Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STEPHENS, REBECCA JOHANNA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1638 1662 1663

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.2%
Allow Rate
+6.2% vs TC avg
235
Total Applications
+31.0%
Interview Lift
1123
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 198 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
20.1%
§103 Obviousness
40.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18618668 CLASS 2 CRISPR/CAS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17984510 VARIETY CORN LINE ZEDC5810 Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17984480 VARIETY CORN LINE GAQ2007 Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18287923 IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW GENE INVOLVED IN SEX DETERMINATION IN CUCURBITACEAE Final Rejection CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
17046561 GENES ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO WHEAT YELLOW RUST Non-Final OA COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
18306581 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN EVENT GM_CSM63714 AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18296392 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT Final Rejection Monsanto Technology LLC
18311427 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SUPERSENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC DETECTION OF CITRUS GREENING AND PHYTOPLASMA PATHOGENS Final Rejection THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18900351 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING GRAPE BERRY AND PLANTLET COLOR Non-Final OA Sun World International, LLC
18645465 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MERISTEM SIZE FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18309891 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING YIELD AND DISEASE RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18521510 LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 08261 LTL Non-Final OA NUNHEMS B.V.
18486760 MELON VARIETY NUN 76520 MEM Final Rejection Nunhems B.V.
18151560 GENE LEADING TO TOBRFV RESISTANCE IN S. LYCOPERSICUM Final Rejection RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18167447 SOYBEAN VARIETY 5PGPZ13 Final Rejection PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18658990 INBRED CORN LINE OK19635V1 Non-Final OA Limagrain Europe S.A.
16936490 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND PLANT GENES FOR THE IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF FERMENTABLE SUGARS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION Final Rejection The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
18595300 POLYPLOID HYBRID BREEDING Non-Final OA Ohalo Genetics Inc.
18263514 EPSPS MUTANTS AND METHOD OF ITS USES Final Rejection CROPEDIT BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
18255184 CEREAL GRAIN WITH THICKENED ALEURONE Non-Final OA Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17815196 RNA-BASED CONTROL OF BOTRYTIS Final Rejection GREENLIGHT BIOSCIENCES, INC.

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