Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1759 1781 1791 1794 1796

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.1%
Allow Rate
-28.9% vs TC avg
719
Total Applications
+35.0%
Interview Lift
1498
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 660 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
50.3%
§103 Obviousness
31.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18559719 TREATMENT OF GRAINS OR SEEDS FOR THE CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS UTILIZING PEROXY ACIDS Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
19247637 POTATO PROTEIN POWDERS Non-Final OA J.R. Simplot Company
18138994 MULTI-TEXTURE CONFECTIONERY PRODUCT Final Rejection SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.
19199300 FLAVOR COMPOSITIONS AND SCREENING METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING THE SAME Final Rejection MARS, INCORPORATED
18696859 A NON-CASEIN CHEESE ANALOGUE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18694891 INCREASING HYDROLYSIS EFFICIENCY IN CEREAL PROCESS BY EMPLOYING LYTIC POLYSACCHARIDES MONOOXYGENEASE (LPMO) IN COMBINATION WITH PROTEASES Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18564882 PLANT BASED FOAMING CREAMER Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17791793 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN EMULSION-BASED FAT POWDER TO MANUFACTURE A FOOD PRODUCT Final Rejection ETH Zürich
18994418 MARINE MICROALGAL PROTEIN PREPARATIONS Non-Final OA Qualitas Health Inc.
18279499 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Impossible Foods Inc.
18649172 STARCH-CONTAINING SWOLLEN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND FERMENTED COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA MIZKAN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
18559090 METHODS FOR MAKING FERMENTED FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTS USING GY7B YEAST Non-Final OA Saint Joseph's University
17423315 FLAVOUR MODIFYING INGREDIENT DERIVED FROM DIETARY FIBRE Non-Final OA Givaudan SA
18574226 TEXTURED PLANT PROTEINS WITH IMPROVED FIRMNESS Non-Final OA ROQUETTE FRERES
17270928 Thickened composition for dysphagia patients Non-Final OA N.V. Nutricia
17420517 LETTUCE EXTRACT Final Rejection FIRMENICH SA
18422480 ANIMAL-FREE SUBSTITUTE DAIRY FOOD PRODUCTS AND METHODS Final Rejection HOCHLAND SE
18238059 CREAM CHEESE-LIKE FOOD PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA HOCHLAND SE
17199274 ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION OF MYCOTOXINS DURING GRAIN PROCESSING Non-Final OA POET Research, Inc.
18552101 LIQUID EGG-SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITION AND HEAT-COAGULATED PRODUCT Final Rejection KEWPIE CORPORATION
18283304 LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
18282850 LOW-ALCOHOL BEER-TASTE BEVERAGE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
18470049 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MILK PRODUCT AND A MILK PRODUCT Final Rejection Valio LTD
18367751 GRANULATED PRODUCT Non-Final OA TOYO SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
18241986 BEER MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BEER BY USING SAME Non-Final OA INTHEKEG, INC.
18274863 A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A VEGAN EDIBLE PRODUCT FROM EDIBLE NON-ANIMAL PROTEINS Non-Final OA BK GIULINI GMBH
18350968 BEER PRODUCTION PROCESS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF INCREASING THE SUGAR CONTENT OF WORT Non-Final OA H2O INNOVATION INC
18220810 Method For Producing A High Protein Food Non-Final OA Erie Group International, Inc.
18346337 FIBROUS OR LAMINATED, AND TEXTURED FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection UMIAMI SAS
18258115 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FORMED MEAT-REPLACEMENT FOOD PRODUCT AND A FORMED MEAT-REPLACEMENT FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING A PLANT BASED PROTEINACEOUS BINDER INGREDIENT, A PLANT BASED PROTEINACEOUS BINDER INGREDIENT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PLANT-BASED PROTEINACEOUS BINDER INGREDIENT Non-Final OA VALIO OY

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