Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1652

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.7%
Allow Rate
+13.7% vs TC avg
1,330
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
915
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1300 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
61.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18021059 MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING PUTRESCINE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PUTRESCINE BY USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18318424 METHODS FOR BIOFUEL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17804072 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18390220 FUSION PROTEIN, FUSION PROTEIN PRODUCTION METHOD, ELECTRODE, REDOX DEVICE, REDOX METHOD, DISULFIDE BOND CLEAVAGE METHOD, AND ALLERGEN INACTIVATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co, Ltd.
18353673 ACID TOLERANT CLOSTRIDIA Non-Final OA Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
18460258 Cellulose for Use in Cellulosic Ethanol-Producing Applications Non-Final OA SixRing Inc.
17798415 CHONDROITINASE ABC MUTANTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
17921372 Yeast strains for reducing contamination by lactic acid bacteria Final Rejection Université Libre de Bruxelles
18696632 TRANSAMINASE MUTANT AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ASYMCHEM LABORATORIES (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
18325786 PRODUCT Non-Final OA CEMVITA FACTORY, INC.
17551725 METHODS FOR MODULATION OF AND SENSITIZATION TO SERINE AND GLYCINE LIMITATION Non-Final OA Cancer Research Technology Limited
18578894 NOVEL ENZYMES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GAMMA-AMBRYL ACETATE Non-Final OA Amyris, Inc.
18029684 METHOD FOR PRODUCING KETOSE USING NOVEL KETOSE-3-EPIMERASE Non-Final OA AMANO ENZYME INC.
18515958 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING TAGATOSE FROM FRUCTOSE Final Rejection Arzeda Corp.
18282785 LACHRYMATORY FACTOR GENERATING KIT Final Rejection HOUSE FOODS GROUP INC.
18549668 FERMENTED MILK-BASED PRODUCT COMPRISING GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Kerry Group Services International Ltd
18452040 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING OIL FROM MICROORGANISMS Non-Final OA ZERO ACRE FARMS INC.
17909282 METHODS OF MAKING HYPER-SIALYLATED IMMUNOGLOBULIN Final Rejection Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18274138 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CREATE A WATER-SOLUBLE MIXTURE OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES FOR FACILE CONVERSION TO FERMENTABLE SUGARS Final Rejection BLUE BIOFUELS, INC.
17621604 FUSION PROTEIN, SUBSTANCE PRODUCTION METHOD, VECTOR, TRANSGENIC CELL, PNEUMATIC TIRE PRODUCTION METHOD, AND RUBBER PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITY

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