Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048541 | POLYALKYLENE GLYCOL TERMINATED POLY-CARBODIIMIDES, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING SAME | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18874935 | LOW BOND-TEMPERATURE HOT MELT ADHESIVE WITH HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH AND CHEMICAL RESISTANCE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18863760 | POLYMER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18633114 | PEEK-PEoEK COPOLYMER POWDER AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE POWDER | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18597171 | BLOCKED ISOCYANATE COMPOSITION, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, CURING AGENT FOR PAINT, PAINT COMPOSITION AND COATED FILM | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18437526 | POLYIMIDE MICROPARTICLES | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397509 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR SALT-SPRAY-RESISTANT POLYASPARTATE, SALT-SPRAY-RESISTANT POLYASPARTATE, AND COATING | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18570322 | RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIN SHEET, MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18569279 | POLYESTER RESIN COMPRISING REGENERATED BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)TEREPHTHALATE AND FILM | December 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495915 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND COMPOUND FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495543 | HYDROXYL-TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE-BASED POLYURETHANE (HTPB-PU)-MODIFIED ASPHALT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483721 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18376896 | Stretchable Interconnects for Flexible Electronic Surfaces | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461248 | VULCANIZATION COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING ALLERGENIC POTENTIAL AND ELASTOMERIC ARTICLES FORMED THEREWITH | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263670 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18355709 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW RESIN PARTICLES | July 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18272120 | WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE ACRYLATE EMULSION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18349102 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | July 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218557 | SHINGLE ROOFING COATING METHOD AND COMPOSITION | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18258185 | WOOD COATING COMPOSITIONS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256951 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MALEIMIDE POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331815 | ADHESIVE FORMULATIONS FOR ROOFING APPLICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18329103 | NATURAL FIBER POLYMER COMPOSITE PRECURSOR PELLETS | June 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18329516 | ENHANCEMENT OF RUBBER BY HEAT-ASSISTED MIGRATION FROM ANCILLARY RUBBER | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205107 | POLYNORBORNENE-BASED POLYCATIONS | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323643 | GROUND TIRE RUBBER DENSITY MODIFICATION USING ELASTOMERIC POLYMERS | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251300 | CHLOROPRENE POLYMER COMPOSITION, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DIP-MOLDED ARTICLE | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140216 | CYCLIC OLEFIN POLYMER, CYCLIC OLEFIN POLYMER MONOMER, AND OPTICAL PRODUCT | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250867 | POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND POLYMERIC PLASTICIZER APPLICATIONS INCORPORATING SAME | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18304674 | DEPROTEINIZED NATURAL RUBBER LATEX AND PREPARATION METHOD | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031011 | PREPARATION METHOD OF BOPP FILM STIFFENING AGENT | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18247890 | COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING TMCD POLYESTER AND A MODIFYING POLYESTER | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128691 | BIOMIMETIC POLYMER ADHESIVES CONTAINING GALLOL GROUPS | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18027853 | ANTIFOULING COATING AND USE METHOD AND USE THEREOF | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178547 | MODIFIED DICYCLOPENTADIENE-BASED RESIN | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022818 | Method for Preparing Polyolefin-Polystyrene-Based Multiblock Copolymer | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168119 | BRANCHED TYPE HETERO MONODISPERSED POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND CONJUGATE THEREOF | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166278 | COMPOUND, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND LENS | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018949 | A HALOGEN-FREE SYNERGIST | January 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018985 | RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND CURED PRODUCT | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018340 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007017 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION FOR OFFSET PRINTING | January 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017439 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A MULTIMODAL POLYETHYLENE | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18096069 | PIGMENTABLE, NON-ASPHALT BASED, SEALANT COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092268 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A SOLUBILIZED TIRE RUBBER BITUMEN COMPOUND | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145886 | TERNARY POLYMER DONOR MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067441 | LIQUID PROCESSIBLE DIPHTHALONITRILE MONOMERS AND RESINS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010612 | RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FIBER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER | December 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010282 | PREPARATION OF BIMETALLIC CATALYST BASED ON ANTHRACENE FRAMEWORKS AND USE THEREOF IN OLEFIN HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001613 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING POLYISOPRENE LATEX DISPERSIONS | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18071608 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYETHER AMINE BY CATALYTIC AMINATION OF POLYETHER DIOL | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927085 | BIOMASS BENZOXAZINE-BASED SHAPE MEMORY RESIN, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999479 | NEW BINDING COMPOSITION