Listed by the USPTO as ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1662 1663
This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases
ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN is assigned to Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1662. The profile covers 545 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 72.3%. The median time to allowance is 1061 days, so applicants should account for a substantial prosecution interval when coordinating related filings and business deadlines.
The interview lift is 21.4%, indicating that interviews have a meaningful association with allowance outcomes in the available data. A practitioner may therefore consider an interview when the principal dispute is one of technical understanding or claim interpretation. The represented organizations include Monsanto Technology LLC, Sakata Seed Corporation, and The Curators of the University of Missouri. The listed firms are Weatherly IP Solutions, LLC, DENTONS US LLP, and Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, PC.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19220933 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PLANT PATHOGEN RESISTANCE IN PLANTS | Non-Final OA | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. |
| 17404109 | MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES AND GENOMIC STACKS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
| 18767758 | Inbred Broccoli Line BP-2 | Final Rejection | Sakata Seed Corporation |
| 18767320 | Inbred Broccoli line BP-1 | Final Rejection | Sakata Seed Corporation |
| 17785358 | PRECISE INTRODUCTION OF DNA OR MUTATIONS INTO THE GENOME OF WHEAT | Final Rejection | BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC |
| 19234655 | IDENTIFICATION OF RESISTANCE GENES FROM WILD RELATIVES OF BANANA AND THEIR USES IN CONTROLLING PANAMA DISEASE | Non-Final OA | EG Crop Science, Inc. |
| 19092212 | METHODS OF ALTERING SEED WEIGHT AND SEED OIL CONTENT BY MANIPULATING ALPHA-CARBOXYL-TRANSFERASE (A-CT) ACTIVITY VIA CARBOXYL-TRANSFERASE INTERACTION (CTI) PROTEIN EXPRESSION | Non-Final OA | The Curators of the University of Missouri |
| 18465802 | INCREASING PLANT OIL CONTENT BY IMPROVING ACTIVITY OF ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE | Final Rejection | The Curators of the University of Missouri |
| 18602867 | COMPLEX TRAITS USING TISSUE TECHNOLOGY | Non-Final OA | Keygene N.V. |
| 19210545 | GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS | Final Rejection | Monsanto Technology LLC |
| 19205140 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RNA-TEMPLATED EDITING IN PLANTS | Non-Final OA | Monsanto Technology LLC |
| 18908523 | METHOD FOR SELECTING TARGET SITES FOR SITE-SPECIFIC GENOME MODIFICATION IN PLANTS | Non-Final OA | Monsanto Technology LLC |
| 18207797 | METHOD TO DELIVER CHEMICALS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS TO PLANT CELLS USING CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS AS A CARRIER | Non-Final OA | AUBURN UNIVERSITY |
| 19106507 | USE OF PAIRED GENES IN HYBRID BREEDING | Non-Final OA | KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA |
| 18965202 | DISCOVERY OF SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE RESISTANCE GENES BASED ON EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS | Non-Final OA | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION |
| 18297770 | CANOLA WITH HIGH OLEIC ACID | Final Rejection | CELLECTIS |
| 18898088 | INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS FROM PLANTS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE | Non-Final OA | HEXIMA LIMITED |
| 18699269 | TRANSGENIC MAIZE EVENT LP026-2 AND DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR | Final Rejection | LONGPING BIOTECH (HAINAN) CO., LTD. |
| 18295715 | HYBRID RICE RT23L401 | Non-Final OA | RiceTec, Inc. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy72.3% of resolved applications examined by Wayneshaobin Zhong were allowed (545 resolved cases), compared with 63.0% across Art Unit 1662 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +21.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Wayneshaobin Zhong took 1,061 days on average from filing to allowance.
Wayneshaobin Zhong examines applications in Art Unit 1662 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).
