVATING LIQUID AGENT AND VIRUS-INACTIVATING ARTICLE Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18155109 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION AND USAGE METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
17988191 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND APPARATUS FOR COATING BONE MATERIAL Non-Final OA Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
17996391 SELF-TANNING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN ALKYL SULFONATE AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Kao Corporation
17995277 TOPICAL SKIN PREPARATION COMPOSITION Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18019786 Method for Producing Microcapsules Non-Final OA Symrise AG
18114937 Oral Care Compositions Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18114950 Oral Care Compositions Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18711303 Fertilizer Composition Including Multi-Micronutrients Non-Final OA Sabic Agri-Nutrients Company
18691616 COSMETIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18567872 HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND COSMETICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
18005404 COOLING SENSATION COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection GIVAUDAN SA
18686785 USE OF 2-AMINO-3-METHYLHEXANOIC ACID IN PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH AND INCREASING YIELD Non-Final OA NANJING TIANNONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18571558 SUSPENDING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ISP Investments LLC
18291707 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA ModernaTX, Inc.
18267619 FUNGICIDAL OXADIAZOLES AND THEIR MIXTURES Non-Final OA FMC CORPORATION
17998050 CO-GROUND ACTIVE(S) COMPRISING PRODUCT COMPRISING SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE Non-Final OA Omya International AG
18565031 SKIN CARE COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATION TO SKIN Non-Final OA COSMED PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18373686 ANTIMICROBIAL COATING COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Polaroid IP B.V.
18223943 Drug Implants Containing Darolutamide and Methods of Use Thereof Non-Final OA Alessa Therapeutics, Inc.
17795127 HAIR CLEANSING FORMULATION Final Rejection Union Carbide Corporation
17800350 OXYGEN/CARBON DIOXIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR MEDICAL USES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH
17916896 COMPOSITIONS BASED ON AT LEAST TWO GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS Non-Final OA TEOXANE SA
18247530 PHOTOSTABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF REDUCING OR CONTROLLING WEED POPULATION APPLYING SAID COMPOSITION Final Rejection UPL Corporation Limited

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