Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1671 1672

This examiner grants 26% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.9%
Allow Rate
-34.1% vs TC avg
90
Total Applications
+74.7%
Interview Lift
1349
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
5.7%
§102 Novelty
51.4%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17835751 SELF-ASSEMBLING VIRAL SPIKE-EABR NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
17925920 CORONAVIRUS ANTIGEN COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USES Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17457594 METHOD FOR DETECTION OF VIRAL INFECTIONS USING SPLIT ENZYMES Non-Final OA Brigham Young University
17632733 TRANSPLANT DIAGNOSTICS USING CRISPR-BASED TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17696646 METHOD FOR RAPID PREPARATION OF EPIDEMIC INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VACCINE Final Rejection SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
17905614 VACCINES AGAINST SARS-COV-2 AND OTHER CORONAVIRUSES Non-Final OA The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
17720025 Methods of Inducing Immune Response Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Variants of Concern Final Rejection Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17919096 ADENOVIRUS IMMUNOASSAY METHOD AND IMMUNOASSAY INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
17906310 PADLOCK PROBE-BASED ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION PAIRED WITH NUCLEASE PROTECTION FOR POINT-OF-NEED NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION Final Rejection COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17631439 TARGETED EXOSOME BASED ON RBD REGION OF SARS-COV-2 S PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
18011789 METHOD FOR MASS-PRODUCING VACCINIA VIRUS BY USING SUSPENSION CELLS Final Rejection KOLON LIFE SCIENCE, INC.
16976277 EXOSOME TARGETING OF CD4+ EXPRESSING CELLS Final Rejection Rhode Island Hospital
17607383 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA A INFECTION Non-Final OA VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
18042083 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING, TREATING OR LIMITING SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (SARS) CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA PHYLEX BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18020210 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GASTROINTESTINAL ADENOCARCINOMAS BY ALTERING THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Nordic Science Group ApS
18005429 ANTIGENS, ASSAYS, AND METHODS ASSOCIATED WITH SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA KREUTZ, Fernando Thome
18004148 A DNA PLASMID SARS-CORONA VIRUS-2/COVID-19 VACCINE Non-Final OA STATENS SERUM INSTITUT
17493103 FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING CIRCOVIRIDAE CAPSID PROTEIN, AND CHIMERIC VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES COMPOSED THEREOF Non-Final OA BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INC.
17925766 VIRUS STABILIZER, GELATIN HYDROLYSATE FOR VIRUS STABILIZER, AND VIRUS-CONTAINING COMPOSITION Final Rejection INCORPORATED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION RAKUNO GAKUEN
17803699 REPLICATION-COMPETENT CONTROLLED HERPESVIRUSES EXPRESSING A SARS COV-2 ANTIGEN Final Rejection HSF Pharmaceuticals SA
17908221 CORONAVIRUS VACCINES COMPRISING A TLR9 AGONIST Non-Final OA Dynavax Technologies Corporation
17784016 INFLUENZA ARRAYS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE NEGEV LTD.
17835235 FLAVIVIRUS ARRAYS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE NEGEV LTD.
17805396 ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF CORONAVIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN FOR ALTERING CYTOKINE LEVELS AND PROVIDING PASSIVE IMMUNITY TO NEWBORN PIGS Non-Final OA MAZEN ANIMAL HEALTH INC.
17602923 RECOMBINANT CIRCOVIRUS CAPSID-VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE (VLP): COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES Final Rejection HUVEPHARMA

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