Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1652 1653 1656 1683 1759 1799

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Suzanne Marie Noakes works in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1652. The profile shows a high volume of 1075 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 73.3%. This 73.3% rate provides a clear baseline for the probability of reaching a patent grant. The median days to allowance is 946, which indicates a relatively efficient prosecution process. With 1075 resolved cases, the statistical confidence in these metrics is very high.

The interview lift is 18.2%, showing that interviews are an effective way to improve the 73.3% baseline allowance rate. Practitioners should consider an interview to resolve issues and potentially maintain the 946-day timeline. The 18.2% lift indicates that verbal advocacy is a productive tactic for this examiner. Applicants can expect a clear path to grant based on the 946 median days to allowance. This analysis of Art Unit 1652 is based on the 1075 resolved cases available.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+8.3% vs TC avg
1,118
Total Applications
+18.2%
Interview Lift
946
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1075 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.3%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
24.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18743008 ACTIVATABLE NANOREPORTERS FOR REAL-TIME TRACKING OF MACROPHAGE PHENOTYPIC STATES ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE PROGRESSION Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18458443 PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER PRODUCTION METHOD, PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER, AND PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18309003 RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FOR QUANTIFICATION OF PROTEIN LEVELS Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18691748 MODIFIED PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18764634 RNA-Guided Targeting of Genetic and Epigenomic Regulatory Proteins to Specific Genomic Loci Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18261264 SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18838044 PROCESS FOR WHOLE-CELL BIOSYNTHESIS OF STYRENE Non-Final OA SHELL USA, INC.
19103587 EXPRESSION SYSTEMS FOR PHOSPHATASES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
18855856 NOVEL LIPASE Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18262051 LIPASE WITH LOW MALODOR GENERATION Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17923489 MEDICAL CLEANING COMPOSITION, USE AND METHOD OF CLEANING Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
18473622 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene Non-Final OA Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
17919710 REGULATORY NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES Final Rejection ASKLEPIOS BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, INC.

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