Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.6%
Allow Rate
-19.4% vs TC avg
91
Total Applications
+39.3%
Interview Lift
1315
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
18.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17909561 NEW AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATIONS Final Rejection BASF SE
18019786 Method for Producing Microcapsules Non-Final OA Symrise AG
18062575 HEMOSTATIC MATERIAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18255490 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
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
18255660 SOLID COMPOSITION COMPRISING A COMBINATION OF PARTICULAR ANIONIC SURFACTANTS AND AT LEAST ONE CATIONIC POLYSACCHARIDE Final Rejection L'OREAL
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 Final Rejection Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
18620171 Personal Care Compositions Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18114950 Oral Care Compositions Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18114937 Oral Care Compositions Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
18064376 USING OXYGEN IN NANOBUBBLES TO IMPROVE CHARACTERISTICS OF POULTRY Final Rejection PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18711303 Fertilizer Composition Including Multi-Micronutrients Non-Final OA Sabic Agri-Nutrients Company
18691616 COSMETIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18502714 Oxidative Hair Treatment Compositions Non-Final OA WELLA GERMANY GMBH
17989560 WATER-BASED INSECTICIDAL AND INSECT REPELLENT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
18005404 COOLING SENSATION COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection GIVAUDAN SA
17763028 CERIUM OXIDE INORGANIC FILLER-REINFORCED POLYMER AND TWO-COMPONENT COSMETIC COMPOSITION USING SAME Final Rejection LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
18567872 HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND COSMETICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Denka Company Limited
18686785 USE OF 2-AMINO-3-METHYLHEXANOIC ACID IN PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH AND INCREASING YIELD Non-Final OA NANJING TIANNONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18685165 MICROCAPSULE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF IN PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING DAMAGE TO SALIVARY GLANDS CAUSED BY RADIATION THERAPY Non-Final OA BEIJING STOMATOLOGICAL HOSPITAL, CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18571558 SUSPENDING POLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ISP Investments LLC

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