Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1614

This examiner grants 28% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.8%
Allow Rate
-32.2% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+76.5%
Interview Lift
1173
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 18 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
26.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18039317 MIXTURES CONTAINING METARYLPICOXAMID Final Rejection BASF SE
18194542 HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES TO STABILIZE POLYPEPTIDES Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17755832 ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET Non-Final OA Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
18034111 STABLE ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATION CONCENTRATE Final Rejection Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18249676 INTRINSICALLY-DISORDERED PROTEINS AS EMULSIFIERS Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18713530 EMULSION COMPOSITION Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
17759703 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COSMETIC Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18267888 COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF TWO PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYE PRECURSORS AND A PARTICULAR CARBOXYLIC ACID Final Rejection L'Oreal
18010739 GELLED COMPOSITION COMPRISING A SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACID SALT Final Rejection L'Oreal
17840005 Biodegradable, Porous, Thermally Responsive Injectable Hydrogel as Soft Tissue Defect Filler Final Rejection University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
15777586 Composition and Methods for Reducing Corn-on-Corn Yield Penalty Final Rejection Monsanto Technology LLC
17926635 SCRUB AGENT, SCRUB AGENT-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND SCRUB AGENT PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Daicel Corporation
18287237 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES EXTRACT FOR SKIN WHITENING OR WRINKLE IMPROVEMENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA DAESANG CORPORATION
17626258 RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK EXTRUDATE FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Bolt Threads, Inc.
18000923 NOVEL FORMULATIONS FOR INCREASING THE GERMINATION RATE OF FUNGAL SPORES Final Rejection DANSTAR FERMENT AG
18139463 TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C Final Rejection Kenvue Brands LLC
17787760 FILM-COATED TABLETS HAVING SMOOTH SURFACE Final Rejection DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
18717656 NEW USES OF PHENMEDIPHAM AND HERBICIDAL COMBINATIONS COMPRISING PHENMEDIPHAM Non-Final OA BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP
18034817 COMPOSITION CONTAINING LIPID PEPTIDE AND SUCROSE ESTER Final Rejection NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18272634 MINERAL OIL-FREE COSMETIC W/O EMULSION Non-Final OA BEIERSDORF AG
17784859 NON-VIRAL VECTORS COMPRISING POLYPROPYLENEIMINE Final Rejection UNIVERSITEIT GENT
17918780 ULIPRISTAL ACETATE OTF Non-Final OA LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
18022068 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ELEMENTAL SULPHUR AND CHOLINE SALT OF PELARGONIC ACID Final Rejection SML LIMITED
17998045 SURFACE-REACTED CALCIUM CARBONATE IN A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LOADED MICROCAPSULE Non-Final OA Omya International AG
18553368 Transdermal Systems having low dose estrogen and methods of making and use Non-Final OA Viatris Inc.
18246800 METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEALTH CONDITIONS Final Rejection NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
18209263 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MELANIN SYNTHESIS Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18251409 LOW DRIFT, RAINFASTNESS, HIGH SPREADING, HIGH UPTAKE AND ULV TANK MIX ADJUVANT FORMULATION Non-Final OA BAYER CROPSCIENCE K.K.
18133918 NOVEL USE OF MILK EXOSOMES Final Rejection EXOGENIQUE CO., LTD.
18133886 NOVEL USE OF MILK EXOSOMES Final Rejection EXOGENIQUE CO., LTD.

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