Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ALLEN, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1642 1671 1672

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

32.6%
Allow Rate
-27.4% vs TC avg
509
Total Applications
+48.7%
Interview Lift
1341
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 484 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
27.6%
§103 Obviousness
37.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18253886 SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODY AGAINST FLAVIVIRUS NS1 PROTEIN Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18355297 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HEV NUCLEIC ACID Non-Final OA Gen-Probe Incorporated
18251066 Compositions and Methods for Detecting Influenza A, Influenza B, and SARS-CoV-2 Non-Final OA GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
18000242 RNA MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA ETH ZÜRICH
18274641 FC-ENHANCED ANTIBODIES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18039818 METHOD FOR PURIFYING VIRUS Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17627502 ANTI-GRP78 ANTIBODIES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
18278876 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING NUCLEIC ACID FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Non-Final OA Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
17819182 ENGINEERED ANTI-HER2 BISPECIFIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA Denali Therapeutics Inc.
18273430 AAV PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR AAV VIRAL PARTICLES WITH IMPROVED INFECTIVITY Non-Final OA BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
18277612 METHODS OF STRATIFYING AND TREATING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA University of Mississippi Medical Center
18450554 METHOD FOR INHIBITING ADVENTITIOUS VIRAL INFECTION Non-Final OA Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
16977547 CARTYRIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USE Final Rejection Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
18264040 ATTENUATED AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS AND ITS USE AS A VACCINE Non-Final OA AGENCE NATIONALE DE SECURITE SANITAIRE DE L'ALIMENTATION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET DU TRAVAIL
18014874 RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRUS VACCINE FOR AFRICAN SWINE FEVER AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SAME Non-Final OA JIAXING ANYU BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18258861 MEANS AND METHODS OF PREVENTING, TREATING AND DETECTING INFECTIONS Non-Final OA LEOPOLD GMBH
18258376 USE OF A BIRNAVIRUS ALONE OR IN COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Probiogen AG
18445222 HPV Detection from urine analyte in male, non-binary and transgender patients Non-Final OA HAJJAR, BRIAN JOSEPH
18039833 METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRUS Non-Final OA THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
18202836 RSV VACCINES AND METHODS OF ADMINISTERING SAME Non-Final OA Meissa Vaccines, Inc.
18319350 METHODS OF PREPARING GENE THERAPIES Non-Final OA BridgeBio Services Inc.
17788987 ANTI-CDCP1 ANTIBODY Non-Final OA CHIOME BIOSCIENCE INC.
17785011 ANTI-SERUM ALBUMIN ANTIBODIES Final Rejection CULLINAN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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