Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WILLIAMS, KEITH RICHARD

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662 1663

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Keith Richard Williams is an examiner in Tech Center 1600, Art Unit 1662. The examiner has 14 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 50.0%. The median days to allowance for these cases is 909.

The interview lift is 0.0%, suggesting that interviews have not historically altered the probability of an allowance compared to the 50.0% baseline. Practitioners should note that the 14 resolved cases provide a foundational dataset for Art Unit 1662. The 909 median days to allowance reflects the duration for successful outcomes in Tech Center 1600. While the 0.0% interview lift indicates no statistical change from interviews, practitioners may still find value in clarification. The 50.0% allowance rate indicates an equal distribution between grants and abandonments in the examiner's current record in this art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
54
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
921
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.3%
§102 Novelty
34.2%
§103 Obviousness
35.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18897262 Methods And Systems For Producing A Protein Of Interest In A Plant Non-Final OA ImmunityBio, Inc.
18862192 CONFERRING CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18041274 WIDE CROSS BREEDING Non-Final OA Syngenta Crop Protection AG
18684093 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GRAY LEAF SPOT RESISTANCE Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18303600 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING YIELD TRAITS Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18313288 B3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVING LENGTH, STRENGTH AND ELONGATION OF COTTON FIBERS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18869024 LETTUCE PLANT RESISTANT TO DOWNY MILDEW AND RESISTANCE GENE Final Rejection Enza Zaden Beheer B.V.
18530812 GENETIC MARKERS AND SOYBEAN PLANTS WITH INCREASED TOLERANCE TO DICAMBA Non-Final OA THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
18913504 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS RESISTANCE IN TOMATO Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18868448 GLUCAN BINDING PROTEIN FOR IMPROVING NITROGEN FIXATION IN PLANTS Non-Final OA CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
18835166 METHOD FOR SELECTING AN IMPROVED GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT Non-Final OA The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
18845798 TRANSGENIC HELICHRYSUM UMBRACULIGERUM CELL, TISSUE, OR PLANT Non-Final OA YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
18020040 IMPROVED PLANT NITROGEN CONSISTENCY THROUGH THE SUPPLY OF WHOLE PLANT NITROGEN FROM A NITROGEN FIXING MICROBE Non-Final OA Pivot Bio, Inc.

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