Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LIPPOLIS, ALEXANDRA ROSE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1645

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.6%
Allow Rate
-28.4% vs TC avg
80
Total Applications
+63.1%
Interview Lift
1539
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
31.2%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
17433655 POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES AND COSMETIC USES THEREOF Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
19245463 COMPLEX AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA EPIGENIC THERAPEUTICS PTE. 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.
17733265 DNA CAPTURE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL FLOW-THROUGH ASSAY FOR ANTIGEN DETECTION Non-Final OA University of South Florida
17820372 Rolling Circle Reverse Transcription of Circular RNA Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
18251374 TRANSFERABLE TYPE I-F CRISPR-CAS GENOME EDITING SYSTEM Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
17278189 IMPROVED HIGH-THROUGHPUT COMBINATORIAL GENETIC MODIFICATION SYSTEM AND OPTIMIZED CAS9 ENZYME VARIANTS Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong
17602204 HYBRID NUCLEIC ACID SWITCHES Non-Final OA The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services
17676278 Visualized Screening Method for Aspergillus Recombinant Strains with Multigene Editing Final Rejection Jiangnan University
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
17797986 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING, EDITING OR MODIFYING HUMAN GENES Final Rejection DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET
17763441 NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA University College Dublin
17935042 EFFECTOR PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
18268124 THERAPEUTIC RNA FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA BioNTech SE
17830212 GENE EDITING SYSTEMS COMPRISING A CRISPR NUCLEASE AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.
18025446 TARGETED DEAMINASE AND BASE EDITING USING SAME Non-Final OA INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
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.
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 Non-Final OA SYZYGYMED INC.
17647480 NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND THEIR USE IN THERAPY Final Rejection HEPGENE MEDICAL AB
17550958 ARTIFICIAL VIRUS PRESENTING CELLS Final Rejection Diagnologix, LLC

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