Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HINES, JANA A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.3%
Allow Rate
-6.7% vs TC avg
742
Total Applications
+39.2%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 688 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17791609 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF MICROBES AND MICROBE COMPONENTS Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
18425731 PROBIOTICS TO RESCUE MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION-INDUCED NEURODEVELOPMENT DEFICITS Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
17517084 TREATMENT OF CANCER BY MANIPULATION OF COMMENSAL MICROFLORA Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
18632573 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING ENGINEERED MICROBES THAT FIX NITROGEN Final Rejection Pivot Bio, Inc.
18272483 METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING PRESENCE AND/OR AMOUNT OF BACTERIA IN FOOD/DRINK SAMPLE, ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE, OR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17627399 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF AN AVIAN PATHOGENIC E. COLI (APEC) INFECTION IN AN AVIAN FLOCK Non-Final OA EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
17048340 MODIFYING SURFACE OF A LIVE CELL AND THE USES THEREOF Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18031257 GERMLINE BIOMARKERS OF CLINICAL RESPONSE AND BENEFIT TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR THERAPY Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18257982 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING INSECTS Final Rejection AgroSpheres, Inc.
17274529 PRECISION DIAGNOSIS OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE INFECTION USING A SYSTEMS-BASED BIOMARKERS Final Rejection Baylor College of Medicine
18259219 MICROBIAL MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18034027 REDIRECTING GLUCOSE METABOLISM TO LIMIT STRESS AND IMPROVE ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18251915 BACTERIAL BIOMARKER FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND RELATED MATERIALS AND METHODS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
18038519 METHODS OF PREVENTING, DELAYING OR AMELIORATING ATOPIC DISEASES Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
18561817 DISINFECTION COMPOSITION Non-Final OA ZOBELE HOLDING, S.P.A.
18254989 Application of Lactobacillus Paracasei ET-22 In Improving Intestinal Bacterial Infection Resistance and Intestinal Immunity Final Rejection INNER MONGOLIA DAIRY TECH RES INSTITUTE CO LTD
18386537 METHODS FOR TREATING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME Final Rejection Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
17063977 PD1 AND PDL1 ANTIBODIES AND VACCINE COMBINATIONS AND USE OF SAME FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17520402 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS CONTAINING A CHLOROTOXIN DOMAIN Non-Final OA City of Hope
18504131 MITIGATION OF PATHOGENS IN PORCINE SPECIES Non-Final OA Purina Animal Nutrition LLC
18248491 PROBIOTIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
17291495 METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING MICROBIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
17426561 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST STRIP FOR EXTRACTING AND MEASURING SUGAR CHAIN ANTIGENS, CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIMEN BY IMPREGNATING HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL WITH NITRITE OR SOLID ACID REAGENT Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
18131557 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18405249 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES Non-Final OA Byrock Technologies Limited
18574262 Veterinary Vaccine Composition Against Parasitic Worms, Method for Treating and Preventing Infection by Parasitic Worms, and Use Non-Final OA FUNDAÇÃO OSWALDO CRUZ
18496274 ORAL COMPOSITION FOR ANIMAL AND PERIODONTAL DISEASE PREVENTIVE, INFECTION DISEASE PREVENTIVE, AND MOUTH ODOR PREVENTIVE USING THE ORAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SOSIN CO., LTD.
18004082 BIOMATERIAL COMPRISING BACTERIAL CELLULOSE AND PROBIOTICS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
18235910 Probiotic Formulation for vaginal health Final Rejection RATNA SUDHA MADEMPUDI
18266327 DECOLONIZATION OF ENTEROBACTERIA, SUCH AS KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE, FROM THE GUT USING STRAINS OF KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA Final Rejection OTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITÄT MAGDEBURG

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