Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1653 1657 1675

This examiner grants 24% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

24.4%
Allow Rate
-35.6% vs TC avg
132
Total Applications
+56.7%
Interview Lift
1255
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 78 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
35.2%
§103 Obviousness
31.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17833587 METHODS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS USING CAPRYLIC ACID Non-Final OA Novo Nordisk A/S
18552599 Clostridial Neurotoxins Comprising an Exogenous Activation Loop Non-Final OA IPSEN BIOPHARM LIMITED
17597922 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING BACTERIAL VIRULENCE AND FLIM-BASED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18002438 DIGITAL ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18774152 OPTOGENETIC CONTROL OF MICROBIAL CO-CULTURE POPULATIONS Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
18041975 BLOOD CELL LYSING AGENT FOR ISOLATING BACTERIA FROM BLOOD CULTURE Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18566018 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO A MODIFIED METHYLTRANSFERASE Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18844384 MUTANT L-THREONINE-RELEASING PROTEIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-THREONINE USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18191716 METHOD OF PRODUCING GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE FROM BIOMASS Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18023252 COMPOSITION FOR FREEZE-PRESERVING MICROALGAE BELONGING TO FAMILY THRAUSTOCHYTRIACEAE AND METHOD FOR FREEZE-PRESERVING OF MICROALGAE BELONGING TO THRAUSTOCHYTRIACEAE USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
17718927 CO-CULTURE METHOD FOR BIOFUEL AND BIOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION FROM UNTREATED SYNGAS Final Rejection Northeastern University
17642238 GENERIC INERT BIO-VECTOR SALMONELLA SP. AND POTENTIAL USES THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
18921874 SCREENING METHOD, DEVICE AND KIT FOR DETECTING MUCOSAL CARBOHYDRATES AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS Non-Final OA CANCER PREVENTION, LLC

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