Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1616
This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases
Sarah Clinkscales Wistner is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1616. She has 28 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 25.0 percent. This 25.0 percent rate indicates the proportion of applications that reach issuance under her review. The median days to allowance of 1297 provides a timeline for the duration of the prosecution process for successful cases. Practitioners should use this timing metric to plan their patent strategy and manage expectations in Tech Center 1600.
The interview lift of 81.0 percent suggests that conducting an interview significantly increases the probability of a grant. This 81.0 percent lift is a key metric for practitioners deciding whether to engage in direct communication with the examiner to resolve rejections. With 28 resolved cases, the data reflects an initial examination history. The median days to allowance of 1297 is a useful figure for managing the expected timeline of a patent application. Utilizing the interview process appears to be a critical component for navigating Art Unit 1616.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083627 | HEMOSTATIC COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18618015 | LIQUID EMBOLIC MATERIALS | Final Rejection | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 19050493 | RESIN PARTICLES AND COSMETIC PREPARATION | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP. |
| 19062173 | PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING TAILORED MONOLIPID-RHAMNOLIPIDS AND SULFATE-FREE SURFACTANTS | Non-Final OA | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| 18265721 | C13 - HYDROCARBON MIXTURE AND USE THEREOF | Final Rejection | BASF SE |
| 17780015 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TACTILE SENSATION OF DYED KERATINOUS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY HUMAN HAIR | Final Rejection | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
| 19002887 | NOVEL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PROTEINS FROM ATRINA SP. BYSSUS AND USES THEREOF | Non-Final OA | POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION |
| 18618199 | LONG-WEAR COMPOSITIONS | Final Rejection | L'OREAL |
| 18253667 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYEING BASE, AT LEAST ONE GUAR GUM AND AT LEAST ONE FATTY SUBSTANCE | Non-Final OA | L'Oreal |
| 18041744 | STABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLYDATIN | Final Rejection | L'OREAL |
| 18071946 | HAIR REMOVAL POLYMERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Non-Final OA | L'OREAL |
| 17796888 | COATING AGENT AND MEDICAL MATERIAL USING SAME | Non-Final OA | Toray Industries, Inc. |
| 18973959 | Oral Care Compositions | Non-Final OA | Colgate-Palmolive Company |
| 18770842 | COMPOSITION FOR SOLID DISPERSION, SOLID DISPERSION, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SOLID DISPERSION | Non-Final OA | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| 17788271 | FIBER TREATMENT AGENT COMPOSITION | Final Rejection | KAO CORPORATION |
| 17979134 | SYNTHETIC SURGICAL HEMOSTAT | Final Rejection | BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA |
| 18276518 | MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HYPERPIGMENTATION | Final Rejection | SYMRISE AG |
| 18795174 | SURFACTANTS FOR USE IN PERSONAL CARE AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS | Non-Final OA | AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals LLC |
| 17948277 | Refillable Implantable Device for Delivering a Drug Compound | Non-Final OA | Celanese EVA Performance Polymers LLC |
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