Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1652 1674

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
19
Total Applications
Interview Lift
0
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
24.7%
§102 Novelty
27.2%
§103 Obviousness
35.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18791223 BASE EDITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18545941 PHI29 POLYMERASE FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18819967 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO REGULATE MAPT SPLICING FOR MODELING AND TREATMENT OF TAUOPATHIES Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18463063 POLYPEPTIDE CAPTURE, IN SITU FRAGMENTATION AND IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection NAUTILUS SUBSIDIARY, INC.
18025050 A RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID USING THE SAME Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18704739 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND RECOMBINANT YEAST CELL Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC.
18726607 BIOSYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICAL METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BACTERIAL CELLULOSE COMPOSITES Non-Final OA The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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