Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PARKIN, JEFFREY S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1648 1671

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.5%
Allow Rate
+3.5% vs TC avg
900
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1269
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 860 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.3%
§102 Novelty
30.7%
§103 Obviousness
51.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17614602 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING IMMUNE RESPONSES Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18014645 SAMPLING KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
18011678 METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREPARATION FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE IN SPECIMEN Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
18014507 DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING A VIRAL TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE Non-Final OA Bar-Ilan University
18131262 Methods, Compositions and Systems for Respiratory Virus Detection Non-Final OA Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
17922777 RECOMBINANT NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS EXPRESSING SARS-COV-2-SPIKE PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
17593747 MULTI-RESPIRATORY VIRUS ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME THERAPEUTICALLY Non-Final OA Baylor College of Medicine
18252212 DNA CONSTRUCT FOR STABLY PRODUCING EMPTY CAPSIDS OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROCESSES, USES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA National Research Council of Canada
18008938 Assay for the detection of the Cys-like protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 Non-Final OA CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
18477785 COMBINATION OF NOVEL VACCINES AGAINST ZIKA VIRUS AND DNA ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS FOR USE AGAINST ZIKA VIRUS Final Rejection The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
17609451 DNA ENCODED IL-36 GAMMA AS AN ADJUVANT Non-Final OA THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY
18427737 EBOLAVIRUS AND MARBURGVIRUS VACCINES Non-Final OA CureVac SE
18538898 RNA REPLICON FOR EXPRESSING AT CELL RECEPTOR OR AN ARTIFICIAL T CELL RECEPTOR Non-Final OA TRON - TRANSLATIONALE ONKOLOGIE AN DER UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄTS MAINZ
18564895 SYSTEM, METHOD AND KITS FOR THE DETECTION OF BINDING AGENTS Final Rejection AB VALIDATION INC. FAS IVANO BIOSCIENCE
17995401 PHAGE-ENCODED AcrVIA1 FOR USE AS AN INHIBITOR OF THE RNA-TARGETING CRISPR-Cas13 SYSTEMS Non-Final OA THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
17273677 HERV-K-DERIVED ANTIGENS AS SHARED TUMOR ANTIGENS FOR ANTI-CANCER VACCINE Final Rejection INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
18031494 ASSAY FOR MEASURING POTENCY OF GENE THERAPY DRUG PRODUCT Non-Final OA Prevail Therapeutics, Inc.
17997009 METHOD FOR DETECTING HBV GENOTYPE, OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND KIT Non-Final OA LEADWAY (HK) LIMITED
18005332 COVID-19 Mucosal Antibody Assay Non-Final OA NantCell, Inc.
18296027 Diagnostic Tests Non-Final OA CTK Biotech, Inc.
18247824 IMMUNOGENIC FORMULATION CONTAINING A MODIFIED BCG STRAIN EXPRESSING AN ANDESVIRUS PROTEIN (ANDV) USEFUL FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING HANTA-ANDV VIRUS INFECTIONS Non-Final OA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
18030102 LENTIVIRAL VECTORS ENABLING ROUTING ANTIGENS TO MHC-II PATHWAY AND INDUCING CD4+ AND CD8+ T-CELL RESPONSES IN A HOST Non-Final OA THERAVECTYS
18246117 COMPOUND FOR INCREASING EFFICACY OF VIRAL VECTORS Non-Final OA ABLEVIA BIOTECH GMBH
18185344 Biological Detection Sensor Chip and COVID-19 Test Kit Non-Final OA Xudong Cao
18018488 A DETECTION METHOD FOR VIRAL REPLICATION Non-Final OA Microbio Pty Ltd
17955599 RNA DETERMINANTS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection MeMed Diagnostics Ltd.
17619063 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION WITH A THERAPEUTIC INTERFERING PARTICLE Non-Final OA The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a testamentary trust established under the Will of J.David Gladst

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