Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1653

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
+45.0%
Interview Lift
1289
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 23 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
36.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18283201 PRIME EDITING-BASED SIMULTANEOUS GENOMIC DELETION AND INSERTION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17763716 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING A NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT FOR SINGLE MOLECULE CHARACTERISATION Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
18271832 RIBOZYME-ACTIVATED RNA CONSTRUCTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17604128 PROTEIN TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18485930 RESCUE STRATEGIES FOR BEST1 LOSS- AND GAIN-OF-FUNCTION MUTATIONS Non-Final OA University of Rochester
17905457 RNA-GUIDED GENOME RECOMBINEERING AT KILOBASE SCALE Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18271417 Methods to Quantify Rate of Clonal Expansion and Methods for Treating Clonal Hematopoiesis and Hematologic Malignancies Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
18301732 GENOMIC EDITING WITH SITE-SPECIFIC RETROTRANSPOSONS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17778192 RETROTRANSPOSONS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18328381 REGULATION OF METABOLISM AND OBESITY BY MITOCHONDRIAL MUL1 E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
17980883 METHODS OF GENOME EDITING INCLUDING CONTROLLED OPENING OF CHROMATIN Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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