Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KUMAR, VINOD

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638 1663

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.6%
Allow Rate
+22.6% vs TC avg
1438
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
801
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1416 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
19.3%
§103 Obviousness
47.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18495731 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN VIVO DIRECT GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18656706 Lettuce Variety Thunderstruck Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
17775955 METHODS OF IN PLANTA TRANSFORMATION USING AXILLARY MERISTEM Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18541484 TRANSGENIC CORN EVENT ZM_CSM63715 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18798133 TOMATO VARIETY NUN 00327 TOP Non-Final OA Nunhems B.V.
18673014 WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 12102 WMW Non-Final OA NUNHEMS B.V.
18605588 WATERMELON VARIETY NUN 32132 WMW Non-Final OA NUNHEMS B.V.
18590032 SOYBEAN VARIETY 5PRBQ80 Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18723206 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING GENOMES Non-Final OA Benson Hill, Inc.
18268901 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND SELECTING MAIZE PLANTS WITH CYTOPLASMATIC MALE STERILITY RESTORER GENE Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18625917 WILD ROCKET VARIETY SIMLOPS Non-Final OA VILMORIN-MIKADO USA, INC.
17631692 MODIFIED EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE RECEPTORS FOR RECOGNIZING AND STRUCTURING MICROBIOTA Non-Final OA Aarhus Universitet
17936824 Methods for Reproducing Plants Asexually and Compositions Thereof Non-Final OA Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Cinvestav)
17797473 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF SALINE TOLERANT PLANTS Final Rejection Luke YOUNG
17651327 CANNABIS PLANT NAMED 'LPA004' Final Rejection FRONT RANGE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
17416798 AGERITIN AS BIOINSECTICIDE AND METHODS OF GENERATING AND USING IT Final Rejection SENCKENBERG GESELLSCHAFT FUER NATURFORSCHUNG

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