Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOGSDON, CHARLES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.1%
Allow Rate
+12.1% vs TC avg
552
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 531 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
28.3%
§103 Obviousness
38.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18670510 PLANTS COMPRISING WHEAT G-TYPE CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RESTORER GENES, MOLECULAR MARKERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BASF SE
18670536 PLANTS COMPRISING WHEAT G-TYPE CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY RESTORER GENES, MOLECULAR MARKERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BASF SE
18668366 MICROPEPTIDES AND USE OF SAME FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
18633860 PEA VARIETY SVQF0508 Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18474696 ONION VARIETY SVNB3693 Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18365439 SPINACH HYBRID SVVB2740 AND PARENTS THEREOF Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18162134 INHT26 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
17581145 METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL GENES FOR MODULATING PLANT AGRONOMIC TRAITS Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18745717 Soybean Culitvar GER00056038 Non-Final OA Confluence Genetics, LLC
18654007 SNP MOLECULAR MARKER COMBINATION OF BRASSICA NAPUS L. AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Huazhi Biotech Co., Ltd
18588248 ALFALFA VARIETY R0919TF549 Non-Final OA Forage Genetics International, LLC
18390610 METHOD FOR MODULATING PLANT PROCESSES Non-Final OA VALAGRO S.P.A
16487807 A PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL MICROBIOMES FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH, PLANT AND SOIL HEALTH, BIOCONTROL AND BIOREMEDIATION Non-Final OA MICROGEN BIOTECH

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