Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: XU, QING

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1653 1656

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.4%
Allow Rate
-9.6% vs TC avg
316
Total Applications
+54.8%
Interview Lift
1418
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 282 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
32.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18503854 BIOREMEDIATION USING CO-METABOLISM SUBSTRATES Final Rejection North Carolina State University
18982877 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM ORE Final Rejection Brokkr Mineral Resources Corporation
17915500 VARIANTS OF BETA-GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE FOR USE IN TREATING GAUCHER DISEASE Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
17769626 MONOLAYER CELL PATCH IN AN EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX SCAFFOLD Final Rejection Carnegie Mellon University
17778452 POLYPEPTIDES HAVING PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
17006172 Device and bioreactor monitoring system and method Non-Final OA Nirrin Technologies, Inc.
17780412 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH AND ROOT NODULATION Final Rejection BASF Corporation
17309178 TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL HYPOXIA INCLUDING STROKE, CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Non-Final OA Figene, LLC
18007689 METHOD AND KIT FOR QUANTIFICATION OF LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL Non-Final OA Denka Company Limited
18450986 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METHANOL PRODUCTION Final Rejection WasteFuel Global LLC
18360612 PREPARING AND USE OF GLU-PLASMINOGEN FROM BLOOD FRACTIONS Non-Final OA Previpharma Consulting GmbH
17410016 NATURAL FEED COMPOSITION DERIVED FROM FRESH WATER ALGAL CULTURES FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANIMAL GROWTH Non-Final OA ZIVO Bioscience, Inc.
17925238 IMPROVEMENTS TO APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING MICRODROPLETS Non-Final OA LIGHTCAST DISCOVERY LTD
17782531 PREPARATION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE-DERIVED CELL POPULATION Final Rejection JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
17763936 METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX-INDUCED SELF-ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION OF ARTIFICIAL TISSUE USING SAME Final Rejection AVANTRIX
17753946 METHOD FOR IN-VITRO PRODUCTION OF A COHESIVE CARTILAGE CONSTRUCT Final Rejection Chondro Engineering AS

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