Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1656 1683 1759

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
1,104
Total Applications
+18.3%
Interview Lift
938
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1056 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
38.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17781873 CHO CELL-DERIVED PROTEIN SECRETORY FACTORS AND EXPRESSION VECTORS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD
18691748 MODIFIED PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18044504 Therapeutic Antibody Formulations Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
17822992 Methods For The Identification Of UBQLN2-Mediated Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18540158 Modified Pyrococcus Polymerases and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
17786557 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISPERSINS IX Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18634640 COMPLEX FOR GENOME EDITING HAVING STABILITY AND FEW SIDE-EFFECTS, AND NUCLEIC ACID CODING SAME Non-Final OA National University Corporation Kobe University
18246607 RECOMBINANT YEAST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OLIGOPEPTIDE Non-Final OA LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
18545528 REMOVAL OF SERINE PROTEASES BY TREATMENT WITH FINELY DIVIDED SILICON DIOXIDE Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17999356 DRUG CONTAINING ACTIVE SULFUR COMPOUND AS ITS MAIN COMPONENT Non-Final OA Bio-Xcelerator, Inc.
18460178 USES OF ADENOSINE BASE EDITORS Final Rejection Beam Therapeutics Inc.
17697043 BIOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION OF STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE REBAUDIOSIDE D4 FROM REBAUDIOSIDE E Non-Final OA Conagen Inc.
17912066 FRAGMENTS OF HLYA AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NUMAFERM GmbH
18051109 HYPERACTIVE PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSASES Non-Final OA Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
18270879 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS Non-Final OA Horizon Discovery Limited
18052029 CATION CHELATOR HOT START Non-Final OA Qiagen GmbH
18036611 TRANSFORMANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CAROTENOID COMPOSITION USING SAME Non-Final OA EZAKI GLICO CO., LTD.
17786997 A RECOMBINANT FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL AND ITS CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION Non-Final OA TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17791667 MUSCLE-TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
18151752 Method, Compositions and Applications of Mechanosensitive Channels Non-Final OA Nanoscope Technologies LLC
17909971 SELECTABLE MARKER PROTEINS, EXPRESSION VECTORS, ENGINEERED CELLS AND EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Capricor, Inc.
17802560 Recombinant microalgae able to produce peptides, polypeptides or proteins of collagen, elastin and their derivatives in the chloroplast of microalgae and associated method thereof Non-Final OA ALGANELLE

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