Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HIRT, ERIN E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1616 1617

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.5%
Allow Rate
-20.5% vs TC avg
776
Total Applications
+23.0%
Interview Lift
1277
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 699 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
8.5%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17545060 ANTIBACTERIAL MONOMER, ANTIBACTERIAL POLYMER COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE ANTIBACTERIAL MONOMER, ANTIBACTERIAL FILM OBTAINED FROM THE ANTIBACTERIAL POLYMER COMPOSITION, AND ARTICLE INCLUDING THE ANTIBACTERIAL FILM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18003380 Biocide Compositions Non-Final OA BASF SE
18387061 SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF ISOXABEN AND CELLULOSIN AS AN HERBICIDE Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18702511 HERBICIDAL IMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18255416 HERBICIDAL DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18000438 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18000333 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
19086455 Compositions and Methods for Protecting Plant Roots and Enhancing Plant Growth Final Rejection Midwestern BioAg Holdings, LLC
17625187 PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION Final Rejection MERCK PATENT GMBH
18629623 CORE-SHELL COMPOSITE PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Non-Final OA CARBO CERAMICS INC.
18509414 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOYBEAN RUST FUNGUS HAVING RESISTANCE AGAINST Qo SITE INHIBITOR Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18258969 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HERBICIDE-RESISTANT WEEDS Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18255005 LIQUID PESTICIDAL FORMULATION Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18260434 PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR OR METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH Final Rejection Kureha Corporation
17597402 PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH Final Rejection Kureha Corporation
18000368 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND ISOXADIFEN-ETHYL Final Rejection BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18000365 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND BENOXACOR Final Rejection BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18000345 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND CYPROSULFAMIDE Final Rejection Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17996142 ACTIVE COMPOUND COMBINATIONS AND FUNGICIDE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THOSE Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17628334 CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE-SUBSTITUTED IMINO ARYL COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co., Ltd.
18351638 WHEAT SEED PRODUCTION Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17839991 METHODS OF PREVENTING OR TREATING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION AND REDUCING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RATE IN VITRO WITH ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE) Final Rejection NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
17771045 METHODS OF USING A COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANIONIC PESTICIDE AND A BUFFER Final Rejection BASF CORPORATION
18511201 PEST CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA National Chung Hsing University
17034430 Safening Rice Against Group 15 Herbicides Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
17773227 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HERBICIDE AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF Non-Final OA KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
17289112 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, SEED OF SMALL GRAIN CEREALS, AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING LODGING DAMAGE IN SMALL GRAIN CEREALS Final Rejection KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18010606 HERBICIDE COMBINATIONS Non-Final OA UPL Limited
17795089 Herbicide combinations comprising glufosinate and oxyfluorfen Final Rejection COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18269680 USE OF 2-AMINO-3-METHYLHEXANOIC ACID AS PLANT IMMUNITY INDUCER Non-Final OA NANJING TIANNONG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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