Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCLEOD, AFRICA MHAIRIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+81.8%
Interview Lift
1461
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
25.9%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19355121 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR PRNP MODULATION Non-Final OA THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
17711793 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AND MEASURING HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOME TEMPLATE REPAIR Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17621669 CRISPR-CAS3 FOR MAKING GENOMIC DELETIONS AND INDUCING RECOMBINATION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17272009 DIRECTED MODIFICATION OF RNA Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17905499 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONSTITUTIVE BACTERIAL PROMOTERS CONFERRING LOW TO MEDIUM EXPRESSION Non-Final OA BASF SE
17577942 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17961925 PREDICTION, BIOSYNTHESIS, AND INTEGRATION AS BIOSENSORS OF MOLECULES WITH UNIQUE LIGHT ABSORBANCE SIGNATURES AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT IN-FIELD REMOTE DETECTION USING MULTI OR HYPER-SPECTRAL CAMERAS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17761292 NOVEL TYPE VI CRISPR ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17999297 GENETIC PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17283626 ENDOGENOUS CYTOPLASMIC ALU COMPLEMENTARY DNA IN AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
17998486 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GJB2-ASSOCIATED HEARING LOSS Non-Final OA Akouos, Inc.
18015105 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-3126 Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18014315 CIRCULAR miRNA SPONGES Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
17912553 Molecular Systems and Therapies Using the Same Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
18134167 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR ATN1 MODULATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17441571 DELIVERY OF CRISPR/MCAS9 THROUGH EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR GENOME EDITING Final Rejection University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
17534002 NEUTRALIZING VACCINES AGAINST HUMAN CORONAVIRUS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17617878 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO DUAL RECOMBINASE-MEDIATED CASSETTE EXCHANGE (dRMCE) AND DISEASE MODELS THEREOF Final Rejection CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
18357504 METHOD OF CHARACTERISING A TARGET POLYPEPTIDE USING A NANOPORE Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17767340 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA Final Rejection The Children's Medical Center Corporation
17522594 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SNCA EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17840369 METHODS FOR GENOMIC INTEGRATION Final Rejection AMYRIS, INC.
17265302 ALTERNATIVE SPLICING REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS Final Rejection THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
17639113 Minimal Messenger RNAs and uses thereof Non-Final OA Universität Zürich
17673226 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SPLICING AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION Final Rejection Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
17792121 MODIFICATION OF BLOOD TYPE ANTIGENS Final Rejection Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
17931027 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A CAS12I POLYPEPTIDE AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc.
18019393 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR FOR GLUT1 EXPRESSION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Spacecraft Seven, LLC
17932798 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TARGETING OF C9orf72 Non-Final OA Scribe Therapeutics Inc.
18316529 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING MAPT EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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