Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FOLEY, SHANON A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1619 1648 1671

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.7%
Allow Rate
+13.7% vs TC avg
1,001
Total Applications
+18.1%
Interview Lift
1021
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 967 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19295239 THERMOSTABLE MUCOSAL VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection GLOBAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
18024542 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17914735 REVERSE GENETIC SYSTEM FOR SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18977008 VACCINES COMPRISING METHANOBREVIBACTER GOTTSCHALKII Non-Final OA Arkea Bio Corp.
18279314 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING AND PRODUCING PORCINE MORBILLIVIRUS AND VACCINES THEREOF Non-Final OA Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18557987 VACCINATION AGAINST BACTERIAL AND BETACORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS Non-Final OA PFIZER INC.
17771736 IMPROVED VACCINES FOR RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18064482 LARGE AND SMALL T ANTIGENS OF MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS, NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS AND VACCINES MADE THEREFROM, AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
18295675 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION USEFUL FOR VACCINATION AGAINST ROTAVIRUS Final Rejection BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH
18501677 RECOMBINANT RSV VACCINE: METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA BLUE LAKE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.
18283130 METHOD OF ELICITING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS Non-Final OA CODAGENIX INC.
18246304 METHODS OF PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Non-Final OA LONZA SALES AG
18546427 GENETICALLY MODIFIED CLOSTRIDIUM STRAINS EXPRESSING RECOMBINANT ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA LIVINGMED BIOTECH S.R.L.
18245233 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TARGETING FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE Final Rejection INIMMUNE CORPORATION
18043631 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA Sporegen Limited
18041883 SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS [SARS-CoV-2]-VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE [VLP] VACCINE: COMPOSITIONS, DELIVERY STRATEGIES, METHODS AND USES Non-Final OA TECHNOVAX, INC.
18007036 MODIFIED CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUSES AND SINDBIS VIRUSES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Replicate Bioscience, Inc.
18016137 LIVE-ATTENUATED VIRUS VACCINE Non-Final OA INDIAN IMMUNOLOGICALS LIMITED
18003056 COMBINATION PORCINE VACCINE Final Rejection BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH USA INC.
17735019 PARTICLES FOR STIMULATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST VIRAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection FINNCURE OY
17631845 A METHOD OF ELICITING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY ADMINISTERING A POPULATION OF POLYMERSOMES HAVING AN ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN TOGETHER WITH A POPULATION OF POLYMERSOMES HAVING AN ASSOCIATED ADJUVANT AS WELL AS COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE TWO POPULATIONS OF POLYMERSOMES Final Rejection ACM BIOLABS PTE LTD
17539667 PSORALEN-INACTIVATED CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION Non-Final OA The United States of American as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
17324756 Manufacture of Virus Non-Final OA KaliVir Immunotherapeutics, Inc.

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