Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1655 1782 1791 1793 1794

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.1%
Allow Rate
-39.9% vs TC avg
395
Total Applications
+31.7%
Interview Lift
1538
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 342 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19270131 FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection ByHeart, Inc.
17797946 BEER-FLAVORED BEVERAGE Final Rejection SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
18062728 METHOD OF PREPARING FERMENTED FOOD BY USING NOVEL RHIZOPUS MICROSPORUS STRAIN, AND FERMENTED FOOD Final Rejection INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18563086 PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANT-BASED CHEESE PRODUCT Final Rejection Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
18087552 Plant-Based Cheese Product And Method Of Making A Plant-Based Cheese Product Final Rejection Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
17921660 COMPOSITION FOR MAKING BOUILLONS Non-Final OA Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18721672 SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES Non-Final OA Cargill, Incorporated
18721669 SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES Non-Final OA Cargill, Incorporated
18721668 SHORT-PATH EVAPORATION PROCESSES Non-Final OA Cargill, Incorporated
18558482 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18556600 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18040178 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18040175 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18040052 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18007315 REMOVAL OF UNWANTED MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18035385 FAT BLEND SUITABLE FOR INFANT NUTRITION Non-Final OA FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
18553569 TASTE MODIFYING INGREDIENT Final Rejection Givaudan SA
18619336 PREPARATION METHOD OF COMPOUND TOTAL-NUTRIENT AND HEALTHY DRIED PASSIFLORA EDULIS SIMS Non-Final OA AORAW INC
18282792 VEGETABLE-PROTEIN-CONTAINING LIQUID FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
17760671 TASTE-IMPROVING AGENT FOR HIGH-INTENSITY SWEETENER CONTAINING CAROTENOID DEGRADATION PRODUCT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA J-OIL MILLS, Inc.
18553914 PROCESSED HEMP PROTEIN-INCLUDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA AMANO ENZYME INC.
17857937 Cannabinoid Lipid Premixture Final Rejection Fertin Pharma A/S
18563390 INFANT FORMULA FOR FEEDING INFANTS RECEIVING INFANT FORMULA AND HUMAN BREAST MILK Non-Final OA N.V. Nutricia
17904452 FLAVORED PARTICLES DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection FIRMENICH SA
18432833 SHEET-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT AND FLAKE-SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT Non-Final OA TANAKA FOODS CO., LTD.
17925907 FLAVOR COMPOSITION, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE Non-Final OA TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18289699 Composition in the Form of a Supramolecular Arrangement Including Hydrophilic Molecules Which is Stabilized by Mineral Particles in a Lipid Phase Non-Final OA HUDDLE CORP
18040414 PECTIN-CONTAINING PLANT FIBER COMPOSITION FOR PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM Non-Final OA Herbstreith & Fox GmbH & Co. KG Pektin-Fabriken
18448775 SOFT CANDY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOFT CANDY Final Rejection Morinaga & Co., Ltd.
18064301 HIGH-DIETARY-FIBER BERRY-POMACE-POWDER AND USE THEREOF IN FOOD PRODUCTS Final Rejection Kaunas University of Technology

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