Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SWIFT, CANDICE LEE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1651 1653 1657 1759

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.4%
Allow Rate
-7.6% vs TC avg
189
Total Applications
+36.7%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 122 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.8%
§101 Eligibility
9.7%
§102 Novelty
29.2%
§103 Obviousness
31.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18561144 NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO ENABLE SUCROSE UTILIZATION IN STRAINS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
17414839 PHAGE RESISTANT LACTIC ACID BACTERIA Final Rejection DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
18686227 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN MATERIAL WITHOUT USING ORGANIC SOLVENT Final Rejection TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.
18274757 ENGINEERED BACTERIA AND METHODS OF PRODUCING TRIACYLGLYCERIDES Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17376517 SUBCUTANEOUS TELOMERASE INHIBITOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME Final Rejection Halozyme, Inc.
18685498 NOVEL ACETOHYDROXY ACID SYNTHASE SUBUNIT VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-VALINE USING SAME Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
19245153 IMMOBILIZED MINING MICROBIAL ACCELERATOR BASED ON BIOSURFACTANT BACTERIA AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Shandong University of Science and Technology
18698311 A LIVE CELL ASSAY TO DETERMINE PERMEABILITY OF TEST MOLECULES TO AND/OR WITHIN THE PEPTIDOGLYCAN SCAFFOLD OF BACTERIA CELLS Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18393145 Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside Final Rejection China Agricultural University
18625942 Conversion of lignin to muconic acid and methods therefor Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18712051 THERMOSTABLE POLYMERASE VARIANTS Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18578587 RECOMBINANT YEAST CELL Non-Final OA DANISCO US INC.
18580522 MATERIAL DETECTION METHOD USING AMINOACYLASE Non-Final OA NIPRO CORPORATION
18001637 DETERGENT AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING A BIOTHERAPEUTIC Non-Final OA MEDIMMUNE, LLC
18690504 OVER EXPRESSION OF FOLDASES AND CHAPERONES IMPROVES PROTEIN PRODUCTION Final Rejection DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
18577395 Strain of Pseudomonas Putida Genetically Modified to Express a Benzalacetone Reductase Non-Final OA BGENE GENETICS

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