Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, BRIAN JAMES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1663

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.7%
Allow Rate
+20.7% vs TC avg
205
Total Applications
+8.9%
Interview Lift
970
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 166 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
20.0%
§103 Obviousness
43.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17437929 METHOD OF INCREASING RESISTANCE AGAINST SOYBEAN RUST IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS BY EXPRESSION OF A SUGAR TRANSPORTER Non-Final OA BASF SE
18495936 VARIETY CORN LINE JRFF6809 Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18092981 SOYBEAN VARIETY Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17988842 SOYBEAN VARIETY 01094753 Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
17707600 ACCELERATED METHOD FOR GENERATING TARGET ELITE INBREDS WITH SPECIFIC AND DESIGNED TRAIT MODIFICATION Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18637049 TOMATO LINE PSQ-9Z15-3776V Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18057669 LETTUCE PLANTS HAVING RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18162681 INHT26 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18890436 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 02051391 Non-Final OA M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
18890370 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 09015455 Non-Final OA M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
18241136 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 24220850 Final Rejection M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
18798185 TOMATO VARIETY NUN 00331 TOP Non-Final OA Nunhems B.V.
18796566 LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 06623 LTL Non-Final OA Nunhems B.V.
18796586 LETTUCE VARIETY NUN 06832 LTL Non-Final OA Nunhems B.V.
18798341 HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-MP0030 RZ Non-Final OA RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18797962 LETTUCE VARIETY 79-IN3978 RZ Non-Final OA RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.
18795408 Durum Wheat Variety T17C12D Non-Final OA 21ST CENTURY GENETICS CORP
17057220 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED BREEDING BY MODULATING RECOMBINATION RATES Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17921120 PHENOL-RICH GRAPES Non-Final OA B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
18696265 NON-TRANSGENIC SUNFLOWER PLANTS HAVING INCREASED TOLERANCE TO HERBICIDES Non-Final OA BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC
18745623 Soybean Cultivar 3703488 Non-Final OA Confluence Genetics, LLC
18739142 POTATO VARIETY NAMED 'UNR-01' Non-Final OA Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada
18676066 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar NNS-1888 Non-Final OA Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC
18267631 METHODS FOR TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION Non-Final OA THE SAINSBURY LABORATORY
18149627 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING SHELF-LIFE OF BANANA Final Rejection Tropic Biosciences UK Limited
18267536 INCREASING THE ACCUMULATION OF EPA AND DHA IN RECOMBINANT CAMELINA Non-Final OA Rothamsted Research Limited
17635494 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A PLANT CHARACTERISTIC WITHOUT MODIFYING THE PLANT GENOME Non-Final OA AGROSOURCE, INC.
16923931 Synthetic transcription factors Final Rejection BASF Plant Science LP

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