Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1653 1656

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.3%
Allow Rate
-7.7% vs TC avg
599
Total Applications
+60.9%
Interview Lift
1364
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 558 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
41.0%
§103 Obviousness
31.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17572011 PRODUCING METHOD FOR ORGANISM-DERIVED MATERIAL, PRODUCING METHOD FOR PRODUCT, AND VOLTAGE APPLYING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18033903 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18023256 METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS COMPRISING PROTEIN AND OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FROM SINGLE MICROALGAE, AND BIOMASS PRODUCED THEREBY Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
17104593 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ACID SPHINGOMYELINASE DEFICIENCY Final Rejection Genzyme Corporation
18012059 Concrete with Improved Environmental Impact Non-Final OA Locus Solutions IPCo, LLC
18908355 FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES USING LIVING CULTURES OF A NEWLY ISOLATED PSEUDOMONAS SP. BACTERIUM Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18863122 PEST CONTROL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Rohm and Haas Company
18865063 NOVEL LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, AND COMPOSITION, FOOD OR BEVERAGE, AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINING LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
18834670 METHOD FOR MICROFLUIDIC QUANTIFICATION, GROWTH MONITORING AND SEPARATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN DROPLETS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG

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