Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Catherine Anne Konopka, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1600 1611 1613 1632 1635 1636 1638 1642 1796 4100

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE works in tech center 4100 and art unit 1600. Her profile records 212 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 57.5%, and a median of 1387 days to allowance. The allowance rate shows that allowance occurred in a majority of resolved matters, while the median indicates a lengthy prosecution period.

The interview lift is 66.2%, demonstrating a strong positive association between interviews and allowance in the measured record. Practitioners may give interviews a central role in planning, while documenting any resulting claim strategy in the written response. The listed companies are University of Florida Research Foundation Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., and University of Massachusetts. The associated firms are WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C., Casimir Jones, S.C., and HOWSON & HOWSON LLP.

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
279
Total Applications
+66.2%
Interview Lift
1387
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 212 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
33.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18267144 METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL OF RNA TRANSCRIPT LEVELS WITH AUTOREGULATED CRISPR-CAS13D Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18045873 AAV VARIANTS WITH HOST ANTIBODY ESCAPE CAPABILITIES AND ALTERED TISSUE TARGETING PROPERTIES Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18659831 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HBV Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18553357 Specific Oligonucleotide-Programmed Readthrough of Nonsense Codons Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18213505 MODIFIED GUIDE RNAS FOR CRISPR GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18473498 TREATMENT AND DETECTION METHODS FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18394385 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Non-Final OA EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
18048238 DISCOVERY AND ENGINEERING OF INTEGRASES FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY GENE INTEGRATION Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18712524 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18014692 USE OF SATIVENE, AND RECOMBINANT BIOCONTROL FUNGUS AND MUSCARDINE CADAVER AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18571967 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PROTEIN TRANSLATION FROM RECOMBINANT CIRCULAR RNAS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17596186 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBATING MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18798198 Treatment Of Hyperglycemia With Solute Carrier Family 39 Member 5 (SLC39A5) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17823726 HOST DEFENSE SUPPRESSING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Final Rejection FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS VI, LLC
18535658 SYNTHETIC IMMUNOMODULATION WITH A CRISPR SUPER-REPRESSOR IN VIVO Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17756078 LARGE-SCALE COMBINED CAR TRANSDUCTION AND CRISPR GENE EDITING OF T CELLS Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18506637 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR MUTATED HOTAIR IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
16174759 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NANODISC COMPRISING AN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR PROTEIN AND NANODISC COMPRISING AN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR PROTEIN MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18257504 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CRISPR-CAS13 GUIDE RNAS Final Rejection New York University

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Catherine Anne Konopka's allowance rate?

57.5% of resolved applications examined by Catherine Anne Konopka were allowed (212 resolved cases), compared with 37.3% across Art Unit 1600 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Catherine Anne Konopka?

This examiner's interview lift is +66.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Catherine Anne Konopka take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Catherine Anne Konopka took 1,387 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Catherine Anne Konopka work in?

Catherine Anne Konopka examines applications in Art Unit 1600 in Tech Center 4100.

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