Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PERSONS, JENNA L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1637

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.1%
Allow Rate
-7.9% vs TC avg
95
Total Applications
+73.4%
Interview Lift
1090
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 48 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
27.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17273065 High-Throughput Screening Platform for Longevity Genes and Anti-Aging Drugs Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18035901 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING HEART FAILURE Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18469344 SERPINA-MODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17845311 USE OF SBDS INHIBITORS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17785070 PROGRAMMABLE DNA NUCLEASE-ASSOCIATED LIGASE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
19223597 CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES (ASOS) AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME FOR RNA EDITING Final Rejection Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
19196722 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF PROTEIN LPA(APO(A)) Non-Final OA SHANGHAI ARGO BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17289620 RASOPATHY TREATMENT Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
17054383 METHOD TO EXTRACT CHROMATIN FROM FORMALIN FIXED, PARAFFIN EMBEDDED (FFPE) TISSUE Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17815849 METHOD OF TREATING HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER Non-Final OA University of Cincinnati
17786147 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR HEMOGLOBIN PRODUCTION Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17786865 CATALYTIC NUCLEIC ACID-BASED GENETIC ENGINEERING METHOD Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
17430991 PRR-Activating and MicroRNA-Inhibiting Molecules and Methods of Using Same Final Rejection Duke University
17831232 INTEGRATED DRUG DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR PROTEIN MISFOLDING DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH METABOLITE ACCUMULATION Non-Final OA Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17288573 GENE THERAPY UTILIZING VECTORS EXPRESSING RHODOPSIN TRANSGENES Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18747694 CELLS FOR GLYCOENGINEERING AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Rock BioMedical Inc.
18708618 COMPOSITIONS FOR AQUACULTURING Non-Final OA ViAqua Therapeutics Ltd.
16395649 HIGH GROWTH CAPACITY AUXOTROPHIC ESCHERICHIA COLI AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Sutro Biopharma, Inc.
17721765 Compositions for Modulating C9ORF72 Expression Final Rejection Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17424672 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING APP EXPRESSION Final Rejection Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17594154 ANGPTL2 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Roche Innovation Center Copenhagen A/S
17428322 COMPOSITIONS FOR SUPPRESSING TRIM28 AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
17426201 METHOD FOR DETECTING A SPECIFIC SPLICE EVENT OF A GENE OF INTEREST Non-Final OA Klinikum Rechts Der Isar Der Technischen Universität München
18041609 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BIOMOLECULE DELIVERY TO PRIMARY HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS USING NANOSTRAWS Non-Final OA NAVAN Technologies, Inc.
17785565 ANTISENSE NUCLEIC ACID ENABLING EXON SKIPPING Non-Final OA NATIONAL CENTER OF NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
17917522 ENGINEERED ONCOLYTIC ADENOVIRUS Non-Final OA SHENZHEN HUA YAO KANG MING BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17775482 METHOD FOR SITE-SPECIFIC CONJUGATION OF NUCLEIC ACID TO CRISPR FAMILY PROTEIN, AND CONJUGATE THEREOF AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection BEIJING HUIDA BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
17604995 A NEW TYPE OF ENZYME COMPOSITION Final Rejection Belief BioMed Limited
17195429 VECTORS FOR GENE THERAPY AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
17173494 CAS 9 RETROVIRAL INTEGRASE AND CAS 9 RECOMBINASE SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED INCORPORATION OF A DNA SEQUENCE INTO A GENOME OF A CELL OR ORGANISM Non-Final OA SOHM, Inc.

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