Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HALVORSON, MARK

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1642 1646

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.9%
Allow Rate
-12.1% vs TC avg
846
Total Applications
+21.7%
Interview Lift
1353
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 804 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
34.3%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
14701912 RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
14681510 RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
14318933 RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
19074044 FORMULATIONS FOR NEOPLASIA VACCINES Non-Final OA The Broad Institute, Inc.
16221369 PURIFICATION OF MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17625264 Methods of Enhancing Immunogenicity of Cancers Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18062937 PREDICTION AND TREATMENT OF IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TOXICITY Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
17736535 Screening and Assessment of Carcinomas Final Rejection NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
17625326 TUMOR IMMUNOTHERAPY USING SINDBIS VIRAL VECTORS AND AGONIST MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES Final Rejection New York University
18351151 BIOMARKERS PREDICTIVE OF CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17089408 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED NEOPLASIA VACCINES Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
16528195 Compositions and Methods of Identifying Tumor Specific Neoantigens Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
16094786 IMPROVED HLA EPITOPE PREDICTION Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18629488 GENETIC ALTERATIONS IN ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE AND OTHER GENES IN MALIGNANT GLIOMA Non-Final OA Duke University
17910637 A Combined Inhibition of EGFR and NRF2 in The Treatment of Malignant Glioma Non-Final OA United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
18161781 NOVEL BLOOD CELL BIOMARKER FOR LATE ONSET ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Non-Final OA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
18593621 CELLS EXPRESSING CHIMERIC ACTIVATING RECEPTORS AND CHIMERIC STIMULATING RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection EUREKA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17987058 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL ANEMIA AND BETA-THALASSEMIA Non-Final OA Cleveland State University
16695894 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS TARGETING B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
18361407 GLYPICAN EPITOPES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection MINOMIC INTERNATIONAL LTD.
14296204 REPEATED ADMINISTRATION OF NON-IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE ANTIGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA Selecta Biosciences, Inc.
17631378 COMBINED CANCER THERAPY OF ANTI-GALECTIN-9 ANTIBODIES AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS Final Rejection PureTech LYT, Inc.
17634424 IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR, THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR IMMUNE CHECKPOINT-RELATED DISEASE, IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT, ANTI-FIBRONECTIN ANTIBODY OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF, FIBRONECTIN ANALOG, KIT FOR DETECTING FIBRONECTIN OR PARTIAL PROTEIN THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FIBRONECTIN OR PARTIAL PROTEIN THEREOF Final Rejection Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd.
17616519 METHODS FOR MODULATING A TREATMENT REGIMEN Non-Final OA VERACYTE SAS
16381791 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TUMOR SPECIFIC NEOANTIGENS Non-Final OA Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

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