Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZINGARELLI, SANDRA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1653

This examiner grants 4% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

4.3%
Allow Rate
-55.7% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
-4.6%
Interview Lift
2167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.5%
§102 Novelty
43.5%
§103 Obviousness
28.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17788577 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UPTAKE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION Non-Final OA AgroSpheres, Inc.
17789858 FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18043330 SYNTHETIC HYBRID SPIDROIN-AMYLOID-MUSSEL FOOT PROTEIN FOR UNDERWATER ADHESION OF DIVERSE SURFACES Non-Final OA Washington University
18300640 RAPID ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING Non-Final OA IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18245249 FUSION PROTEIN FOR BACTERIAL SURFACE DISPLAY Final Rejection Agency for Science, Technology and Research
17588800 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLYCOMACROPEPTIDE Final Rejection Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
18584973 METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MICROBIAL GROWTH POTENTIAL OF AN ANTISCALANT COMPOSITION IN NATURAL SEAWATER Non-Final OA King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
18251533 LEADER PEPTIDES AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING THE SAME Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17904074 TRANSFERABLE MICROBIOTA FOR THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS Final Rejection Cornell University
18384898 METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A BACTERIA-DERIVED POWDER Non-Final OA SUPERBREWED FOOD INC.
17762931 METHOD FOR ISOLATING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Non-Final OA Imperial College Innovations Limited
17669888 MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF GROWTH OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS ON PLANTS Final Rejection Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
17178304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE UNFERMENTABLE SOLIDS CONTENT IN A PROTEIN PORTION AT THE BACK END OF A CORN DRY MILLING PROCESS Final Rejection Fluid Quip Technologies, LLC
18377754 METHOD FOR PREPARING BETA-CAROTENE FROM PEPPER PIGMENT AND PRODUCT THEREOF Final Rejection HENAN ZHONGDA HENGYUAN BIOTECHNOLOGY STOCK CO., LTD.
17760674 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRESERVING BACTERIA Final Rejection Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
18283926 LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS, FERMENT LYSATE FOR REGULATING SKIN MICROECOLOGY, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION Non-Final OA BLOOMAGE BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION LIMITED
18281312 WEISSELLA CONFUSA, CULTURE METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI SINGEN PET NUTRITION CO., LTD.
17800950 BASIC DOMAIN-DELETED DNASE1-LIKE 3 AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection NEUTROLIS, INC.
17996127 BACTERIAL STRAINS FOR USE AS PROBIOTICS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, DEPOSITED STRAINS AND METHOD TO IDENTIFY PROBIOTIC BACTERIAL STRAINS Final Rejection INSTITUT PASTEUR
18035246 METHOD FOR ENZYMATIC AND/OR MICROBIAL PROCESSING OF WASTE COMPRISING RECIRCULATION OF PROCESS WATER Non-Final OA Renescience A/S
18041668 CELL-FREE ANIMAL COLLAGEN, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ALEPH FARMS LTD.
17861150 SYSTEM FOR PRODUCITON OF HIGH YIELD OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS Final Rejection THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
17938671 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR TREATING RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER, FORMULATION AND USE Final Rejection BEIJING FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
17801086 STRAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BUTYRIC ACID Final Rejection HIGHER MOUNT CO., LTD.
17758181 Protein Separation Final Rejection Technological University Dublin
17771145 METABOLIZING-ENZYME-DESTROYED STRAIN OF AEROBE, AND METHOD FOR CULTURING SAME Final Rejection Nagase & Co., Ltd.
17623398 A TRUNCATED VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR (VWF) FOR INCREASING THE IN VITRO STABILITY OF COAGULATION FACTOR VIII Non-Final OA CSL BEHRING LENGNAU AG
17440750 PSEUDOMONAS SP. STRAIN, COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection FUTURECO BIOSCIENCE, S.A.

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