Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1663

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
917
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
13.9%
§102 Novelty
75.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18085024 MODIFIED SEEDS AND PLANTS WITH RESISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Texas Tech University System
18810602 NICOTIANA PLANT BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Japan Tobacco Inc.
18757189 Compositions and Methods for Safeguarding Plant Immunity Response to Elevated Temperatures Non-Final OA Duke University
18899066 NOVEL TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR 30S RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN REGULATES PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES IN PLANT CELLS Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18726446 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TRICHOME REMOVAL Non-Final OA PAIRWISE PLANTS SERVICES, INC.
18754725 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH WITH A TRNA SYNTHETASE GENE THAT ACTIVATES TOR Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18822127 USE OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE, PROTEIN, AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL IN REGULATION AND CONTROL OF PLANT TUBER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
18842526 SPINACH PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND NOVEL RESISTANCE GENE Non-Final OA Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
18773683 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF WHITEFLY Non-Final OA National Agricultural Research Organization
18723690 FRUCTOSE SENSING AND SIGNALING IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Südzucker AG
18265410 Plants With Sr2-mediated Stem Rust Resistance Non-Final OA GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18702467 TARGETED GENE INTEGRATION IN PLANTS Non-Final OA LIMAGRAIN EUROPE
18697038 PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AGAINST STEM RUST AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The Sainsbury Laboratory
18381155 TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH IMPROVED TRAITS Final Rejection PLANTARC BIO LTD.
18426394 USE OF GENE ZmNPF6.8 IN REGULATION OF NITROGEN UPTAKE AND UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY OF ZEA MAYS L. AND YIELD PER ZEA MAYS L. PLANT Non-Final OA JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
18546837 CHLOROPLAST CYTOSINE BASE EDITORS AND MITOCHONDRIA CYTOSINE BASE EDITORS IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC)
18263146 METHOD OF PROVIDING BROAD-SPECTRUM RESISTANCE TO PLANTS, AND PLANTS THUS OBTAINED Non-Final OA Naga Charan KONAKALLA

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