Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PAK, JOHN D

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1616 1699 1731

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.9%
Allow Rate
-13.1% vs TC avg
1033
Total Applications
+37.7%
Interview Lift
1148
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 986 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
58.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18037857 HERBICIDAL MALONAMIDES Non-Final OA BASF SE
18249834 ZEALACTONE DERIVATIVES AS PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18040462 HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18000343 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17776814 HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18032879 DOPED CARBON DOTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Nanyang Technological University
17425909 METHODS OF DELIVERING PLANT VIRUS-BASED NANOPESTICIDES Final Rejection CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18255334 PESTICIDAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
17773072 BOVINE MILK-ISOLATED POWDERED EXOSOMES, NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA ABBOTT LABORATORIES
18250664 [(1-PHENYL-5-HETEROARYL-1H-PYRAZOL-3-YL)OXY] ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS SAFENERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF USEFUL PLANTS AND CROP PLANTS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18000361 SELECTIVE HERBICIDES BASED ON SUBSTITUTED ISOXAZOLIN CARBOXAMIDES AND METCAMIFEN Final Rejection Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17786120 SUBSTITUTED THIOPHENE CARBOXAMIDES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17921414 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL RELEASE OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE Non-Final OA Verdant Technologies, LLC
18348125 TURF AND LAWN COIR Non-Final OA GENUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
17599980 ARTHROPOD CONTROL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Firmenich SA
18277104 HERBICIDAL CYCLIC AMIDES N-SUBSTITUTED WITH A HALOALKYLSULFONYLANILIDE GROUP Non-Final OA FMC Corporation
18246140 STABLE HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection UPL Europe LTD
18032900 NITROGEN-CONTAINING CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND HAVING AN OXIME GROUP, AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL HERBICIDE COMPRISING THE COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR USING THE COMPOUND OR THE HERBICIDE Final Rejection NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD.
18547527 HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IMIDAZOLINONE-BASED ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Adama Agan Ltd.
18278590 Herbicidal Composition Comprising Of Phenylpyrazoline And Triazinone Compounds Non-Final OA WILLOWOOD CHEMICALS LIMITED
18487012 BOTANICAL PESTICIDE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Mosquito Squad Franchising SPE LLC
18455109 TARGETED COVALENT INHIBITORS FOR CARBONIC ANHYDRASES Non-Final OA VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
18262614 METHOD AND USE OF AN ENANTIOMER OF 3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE (DOPA) FOR ENHANCING PLANT ATTRACTIVENESS TO BENEFICIAL INSECTS Non-Final OA BIOBAB R&D, S.L.
18030739 A METHOD FOR TREATING A BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL Non-Final OA OPTICEPT TECHNOLOGIES AB
18194873 COMPOSITIONS OF SAPONINS AND PLANT EXTRACTS Final Rejection Y&B MOTHER'S CHOICE LTD.
18040048 CARRABIITOL FORMULATION TO MAINTAIN OSMOTIC BALANCE IN PLANTS AGAINST ABIOTIC STRESS AND METHOD OF EXTRACTION & PREPARATION THEREOF Final Rejection M/S. PUSHPA J. SHAH
17910392 COMPOSITION, AND PROCESS FOR COATING SEED MATERIAL WITH THE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA IPL BIOLOGICALS LIMITED
16958537 MIXTURE OF FUNGAL BIOCONTROLLERS FOR CONTROLLING FUNGI THAT CAUSE DEAD ARM OF GRAPEVINE Final Rejection UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
17536605 ATTRACTANTS FOR RODENTS Final Rejection Gerhard Gries

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