Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.1%
Allow Rate
-7.9% vs TC avg
589
Total Applications
+60.9%
Interview Lift
1360
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 553 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
6.5%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18033903 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17924916 DE-REPRESSION OF NITROGEN FIXATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE MICROORGANISMS Non-Final OA Pivot Bio, Inc.
17628148 DEVICE AND METHODS FOR TISSUE MOLECULAR PROFILING USING ELECTROPORATION BASED MOLECULAR EXTRACTION Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17757528 SORBITAN ESTERS AND PROCESS FOR ENZYMATICALLY PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18404003 CHITIN, HYDROLYSATE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ONE OR MORE DESIRED PRODUCTS FROM INSECTS BY MEANS OF ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS Non-Final OA Ynsect
18679622 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METHANE BIODEGRADATION Non-Final OA Parsons Corporation
17565834 METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS, SELECTION, AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH METHANOGENS Non-Final OA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
18012059 Concrete with Improved Environmental Impact Non-Final OA Locus Solutions IPCo, LLC
18628352 BIOCATALYTIC MICROCAPSULES FOR CATALYZING GAS CONVERSION Non-Final OA Lawrance Livermore National Security, LLC
16339874 Normalization of the Intestinal Microbiota Composition in Infants or Toddlers Fed with an Amino Acid-Based Nutritional Composition Non-Final OA N. V. Nutricia
18690436 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATE Non-Final OA CHU DE NICE
18431778 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSAYING BETA-HEXOSAMINIDASE ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY VIA MASS SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA GelbChem, LLC
15309320 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCTION OF UCP1 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.
18250594 PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROALGAE AND USE THEREOF FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION Final Rejection WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER
18044263 METHODS FOR LYSING BACTERIAL CELLS Final Rejection ABELZETA INC.
17996529 POTENCY ASSAY Final Rejection Longeveron Inc.
17782207 EYE TOPICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING METABOLITES OF THE FERMENTATION OF LACTOBACILLUS Non-Final OA SIFI S.P.A.
17254748 NOVEL METHOD FOR PREPARING ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN-ENRICHED COMPOSITIONS, RELATED PRODUCTS AND USES E.G. IN INFANT FORMULAS Final Rejection ARLA FOODS AMBA
16950013 RESERVOIR TREATMENTS Non-Final OA GOE-IP AS
16806161 BIOREMEDIATION COMPOSITION WITH TIME-RELEASE MATERIALS FOR REMOVING ENERGETIC COMPOUNDS FROM CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA REMEDIATION PRODUCTS, INC.

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