Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LEE, HOI YAN NMN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1693

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.9%
Allow Rate
-16.1% vs TC avg
150
Total Applications
+76.0%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 66 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
17.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17606441 STABILIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION REACTIONS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17283728 ENZYMATIC RNA SYNTHESIS Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17403592 GLYCOENGINEERED ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES Final Rejection Genzyme Corporation
18041785 5'-SUBSTITUTED NUCLEOSIDE MONOPHOSPHATES, PRODRUGS THEREOF, AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
17995264 PREPARATION FOR USE AS VASORELAXANT Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
19262831 AMORPHOUS FORM OF REDUCED ß-NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE CALCIUM SALT, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREFOR Non-Final OA EffePharm (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
17594617 PHENETHYL SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZO[4,5-C]QUINOLINE COMPOUNDS WITH AN N-1 BRANCHED GROUP Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18011341 SAPONIN CONTAINING EXTRACTS PREPARED FROM HESPERALOE USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS Final Rejection KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
18002337 Silk-Hyaluronic Acid Compositions For Tissue Filling, Tissue Spacing, and Tissue Bulking Non-Final OA EVOLVED BY NATURE, INC.
18045744 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME Non-Final OA Washington University
18334457 LIQUID COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
18237624 NASAL SPRAY USING PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE AND MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDE POLYSULFATE FOR COVID-19 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT Non-Final OA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
17625020 POTENTIATION OF ANTIVIRAL NUCLEOBASES AS RNA VIRUS THERAPY Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
17650298 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER WITH NUCLEOTIDE THERAPEUTICS Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
17478016 REVERSIBLE MODIFICATION OF NUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Illumina Cambridge Limited
17925180 OLEOGEL AND OLEOPASTE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17427502 DEUTERATED MITRAGYNINE ANALOGS AS SAFER OPIOID MODULATORS IN THE MITRAGYNINE CLASS Non-Final OA Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
17580129 METHODS TO PREVENT, INHIBIT OR TREAT INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION Non-Final OA University of Iowa Research Foundation
17297586 D-PSICOSE CRYSTAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
18033160 SPRAYABLE ANTIVIRAL FORMULATION Non-Final OA The University of Birmingham
18004271 CONJUGATION OF PROTEINS TO POLYSACCHARIDES USING A PHOSPHATE BRIDGE Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18030186 HELICASE INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17298283 USE OF GUAR DERIVATIVES FOR MICROORGANISMS GROWTH Non-Final OA RHODIA OPERATIONS
17502665 Dietary Supplements and Composition for Treating Cancer Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
17269198 NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Cepheid
17275146 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF A SWEETNER Non-Final OA SÜDZUCKER AG
17621987 LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION OF 2G SUGARS BY ADSORPTION ON A FAU ZEOLITE HAVING A SI/AL ATOMIC RATIO GREATER THAN 1.5 Non-Final OA IFP Energies nouvelles
17293632 METHODS OF TREATMENT FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS Non-Final OA VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
17926261 INHIBITION OF NIDOVIRUSES THAT ENCODE NSP15 Final Rejection Auburn University
17611765 SYNTHESIS OF OLIGOMERIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING PHOSPHOROTHIOATE DIESTER AND PHOSPHODIESTER LINKAGES Final Rejection Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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