Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ROBINSON, HOPE A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1652

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.8%
Allow Rate
+7.8% vs TC avg
1102
Total Applications
+43.0%
Interview Lift
1258
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1032 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
20.1%
§103 Obviousness
47.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17916441 ADAMTS13 VARIANT, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
17683101 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR 3-HYDROXYPROPIONATE PRODUCTION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18419342 ENHANCING THE SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN DOWNHOLE CARBONATE-BASED RESERVOIRS VIA INJECTING UREASE ENZYME Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18031691 RELATIVE UNPAIRED GLYCANS IN ANTIBODY PRODUCTION METHODS Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
19275193 IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES FOR THE BIOELECTRIC PRODUCTION OF FORMATE AND FORMIC ACID Non-Final OA Anodyne Chemistries, Inc.
18265094 ENZYME BASED PRODUCTION OF SPECIALIZED PRO-RESOLVING MEDIATORS (SPMS) VIA DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (DHA) AND EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA) Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18005086 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING AN AMINO ACID SEQUENCE, ENCODING AN OXIDOREDUCTASE Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18262318 METHOD FOR SIZE BASED EVALUATION OF PANCREATIC PROTEIN MIXTURE Non-Final OA Kashiv BioSciences, LLC
18555956 ENZYMATICALLY-CLEAVABLE GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE HYALURONIC ACID Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18002239 NOVEL TRANSGLUTAMINASE Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18976903 SINGLE CELL PROTEIN WITH ENHANCED POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID CONTENT Final Rejection LanzaTech, Inc.
17794137 MICROORGANISM WITH ENHANCED L-BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID PRODUCING ABILITY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID USING SAME Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18191994 MUTANT TRANSGLUTAMINASE Non-Final OA AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
17642974 Detergent Composition Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
18720533 PRODUCTION OF ALPHA-1,4-FUCOSYLATED COMPOUNDS Final Rejection INBIOSE N.V.
17910952 TRANSGLUTAMINASE VARIANTS Non-Final OA Curie Co. Inc.
18683749 POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING NOVEL NUCLEASES, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF AND METHODS THEREOF FOR ELIMINATING DNA FROM PROTEIN PREPARATIONS Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC.
17623086 MODIFIED YEAST CELLS THAT OVER-EXPRESS SELECTED ENDOGENOUS PROTEINS Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC
18698789 KYNURENINE AMINOTRANSFERASE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
18266282 LYSOSOMAL ACID LIPASE VARIANTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
18012979 ENZYME-IMMOBILIZATION CARRIER AND IMMOBILIZED ENZYME THAT USES SAME Final Rejection FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
18546061 FUSION PROTEINS COMPRISING A PROTEIN WITH PHASE BEHAVIOR Non-Final OA Donaldson Company, Inc.
17997932 PECTIN EXTRACTION PROCESS Final Rejection DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
18425681 CELL-TARGETED CYTOTOXIC CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
18416322 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMINO ACID DEPLETION THERAPY Final Rejection AVALON POLYTOM (HK) LIMITED
17607543 METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF ERGOTHIONEINE Non-Final OA Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
18068004 BACTERIA ENGINEERED TO REDUCE HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA Non-Final OA Synlogic Operating Company, Inc.
17843589 NON-NATURAL MICROBIAL ORGANISMS WITH IMPROVED ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA Genomatica, Inc.
16767920 METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH ASPARAGINASE Non-Final OA JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LTD.
18282403 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Matoke Holdings Limited

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