Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1616

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.1%
Allow Rate
-38.9% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+68.3%
Interview Lift
1408
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
34.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17234656 WOUND PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT AND RELATED COMPOUNDS, MATRICES, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18265721 C13 - HYDROCARBON MIXTURE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BASF SE
18276518 MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HYPERPIGMENTATION Non-Final OA SYMRISE AG
18260420 HYDROXY-SUBSTITUTED SPHINGOLIPIDS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18335263 CLEAN SKIN CARE COMPOSITION Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17874589 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITION Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18618015 LIQUID EMBOLIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
17788271 FIBER TREATMENT AGENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18618199 LONG-WEAR COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18257022 COMPOSITION FOR CARING FOR THE SKIN Final Rejection L'OREAL
17796888 COATING AGENT AND MEDICAL MATERIAL USING SAME Non-Final OA Toray Industries, Inc.
17979134 SYNTHETIC SURGICAL HEMOSTAT Non-Final OA BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
17780015 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TACTILE SENSATION OF DYED KERATINOUS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY HUMAN HAIR Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18561318 COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH ENHANCED COLOR STABILITY Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17925371 COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH ENHANCED COLOR STABILITY FOR RETINOIC ACID PRECURSOR Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17915642 METHOD OF TREATING THE SCALP Final Rejection Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18203798 ANHYDROUS COSMETIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection L’ORÉAL
17799450 COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR SKIN IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, POLYSACCHARIDES, YEAST EXTRACT, AND STRAIN FERMENTATION PRODUCT WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF PROBIOTICS Non-Final OA LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD.
17904420 A stabilizer for an emulsion composition Non-Final OA Hayashibara Co., Ltd.
18270518 IVERMECTIN FORMULATION IN ORAL SOLUTION Non-Final OA PROCAPS S.A.
18028683 EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION FOR SKIN Final Rejection House Foods Corporation
17796671 HYPERBRANCHED POLYESTER POLYOL DERIVATIVE AS DRUG SOLUBILIZER Final Rejection FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
18105359 POWDER/GRANULES FOR MAKING A SHOWER GEL OR SHAMPOO Final Rejection MANN & SCHROEDER GMBH
17999894 HYDROLYSATE BASED BIOSTIMULANT COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM METHANOTROPH, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection STRING BIO PRIVATE LIMITED
17999906 AQUEOUS DESINFECTANT COMPOSITION FOR GLASSES Final Rejection Unifarco S.p.A.
17918912 A SAPOGENIN POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL ESTER COMPLEX OF FORMULA-I, A COMPOSITION, PROCESS OF PREPARATION, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA PHYTOSOL INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
17918027 CROSS-LINKED COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE Final Rejection VERTELLUS HOLDINGS LLC
17787612 TRANSPARENT COMPOSITION FOR USE IN SKINCARE AND/OR HAIRCARE Non-Final OA S.P.C.M. SA

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