Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.0%
Allow Rate
-23.0% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
-40.0%
Interview Lift
924
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.3%
§102 Novelty
29.7%
§103 Obviousness
34.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18501470 GENETIC MECHANISM TO ENHANCE HEALTHY STEROLS AND HARD ENDOSPERM IN SEEDS Non-Final OA Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18015229 PLANT METABOLITE-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN SOIL BACTERIA TO INCREASE BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION AND PLANT NITROGEN ASSIMILATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18271339 Soybean Engineered Resistance Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18006423 PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18000067 LARGE SCALE GENOME MANIPULATION Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18708261 EFFECT OF GB1 DOMAIN FUSION ON UPREGULATION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN PLANT Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
18037522 METHOD FOR SELECTING OR IDENTIFYING A BRASSICA NAPUS PLANT HAVING RESISTANCE TO FUNGAL PATHOGEN Final Rejection KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18268280 CREATE HUANGLONGBING TOLERANCE BY SILENCING A CITRUS NEGATIVE IMMUNE REGULATOR Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
19311616 PLASTID TRANSFORMATION BY COMPLEMENTATION OF PLASTID MUTATIONS Non-Final OA Plastomics Inc.
18180399 PLASTID TRANSFORMATION BY COMPLEMENTATION OF PLASTID MUTATIONS Non-Final OA Plastomics Inc.
18971656 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN EVENT GM_CSM63717 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18320150 PROTEINS FOR REGULATION OF SYMBIOTIC NODULE ORGAN IDENTITY Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited

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