Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEITH, NANCY J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1636 1656 1681 1683

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nancy J. Leith has resolved 830 cases in Art Unit 1600. The examiner has an allowance rate of 74.7 percent. This 74.7 percent rate is based on the 830 resolved cases in Tech Center 1600. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the probability of a grant. The volume of resolutions provides a specific data set for this examiner's history.

The interview lift is 44.0 percent. This 44.0 percent figure represents the change in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding on a prosecution strategy. This metric indicates how interviews correlate with the overall allowance rate. The 44.0 percent lift is a recorded factor in the examiner's prosecution profile.

The median time to allowance is 1108 days. This 1108 day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. Applicants can use this figure to plan their prosecution timelines. The median pendency is a specific temporal measure in Art Unit 1600. It provides a benchmark for cases assigned to this examiner. Understanding this 1108 day timeline is important for managing expectations during the examination process.

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

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+14.7% vs TC avg
888
Total Applications
+44.1%
Interview Lift
1107
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 831 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.3%
§102 Novelty
29.3%
§103 Obviousness
29.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19174171 ENGINEERED CIRCULARIZED pegRNAs AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Trustees of Boston University
17977788 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-YIELD TRANSIENT EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18171578 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING A DELETION LIBRARY AND FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECTIVE INTERFERING PARTICLE (DIP) Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17763110 NOVEL RECEPTORS HAVING A HETEROLOGOUS STOP TRANSFER SEQUENCE FOR LIGAND-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17201347 DELIVERY, USE AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF THE CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING DISORDERS AND DISEASES USING VIRAL COMPONENTS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18818523 METHODS OF DETECTING ONCOGENIC FUSIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
17742503 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED TRANSPOSASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17742127 NOVEL CRISPR ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
19272711 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING A GENOME Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
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18283925 NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM Non-Final OA Biogen MA Inc.
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18262420 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGET DNA SEQUENCE AND CLONING VECTOR Non-Final OA NANJING GENSCRIPT BIOTECH CO., LTD.

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