Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARRERA, IMMACULADA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1671

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.6%
Allow Rate
-28.4% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+81.3%
Interview Lift
1435
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
32.5%
§103 Obviousness
27.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18017955 ADENOVIRUS VECTORS AND METHODS FOR USING ADENOVIRUS VECTORS Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18021262 Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Hepatitis B Virus-Derived Polypeptide for Prevention or Treatment of Cancer Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17633353 COMBINED USE OF ARTIFICIAL ADJUVANT VECTOR CELLS AND AN IMMUNOSTIMULANT Non-Final OA RIKEN
18255154 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS WITH TISSUE-SPECIFIC TARGETING MOTIFS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18042955 HUMAN ANTIBODY OR ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF AGAINST CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN Non-Final OA The University of Tokyo
18262522 PNMA2-BASED CAPSIDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University Of Utah Research Foundation
17821411 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SARS-CoV-2 Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong
18000055 ISCAN: AN RT-LAMP-COUPLED CRISPR-CAS MODULE FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
17913707 METHOD OF TREATING AND PREVENTING OCULAR DISEASE WITH HSV-2 DELTA GD Final Rejection Albert Einstein College of Medicine
17995050 METHODS TO PREVENT SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND TREAT COVID-19 Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18080634 PROSTATE CANCER VACCINES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
18080639 VACCINES BASED ON MUTANT CALR AND JAK2 AND THEIR USES Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
18249999 SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
17796561 TAT PEPTIDE BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
17623792 ANTIBODY TO LEPTIN RECEPTOR Final Rejection SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
18255748 A PROCESS AND A KIT FOR DETECTION OF CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES Non-Final OA Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
18181135 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING CELLS AND USES THEREOF IN IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY Non-Final OA CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG
17925474 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND DETECTING CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA HOWARD UNIVERSITY
17635534 CELL THERAPY METHODS Final Rejection Universität Basel
18554972 RECOMBINANT NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS RNDV-VEGF-TRAP, GENOME THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17914868 RECOMBINANT NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, RECOMBINANT PLASMID, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection JIANGSU KANION PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18042448 SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODIES THAT BIND SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research Institute
18283363 ATTENUATED REOVIRUS-BASED VACCINE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA VIROCURE, INC.
18274551 Detecting SARS-CoV-2 and Other Infective Agents Non-Final OA Incite Health, Inc.
18254373 IMMUNITY AND PROTECTION OF SARS-COV-2 DNA AND PROTEIN VACCINE Non-Final OA Shan LU
17927804 SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (SARS-COV-2) POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF FOR VACCINE PURPOSES Non-Final OA Universite Paris Est Creteil Val de Marne
18245248 Method for Preparing Stem Cells Having Improved Engraftment Capability Final Rejection Generoath Co., Ltd.
18018618 ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS Final Rejection NOVELGEN CO., LTD.
18007662 TCR-T CELL THERAPY TARGETING EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS Non-Final OA TCRCURE BIOPHARMA CORP.
17802758 HIGH DOSE FLU VACCINE IN PEDIATRIC SUBJECTS Final Rejection Sanofi Pasteur Inc.

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