Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FAN, WEIHUA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1663

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.1%
Allow Rate
+23.1% vs TC avg
670
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1027
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 634 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
21.0%
§103 Obviousness
38.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18410198 SOYBEAN VARIETY Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18403896 SOYBEAN VARIETY Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18690033 A MICROBIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT AND DEGRADE ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18565463 ELITE SAFFLOWER EVENT Final Rejection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
18835341 TRIKETONE DIOXYGENASE VARIANTS FOR HERBICIDE TOLERANCE Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18753627 HERBICIDE TOLERANCE GENES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Monsanto Technology LLC
18391357 PLANTS AND SEEDS OF CORN VARIETY CV608757 Final Rejection Monsanto Technology LLC
18688729 AMPLIFIABLE METABOLIC LABELING FOR DETECTION OF BACTERIAL VIABILITY, GROWTH AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18401068 LETTUCE VARIETY SVLD0093 Final Rejection Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18183373 TOMATO HYBRID SVTE8804 AND PARENTS THEREOF Final Rejection Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18805213 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 08064455 Non-Final OA M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
18776056 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 92001528 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18436413 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 21120238 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18649801 METHODS OF GENE EDITING AND TRANSFORMING CANNABIS Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18823297 CUCUMBER VARIETY NUN 97080 CUL Non-Final OA Nunhems B.V.
18374983 HYBRID PEPPER VARIETY 'E20S0465' Non-Final OA Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
18206368 LETTUCE VARIETIES 'EZFLOR', 'BAUER', AND 'ADICAMP' Final Rejection Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
18816820 Plants Having Increased Tolerance to Herbicides Non-Final OA BASF AGRO B.V.
18838441 HERBICIDE-TOLERANT GENES AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA QINGDAO KINGAGROOT CHEMICAL COMPOUND CO., LTD.
18650300 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019396 Non-Final OA HM.CLAUSE, INC.
18835293 MONOCOT LEAF EXPLANT PREPARATION Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17792124 TWO-STEP GENE SWAP Non-Final OA Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
18723266 IMPROVED SCREENING METHOD FOR GENOME EDITED EVENTS Non-Final OA BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC
18676075 Iceberg Lettuce Cultivar NNS-2117 Non-Final OA Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC
18281304 DOUBLE AND SINGLE MUTATED PLANT HAVING INCREASED DEFENSE RESPONSE AND REDUCED DISEASE LEVELS, AND METHODS TO GENERATE SAME Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.

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