Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1644 1645

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.4%
Allow Rate
-7.6% vs TC avg
599
Total Applications
+34.7%
Interview Lift
1331
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 565 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.3%
§102 Novelty
47.0%
§103 Obviousness
32.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18051468 TREATMENT OF OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA Non-Final OA Genzyme Corporation
17350898 IL-10-CONTAINING VACCINES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18833541 BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE FOR IMPROVING AGING-RELATED COGNITIVE DISORDER AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection WECARE PROBIOTICS CO., LTD.
18879356 NOVEL BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE JKL2022 STRAIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID USING THEREOF Non-Final OA CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18097461 BACILLUS SP. PRODUCING BIOFLOCCULANT AND BIOSURFACTANT AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18685422 DEVELOPMENT OF SYNTHETIC PSEUDAMINIC ACID-BASED ANTIBACTERIAL VACCINES AGAINST ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18548987 LATERAL FLOW ASSAY FOR DETECTING PATHOGENS IN MILK FROM MASTITIC COWS Non-Final OA Zoetis Services LLC
18627462 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATIONN, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF SARCOPENIA CONTAINING MICROORGANISM TRANSFORMED WITH CELL SURFACE DISPLAY VECTOR OPERABLY LINKED WITH GENE ENCODING MYOSTATIN AND ACTIVIN A PROTEINS AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA MOALIFEPLUS CO., LTD.
18688067 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING ULCERATIVE COLITIS Non-Final OA Artugen Therapeutics Ltd.
18254754 STABILISED LACTIC ACID BACTERIA COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Chr. Hansen A/S
17628667 QUANTIFICATION OF BIOCONJUGATE GLYCOSYLATION Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18504114 MITIGATION OF PATHOGENS IN PORCINE SPECIES Non-Final OA Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
18551954 NOVEL RECOMBINANT STRAIN OF MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS AND USE OF SAME Non-Final OA CLIPSBNC CO., LTD.
17911524 COMBINED CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR TARGETING CD19 AND CD20 AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA AbelZeta Inc.
18055177 RECOMBINANT GAS VESICLE NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17791859 TGFB INHIBITORS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Scholar Rock, Inc.

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