Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1731 1793

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.4%
Allow Rate
-3.6% vs TC avg
916
Total Applications
+26.3%
Interview Lift
1167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 863 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.9%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19268429 EFFICIENT METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RECOVERY OF PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC ACID PRETREATMENT OF PLANT MATERIALS Non-Final OA Pierson Capital Environmental (Beijing) Limited
18031525 NOVEL SUGAR- AND PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING FERTILIZER Non-Final OA CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
18041468 FERTILIZER COMPOSITION CONTAINING CARBOHYDRATE AND PHOSPHORUS, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
17944820 ENGINEERED CALCIUM ALGINATE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
18206595 Method for Preparing N-P Compound Fertilizer from Incinerated Sewage Sludge Ash (ISSA) Non-Final OA Sichuan University
18265351 METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A UREA-BASED COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE ADDITION OF A LIQUID-FREE SOLID ADDITIVE Non-Final OA YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA
18583428 SELECTING AND APPLYING METAL OXIDES AND CLAYS FOR PLANT GROWTH Non-Final OA PHOSPHOLUTIONS INC.
17259112 NOVEL AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SML LIMITED
17753474 NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS Non-Final OA The University of Melbourne
18503433 MULTILAYER HYDROREPELLENT SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ACTIVE AGENTS IN WATER AND SOIL Non-Final OA SICIT GROUP S.P.A.
18332190 ENCAPSULATED FERTILIZER COMPRISING ESSENTIAL OILS, POLYMERS AND MACRONUTRIENTS AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA YPF TECNOLOGÍA S.A.
18493311 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TOPSOIL AND COMPOST AND TOPSOIL AND COMPOST PRODUCTS Non-Final OA Airwareness, LLC
18482375 FERTILIZERS CONTAINING ANIMAL NUTRIENT CORE PACKET Non-Final OA Pursell Agri-Tech, LLC
18473526 Spray Coated Fertilizer Composition Final Rejection Sulvaris Inc.
18466994 SOIL-STRUCTURE IMPROVING BIO-ORGANIC FERTILIZER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences
18244415 FERTILIZER AND PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER TO INCREASE PLANT YIELD AND METHOD OF INCREASING PLANT YIELD Final Rejection Innovations for World Nutrition, LLC
17326558 FERTILIZER AND PLANT GROWTH PROMOTER TO INCREASE PLANT YIELD AND METHOD OF INCREASING PLANT YIELD Final Rejection Innovations for World Nutrition, LLC
18454769 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING BIOMASS ASH MATERIAL INTO FERTILIZER Non-Final OA Blue Reason, LLC
18232297 METHODS OF FORMING LOW SALT NITROGEN-BASED FERTILIZER Non-Final OA Cynagra LLC
18220695 DUST AND ANTICAKING RESISTANT FERTILIZER Final Rejection ArrMaz Products Inc.
17730937 NOVEL CHEMISTRIES TO ACHIEVE A TOTAL AGRONOMIC COATING CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND/OR BIOCATALYSTS Non-Final OA ArrMaz Products Inc.
18031032 Agricultural product, and preparation method Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT
18157711 CALCIUM CARBONATE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Okeanos Group, LLC
18034178 NITROGEN FERTILIZER COMPOSITIONS BASED ON POLYPHOSPHATE CAGED STRUCTURE Non-Final OA AGTEC INNOVATIONS, INC.
18140459 Controlled release fertilizer containing ammonium polyphosphate and its preparation methods Non-Final OA Maoshi Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.
18044169 OXIDATIVE METHOD FOR PREPARING A FERTILIZING COMPOSITION Final Rejection ECOLE D'INGENIEURS DE PURPAN
18108051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER COATED CONTROLLED RELEASE FERTILIZERS Final Rejection COTEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17439544 FERTILISING COMPOSITION WHICH INCLUDES A PLANT-ASSIMILABLE PHOSPHORUS AND CALCIUM POTENTIATOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA FERTINAGRO BIOTECH, S.L.
17785098 A POLYHALITE AND SOP GRANULE AND A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Final Rejection ICL EUROPE COOPERATIEF U.A.
17939993 FERTILIZER WITH STRESS-RESISTANT AND DISEASE-RESISTANT FUNCTIONS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA Qingdao Keguang Biological Technology Co., LTD

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