Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.1%
Allow Rate
-2.9% vs TC avg
51
Total Applications
+56.3%
Interview Lift
1128
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
33.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18263277 LIPID NANOPARTICLE ADJUVANT COMPOSITION FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINES Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18014004 MODIFIED YEAST HOST CELLS USEFUL FOR PRODUCING ISOPRENOL Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17905592 METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR PRODUCTION OF LIPOIC ACID Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
17969740 COXIELLA BURNETII AVIRULENT NINE MILE PHASE II VIABLE BACTERIA AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18034102 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING 3-HYDROXYADIPIC ACID AND/OR ALPHA-HYDROMUCONIC ACID, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHEMICAL PRODUCT Non-Final OA TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
17637057 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN TREATING INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH BURN OR SCALD INJURY Final Rejection Sichuan University
17637028 APPLICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA VACCINE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE Non-Final OA Sichuan University
18268032 BURKHOLDERIA VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA University of Hawaii
18034239 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES Non-Final OA Pfizer Inc.
17794744 INCREASED ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY OVEREXPRESSION OF JID1 IN YEAST Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC.
17935466 BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAIN, RECOMBINANT BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAIN AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Jiangnan University
18697281 PROBIOTIC ENHANCERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Blis Technologies Limited
17854377 PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR SACCHARIDE CONJUGATE VACCINE Final Rejection GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
17904155 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS INCLUDING THOSE CAUSED BY CORONAVIRUS Final Rejection IMMODULON THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
18245884 ANTIBODIES AGAINST STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN Final Rejection Aventera Antibodies AB
18017934 THERAPEUTIC AGENT OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR CANCER Final Rejection JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17998693 FUSION PROTEIN WITH IMMUNOENHANCING ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Transmed Gothenburg AB
17754427 NOVEL SKIN CARE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA S-BIOMEDIC

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