Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WHITE, ASHLEY TAYLOR

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1653

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.5%
Allow Rate
-21.5% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+80.0%
Interview Lift
1327
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 13 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
73.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18549838 NOVEL CITRATE SYNTHASE VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-AMINO ACIDS USING SAME Non-Final OA CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18037320 MICROORGANISM HAVING ENHANCED L-GLUTAMINE PRODUCING ABILITY, AND L-GLUTAMINE PRODUCING METHOD USING SAME Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18053288 DELTA LACTONES THROUGH ENGINEERED POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17885805 MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED STRATEGY FOR DETERMINING PRODUCT-RELATED VARIANTS OF A BIOLOGIC Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18287424 SUGAR CHAIN ANALYSIS METHOD Non-Final OA Shimadzu Corporation
16733132 ENZYME QUANTIFICATION Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
17658602 FLEXIBLE FERMENTATION PLATFORM FOR IMPROVED CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO PRODUCTS Final Rejection LanzaTech, Inc.
18017588 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE IN THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES AND/OR DISORDERS Final Rejection SYNBALANCE SRL
17928566 VAGINAL MICROBIOTA COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA FERRING B.V.
17924917 IMPROVED MICROORGANISMS FOR ARABINOSE FERMENTATION Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17554363 MEDIUM FOR THE GROWTH OF FASTIDIOUS BACTERIA Non-Final OA GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
18008040 COMPOSITION FOR USE IN SUPPRESSING OR IMPROVING DEPRESSION Non-Final OA KIRIN HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18013713 PROCESS FOR PREPARING ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES, AND ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDES OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THE PROCESS Final Rejection Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
18023912 MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF ARTEMISINIC ACID AND DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA Manus Bio Inc.
18284867 Fermentation Process For Preparing Postbiotic With By-Product Of Wheat Processing Non-Final OA XUCHANG UNIVERSITY
18262099 NEW MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY (MFS) PROTEIN (FRED) IN PRODUCTION OF SIALYLATED HMOS Non-Final OA GLYCOM A/S
18039405 NOVEL L-RHAMNOSE ISOMERASE Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
18322942 ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN KINASES IN LIVE CELLS Non-Final OA University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
18006728 CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE PROTEIN FOAMS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
17936657 FUSION PROTEIN OF Z-DOMAIN AND CALSEQUESTRIN, HAVING IMPROVED REACTIVITY, STABILITY, AND ANTIBODY RECOVERY, AND METHOD FOR ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF ANTIBODY USING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF CERAMIC ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
18011258 ONE-POT CELL-FREE GLYCOSYLATION PROCESS Final Rejection C-LEcta GmbH
17927699 APPLICATION OF BACILLUS VELEZENSIS IN EXTRACTION OF HEPARIN FROM AQUATIC PRODUCT Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY
17926634 BACTERIAL STRAIN FOR FERMENTING WHEAT BRAN TO SYNTHESIZE EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE Non-Final OA BRIGHT DAIRY & FOOD CO., LTD
17768369 NOVEL STRAINS OF CARNOBACTERIUM MALTAROMATICUM AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE
17678285 MYCELIUM-BASED MATERIALS INCLUDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE INSULATION AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA BIOHM Ltd.
15794145 Nano Biofuel Production Processes: Using Nanotechnology to Enhance Production of Biofuels Final Rejection Nanobiosym, Inc.

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