Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SHARMA, SANTOSH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1663

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+15.0% vs TC avg
135
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
1044
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17180816 MANIPULATING THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK TO INCREASE GENE EXPRESSION Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
17297728 Rust Resistance Gene Final Rejection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
19221360 INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection GENECTIVE SA
18851389 TARGETED DONOR DNA INSERTION AND INDEL EDITING OF PLANT GENES Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, 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.
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.
18394021 BACTERIAL STRAINS WITH TOXIN COMPLEX FOR INSECT CONTROL Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18282080 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLANT OR PART THEREOF ADAPTED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS AND PROCESS THEREOF Non-Final OA CORE BIOGENESIS
18349935 MOLECULAR MARKERS OF PHOTO-SENSITIVITY MODULE RELATED TO RICE BLAST RESISTANCE AND THEIR APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
18258111 'SAMKWANG(SA)-FLO3', RICE MUTANT LINE DERIVED FROM 'SAMKWANG' WITH FLOURY ENDOSPERM Final Rejection REPUBLIC OF KOREA (MANAGEMENT: RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION)
17663075 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEW GENES IN ORGANISM AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Qingdao Kingagroot Chemical Compound Co., Ltd.
17903199 ORGANIC PLANTING METHOD OF GASTRODIA ELATA Non-Final OA Southwest Forestry University
17769570 METHOD FOR OBTAINING MATERIAL FROM PLANT CELL SURFACES Final Rejection eleva GmbH
17700591 ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Genvor Inc.
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.

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