As with any of you that have played around this rule (the non-totalistic variant) for a while, you probably have noticed that orthogonal mirror symmetries are the most interesting.
I discovered an effective way of searching patterns in that symmetry:
Place any number of 3x3 blocks (either hollow or filled) adjacent to each other separated by either a 1-cell or a 5-cell distance.
To make things simpler, here's a "language" based on it:
Hollow block: 0
Filled block: 1
1-cell distance: no space
5-cell distance: a space
Here are some examples (in reference to RLE below):
101000 --> Infinite growth
1001 --> P16
0101000 --> Composite still life
1000101 --> Infinite growth
0100 --> Infinite growth
10001 1010001 --> Interesting reaction
0100 101001 --> Interesting reaction
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x = 51, y = 82, rule = B0123456aei/S5-ky
3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o$3obobob3obobobobobobo$3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o10$3ob3ob3ob
3o$3obobobobob3o$3ob3ob3ob3o12$3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o$obob3obobob3obobob
obobobo$3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o10$3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o$3obobobobobobob3ob
obob3o$3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o10$3ob3ob3ob3o$obob3obobobobo$3ob3ob3ob3o9$
3ob3ob3ob3ob3o5b3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o$3obobobobobobob3o5b3obobob3obobob
obobobob3o$3ob3ob3ob3ob3o5b3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3ob3o16$3ob3ob3ob3o5b3ob3ob
3ob3ob3ob3o$obob3obobobobo5b3obobob3obobobobob3o$3ob3ob3ob3o5b3ob3ob3o
b3ob3ob3o!
I suggest you give it a try, that might be in this rule as important as glider syntheses in CGoL.
And if you discover anything, make sure you use the binary "language" in your post.
Also, a script for this should be relatively easy to make: a script in which you just give it e.g. "1001" and it automatically returns the P16 mentioned above.