Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HOLLAND, PAUL J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1653 1656

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
824
Total Applications
+64.7%
Interview Lift
1091
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 769 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
68.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18641299 ADENOSINE NUCLEOBASE EDITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
19071055 PH20 POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS, FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Halozyme, Inc.
18548640 REDUCING HIGH MANNOSE GLYCAN PROTEIN EXPRESSION USING GUANOSINE 5'-MONOPHOSPHATE Non-Final OA MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
18278695 METHODS FOR GENERATING A CRISPR ARRAY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18016428 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AN INHERITED RETINAL DISEASE Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17997877 ACE2 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17767844 METHODS TO STABILIZE MAMMALIAN CELLS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17826545 CELL CULTURE METHOD, ANTIBODY PRODUCTION METHOD, ORGANIC ACID REMOVAL METHOD, AND ANTIBODY Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17921035 CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
17726324 GENETICALLY MODIFIED RECOMBINANT CELL LINES Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
17604714 METHODS OF IMPROVING THE LONGEVITY OF IMMUNE CELLS Non-Final OA University of Houston System
17620557 PRODUCTION OF VECTORS USING PHAGE ORIGIN OF REPLICATION Final Rejection ASKBIO INC.
18014348 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
17786561 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISPERSINS VIII Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
17820488 RETINAL ORGANOID MODEL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17930591 COMPOSITIONS IMMUNOGENIC AGAINST SARS CORONAVIRUS 2, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USING THEREOF Final Rejection VERSITECH LIMITED
16978461 EXPRESSION OF HETEROLOGOUS ENZYMES IN YEAST FOR FLAVOURED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Danstar Ferment AG
17525433 CELL ENGINEERING USING RNAs Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17627088 PRODUCTION OF FUCOSYLLACTOSE IN HOST CELLS Non-Final OA INBIOSE N.V.
18680688 FUSION PROTEINS, RECOMBINANT BACTERIA, AND EXOSPORIUM FRAGMENTS FOR PLANT HEALTH Non-Final OA Spogen Biotech Inc.
17635349 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASED PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC.
18002349 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIPEPTIDE Final Rejection KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
18628548 METHODS FOR PRODUCING BIOGAS AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS USING CO-PRODUCTS FROM A STILLAGE STREAM AS FEEDSTOCKS Non-Final OA Marquis IP LLC
18512687 METHODS, CELLS & ORGANISMS Final Rejection Kymab Limited
18444368 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENE EDITING Final Rejection CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG
18529012 Microbial Oil/Lipid and Method for Producing Microbial Oil/Lipid Final Rejection Nissui Corporation
18376543 Composition and Method of an Orally Administered Antimicrobial Peptide Vectored in a Bacterial Expression Vehicle Non-Final OA The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
17908007 Undenatured Type II Collagen in Animal Food and Treats Final Rejection Lonza Greenwood LLC
18252283 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES AS
18248865 NOVEL PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSON SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI JUNCELL THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD.

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