Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HUDSON, AMY ROSE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1674 1682 4100

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Amy Rose Hudson is an experienced examiner in Tech Center 4100, Art Unit 1635, with 1457 resolved cases. She maintains an allowance rate of 74.9%, which is quite high for such a large volume of cases. The median days to allowance is 893, showing a high level of efficiency in her prosecution process. The 1457 resolved cases provide a very stable statistical profile for practitioners to rely on when filing in this art unit.

The interview lift of 11.5% shows that even with a 74.9% allowance rate, interviews provide a clear benefit to the probability of grant. Practitioners can rely on the 893-day median pendency when advising clients on timelines in Tech Center 4100. Her consistent performance across 1457 cases makes her a predictable examiner. The 11.5% lift suggests that direct communication remains a useful tool for resolving any outstanding issues. The 74.9% allowance rate indicates a generally receptive environment for patentability. These metrics suggest that Art Unit 1635 offers a relatively smooth path to allowance under her supervision.

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

Performance Statistics

74.9%
Allow Rate
+14.9% vs TC avg
1,523
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
894
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1458 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
33.9%
§103 Obviousness
34.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18288225 GENE THERAPIES FOR STARGARDT DISEASE (ABCA4) Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18287909 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EFFICACY OF ADOPTIVE IMMUNE CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18671569 GENE EDITING FOR HEMOPHILIA A WITH IMPROVED FACTOR VIII EXPRESSION Non-Final OA BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
17052798 IN VIVO HOMOLOGY DIRECTED REPAIR IN HEART, SKELETAL MUSCLE, AND MUSCLE STEM CELLS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18340582 GENETIC ELEMENTS DRIVING CIRCULAR RNA TRANSLATION AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18516523 PLASMA CELL-FREE RNA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AS NON-INVASIVE BIOMARKERS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Non-Final OA WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
18560348 MODIFIED MRNA, MODIFIED NON-CODING RNA, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18510900 Treatment Of Inflammation With Glucocorticoids And Angiopoietin-Like 7 (ANGPTL7) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17625545 EXONS 45-55 SKIPPING USING MUTATION-TAILORED COCKTAILS OF ANTISENSE MORPHOLINOS IN THE DMD GENE Final Rejection The Governors of the University of Alberta
18605332 ENZYMATIC METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF PHOSPHORAMIDATE AND THIOPHOSPHORAMIDATE-LINKED DNA Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18246594 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Non-Final OA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
17905285 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR PROGNOSIS OF LIVER DISEASE PROGRESSION AND RISK OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND DISCOVERY OF THERAPEUTIC COMPOUNDS AND TARGETS TO TREAT LIVER DISEASE AND CANCER Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18248982 NOVEL RNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING ANGPTL3 Final Rejection SANOFI
17638339 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING PCSK9 Non-Final OA SANOFI
18273357 RNAI NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USING SAME IN AGRICULTURE Non-Final OA TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
18316981 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY Final Rejection University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18306680 THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF ACTIVATED AVIL-INDUCED SARCOMAS Final Rejection University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18622162 METHOD FOR MODULATING UNPRODUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE SPLICING Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18290373 COMPOSITION, FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, COMPRISING miRNA INHIBITOR, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
18326912 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF STRATIFYING INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PATIENTS Final Rejection CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
18016109 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CRISPR/CAS9 GUIDE RNA EFFICIENCY AND SPECIFICITY AGAINST GENETICALLY DIVERSE HIV-1 ISOLATES Non-Final OA Trustees Of Dartmouth College
17906444 HETERONUCLEIC ACID CONTAINING MORPHOLINO NUCLEIC ACID Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
17602035 Pharmaceutical Composition for Treating Muscle Disease Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
18434928 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF HAO1 (HYDROXYACID OXIDASE 1 (GLYCOLATE OXIDASE)) GENE EXPRESSION Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18376217 TMPRSS6 iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18548634 DOSING OF siRNA COMPOUNDS TO THE CISTERNA MAGNA Non-Final OA ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
18136386 MUCIN 5B (MUC5B) IRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17683423 XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE (XDH) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18030745 NOVEL TARGETS FOR REACTIVATION OF PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME-ASSOCIATED GENES Non-Final OA Duke University
18249248 INDUCTION OF FERROPTOSIS FOR CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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