Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SILVERMAN, JANICE Y

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1616 1792 1793

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.2%
Allow Rate
-28.8% vs TC avg
247
Total Applications
+52.8%
Interview Lift
1248
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 188 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
0.8%
§102 Novelty
71.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18570042 SENSORY MODIFIERS FOR MEAT SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA CARGILL, INCORPORATED
18002544 METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROTEIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17999077 BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF POACEAE AND/OR LEGUMINOSEAE FIBER ON SURVIVABILITY AND METABOLIC ACTIVITY OF BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18687185 OIL-IN-WATER TYPE EMULSION Non-Final OA ADEKA CORPORATION
18590601 STABILIZING SORBIC ACID IN BEVERAGE SYRUP Non-Final OA PepsiCo, Inc.
18844784 NEW NATURAL SYSTEMS WITH TECHNOLOGICAL LUBRICANT ACTION Non-Final OA ABOCA S.P.A. SOCIETÀ AGRICOLA
18695603 OPTIMIZED WATER LINE DELIVERY OF MICROBES Non-Final OA NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
18589595 Rhodotorula Capable of Efficiently Degrading Ethyl Carbamate and Application Thereof Non-Final OA Dalian Polytechnic University
18016051 PRODUCTS FOR ORAL CONSUMPTION WITH REDUCED SUGAR CONTENT Final Rejection Nomad Bioscience GmbH
18429543 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN COMPOSITE FOOD, AND TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN COMPOSITE FOOD Non-Final OA NISSUI CORPORATION
18571965 FLAVOR NANOEMULSIONS FOR BEVERAGE AND PERSONAL CARE APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Firmenich SA
18562700 Licorice Compounds and Their Use as Flavor Modifiers Final Rejection Firmenich SA
17995734 COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OFF TASTES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Firmenich SA
18292589 REVERSIBLE EDIBLE FILM, USES AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION Non-Final OA VISCOFAN, S.A.
18580311 A NATURAL, PLANT BASE CONFECTIONARY AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Non-Final OA YOFFI MUTZARIM AGSACH LTD.
18574957 FEED ADDITIVE COMPRISING IODOFORM FOR USE IN A METHOD OF REDUCING METHANE PRODUCTION IN AND/OR FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF A RUMINANT Non-Final OA DANSK LANDBRUGS GROVVARESELSKAB A.M.B.A.
18551968 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SOYBEAN BEVERAGE Final Rejection AMANO ENZYME INC.
18512846 PLANT-BASED SIMULATED EGG WHITE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Float Foods Ptd Ltd
18561243 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED FOOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Corporation Life Sciences Limited
18286659 MILK-BASED EXPANDED FOOD PREPARATION, METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA COMPAGNIE LAITIERE EUROPEENNE
17509032 DEHYDRATED THC CANDY FOODSTUFF COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA INSECTERGY, LLC
18550327 FLAVOR-IMPARTING AGENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA The Nisshin OilliO Group, Ltd.
18221975 FILLERS FOR CHOCOLATE AND OTHER CONSUMABLES Non-Final OA Voyage Foods, Inc.
18340496 EDIBLE BLOOD COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA EdibleFX LLC
18251054 NON-ANIMAL PROTEIN BASED CHEESE AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING Final Rejection Archer Daniels Midland Company
18033947 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLID INGREDIENT, SOLID INGREDIENT WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED BY IMPLEMENTING SAID PRODUCTION METHOD, AND USES OF SAID INGREDIENT Non-Final OA INGREDIA

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