Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1644 1656

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.2%
Allow Rate
-7.8% vs TC avg
132
Total Applications
+44.8%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 69 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
33.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17185196 GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIAL CELLS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR PRODUCING TETRAMETHYL PYRAZINE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17795939 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LINEAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES FOR PROTEIN MODULATION AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18147630 METHODS OF IMPROVING INTRACELLULAR BIOMOLECULE EXTRACTION YIELD AND METHODS OF CELL LYSIS Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
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.
18017479 DNA-BINDING DOMAIN TRANSACTIVATORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
17267816 DESIGNED, EFFICIENT AND BROAD-SPECIFICITY ORGANOPHOSPHATE HYDROLASES Final Rejection Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
17292991 MODULATION OF FORMATE OXIDATION BY RECOMBINANT YEAST HOST CELL DURING FERMENTATION Final Rejection DANSTAR FERMENT AG
17299273 Powder Detergent Compositions Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
17974506 COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
18691945 A COMPOSITION FOR ANTI-BACTERIAL BIO-CELLULOSIC PATCHES USEFUL FOR TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY AND A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AN INDIAN REGISTERED BODY INCORPORATED UNDER THE REGN.
18351069 ENZYMATIC MODIFICATION OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN FOOD Non-Final OA DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
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.
18591010 METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF RELATED SUBSTANCES IN GERMINAL PEPTIDE PREPARATION Non-Final OA ZHAOKE (GUANGZHOU) OPHTHALMOLOGY PHARMACEUTICAL LIMITED
18686731 COLLAGEN BIOMATERIAL DERIVED FROM ABALONE Non-Final OA Bio Consultancy Pty Ltd
17433971 BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING OVARIAN CANCER Final Rejection Venn Biosciences Corporation
18580308 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS Non-Final OA Solugen, Inc.
18036538 USE OF THERAPEUTIC ENZYME FUSION PROTEIN IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHY CAUSED BY OR ACCOMPANIED BY FABRY DISEASE Non-Final OA HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
18036580 USE OF THERAPEUTIC ENZYME FUSION PROTEIN IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RENAL DISEASES CAUSED BY OR ACCOMPANIED BY FABRY DISEASE Non-Final OA HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
18572312 MICROPARTICLE TISSUE SCAFFOLD COMPOSITIONS, APPARATUSES, METHODS OF PREPARATION, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIO-CHANGE LTD.
18568728 METHODS OF PROCESSING COLLAGEN FROM ANIMAL TISSUE Non-Final OA Grande Delta Corporation
18332489 LONG-ACTING RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN-18 BINDING PROTEIN AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Guangdong Medical University
18519523 NOVEL ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE FOOD AND DRUG COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING BEHAVIOR AND MOTOR FUNCTION Non-Final OA PICOENTECH Co., LTD.
18562048 Chromogenic Absorbent Material for Animal Litter Non-Final OA 7905122 CANADA INC.
18260225 Methods and Compositions for Making Amide Compounds Non-Final OA Genomatica, Inc.
17619554 RECOMBINANT HUMAN COLLAGEN AND METHOD FOR BUILDING SAME Final Rejection NANTONG UNIVERSITY

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