Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HIBBERT, CATHERINE S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1658

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-0.9% vs TC avg
828
Total Applications
+48.5%
Interview Lift
1472
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 782 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
29.1%
§103 Obviousness
30.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18467967 Compositions Comprising Cas9/guide RNA Complexes for Inducing Targeted Disruption of Endogenous Genes in Eukaryotic Cells Non-Final OA TOOLGEN INCORPORATED
18313946 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TOOLGEN INCORPORATED
17004355 COMPOSITION FOR CLEAVING A TARGET DNA COMPRISING A GUIDE RNA SPECIFIC FOR THE TARGET DNA AND CAS PROTEIN-ENCODING NUCLEIC ACID OR CAS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection TOOLGEN INCORPORATED
18000576 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17194177 GLP-1R AGONIST AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17788651 MULTICOMPONENT CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF A PEPTIDE-BASED NEOANTIGEN VACCINE Final Rejection AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
19051398 METHOD OF INCREASING THE FUNCTION OF AN AAV VECTOR Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18039187 GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 15 FOR TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY THERAPY Non-Final OA The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
18013479 GLP-1R AGONISTIC PEPTIDES WITH REDUCED ACTIVITY Non-Final OA SANOFI
17798868 COMPLEX STRUCTURES FROM STIMULI-RESPONSIVE PROTEINS Non-Final OA Duke University
18349609 BIOTIN DERIVATIVES Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18479600 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING MICROBIAL INFLAMMATION Final Rejection THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
18035860 TETRAPEPTIDES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THEM, AND THEIR COSMETIC USE Final Rejection Sederma
18587120 Multi-Pulse Transfection Methods And Cells Non-Final OA NantBio, Inc.
18270520 SYNTHESIS OF TEDUGLUTIDE Non-Final OA BIOCON LIMITED
18031251 TG2 INHIBITORS FOR IMPROVING MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HÔPITAUX DE PARIS (APHP)
18469512 EFFECTOR PROTEINS, EFFECTOR PARTNERS, COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
18247684 USE OF PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Final Rejection JIANGSU TARGET BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
18453936 ANTIMICROBIAL FUSION PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Lundquist institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
18276724 METHODS AND THREAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS FOR TREATING IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AND CLUSTER HEADACHES Non-Final OA NBO PHARMA INC.
18267693 CATH2 DERIVATIVES FOR STIMULATING INNATE IMMUNE MEMORY Non-Final OA Universiteit Utrecht Holding B.V.
18195381 USE OF BMP9 IN COMBINATION WITH NK CELL AND PD-L1 ANTIBODY IN PREPARING MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING LIVER CANCER Non-Final OA Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
17797238 VARIANT ACTRIIB PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Acceleron Pharma Inc.
17781669 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SMALL OCTOPUS-DERIVED PEPTIDE FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASE Final Rejection NATIONAL MARINE BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF KOREA
18029174 AUTOPHAGY-INHIBITING PEPTIDE AND ORGANIC ACID SALT THEREOF ADDRESSING ISSUES OF VASCULAR PERMEABILITY Non-Final OA BIOTEMPT B.V.
18009304 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR ANTIBODY SEQUENCING Non-Final OA RAPID NOVOR, INC.
17775473 Systems Chemico-Pharmacology Drugs and Methods of Use Final Rejection Reneurogen LLC
16934864 REDUCED SIZE SELF-DELIVERING RNAI COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.
17719969 ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF UNSTABLE OR POORLY-ABSORBED DRUGS Final Rejection InnoPharmax, Inc.

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