Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KERSHAW, KELLY P

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1791

This examiner grants 18% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

17.9%
Allow Rate
-47.1% vs TC avg
281
Total Applications
+17.1%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 201 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
40.4%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17435777 MIXTURE COMPRISING D-ALLULOSE AND TASTE MODIFYING COMPOUNDS Final Rejection SYMRISE AG
16691997 EDIBLE CHEW FOR A HUMAN CHILD AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE EDIBLE CHEW Non-Final OA Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
17423774 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS Non-Final OA MARS, INCORPORATED
17415515 DETERMINATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEOSE PEPTONE CONTENT AND/OR BETA-CASEIN CONTENT AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED BETA-CASEIN DERIVED PROTEOSE PEPTONE CONTENT Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18682772 LAVER SNACK HAVING CHEWY TEXTURE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
16970959 ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Conopco Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
18840016 DECOLORIZED SPIRULINA AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA ALGAECORE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18394111 PREPARING NOVEL STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES BY BIOCONVERSION Final Rejection The Coca-Cola Company
17615675 CROSS-LINKED MILK PROTEIN CO-PRECIPITATE Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
18725752 METHODS FOR REDUCED-MEDICINE TREATMENT FOR POST-HARVEST PRESERVATION OF BAYBERRIES Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY ZHONGYUAN INSTITUTE
18024075 COMPOSITIONS ISOLATED FROM DATE PALM TREE Final Rejection The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
17258067 USE OF GLUCOSYL TRANSFERASE TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TEXTURE IN FERMENTED MILK BASED PRODUCTS Non-Final OA DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
18291463 POWDERED COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Firmenich SA
18443775 CHEWING GUMS AND CONFECTIONS HAVING INCLUSIONS OF STABILIZED PLANT PIECES Final Rejection WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
18442769 PLANT-BASED MEAT COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection Balchem Corporation
18683574 SWEETENER BLEND COMPRISING THAUMATIN AND BRAZZEIN Non-Final OA NOMAD BIOSCIENCE GMBH
18683362 CONCENTRATED COFFEE IN SINGLE-SERVING CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA MELODIAN CO., LTD.
18682844 COMPOSITIONS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION Non-Final OA PLANT HEADS
18682841 METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACRYLAMIDE FROM FOODS AND STIMULANTS Non-Final OA C-LECTA GMBH
18291003 ENZYME-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MILK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED MILK Non-Final OA GODO SHUSEI CO., LTD.
17995940 FERMENTED MILK, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DEPHOSPHORYLATED MILK Final Rejection GODO SHUSEI CO., LTD.
18409973 GLYCEROPHOSPHATE COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING FLAVOR IN CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS Non-Final OA NutriScience Innovations LLC
17633885 FERMENTED PLANT-BASED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES OF PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
18573119 EDIBLE BIOREACTORS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA Foodberry, Inc.
18039757 MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM FOR PREPARING PLANT-BASED SAUCES AND/OR SOUPS Non-Final OA Herbstreith & Fox GmbH & Co. KG Pektin-Fabriken
18377913 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED TASTE QUALITY Non-Final OA ALMENDRA PTE. LTD
18478477 Glycelles: Methods and Compositions For Casein Micelles Comprising Non-Bioactive Hydrophilic Compounds Final Rejection Mozza Foods Inc.
16617314 CARBOHYDRATE-BASED FLAVOR-CONTAINING GRANULES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
18320502 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COOLNESS-REGULATING AGENT, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA EPC Natural Products Co., Ltd.
18549898 NON-DAIRY FERMENTED FOOD PRODUCT Non-Final OA Oatly AB

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