Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1614

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.3%
Allow Rate
-28.7% vs TC avg
49
Total Applications
+73.3%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
0.9%
§102 Novelty
72.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18039317 MIXTURES CONTAINING METARYLPICOXAMID Final Rejection BASF SE
17926635 SCRUB AGENT, SCRUB AGENT-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND SCRUB AGENT PRODUCTION METHOD Final Rejection Daicel Corporation
18034111 STABLE ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATION CONCENTRATE Final Rejection Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18249676 INTRINSICALLY-DISORDERED PROTEINS AS EMULSIFIERS Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18267888 COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF TWO PARTICULAR OXIDATION DYE PRECURSORS AND A PARTICULAR CARBOXYLIC ACID 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
18713530 EMULSION COMPOSITION Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
17759703 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COSMETIC Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
17626258 RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK EXTRUDATE FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Bolt Threads, Inc.
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 LLC
17784859 NON-VIRAL VECTORS COMPRISING POLYPROPYLENEIMINE Final Rejection UNIVERSITEIT GENT
18209263 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MELANIN SYNTHESIS Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18287237 COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES EXTRACT FOR SKIN WHITENING OR WRINKLE IMPROVEMENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA DAESANG CORPORATION
18553368 Transdermal Systems having low dose estrogen and methods of making and use Non-Final OA Viatris Inc.
18251409 LOW DRIFT, RAINFASTNESS, HIGH SPREADING, HIGH UPTAKE AND ULV TANK MIX ADJUVANT FORMULATION Non-Final OA BAYER CROPSCIENCE K.K.
18133886 NOVEL USE OF MILK EXOSOMES Final Rejection EXOGENIQUE CO., LTD.
18133901 NOVEL USE OF MILK EXOSOMES Final Rejection EXOGENIQUE CO., LTD.
17780391 NOVEL USE OF MILK EXOSOMES Final Rejection EXOGENIQUE CO., LTD.
18021887 INJECTABLE COMPOSITION AND USE OF SAID COMPOSITION Final Rejection INNATE S.R.L.
18002063 OIL-CONTAINING WASHING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA BAYER CONSUMER CARE AG
17987584 SEED TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS THAT INCREASE MICROORGANISM LONGEVITY Non-Final OA PRO FARM GROUP, INC.
18052376 HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, SILICA-FREE, STORAGE STABLE DENTAL ETCHING GEL Final Rejection VOCO GmbH
17904901 Methods for Enhancing Transdermal and Intradermal Delivery of Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) Final Rejection B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Itd., at Ben-Gurion university
17793080 AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF INSOLUBLE ALPHA-GLUCAN COMPRISING ALPHA-1,3 GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGES Non-Final OA NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCE USA 4 INC.

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