Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
1,032
Total Applications
+37.7%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 993 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.1%
§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
18000343 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17776814 HERBICIDAL COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
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
17921414 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL RELEASE OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE Non-Final OA Verdant Technologies, LLC
18296962 ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIVIRAL FABRIC, FORMULATION FOR SOFT COATING AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
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
17926559 AZABICYCLIC(THIO)AMIDES AS FUNGICIDAL COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
17786120 SUBSTITUTED THIOPHENE CARBOXAMIDES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18348125 TURF AND LAWN COIR Non-Final OA GENUS INDUSTRIES, INC.
18024034 DITHIOPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVES AS HYDROGEN SULFIDE RELEASE CHEMICALS FOR IMPROVING PLANT GROWTH AND CROP YIELD Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18277104 HERBICIDAL CYCLIC AMIDES N-SUBSTITUTED WITH A HALOALKYLSULFONYLANILIDE GROUP Non-Final OA FMC Corporation
18487012 BOTANICAL PESTICIDE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Mosquito Squad Franchising SPE LLC
18455109 TARGETED COVALENT INHIBITORS FOR CARBONIC ANHYDRASES Non-Final OA VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
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
17802587 HEAT TOLERANCE OR DRYING TOLERANCE IMPROVING AGENT, SALT TOLERANCE IMPROVING AGENT, ACTIVITY IMPROVING AGENT FOR PLANT Non-Final OA AC-PLANTA INC.
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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