Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1682

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.3%
Allow Rate
-3.7% vs TC avg
48
Total Applications
+70.0%
Interview Lift
1296
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.7%
§102 Novelty
78.8%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17916528 SHEWANELLA ATLANTICA-DERIVED PROTEIN-EXPRESSING MICROORGANISM AND L-AMINO ACID PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CheilJedang Corporation
18561123 METHODS OF PRODUCTING HMO BLEND PROFILES WITH LNFP-1 AND 2'-FL AS THE PREDOMINANT COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
18026678 METHODS OF PROCESSING A SAMPLE FOR PEPTIDE MAPPING ANALYSIS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
18252865 ENGINEERED CHIMERIC ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18250913 APPLICATION OF PREVOTELLA STERCOREA STRAIN FOR CANCER PREVENTION OR TREATMENT Final Rejection NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
18022004 MODIFIED SERINE PROTEASE PROPROTEINS Final Rejection The University of Chicago
18558026 CELL POTENCY ASSAYS, PLATFORMS, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
18400179 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TARGET CHEMICAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18021847 COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING HER-2-DC1 VACCINE, A PROBIOTIC, AND SEMAPHORIN Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17778488 METHODS OF FERMENTATION OF RECOMBINANT BACILLUS SPORES Non-Final OA Bayer CropScience LLC
18275331 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSITC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
18699491 MICROORGANISM HAVING ABILITY TO PRODUCE N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID AND/OR N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID-CONTAINING CARBOHYDRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID AND/OR N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID-CONTAINING CARBOHYDRATE USING SAID MICROORGANISM Non-Final OA KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
18697727 NOVEL PROBIOTICS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NVP HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
17782279 ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17756096 INTENSIFIED VIRUS FILTRATION USING DIAFILTRATION BUFFER Final Rejection EMD Millipore Corporation
18291310 NUCLEOTIDE PROBIOTIC CAPSULE FOR DELAYING AGING Non-Final OA Yusong CHEN
18033492 ENHANCED HYT-INDUCED PROTEIN DEGRADATION USING LIPID NANOPARTICLE DELIVERY Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
18575412 Compositions For and Methods of Promoting Respiratory Health Non-Final OA Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
18285548 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
18283313 Perioperative Innate Immune Priming in Cancer Therapy Non-Final OA Qu Biologics Inc.
18037632 POLYPEPTIDES FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA CC BIOTECH LTD.
18135668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BICARBONATE AND MINERALS Non-Final OA ANDES AG, INC.

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