Listed by the USPTO as ZHANG, MICHAEL N
Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 1781 1787 6221
This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases
ZHANG, MICHAEL N has resolved 411 cases in Tech Center 6200 and Art Unit 1781. The allowance rate is 54.5%, while the interview lift is 22.5%. The median time to allowance is 1172 days. The profile shows an allowance outcome for more than half of resolved cases, with interviews producing a moderate reported effect across a substantial record.
The company portfolio includes Corning Incorporated, NITTO DENKO Corporation, and Eastman Chemical Company. The leading firms are DORITY & MANNING, P.A., NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC, and Abel Schillinger, LLP. These participants give practitioners concrete reference points for materials-related filings and representation in the art unit.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805552 | BASE MATERIAL FOR METAMATERIAL, METAMATERIAL, AND LAMINATE | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18504549 | Fabric with Electrical Components | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18122857 | ROOFING GRANULES AND RELATED ARTICLES | Non-Final OA | 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY |
| 19039182 | WINDOW AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Non-Final OA | Samsung Display Co., LTD. |
| 18681644 | PACKAGE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKAGE MATERIAL | Non-Final OA | Sony Group Corporation |
| 17919251 | MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY | Final Rejection | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18478565 | APPAREL COMPRISING A WOUND THREAD LAYER AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | Final Rejection | adidas AG |
| 18691284 | POLYETHYLENE FILM | Final Rejection | Toray Industries, Inc. |
| 18011285 | COLD-FORMED COVER GLASS HAVING COMPOUND CURVATURE AND/OR MULTIPLE CURVATURES | Non-Final OA | CORNING INCORPORATED |
| 17324758 | LIGHT-WEIGHT, HIGH STIFFNESS GLASS LAMINATE STRUCTURE | Non-Final OA | CORNING INCORPORATED |
| 18439145 | PLATE GLASS | Non-Final OA | Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. |
| 19021147 | DECORATIVE SHEET AND DECORATIVE PLATE | Non-Final OA | TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. |
| 18687751 | HEAT STABLE BARRIER FILM STRUCTURE | Final Rejection | AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 19077266 | GROUP-III ELEMENT NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND BONDED SUBSTRATE | Non-Final OA | NGK INSULATORS, LTD. |
| 18264632 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITION FOR FUNCTIONAL FILMS | Non-Final OA | Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l. |
| 18874033 | SEALING MEMBER | Non-Final OA | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION |
| 18691477 | ADHESIVE TAPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADHESIVE TAPE | Final Rejection | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION |
| 18855036 | FILM | Non-Final OA | BOREALIS AG |
| 18080467 | SPECTACLE LENS305618 | Non-Final OA | HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD. |
| 17996005 | HOT-FILLABLE ARTICLES MADE FROM MULTILAYERED THERMOFORMABLE FILM AND SHEET | Final Rejection | Eastman Chemical Company |
| 18688831 | POLYMER INTERLAYERS WITH LOW MOTTLE AND REDUCED ICEFLOWER DEFECTS | Final Rejection | SOLUTIA INC. |
| 18996000 | POLY(LACTIC ACID-b-3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID) BLOCK COPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND FILM COMPRISING THEREOF | Non-Final OA | LG CHEM, LTD. |
| 17972453 | DIE INCLUDING A NON-RECTANGULAR SHAPED OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | Final Rejection | VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. |
| 18891354 | ASPHALT COMPOSITION FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS | Final Rejection | CERTAINTEED LLC |
| 18752602 | LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | The Haberdash Group, Inc. |
| 18611063 | ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Non-Final OA | San Fang Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 18258816 | HIGH-DISINTEGRATION MULTILAYER BIODEGRADABLE FILM | Final Rejection | NOVAMONT S.P.A. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy54.5% of resolved applications examined by Michael N Zhang were allowed (411 resolved cases), compared with 47.7% across Art Unit 1781 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +22.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Michael N Zhang took 1,172 days on average from filing to allowance.
Michael N Zhang examines applications in Art Unit 1781 in Tech Center 6200.
