Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KINGDON, CATHY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638 1662 1663

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+20.3% vs TC avg
1229
Total Applications
+2.6%
Interview Lift
949
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1192 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.9%
§102 Novelty
18.4%
§103 Obviousness
39.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18626636 METHOD TO PRODUCE COLLAGEN AS THERAPEUTICS AND BIOMATERIALS Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
17965436 MODULATING STRESS RESPONSES BY A NOVEL CHROMATIN-ASSOCIATED GUIDE RNA DERIVED FROM TRANSFER RNA Non-Final OA TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
18460371 PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
17489824 PLANT EXPRESSING ANIMAL MILK PROTEINS Non-Final OA YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
18616799 PEA VARIETY SVQF0500 Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18541520 SWEET CORN HYBRID SVSK0834 AND PARENTS THEREOF Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
17855475 BREEDING WITH QTLS FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE AND BULB COLOR IN ONION Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18601707 LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 08249 LTL Non-Final OA NUNHEMS B.V.
18072334 LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 09185 LTL Final Rejection Nunhems B.V.
18037836 CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILE PLANT OF GENUS PETUNIA, INTERGENERIC HYBRID PLANT THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA SAKATA SEED CORPORATION
18699357 ALS INHIBITOR HERBICIDE TOLERANT BETA VULGARIS MUTANTS Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18161613 GENE CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO CERCOSPORA BETICOLA IN BEETS Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18603801 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 21220725 Non-Final OA Mertec, LLC
18598050 Regulatory Elements From Lamium Leaf Distortion Associated Virus (LLDAV) Non-Final OA CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE LLC
18588311 ALFALFA VARIETY R0419A3143 Non-Final OA Forage Genetics International, LLC
18115150 ALFALFA VARIETY R414M335 Non-Final OA Forage Genetics International, LLC
18369690 LETTUCE CULTIVAR TALL PATTON Final Rejection SOUTHWEST GENETICS, LLC
18348709 NOVEL LOCI IN GRAPES Non-Final OA BLOOM FRESH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
17355698 A TRANSGENIC MAIZE PLANT AND FEEDSTOCK COMPRISING EVENT 4588.652 EXPRESSING A GLUCANASE Non-Final OA Agrivida, Inc.

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