FOR SEVERAL APPLICATIONS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999281 | LIQUID POLYBUTADIENE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF, COMPOSITION, POLYMER COATING, ADHESIVE, AND CROSSLINKING AGENT | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17925968 | COMPOSITION AND FOAMED POLYURETHANE ARTICLE FORMED THEREWITH | November 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17924707 | UPGRADED POLYETHYLENE FOR JACKETING | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052591 | SYNDIOTACTIC PROPYLENE-BASED ETHYLENE- PROPYLENE COPOLYMERS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17923335 | POLYPROPYLENE COATING COMPOSITION | November 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997865 | BLOWN FILMS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTY PROFILE | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979284 | Use of polyamide 6 | November 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17922116 | Resin Composition | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997427 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE TYRE | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050090 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING SILYLATED IONIC COPOLYURETHANES WITH IMPROVED ELASTICITY | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919185 | SYNTHESIS, PURIFICATION, AND PROPERTIES OF RING-OPENED BENZOXAZINE THERMOPLASTIC | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995997 | BLOWN FILM | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17961722 | LOW ODOUR CYANOACRYLATE COMPOSITION | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AND ENHANCING TIRE RUBBER BITUMEN | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17959224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TIRE RUBBER ASPHALT | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17936920 | MIXTURE OF POLYOXYALKYLENE POLYMERS AND CURABLE COMPOSITION | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913288 | ADDITIVE FOR DAMPING POLYMER | September 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913325 | Method for Halogenating Isobutene-Isoprene Copolymer | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17901869 | POLYPHENYLENE ETHER BISMALEIMIDE RESIN | September 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17905395 | THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION, FORMED PRODUCT, LAYERED STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE LAYERED STRUCTURE | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17905222 | Comb-Block Copolymers and Methods Thereof | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895547 | ETHYLENE INTERPOLYMER PRODUCTS HAVING INTERMEDIATE BRANCHING | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887579 | POLYMERIZING GRAFTED NANOPARTICLES USING FLOW CHEMISTRY | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17798920 | AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMER | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17788912 | Curable Photochromic Polycarbodiimide Compositions | June 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17788841 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING BRANCHED POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17778027 | WEATHERABLE AND DURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739261 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUOROPOLYETHER GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND | May 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774412 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774231 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771572 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition and Molded Article Manufactured Therefrom | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770842 | Microbial Surfactants to Prevent and/or Remove Asphaltene Deposits | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760798 | ANTISTATIC RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17642028 | POLYMERIZATION PROCESS FOR LIQUID COPOLYMERS OF ETHYLENE AND GLYCIDYL (METH)ACRYLATE | March 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638050 | MODIFIED POLYOLEFIN RESIN AND DISPERSION COMPOSITION THEREOF | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17679282 | FLUOROPOLYETHER GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17650111 | POLYMER AND POLYMER-DERIVED PARTICLES COMPRISING POLYFURFURYL ALCOHOL AND METHODS THEREOF | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625367 | FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL | January 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17618903 | PEEK-PEoEK COPOLYMER POWDER AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE POWDER | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17537077 | Filter Cake Removal Compositions and Methods of Making and Using Same | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17518298 | SOLVENT BLENDS FOR ENHANCED HYDROCARBON RECOVERY PROCESS METHODS | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17439443 | TWO-PART CURABLE COMPOSITION | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424694 | Superabsorbent Polymer And Preparation Method For The Same | July 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424575 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING HYDROGEL, HYDROGEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITION FOR FORMING HYDROGEL | July 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17424047 | Superabsorbent Polymer And Preparation Method For The Same | July 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17374522 | In Situ Exfoliation Method to Fabricate a Graphene-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composite | July 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17358779 | AMINE-SUBSTITUTED PYRROLIDINE-2,5-DIONYL COPOLYMERS, POLYIMIDES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS | June 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RODD, CHRISTOPHER M.
With a 11.1% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 11.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner RODD, CHRISTOPHER M works in Art Unit 1766 and has examined 804 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner RODD, CHRISTOPHER M's allowance rate of 77.7% places them in the 45% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by RODD, CHRISTOPHER M receive 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RODD, CHRISTOPHER M is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 82% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RODD, CHRISTOPHER M. This interview benefit is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 40.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 39.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 7% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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