Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NOAKES, SUZANNE MARIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1656

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.9%
Allow Rate
+12.9% vs TC avg
1096
Total Applications
+18.4%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1047 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
24.2%
§102 Novelty
22.8%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16623799 CRISPR/CAS-CYTIDINE DEAMINASE BASED COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID EDITING Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
19071092 PH20 POLYPEPTIDE VARIANTS, FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Halozyme, Inc.
17748678 ELECTRON CARRIER, ELECTRON CARRIER PRODUCTION METHOD, AND ELECTRON TRANSFER METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18285732 NOVEL POLYPEPTIDE EXHIBITING FLUORESCENT PROPERTIES AND USE FOR SAME Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
17781873 CHO CELL-DERIVED PROTEIN SECRETORY FACTORS AND EXPRESSION VECTORS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD
19069321 SERINE PROTEASE FOR SELECTIVELY DEGRADING MUCINS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Zhenglong SUN
18044504 Therapeutic Antibody Formulations Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18927171 PRODUCT, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CELL CULTIVATION Non-Final OA BTL Healthcare Technologies a,s.
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
17786557 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISPERSINS IX Non-Final OA Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
17786562 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISPERSINS VI Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18185807 ACETOLACTATE DECARBOXYLASE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
17892163 MUTANT AMINOACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES Non-Final OA B. G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
18774233 ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS Non-Final OA NOVOZYMES A/S
18246607 RECOMBINANT YEAST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OLIGOPEPTIDE Non-Final OA LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
18634640 COMPLEX FOR GENOME EDITING HAVING STABILITY AND FEW SIDE-EFFECTS, AND NUCLEIC ACID CODING SAME Non-Final OA National University Corporation Kobe University
18582362 METHODS AND MICROORGANISMS FOR MAKING 2,3-BUTANEDIOL AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF FROM C1 CARBONS Final Rejection PRECIGEN, INC.
18249988 CARRIER PEPTIDE FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
18418248 S. PYOGENES CAS9 MUTANT GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED BY SAME Non-Final OA Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
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.
18473622 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene Non-Final OA Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
18473573 Methods Of Treating Fabry Disease In Patients Having A Mutation In The GLA Gene Non-Final OA Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
17912066 FRAGMENTS OF HLYA AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NUMAFERM GmbH
18265998 YEAST EXTRACT CONTAINING TRIPEPTIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMYANG CORPORATION
18051109 HYPERACTIVE PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSASES Non-Final OA Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
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
18270879 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS Non-Final OA Horizon Discovery Limited
17904498 ARGININE FLUORESCENT PROBE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA East China University of Science and Technology

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