Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: EIX, EMILY FAY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1653 1796

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.6%
Allow Rate
-17.4% vs TC avg
80
Total Applications
+73.3%
Interview Lift
1258
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
37.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18026860 METHOD FOR RECOVERING A PROTEIN FROM A FERMENTATION BROTH COMPRISING A HIGH DEGREE OF LYSED CELLS Final Rejection BASF SE
18173620 WASHING OR CLEANING AGENT COMPRISING A PROTEASE AND AN AMYLASE Non-Final OA BASF SE
18111101 Microbial Production of 2-Phenylethanol from Renewable Substrates Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
17431813 BEE GUT MICROBIAL FORMULATION FOR USE AS A PROBIOTIC FOR IMPROVED BEE HEALTH AND PATHOGEN RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17915405 CELL CAPSULATING LAYER, CAPSULATED CELLS, CELL CAPSULATING COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18259153 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY A COMBINATION OF CUTINASES AND ESTERASES Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18037787 BUFFERS AND METHODS FOR PURIFYING PROTEINS Non-Final OA ARES TRADING S.A.
18025056 CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM VARIANT HAVING ENHANCED L-CITRULLINE PRODUCTION CAPACITY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-CITRULLINE USING SAME Final Rejection DAESANG CORPORATION
17879171 MARINE-BASED GELATIN POWDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING Final Rejection University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
17947596 L-GLUTAMATE OXIDASE MUTANT Final Rejection AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
17750123 METHODS FOR ASSESSING TOXICITY OF A COMPOUND Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18261806 PRODUCTION OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES COMPRISING LN3 AS CORE STRUCTURE IN HOST CELLS Non-Final OA INBIOSE N.V.
18041137 CELLULAR PRODUCTION OF SIALYLATED DI AND/OR OLIGOSACCHARIDES Final Rejection INBIOSE N.V.
18041022 PRODUCTION OF FUCOSYLATED LACTOSE STRUCTURES BY A CELL Final Rejection INBIOSE N.V.
18000171 BACTERIAL STRAIN BELONGING TO BACILLUS GENUS, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT USING SAID BACTERIAL STRAIN Final Rejection Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
18007690 KIT AND METHOD Final Rejection DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18452767 METHOD FOR INCREASING CALCIUM ABSORPTION USING CULTURE OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS BLI-02 Non-Final OA GLAC BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18277434 ADAMTS13 VARIANT Non-Final OA The University of Manchester
18267958 Microbial Cells Possessing a Reduced Lactose Internalization For Producing an Oligosaccharide Non-Final OA Chr. Hansen A/S
18288797 Pharmaceutical Composition for Improving and Treating Leukotrichia and/or Alopecia and Preparation Method Thereof Non-Final OA Beijing University of Chemical Technology
17780819 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CULTURING HEMOGLOBIN-DEPENDENT BACTERIA Final Rejection Evelo Biosciences, Inc.
18547979 MODIFIED NEUROTOXIN SINGLE-CHAIN POLYPEPTIDE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CHONGQING CLARUVIS PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18547850 PREPARATION METHOD FOR MODIFIED TOXIN POLYPEPTIDE Final Rejection CHONGQING CLARUVIS PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18263894 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF TYROSOL AND SALIDROSIDE Non-Final OA SILICOLIFE LDA.
18270487 RECOMBINANT STRAIN WITH MODIFIED GENE BBD29_11265 FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SAME AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NINGXIA EPPEN BIOTECH CO., LTD
18329833 BLOOD COAGULATION TEST REAGENT, AND BLOOD COAGULATION TEST METHOD Non-Final OA Thrombo Translational Research Lab Inc.
18035143 PRODUCTION AND USE OF A FREEZE-DRIED OR READY-FOR-LYOPHILIZATION HUMAN RNASE INHIBITOR Non-Final OA BLIRT S.A.
18029224 ENGINEERED STABLE LACTATE OXIDOREDUCTASES, COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, KITS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
18027030 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STABLE FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BENEO-ORAFTI SA
17141494 Methods of Screening for Microorganisms that Impart Beneficial Properties to Plants Final Rejection BIOCONSORTIA, INC.

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