Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GILL, RACHEL B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1648 1671

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
899
Total Applications
+27.7%
Interview Lift
902
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 854 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.5%
§102 Novelty
40.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274741 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING GLYCO-MODIFIED VIRAL ANTIGENS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17261453 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS CARRYING E-CADHERIN AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18030465 DETECTION OF ACE2 IgM AUTOANTIBODIES AS MARKERS OF SEVERITY AND MECHANISM IN COVID19 PATIENTS Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18359154 SELF-ASSSEMBLING NANOSTRUCTURE VACCINES Final Rejection University of Washington
18040531 MULTI-EPITOPE VACCINE Non-Final OA The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
18286025 METHODS, KITS, AND APPROACHES FOR VIRAL VACCINES Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18029812 VIRAL VACCINE COMPOSITIONS FOR INOCULATING A SUBJECT AGAINST A CORONAVIRUS, AN INFLUENZA VIRUS, OR BOTH Non-Final OA Atossa Therapeutics, Inc.
18275773 CIS-REPLICON CONSTRUCT Non-Final OA ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY
18017752 Antibody/Adjuvant Compositions and Methods of Immune Response Generation against Coronaviruses Non-Final OA University of Hawaii
18488422 Recombinant Ranavirus, Methods of Production, and Its Use As A Mammalian Expression System Non-Final OA The Trustees of the California State University
18493133 LASSA VIRUS VACCINE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18033980 NUCLEIC ACIDS, PROTEINS, AND VACCINES OF SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA City of Hope
18251620 DNA ENCODED NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF AS A CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) VACCINE Non-Final OA The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
18042796 INTRADERMAL MERS-CoV VACCINE Final Rejection THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
18494219 VACCINE COMPOSITIONS OF HERPESVIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN COMBINATIONS TO INDUCE IMMUNE RESPONSE Final Rejection THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.
18420532 FORMULATIONS OF ANTIBODY MOLECULES TO DENGUE VIRUS Final Rejection VISTERRA, INC.
18030892 HERPESVIRUS POLYEPITOPE VACCINES Non-Final OA The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
18021792 ENGINEERED ARENAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Scripps Research Institute
18556612 ENGINEERED ARENAVIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY
18275925 ADJUVANTED MUCOSAL SUBUNIT VACCINES FOR PREVENTING SARS-COV-2 TRANSMISSION AND INFECTION Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Depart. of Health and Human Services
16631692 APHERESIS METHODS AND USES Final Rejection SPARK THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18077713 Human Cytomegalovirus Immunogenic Composition Non-Final OA Sanofi Pasteur
18250694 METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION OF CELL MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE Non-Final OA BIOVAXYS INC.
18249904 FUSION PROTEIN AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING ABZYMO BIOSCIENCES CO., LTD.
18030633 VACCINE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Virothera Limited
18013663 FUSION GENE, RECOMBINANT NOVEL CORONAVIRUS HIGH-EFFICIENCY IMMUNE DNA VACCINE, CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Aurora Genevac Biotech Co., Ltd.
17821884 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS FORMULATIONS Final Rejection Oxford Biomedica (US) LLC
17796368 Virus-Like Particle Vaccines for Opioid Drugs Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY

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