Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SWIFT, CANDICE LEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1657

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.7%
Allow Rate
-2.3% vs TC avg
163
Total Applications
+36.6%
Interview Lift
1172
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.5%
§102 Novelty
27.9%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274757 ENGINEERED BACTERIA AND METHODS OF PRODUCING TRIACYLGLYCERIDES Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17917427 Keratin-Based Substrate and Methods of Forming the Same Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18346315 NOVEL SYNTHETIC PATHWAY TO BELZUTIFAN Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18488913 MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18455222 REAL-TIME MONITORING OF MICROBIAL GROWTH IN WATER FLUID WELLS Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
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 Non-Final OA DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
17469308 METHOD FOR DETECTING HOST CELL PROTEINS IN THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES BY COMBINING TRYPSIN DIGESTION, CHROMATOGRAPHY GRADIENTS, AND BOXCAR MASS SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18255203 ENGINEERED PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18670411 METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE Final Rejection The Texas A&M University System
18393145 Preparation Method and Enrichment Method for Cyanidin-3-Diglucoside-5-Glucoside Final Rejection China Agricultural University
18686227 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN MATERIAL WITHOUT USING ORGANIC SOLVENT Non-Final OA TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.
18165051 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DETECTION OF BETA-LACTAMASES Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18547256 AN ARTIFICIAL TRAP-CAGE, ITS USE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI
18685498 NOVEL ACETOHYDROXY ACID SYNTHASE SUBUNIT VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-VALINE USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
17799051 RECOMBINANT SILK SOLIDS AND FILMS Final Rejection BOLT THREADS, INC.
18772100 PRODUCT DERIVED FROM RHODOCOCCUS RUBER, AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF Final Rejection LIAONING GREATEST BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18744627 Microorganism Loaded Aggregate and Manufacturing Methods Non-Final OA Biomason Inc.
17279259 METHODS OF TREATING AND DIAGNOSING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Non-Final OA CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
18329652 METHOD FOR DETECTING AMMONIA NITROGEN CONTENT BY USING NITRIFICATION BIOLOGICAL REACTION Final Rejection WUYI UNIVERSITY
18690504 OVER EXPRESSION OF FOLDASES AND CHAPERONES IMPROVES PROTEIN PRODUCTION Non-Final OA DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
18444307 PROCESS FOR FRACTIONATION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIOMASS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Filament Biosciences, LLC.
17912513 INJECTABLE BOTULINUM TOXIN METHODS FOR TREATING HEADACHES Final Rejection Revance Therapeutics, Inc.
18574497 METHOD FOR PURIFYING CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TOXIN COMPLEX PROTEIN Non-Final OA PHARMA RESEARCH BIO CO., LTD.
17610224 Methods for production of strictosidine aglycone and monoterpenoid indole alkaloids Non-Final OA DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
18573298 COMPOSITIONS OF BETA-HEXOSAMINIDASE VARIANTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
17273144 METHOD OF PRODUCING DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID CONTAINING GLYCERIDE USING A LIPASE HYDROLYSIS REACTION Final Rejection Nissui Corporation
18527538 SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITION FOR CONSUMPTION BY INDIVIDUALS BEING ADMINISTERED A GLP-1 AGONIST Non-Final OA Food Sciences Corp.
18037204 TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF HIV INFECTION Final Rejection Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company
18012252 PLASTIC POLYMER BIOCONVERSION PROCESS Non-Final OA GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

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