Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1623 1656 1673 1693 3762

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.2%
Allow Rate
-7.8% vs TC avg
1,468
Total Applications
-12.5%
Interview Lift
1151
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1405 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
55.4%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17584129 METHODS AND THERAPIES FOR TREATING ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND/OR HYPERLIPIDEMIA USING OLIGOSACCHARIDES Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18449862 PROCESS FOR THE DE-TRITYLATION OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18017297 METHOD FOR MODULATING THE BLADDER MICROBIOME TO IMPROVE BLADDER HEALTH Final Rejection Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18405347 RESTORING PHYSIOLOGY WITH SMALL MOLECULE MIMICS OF MISSING PROTEINS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois
17904211 LONG CHAIN CARBON AND CYCLIC AMINO ACIDS SUBSTRATES FOR GENETIC CODE REPROGRAMMING Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18261012 SYNBIOTIC TREATMENT REGIMENS Non-Final OA PROLACTA BIOSCIENCE, INC.
18361713 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING DOUBLE NETWORK HYDROGELS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate
17674177 POLYNUCLEOTIDE CAPTURE MATERIALS, AND SYSTEMS USING SAME Non-Final OA HANDYLAB, INC.
18883520 TARGETED COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
18479576 4'-THIONUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE Non-Final OA Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18284175 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING AUCUBIN FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MACULAR DEGENERATION Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION FOUNDATION JEONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
18425427 TRIPLE COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR ANTI-AGING Non-Final OA LUNELLA BIOTECH, INC.
17997787 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RNA BINDING PROTEIN BINDING SITES ON RNA Non-Final OA IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
18533937 THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Glycosynnovations PTY LTD
18556642 SITE-SPECIFIC GLYCAN REMODELING OF LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
18287530 NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT AND USES Non-Final OA Citrox Biosciences Limited
17915943 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING GAMMA-CYCLODEXTRIN POLYMER AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA RENATUS INC.
18554006 TREATMENT OF VIRUS INFECTIONS Non-Final OA TX MEDIC AB
18283757 A VAGINAL CONTRACEPTIVE COMPOSITION FOR REINFORCEMENT OF THE CERVICAL MUCUS BARRIER PROPERTIES Non-Final OA CIRQLE BIOMEDICAL CONTRACEPTION APS
18276114 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING CYTOKINE STORM Non-Final OA KINKI UNIVERSITY
18277982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 19, CONTAINING CARBOCYCLIC NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE Non-Final OA FUTURE MEDICINE CO., LTD.
18222397 PORTABLE DEVICE FOR ISOLATING NUCLEIC ACID FROM BLOOD Final Rejection KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
18343296 METHOD FOR ISOLATING RNA WITH HIGH YIELD Non-Final OA QIAGEN GmbH
18201714 PREBIOTIC FORMULA, DIETARY FIBER, FOOD, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection BIOCEUTICAL ATTAINMENTS COMPANY LIMITED
17999400 MAXI-K POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FRAGILE X ASSOCIATED DISORDERS Non-Final OA SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
18188101 TRITERPENE SAPONIN SYNTHESIS, INTERMEDIATES AND ADJUVANT COMBINATIONS Non-Final OA ADJUVANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
16980207 METHOD OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA NUCHIDO LIMITED
17510069 LOW CONTAMINANT COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection ALOPEXX INC.
17598040 SEMI-SYNTHETIC BIOPOLYMERS FOR USE IN STIMULATING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Final Rejection Immunophotonics, Inc.
17130195 USE OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES IN CALVES FATTENING Non-Final OA OligoScience Biotechnology GmbH

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