Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1645

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.4%
Allow Rate
-23.6% vs TC avg
84
Total Applications
+70.1%
Interview Lift
1381
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
68.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17422490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CULTURING CELLS IN SUSPENSION Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
17433655 POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES AND COSMETIC USES THEREOF Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18456037 MODIFIED CYANOBACTERIUM, MODIFIED CYANOBACTERIUM PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROTEIN PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17748617 MODIFIED CYANOBACTERIUM, MODIFIED CYANOBACTERIUM PRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROTEIN PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18248199 HELITRON MEDIATED GENETIC MODIFICATION Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17430341 MODULATION OF REP PROTEIN ACTIVITY IN CLOSED-ENDED DNA (CEDNA) PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Generation Bio Co.
17820372 Rolling Circle Reverse Transcription of Circular RNA Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
17766003 EPIGENETIC MODULATION OF GENOMIC TARGETS TO CONTROL EXPRESSION OF PWS-ASSOCIATED GENES Non-Final OA Duke University
17278189 IMPROVED HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMBINATORIAL GENETIC MODIFICATION SYSTEM AND OPTIMIZED CAS9 ENZYME VARIANTS Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong
17437504 CAS9 VARIANTS WITH ENHANCED SPECIFICITY Non-Final OA Max-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
17998603 BASE EDITING APPROACHES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BETAHEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Final Rejection Fondation Imagine
17637058 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO GENE EDITING Non-Final OA Salk Institute for Biological Studies
17911184 Optimised Methods for Cleavage of Target Sequences Non-Final OA Cancer Research Technology Limited
17797986 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING, EDITING OR MODIFYING HUMAN GENES Final Rejection DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
17935042 EFFECTOR PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
17576561 BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM Final Rejection BIOVERATIV THERAPEUTICS INC.
17830212 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING A CRISPR NUCLEASE AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.
18268124 THERAPEUTIC RNA FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA BioNTech SE
18316828 CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA TARGIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS AG
18035871 CATALYTIC SEQUENCE BASED METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA 1E Therapeutics Ltd.
18034821 METHODS FOR TREATING OPHTHALMOLOGICAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA IVERIC bio, Inc.
18033280 SHUTTLE AGENT PEPTIDES OF MINIMAL LENGTH AND VARIANTS THEREOF ADAPTED FOR TRANSDUCTION OF CAS9-RNP AND OTHER NUCLEOPROTEIN CARGOS Non-Final OA FELDAN BIO INC.
18025446 TARGETED DEAMINASE AND BASE EDITING USING SAME Non-Final OA INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
17636607 BASE EDITING SYSTEMS FOR ACHIEVING C TO A AND C TO G BASE MUTATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17952252 UBIQUITIN VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED AFFINITY FOR 53BP1 Non-Final OA Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
17055511 BACTERIAL VECTORS FOR GENETIC MANIPULATION OF BACTERIA Non-Final OA BIOVERSYS AG
17774393 PHAGE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Locus Biosciences, Inc.
17762355 Methods of Treatment of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) and NF-1 Mediated Conditions and Compositions for Use in Such Methods Final Rejection Royal Holloway and Bedford New College,
17638610 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CD123 MODIFICATION Final Rejection SYZYGYMED INC.
17647480 NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND THEIR USE IN THERAPY Final Rejection HEPGENE MEDICAL AB

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