Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHEN, YANXIN NMN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662 1663

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

%
Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
18
Total Applications
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
17.8%
§102 Novelty
41.1%
§103 Obviousness
31.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18615786 PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES Non-Final OA BASF SE
18783495 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PLANT YIELD TRAITS Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18643394 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18944792 USE OF MdPHY7 PROTEIN OR MdPHY7 GENE OF APPLE IN REGULATING ANTHOCYANIN BIOSYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Nanjing Hejiachun Biological Technology Co., Ltd.
18925427 HUMAN OSTEOPONTIN PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN PLANT SYSTEMS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO A BODY CORPORATE
18631740 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PERONOSPORA RESISTANCE IN SPINACH Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18847439 MORPHOREGULATORS FOR REGENERATION OF MAIZE SOMATIC EMBRYOS Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18850637 METHODS FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANOGENIC CALLUS AND COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RELATING THERETO Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18664352 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING SHADE AVOIDANCE IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18598144 MODIFICATION OF BRASSINOSTEROID SIGNALING PATHWAY GENES FOR IMPROVING YIELD TRAITS IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18593162 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING SHADE AVOIDANCE IN PLANTS Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18840986 RICE SEQUENCES INVOLVED IN GRAIN WEIGHT UNDER HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING Non-Final OA NUtech Ventures
18493025 SHADE TOLERANT LETTUCE Non-Final OA RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18249891 DOUBLED HAPLOID INDUCER Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18715201 METHODS TO INCREASE YIELDS IN CROPS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
18621953 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING POLYPHENOL OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Colorado State University Research Foundation
18288069 Application of Phosphorus Starvation Response Factor PHR2 in Plant and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Improving Phosphorus Nutrition Final Rejection CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences

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