Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MARTIN, RACHEL E

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1651 1657 1682 1792

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.1%
Allow Rate
-11.9% vs TC avg
108
Total Applications
+57.2%
Interview Lift
1166
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 64 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
4.5%
§102 Novelty
66.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18573419 RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM IN WHICH EXPRESSION OF NADH:QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE IS CONTROLLED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING O-PHOSPHOSERINE, CYSTEINE, AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF BY USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
17742035 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIPID PARTICLES IN LIQUID AND METHOD FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS Final Rejection KANEKA CORPORATION
18516616 VARIANTS OF A DNA POLYMERASE OF THE POLX FAMILY Non-Final OA Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
18681047 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA, USING INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE-MICROBIAL COMPLEX Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18548730 XYLOSYLATED STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES AND ENZYMATIC METHODS FOR PRODUCTION Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18250645 MUTANT PROTEASES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18110973 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE Final Rejection SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
17570104 FUSION PROTEIN NANODISK COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17641586 BIOFILM TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17908925 COPROCOCCUS BACTERIA FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AND INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES Non-Final OA INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE)
18277398 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYDROXYTYROSOL Non-Final OA Wacker Chemie AG
18392498 Reducing or Inhibiting Ocular Damage by Hyaluronidase Administration Non-Final OA Med Progress, LLC
17799190 SPRAY FREEZE DRYING OF STRICT ANAEROBIC BACTERIA Final Rejection Chr. Hansen A/S
17594994 METHODS FOR THE FRACTIONATION OF PROTEINS Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
18551182 MODIFIED HOST CELLS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION OF VANILLIN Non-Final OA AMYRIS , INC.
18575597 ENHANCED EXPRESSION OF AN AROMATIC AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE (AADC) IN THE SUBSTANTIA NIGRA FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Non-Final OA Comell University
18398273 RECOMBINANT PROTEIN CAPABLE OF RESISTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY, GUANGDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17769452 METHOD FOR EVALUATING DRUG TOXICITY Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18569824 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MICROBIAL TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS Non-Final OA IFF US Holding, LLC
17311262 COMPOSITIONS FOR STABILIZING BACTERIA AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Seres Therapeutics, Inc.
17603978 CATALYTICALLY INACTIVE BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN-LIKE TOXINS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Children's Medical Center Corporation
17294587 MICROFLUIDIC IN VITRO MODEL FOR ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR EFFECTS OF SIMULATED DIETARY REGIMENS ON GUT MICROBIOTA AND HOST CELLS Non-Final OA Universite Du Luxembourg
17610249 POLYPEPTIDES FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA CC Biotech Ltd.
18010092 ENGINEERED MAD7 DIRECTED ENDONUCLEASE Final Rejection BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION
17760007 TAFA4 POLYPEPTIDE OR POLYNUCLEOTIDE FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASE Final Rejection UNIVERSITÉ D'AIX MARSEILLE
17767791 MULTI-DOMAIN PROTEIN VACCINE Non-Final OA DIONIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17767210 METHOD FOR COVALENT IMMOBILIZATION OF MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE
17620604 LACTOBACILLUS COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Probi AB
17611090 METHODS OF PROCESSING A FAVA BEAN COMPOSITION Non-Final OA THE GREEN DAIRY SWEDEN HOLDING AKTIEBOLAG
17601963 RNA SITE-DIRECTED EDITING USING ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRUCTED RNA EDITING ENZYMES AND RELATED USES Non-Final OA SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND HEALTH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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