Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZIMMER, MARC S

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1734 1765 1796

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.4%
Allow Rate
+14.4% vs TC avg
1597
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
27.7%
§102 Novelty
39.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18310732 SILICONE-MODIFIED POLYESTER COATING Non-Final OA SWIMC LLC
18042764 SILOXANE COMPOUND AND FORMULATIONS COMPRISING SAID COMPOUND Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18271223 THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER ELASTOMER COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18269730 CURABLE POLYSILOXANES AND PREPARATION OF SAME Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17309619 RELEASE LAYERS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THEM Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18227826 Underwater adhesive from dynamic polymers Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18266270 TEMPORARY HIGH-TEMPERATURE-RESISTANT DISPERSING AGENT AND PREPARATION AND USE METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
18449778 COPOLYMER, MOLDED BODY, INJECTION MOLDED BODY, AND COATED ELECTRICAL WIRE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18276477 ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND COSMETIC CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18355736 CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND CURED PRODUCT Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18329671 OXYALKYLENE POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CURABLE COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT Final Rejection AGC Inc.
18032978 POLYAMIDE Non-Final OA KURARAY CO., LTD.
18550148 TRIAZINE SILANE COMPOUND AND ITS USAGE AS ADHESION PROMOTOR Non-Final OA Atotech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
18354764 CROSS-LINKED ORGANOSILICON NETWORKS THAT DEGRADE WITH FLUORIDE SALTS Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18267214 UPGRADED POLYOLEFIN FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Borealis AG
18907923 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODEGRADABLE SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER WITH HIGH ABSORBENCY UNDER LOAD BASED ON STYRENE MALEIC ACID COPOLYMERS AND BIOPOLYMER Non-Final OA POLYGREEN LTD
18798973 Curable Polymer Compositions Comprising Heteroatom-Containing Silane Compounds Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18005977 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR MAKING WATERPROOF BREATHABLE ARTICLES Non-Final OA BOSTIK SA
18454865 POLYESTER RESIN Non-Final OA Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
18340156 Aromatic Polymer Composition for Use in a Camera Module Non-Final OA Ticona LLC
17998439 POLYMER PARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, METHOD OF OBTAINING LIQUID MIXTURE INCLUDING POLYMER PARTICLES AND ORGANOTELLURIUM COMPOUND, TELLURIUM RECOVERY METHOD, AND DISPERSION OF POLYMER PARTICLES Non-Final OA KYOTO UNIVERSITY
18275794 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A HIGHLY FLEXIBLE PHA SHEET Non-Final OA Newlight Technologies, Inc.
18551496 TWO-COMPONENT CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF Non-Final OA THREEBOND CO., LTD.
18279057 CO-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
18013880 CURABLE ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREFOR Non-Final OA DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
18267805 RADICAL COPOLYMER COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND COSMETIC OR COSMETIC INGREDIENT CONTAINING RADICAL COPOLYMER COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
18278753 MIXTURES CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WACKER CHEMIE AG
17926144 CROSS-LINKABLE MASSES BASED ON ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA WACKER CHEMIE AG
17631901 CROSSLINKABLE COMPOSITIONS BASED ON ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Wacker Chemie AG
18337037 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK microworks Co., Ltd.

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