Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GIBBS, TERRA C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1674

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.1%
Allow Rate
+4.1% vs TC avg
987
Total Applications
+10.4%
Interview Lift
1026
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 946 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.4%
§102 Novelty
32.8%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16649572 NUCLEIC ACID-POLYPEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INDUCING EXON SKIPPING Final Rejection Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
18431197 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING APPETITE AND INTAKE OF SODIUM Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17563963 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND INHIBITING A PAN-CANCER CELLULAR TRANSITION OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STROMAL CELLS Final Rejection The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
17256206 MICRORNA TARGETING AGENT FOR TREATMENT OF HEART DISEASE Non-Final OA UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
18472574 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MOTOR NEURON DISEASES Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18270915 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER ON BASIS OF ACTIVITY REGULATION MECHANISM OF DORMANT NEURAL STEM CELL Non-Final OA DONGGUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18142844 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR PMS2 MODULATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17794920 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES Final Rejection University of Southern California
18256805 REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR SCHWANN CELL-SPECIFIC GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17289544 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ARTHRITIS Final Rejection OSAKA UNIVERSITY
16757590 Use of Syncytin for Targeting Drug and Gene Delivery to Lung Tissue Non-Final OA Université d'Evry val d'Essonne
17795867 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE OF ATN1 Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18653869 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ALLEVIATING RESISTANCE TO CHEMOTHERAPY Final Rejection CITY OF HOPE
18637183 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF THE LECT2 GENE Non-Final OA ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18299220 METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING TTR-ASSOCIATED DISEASES USING TRANSTHYRETIN (TTR) iRNA COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18247314 SNCA IRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING SNCA-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc
18077271 RNAi COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR DELIVERY BY INHALATION Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17956882 ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME 2 (ACE2) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17970405 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SILENCING KRAS Non-Final OA Nanothera Biosciences, Inc.
17782611 RNAi-BASED TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF TO PREVENT ACQUIRED HEARING LOSS Final Rejection MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
18552318 MICRORNA-27B INHIBITORS Non-Final OA NEUmiRNA Therapeutics Aps
18355637 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF SKIN CANCERS Non-Final OA Sirnaomics, Inc.
18179410 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF PCSK9 Non-Final OA Sirnaomics, Inc.
18035415 METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF FILLER CONTAINING DNA FRACTION AND FILLER PREPARED THEREBY Non-Final OA HUMEDIX CO., LTD
18301036 FN3 Domain-siRNA Conjugates with Enzyme Replacement Therapy Non-Final OA ARO BIOTHERAPEUTICS COMPANY
18029725 SIRT1 INHIBITOR OR ANTAGONIST FOR USE IN PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING AN HPV INDUCED TUMOUR Final Rejection UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DEL PIEMONTE ORIENTALE "A. AVOGADRO"
17998662 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING OBESITY-RELATED DISEASE CONTAINING AMPHIREGULIN-SPECIFIC DOUBLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE STRUCTURE Final Rejection SIRNAGEN THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
17920752 BIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
17774410 TREM COMPOSITIONS FOR CON-RARE CODONS AND RELATED USES Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING, INC.
17611927 Compositions and Methods for Reducing Perineural Invasion and Pain Final Rejection Silenseed Ltd.

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