Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHARMA, SANTOSH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1663

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.5%
Allow Rate
+15.5% vs TC avg
134
Total Applications
+28.0%
Interview Lift
1074
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 102 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.5%
§102 Novelty
27.2%
§103 Obviousness
39.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17180816 MANIPULATING THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK TO INCREASE GENE EXPRESSION Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
17631268 GENETIC LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE RESISTANCE IN SOYBEANS Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18478428 MARKER ASSOCIATED WITH SMUT RESISTANCE IN PLANT BELONGING TO GENUS SACCHARUM AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17297728 Rust Resistance Gene Final Rejection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
18267061 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SHORT STATURE PLANTS THROUGH MANIPULATION OF GIBBERELLIN METABOLISM Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18851389 TARGETED DONOR DNA INSERTION AND INDEL EDITING OF PLANT GENES Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18537867 METHODS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO SOYBEAN RUST Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18340934 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING SHADE AVOIDANCE IN PLANTS Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18575550 METHODS FOR SELECTING WATERMELON PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS COMPRISING A MODIFIED DWARF14 GENE Non-Final OA NUNHEMS B.V.
17663075 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEW GENES IN ORGANISM AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co., Ltd.
18394021 BACTERIAL STRAINS WITH TOXIN COMPLEX FOR INSECT CONTROL Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17251596 METHODS FOR ENHANCING GENOME ENGINEERING EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGaA
18604612 METHODS OF INHIBITING GROWTH OF WEEDS Non-Final OA Weedout Ltd.
18282080 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANT OR PART THEREOF ADAPTED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS AND PROCESS THEREOF Non-Final OA CORE BIOGENESIS
17597707 GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS THAT EXHIBIT AN INCREASE IN SEED YIELD COMPRISING A FIRST HOMEOLOG OF SUGAR-DEPENDENT1 ( SDP1) HOMOZYGOUS FOR A WILD-TYPE ALLELE AND A SECOND HOMEOLOG OF SDP1 HOMOZYGOUS FOR A MUTANT ALLELE Final Rejection NUSEED NUTRITIONAL US INC.
17769570 METHOD FOR OBTAINING MATERIAL FROM PLANT CELL SURFACES Final Rejection eleva GmbH
16882682 PAPAYA WITH NOVEL TRAITS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SUCH PAPAYA PLANTS Non-Final OA HORTIGENICS RESEARCH (S.E. ASIA LTD)

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