Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
1,295
Total Applications
+13.3%
Interview Lift
936
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1268 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
23.3%
§103 Obviousness
42.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18755523 PLANTS WITH INCREASED WATER USE EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18008935 RIBOSWITCH MODULES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN PLANTS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
16095207 NOVEL CRISPR ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18654357 FACULTATIVE WINTER CAMELINA PLANTS Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
17813577 CONTROL OF MEIOTIC CROSSOVER IN MAIZE Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18410262 SOYBEAN VARIETY Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18527747 VARIETY CORN LINES Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18890226 PEPPER PLANTS WITH IMPROVED DISEASE RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.
18822972 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 91132218 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18782861 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 99002218 Non-Final OA Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
18782869 SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 90112218 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.
18676062 Romaine Lettuce Cultivar Pozo Non-Final OA Nipomo Native Seeds, LLC
18279470 GENETIC STABILIZER AND GROWTH SELECTOR FOR GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF MICROALGAE Final Rejection Luca DALL'OSTO
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 Non-Final OA Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc.

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