Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZHENG, LI

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638 1662

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.7%
Allow Rate
+23.7% vs TC avg
1290
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
980
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1260 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
15.2%
§103 Obviousness
49.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18410262 SOYBEAN VARIETY Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18527747 VARIETY CORN LINES Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
16095207 NOVEL CRISPR ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17813577 CONTROL OF MEIOTIC CROSSOVER IN MAIZE Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18253652 Methods and Compositions for Generating Dominant Brachytic Alleles Using Genome Editing Non-Final OA Monsanto Technology LLC
18890226 PEPPER PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18617322 PEA VARIETY SVQF0513 Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18255671 PEST AND PATHOGEN RESISTANT SOYBEAN PLANTS Non-Final OA INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18822972 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 91132218 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18782869 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 90112218 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18782861 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 99002218 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18443271 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 96030818 Final Rejection Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
16102475 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RESISTANCE TO CYST NEMATODE IN PLANTS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18651021 BEAN PLANT NAMED HMC019108 Non-Final OA HM.CLAUSE, INC.
18399210 WHEAT VARIETY 6PNUQ24B Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18499341 CANOLA HYBRID 16GG0316C Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC
18779813 RNA-BASED CONTROL OF POWDERY MILDEW Non-Final OA United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
17926375 MULTIPLE VIRUS RESISTANCE Final Rejection KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18676062 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Pozo Non-Final OA Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC
18289615 REDUCED GLIADIN WHEAT EVENT T258 Non-Final OA CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS (CSIC) -DELEGACIÓN ANDALUCÍA
18558574 METHODS FOR PREPARING A LIBRARY OF PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES FOR FUNCTIONAL TESTING FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Two Blades Foundation
18220691 PLANT-ENDOPHYTE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREFOR Final Rejection AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
17478015 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING INSECT PESTS Final Rejection GREENLIGHT BIOSCIENCES, INC.
17808901 EXPRESSION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (SARS-CoV-2) SPIKE PROTEIN SEQUENCES IN PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCED VACCINE FOR SAME Final Rejection Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc.

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