Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1632 1644 1656

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.3%
Allow Rate
-10.7% vs TC avg
141
Total Applications
+45.3%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 73 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.1%
§102 Novelty
59.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17784693 Methods and compositions for modulating the glycosylation profile of proteins Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
17258132 NOVEL MICROORGANISMS FOR DECOMPOSING OIL AND FAT CONTAINING FATTY ACID Non-Final OA National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
17437232 MICROBIAL TEST KIT, MICROBIAL TEST METHOD AND MICROBIAL TEST DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17040448 DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE, AND GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
17292991 MODULATION OF FORMATE OXIDATION BY RECOMBINANT YEAST HOST CELL DURING FERMENTATION Final Rejection DANSTAR FERMENT AG
17434351 ATP-INDEPENDENT BIOLUMINESCENT REPORTER VARIANTS TO IMPROVE IN VIVO IMAGING Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
17299273 Powder Detergent Compositions Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
18508933 PRESSED AND MIXED THIN FILM ENZYMATIC REACTOR AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Waters Technologies Corporation
17366443 COMPOSITIONS, KITS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR SEPARATING PROTEINS FROM SURFACTANTS Final Rejection Waters Technologies Corporation
18688983 FUNGAL ENZYME MIXTURES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Bio-Cat, Inc.
18686731 COLLAGEN BIOMATERIAL DERIVED FROM ABALONE Non-Final OA Bio Consultancy Pty Ltd
17433971 BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING OVARIAN CANCER Final Rejection Venn Biosciences Corporation
18351069 ENZYMATIC MODIFICATION OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN FOOD Non-Final OA DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
17446393 METHODS OF REFINING A GRAIN OIL COMPOSITION, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES Final Rejection POET Research, Inc.
18572312 MICROPARTICLE TISSUE SCAFFOLD COMPOSITIONS, APPARATUSES, METHODS OF PREPARATION, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIO-CHANGE LTD.
18332489 LONG-ACTING RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN-18 BINDING PROTEIN AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Guangdong Medical University
18562092 A METHOD OF SEPARATING BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES Final Rejection Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB
17607747 METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF PLASMA PROTEINS Non-Final OA CYTIVA BIOPROCESS R&D AB
18386502 RECOMBINANT ALGAE HAVING HIGH BIOMASS AND LIPID PRODUCTIVITY Non-Final OA PHYKION INC.
17251135 PREPARATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING A WHOLE PLANT FIBRE EXTRACT FROM SUGARCANE Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
17311574 COLLAGEN SOLID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLLAGEN SOLID, BIOMATERIAL, AND EX VIVO MATERIAL Final Rejection KINKI UNIVERSITY
18258199 USE OF EXTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE VESICLES FOR ANTI-BIOFILM PURPOSES Non-Final OA Université de Bourgogne
17761373 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Macrophi Inc.
17560051 USE OF A PLURALITY OF SALT IONIC LIQUIDS IN THE PRETREATMENT OF BIOMASS Final Rejection NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
17616121 NOVEL CLASS 2 CRISPR-CAS RNA-GUIDED ENDONUCLEASES Non-Final OA SCIENCE SOLUTIONS LLC
17594949 PULVERULENT SUBSTRATE OBTAINED BY STEAM CRACKING OF A BIOMASS WITHOUT CHEMICAL AUXILIARY AGENT, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA EUROPEENNE DE BIOMASSE
17399909 MICROBIAL-BASED PROCESS FOR QUALITY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE FROM HEMPSEED Final Rejection Prairie AquaTech
17420798 PROCESS FOR PURIFYING PHYCOCYANINS Final Rejection FERMENTALG

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