Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MULDER, SCOTT EVAN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1656

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-35.0% vs TC avg
45
Total Applications
+33.3%
Interview Lift
1314
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.0%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
29.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17996441 A GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELL LINE PRODUCING A RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN HAVING A MANNOSE-TERMINATED N-GLYCAN Final Rejection WUXI BIOLOGICS IRELAND LIMITED
17938048 METHODS FOR ANTIOXIDATION, REDUCING THE RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND IMPROVING IMMUNITY BY USING MAGNETIZED ELDERBERRY FERMENT Final Rejection TCI CO., LTD.
18536572 Application of MmPI in Preparation of Trypsin Inhibitors Non-Final OA SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18000381 RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION VECTOR FOR PRODUCTION OF ENCAPSULIN-BASED VACCINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA INTHERA INC.
18501724 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING AN ENGINEERED RELEASE FACTOR Non-Final OA Opentrons Labworks Inc.
18381603 GANODERMA LUCIDUM BETA-GLUCAN EXTRACT, PREPARATION METHOD AND DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17924659 BIOSYNTHESIS OF MOGROSIDES Non-Final OA Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
17980387 SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection Blue Sky Innovations, LLC
17921833 PLASTIC DEGRADING FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection University of Portsmouth
17917016 IMPROVED METHODS OF PRODUCING A LIPIDATED PROTEIN Non-Final OA Valneva Austria GmbH
17800063 Use of aprotinin as a carrier to produce a recombinant protein, polypeptide or peptide in algae Non-Final OA ALGANELLE
17668086 MURINE MODEL OF FETAL/NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA Final Rejection VERSITI BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION, INC.

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