Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RYAN, DOUGLAS CHARLES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.2%
Allow Rate
-18.8% vs TC avg
115
Total Applications
+47.9%
Interview Lift
1164
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 68 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
33.5%
§103 Obviousness
31.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18554627 GENE THERAPY FOR NEUROPROTECTION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17630875 SYNTHETIC IMMUNE CELLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17544527 Screening for Inhibitors of Prostaglandin E Synthase 3 Useful for Treatment of Prostate Cancer Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17049320 SPIKED PRIMERS FOR ENRICHMENT OF PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACIDS AMONG BACKGROUND OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17493293 TRANSPLANT PATIENT MONITORING WITH CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17085937 BACTERIAL DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
19056045 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID MODIFICATIONS Final Rejection ACRIGEN BIOSCIENCES
17403317 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPRISING COMPLEMENTARY PORTION Non-Final OA Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
18417305 SYNTHETIC YEAST CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18005311 Targeted RNA cleavage with dCas13-RNase Fusion Proteins Non-Final OA University of Rochester
17753659 Highly Efficient DNA Base Editors Mediated By RNA-Aptamer Recruitment For Targeted Genome Modification And Uses Thereof Final Rejection Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey
16991607 EXPRESSION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS IN A BACTERIAL CELL-FREE SYNTHESIS SYSTEM USING BACTERIAL CELLS TRANSFORMED TO EXHIBIT ELEVATED LEVELS OF CHAPERONE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Sutro Biopharma, Inc.
18394091 ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULE AND COMBINATION Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17417822 MUTATED tRNA FOR CODON EXPANSION Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17611949 MASS PRODUCTION SYSTEM OF RECOMBINANT BAGWORM SILK THREAD PROTEIN Final Rejection KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
16826010 ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT GENE PAIRS AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS AND METHODS AND DEVICES TO IDENTIFY THE SAME Final Rejection Wayne State University
18012094 LNP COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MRNA THERAPEUTICS WITH EXTENDED HALF-LIFE Non-Final OA ModernaTX, Inc.
18435438 ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS ASSOCIATED WITH SINGLE CELLS USING NUCLEIC ACID BARCODES Final Rejection Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc.
18553531 SYRINGES CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RNA Non-Final OA CureVac SE
18166868 CURE ALL FOR NUCLEIC ACID-GUIDED CELL EDITING IN E. COLI Non-Final OA Inscripta, Inc.
18005016 FORMATE-INDUCIBLE PROMOTERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Imperial College Innovations Ltd
17605958 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS OF MiR-10 MIMICS AND TARGETS THEREOF Non-Final OA NEVADA RESEARCH & INNOVATION CORPORATION
17641426 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TARGETING OF SOD1 Non-Final OA Scribe Therapeutics Inc.
18042193 A METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS Non-Final OA University College Cardiff Consultants Ltd
17615513 IMPROVED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASED DOUBLE STRANDED RNA PRODUCTION Non-Final OA RNAISSANCE AG LLC
17442057 MULTIPLEXING REGULATORY ELEMENTS TO IDENTIFY CELL-TYPE SPECIFIC REGULATORY ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Encoded Therapeutics, Inc.
17415328 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM AND METHOD BOTH FOR PRODUCING NICOTINAMIDE DERIVATIVE, AND VECTOR FOR USE IN SAME Non-Final OA SYNART CO., LTD.
17337033 METHODS FOR STABLE GENOMIC INTEGRATION IN RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISMS Non-Final OA COMMENSE BIO, INC.
17104708 MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR TARGET AND BIOMARKER DISCOVERY FOR NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Non-Final OA Javelin Biotech, Inc.

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