Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOWERS, ERIN M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1653 1675

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.7%
Allow Rate
-5.3% vs TC avg
581
Total Applications
+11.2%
Interview Lift
1347
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 534 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.5%
§102 Novelty
43.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18223989 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING ENDOPHYTES FOR IMPROVING PLANT NUTRITION, GROWTH,AND PERFORMANCE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA University of Washington
16821807 NOVEL EUKARYOTIC CELL-FREE PROTEIN EXPRESSION SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ARTIFICIAL ENERGY REGENERATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17997150 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK LIKE PRODUCTS Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18011430 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND PROPHYLACTICS FOR TREATING, AMELIORATING, OR PREVENTING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18667369 STABLE THERMOLYSIN HYDROGEL Non-Final OA SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
18024955 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
17920561 METHOD OF REDUCING AND RECYCLING OXIDIZED FLAVIN COFACTORS Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17154864 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES Non-Final OA MOR RESEARCH APPLICATIONS LTD.
17057939 AGROCHEMICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING A POLYMERIC CRYSTAL GROWTH INHIBITOR Final Rejection Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17931861 RECOMBINANT YEAST STRAINS FOR PENTOSE FERMENTATION Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
17818133 Method and System for Treatment of Microorganisms during Propagation, Conditioning, Fermentation, and Preservation Using Ethyl Lauroyl Arginate and Selected Additives Non-Final OA KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
18706302 DETECTION, STAGING, MONITORING AND TREATING A DISEASE OR A CONDITION Non-Final OA SUNBIRD BIO, INC.
18034077 NOVEL ESTERASES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CARBIOS
18034080 NOVEL ESTERASES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CARBIOS
18693468 Reducing or Inhibiting Tissue Damage Using Hyaluronidase Administration Non-Final OA Med Progress, LLC
18574052 GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MUTANT, AND METHOD FOR CATALYTIC SYNTHESIS OF REBAUDIOSIDE M USING GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MUTANT Non-Final OA XINGHUA GL STEVIA CO., LTD
17177591 CELL CULTURE METHOD AND CELL CULTURE APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIKKISO CO., LTD.
18312487 BIOLUMINESCENCE-TRIGGERED PHOTOCATALYTIC LABELING Non-Final OA Promega Corporation
18022061 HYPERSIALYLATED IMMUNOGLOBULIN Non-Final OA Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18035736 MUTANT ENZYME, USE THEREOF AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING TRIPEPTIDE BY USING ENZYMATIC METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN READLINE BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18035097 BLOOD SAMPLE TESTING METHOD USING TAXIS BEHAVIOR OF NEMATODE Non-Final OA Hirotsu Bio Science Inc.
18140188 METABOLIC BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Final Rejection INSTITUT DE CARDIOLOGIE DE MONTREAL
18295991 TISSUE KALLIKREIN-1 FOR TREATING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Final Rejection DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc.
18042053 TEST METHOD FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, TEST REAGENT FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING THERAPEUTIC CANDIDATE SUBSTANCES FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Final Rejection Bioradical Research Institute Corp.
18000984 BROMELAIN PROTEASE, BROMELAIN, JACALIN-LIKE LECTIN, EXTRACT FROM THE STEM AND/OR THE FRUIT OF A PINEAPPLE PLANT, COMBINATION PREPARATION, BROMELAIN PROTEASE INHIBITOR, PROTEIN/PROTEASE MIX, AND GLYCATED BROMELAIN PROTEIN FORMED BY EXOGENOUS NON-ENZYMATIC GLYCATION, FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OR PROPHYLAXIS OF VIRUS INFECTIONS CAUSED BY CORONAVIRUSES IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL Final Rejection HELMHOLTZ-INSTITUT FÜR PHARMAZEUTISCHE FORSCHUNG SAARLAND
17756352 AGAROPHYTON CHILENSIS EXTRACT, RICH IN FREE FATTY ACIDS, AS A NUTRACEUTICAL OR NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT, SUITABLE FOR MODULATING PPAR# ACTIVITY Final Rejection PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
17905862 MEASURING ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF CELLS FOR THE EVALUATION OF METASTATIC POTENTIAL OF CANCER CELLS Non-Final OA Celex Oncology Innovations Limited
17893464 Test kit for detecting acetylcholinesterase inhibitors Final Rejection Dr. Franz Köhler Chemie GmbH
17594084 DUNALIELLA ALGA PREPARATION FOR PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, A DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH PROTEIN MISFOLDING AND COGNITIVE DECLINE Final Rejection NIKKEN SOHONSHA CORPORATION
17488123 METHODS OF SCREENING FOR MICROORGANISMS THAT IMPART BENEFICIAL PROPERTIES TO PLANTS Non-Final OA BioConsortia New Zealand Limited

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