Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHATTERJEE, JAYANTA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.8%
Allow Rate
+21.8% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+40.0%
Interview Lift
979
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 11 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
35.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18715424 TOOLS FOR GENE SILENCING Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18298998 METHODS OF SCREENING FOR PLANT GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFOR Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17907076 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATED TO PLANT BIOPRINTING Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
18705189 A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SELF-REPLICATING, NUCLEIC ACID-LOADED, VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES (VLP-NA) AND THE USES THEREOF Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18576311 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
18523237 INFECTIOUS CLONE CAPABLE OF INOCULATING NANOVIRUS DNA-C, DNA-M, DNA-N AND DNA-U1 AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18645166 METHOD FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OF PLANTS Final Rejection ACADEMIA SINICA
18007019 EXCISABLE PLANT TRANSGENIC LOCI WITH SIGNATURE PROTOSPACER ADJACENT MOTIFS Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18775013 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING ROOT ARCHITECTURE IN PLANTS Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18726266 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR WOUNDING PLANT TISSUE Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18015110 Spinach Plant Resistant to Downy Mildew and Novel Resistance Gene Final Rejection Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
17875549 CMV RESISTANCE CONFERRING GENES Final Rejection RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18557401 CLUBROOT RESISTANCE IN BRASSICA Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18041714 MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AND GENOMIC STACKS THEREOF Final Rejection PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17996639 SOYBEAN WITH ALTERED SEED PROTEIN Final Rejection PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17813667 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AGROBACTERIUM MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF CHLOROPLASTS IN SEED PLANTS Non-Final OA RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
18723327 USE OF TAWOX FOR IMPROVING REGENERATION OF PLANT CELLS Non-Final OA BASF Agricultural Solution US LLC
18114014 T-DNA Free Gene Editing through Transient Suppressing POLQ in Plants Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
18687799 ALS-INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS HYBRIDS WITH INCREASED HETEROSIS Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA
18541719 SYNTHETIC ACTIVATION OF MULTIMERIC TRANSMEMBRANE RECEPTORS Non-Final OA Aarhus Universitet
18400586 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ENHANCING PHOTOSYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Miami University
18575208 METHOD FOR EDITING BANANA GENES Final Rejection Tropic Biosciences UK Limited
18263939 PLANT DEFENCE GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA UPL Europe LTD
18561113 GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS WITH IMPROVED YIELD AND DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUCH PLANTS Non-Final OA SweTree Technologies AB
18289937 INTEGRATED MOLECULAR AND GLYCO-ENGINEERING OF COMPLEX VIRAL GLYCOPROTEINS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES VIENNA (BOKU)
18286484 Transgenic Plants Comprising Myoglobin and Methods for Producing Myoglobin in Transgenic Plants Final Rejection KYOMEI LTD.
17909309 MULTIPLEX GENOME EDITING METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Suzhou Qi Biodesign Biotechnology Company Limited
18282256 CANNABIS PLANTS EXHIBITING POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SAME Non-Final OA CANOPY GROWTH CORPORATION
18465840 CONFERRING DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND BIOMASS ACCUMULATION THROUGH THE PLANT-SPECIFIC RFS GENE FAMILY Final Rejection NOBLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LLC
18272531 NANOVESICULES DERIVING FROM BIOLOGICAL PLANTS AS NATURAL CARRIERS OF PHYTO-COMPLEXES FOR NUTRACEUTICAL, COSMETIC AND REGENERATIVE USE Final Rejection EXO LAB ITALIA, S.r.l.

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