Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOLLAND, PAUL J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1651 1653 1656

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

Paul J. Holland is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1636. He has 779 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 57.4 percent. The interview lift is 64.8 percent. This 64.8 percent lift is exceptionally high and suggests that interviews are a critical tool for success. The 64.8 percent lift is actually higher than the 57.4 percent allowance rate itself. This indicates that an interview significantly changes the probability of allowance for a given case.

The median days to allowance is 1094. This 1094-day timeline represents the typical pendency for applications under his review. Practitioners should prepare for a 1094-day process. The 779 resolved cases provide a solid statistical basis for these conclusions. Given the 57.4 percent allowance rate, the 64.8 percent lift is a vital factor for practitioners to leverage. The 1094-day median is a consistent measure of timing in Art Unit 1636. These 779 cases reflect a significant body of work for this examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
840
Total Applications
+64.6%
Interview Lift
1094
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 781 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
26.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17965366 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Non-Final OA Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
17826545 CELL CULTURE METHOD, ANTIBODY PRODUCTION METHOD, ORGANIC ACID REMOVAL METHOD, AND ANTIBODY Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17820488 RETINAL ORGANOID MODEL SYSTEMS Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18278695 METHODS FOR GENERATING A CRISPR ARRAY Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17997877 ACE2 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
19368582 ENGINEERED PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18175893 ENGINEERED PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18143492 Modulation of Gene Expression Via Transcription Factor-Chemically Induced Proximity (TF-CIP) Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18548640 REDUCING HIGH MANNOSE GLYCAN PROTEIN EXPRESSION USING GUANOSINE 5'-MONOPHOSPHATE Final Rejection MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
18021135 CELL HAVING GENE CORRECTED EX VIVO AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
17921035 CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF PREPARING SAME Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
17525433 CELL ENGINEERING USING RNAs Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18691573 FACILITATED DELIVERY OF CONCENTRATED ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS USING HYALURONIDASE Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18434301 DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS Non-Final OA MannKind Corporation
18816810 CLASS II, TYPE V CRISPR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA METAGENOMI, INC.

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