Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE

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

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.2%
Allow Rate
-1.8% vs TC avg
251
Total Applications
+64.5%
Interview Lift
1397
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 194 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
33.1%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553357 Specific Oligonucleotide-Programmed Readthrough of Nonsense Codons Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17921027 IMPROVED CAS 12A/NLS MEDIATED THERAPEUTIC GENE EDITING PLATFORMS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18280092 RNAI CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NOVO NORDISK A/S
18752501 MULTI-VECTOR RECOMBINASE MEDIATED CASSETTE EXCHANGE Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18957216 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT IN VIVO DELIVERY Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18957270 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT IN VIVO DELIVERY Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18715578 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT IN VIVO DELIVERY Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18334074 TYPE VI CRISPR ORTHOLOGS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17779953 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING CAS9-INDEPENDENT OFF-TARGET EDITING OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18246408 CORONAVIRUS REPLICONS FOR ANTIVIRAL SCREENING AND TESTING Final Rejection MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
17783938 USE OF BIOMARKERS IN IDENTIFYING PATIENTS THAT WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENT WITH A PRMT5 INHIBITOR Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18798198 Treatment Of Hyperglycemia With Solute Carrier Family 39 Member 5 (SLC39A5) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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
18048238 DISCOVERY AND ENGINEERING OF INTEGRASES FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY GENE INTEGRATION Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18265226 COMPOSITIONS TARGETING WDR37 AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18029717 METHOD AND AGENT FOR TREATING/PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND ASSOCIATED NEUROINFLAMMATION AND FOR EVALUATING PUTATIVE PROPHYLACTICS/THERAPEUTICS FOR TREATING/PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND NEUROINFLAMMATION Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
18014692 USE OF SATIVENE, AND RECOMBINANT BIOCONTROL FUNGUS AND MUSCARDINE CADAVER AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18547102 FOLLICULIN iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18262438 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DUX4 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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