Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SHEN, YANXIN NMN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662 1663

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+40.0% vs TC avg
24
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
773
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
76.5%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18643394 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING PLANT DETERMINACY Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18989895 Markers for Soybean Peroxidase Non-Final OA BASF Agricultural Solutions US 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.
18598144 MODIFICATION OF BRASSINOSTEROID SIGNALING PATHWAY GENES FOR IMPROVING YIELD TRAITS IN PLANTS Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18493025 SHADE TOLERANT LETTUCE Non-Final OA RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18725603 METHOD FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF PLANT ORGANELLE GENOME AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Solar Grants Biotechnology Inc.
18715201 METHODS TO INCREASE YIELDS IN CROPS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
18600469 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING PLANTS WITH MODIFIED SEED PROTEIN AND/OR OIL CONTENT Non-Final OA Benson Hill, Inc.
18621953 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING POLYPHENOL OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN PLANTS Final Rejection Colorado State University Research Foundation
18249891 DOUBLED HAPLOID INDUCER Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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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