Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1600 1633 1635 1637 1655 1674 1759

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.7%
Allow Rate
-4.3% vs TC avg
434
Total Applications
+23.7%
Interview Lift
1296
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 377 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
36.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18260166 BIOLOGICALLY STABLE XNAZYME THAT EFFICIENTLY SILENCES GENE EXPRESSION IN CELLS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17629512 ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17409158 CELL CULTURE PROCESS FOR MAKING A GLYCOPROTEIN Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18255151 PLASMID FOR TRANSFORMATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSFORMANT USING THE SAME, AND TRANSFORMATION METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18014977 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY Non-Final OA CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
18559078 TREATMENT OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA REGENXBIO INC.
18551128 CELL CULTURE MEDIUM COMPOSITION CONTAINING SPIRULINA HYDROLYSATE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
17881335 DEPLETION PROBES Final Rejection Watchmaker Genomics, Inc.
17778463 VACCINIA VIRUSES AND METHODS FOR USING VACCINIA VIRUSES Final Rejection University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
17799418 TAZ GENE OR ENZYME REPLACEMENT THERAPY Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
18024359 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FOR DELIVERY OF KH902 (CONBERCEPT) AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection University of Massachusetts
17997264 Precision Dosing Regimen Final Rejection CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
17800286 FUNCTIONALIZED BIOLOGICAL MATRIX MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC.
17999588 AUGMENTATION OF FIBROBLAST CELL THERAPY EFFICACY BY MICROBIOME MANIPULATION Non-Final OA FIGENE, LLC
17594651 CRISPR/CAS9 GENE EDITING OF ATXN2 FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2 Non-Final OA THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
18551261 RECOMBINANT CHIMERIC ADENOVIRAL VECTOR SUBSTITUTED BY KNOB GENE OF CHIMPANZEE ADENOVIRUS SEROTYPE 6, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA GENEMATRIX, INC.
17918069 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED GUIDE RNAS FOR GENOME EDITING WITH CAS9 Non-Final OA Verve Therapeutics, Inc.
18281642 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THEIR USE IN AN ANTI-CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE
18304394 FATS AS A TARGET FOR TREATING TUMORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18011041 Extracellular Vesicles Engineered to Be Loaded with Distinct RNA Cargo for Improved Therapeutic Efficacy Non-Final OA Capricor, Inc.
17904984 TREATMENT OF LIVER FAILURE Final Rejection HEPYX LIMITED
17779793 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FOR DELIVERY OF KH902 (CONBERCEPT) AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Chengdu Kanghong Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
17632288 Poultry Egg-Based Culture Medium Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MYTANG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17280794 USE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN COMBINATION WITH TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND/OR THROMBECTOMY TO TREAT STROKE Final Rejection Henry Ford Health System

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