Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.1%
Allow Rate
-21.9% vs TC avg
61
Total Applications
-40.0%
Interview Lift
924
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.8%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
27.0%
§103 Obviousness
35.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18271339 Soybean Engineered Resistance Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18007001 REMOVABLE PLANT TRANSGENIC LOCI WITH COGNATE GUIDE RNA RECOGNITION SITES Final Rejection INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18565025 NOVEL BRAZZEIN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHODS Non-Final OA The Coca-Cola Company
17934095 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PLANTS WITH REDUCED LIPOXYGENASE AND/OR DESATURASE ACTIVITIES Final Rejection Benson Hill, Inc.
18037522 METHOD FOR SELECTING OR IDENTIFYING A BRASSICA NAPUS PLANT HAVING RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGEN Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18692895 TRANSFORMING CANNABACEAE CELLS Non-Final OA Cibus US LLC
18162399 MODIFICATION OF PLANT GENE EXPRESSION TO EFFECT INCREASED SEED SIZE AND YIELD Final Rejection Saint Louis University
18557777 USE OF PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE Non-Final OA BEIJING DABEINONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17925550 NEMATODE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS Non-Final OA CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITÄT ZU KIEL

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