Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YU, HONG

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1612 1613 1614 1616 3774

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.2%
Allow Rate
-38.8% vs TC avg
760
Total Applications
+5.7%
Interview Lift
1331
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 685 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.8%
§102 Novelty
78.8%
§103 Obviousness
3.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18549858 HAIR COLOURING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE (POLY)CARBODIIMIDE COMPOUND AND AT LEAST ONE NON-CARBOXYLIC ANIONIC THICKENER Non-Final OA L'Oreal
17462479 MINERAL SUNSCREEN SPRAY Final Rejection L'OREAL
17257620 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS FOR BITTERANTS Final Rejection UPL LTD
18687947 SHEAR-THINNING HYDROGELS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18443435 ANTIMICROBIAL MIXTURE Non-Final OA SYMRISE AG
18667863 BIO-INK, APPLICATION THEREOF, PENILE CORPUS CAVERNOSUM PROSTHESIS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA South China University of Technology
17873434 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA ELC Management LLC
18250470 MARKER COMPOSITION FOR SKIN Final Rejection MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
18130664 DENTAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING ION SUSTAINED-RELEASE GLASS Final Rejection SHOFU INC.
17564617 CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICES AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF Final Rejection FONDATION A DE ROTHSCHILD
18279536 COSMETIC Final Rejection SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18020464 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSION COMPOSITION Final Rejection SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
18645688 EYEBROW PRIMER Non-Final OA L’ORÉAL
16934797 COMPOSITION OF FREEZE-DRIED FORMULATION, COSMETIC KIT FOR EXTERNAL USE ON SKIN INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR SKIN MOISTURIZING INCLUDING APPLYING THE SAME ONTO THE SKIN Non-Final OA AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
18622971 Pharmaceutical Composition and Method for Treating or Preventing Candidiasis Non-Final OA Fempharma, LLC
17861588 SKIN MOISTURIZING COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection OCuSOFT, Inc.
17996641 COLOR-STABLE SUNSCREEN Non-Final OA BEIERSDORF AG
16625401 SELF-REMINDING PATCH Final Rejection LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
18414854 OPHTHALMIC DEVICES HAVING A HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX AND ABBE NUMBER Final Rejection Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
18576452 DOSAGE FORM FOR INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTION COMPRISING COLCHICINE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CRYSTAL-AND NON-CRYSTAL ASSOCIATED ACUTE INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS Non-Final OA PK MED
18492092 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL SKIN TREATMENT WITH METAL NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection CORONADO AESTHETICS, LLC
18380420 METHODS AND FORMULATIONS FOR MITIGATING DAMAGING EFFECTS FROM EXPOSURE TO UV RADIATION Final Rejection Innovation Hammer LLC
18553878 SELF-CURING ACRYLIC FORMULATIONS CONTAINING N-ACETYL CYSTEINE FOR HAIR STRAIGHTENING Non-Final OA EASYFIX HAIR DESIGN LTD.
17439175 ENHANCED SILICONE DEPOSITION COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
18195890 ORAL DOSAGE FORMS OF METFORMIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ELITE PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTION INC.
18170282 IMMOBILIZED ENZYME-BASED WOUND DEBRIDEMENT Final Rejection Guild Associates Inc.
18169585 Methods for Reduction of Body Weight with Subcutaneous Formulations Final Rejection Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
17930840 STEM CELL STIMULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Medicell Technologies, LLC
17778026 USE OF A GLYCINE BETAINE DERIVATIVE AS AN AGENT FOR CONDITIONING KERATIN FIBRES Non-Final OA SURFACTGREEN
17754212 ORAL HEALTH COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION PROCESS FOR ORAL HEALTH COMPOSITION Final Rejection FABIANO VIEIRA VILHENA

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