Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SALVOZA, M FRANCO G

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1632 1648 1671 1672

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

M Franco G Salvoza has resolved 623 cases in Tech Center 1600. The examiner has an allowance rate of 68.5 percent. This rate suggests a fair chance of success in Art Unit 1600. The 68.5 percent allowance rate indicates that the examiner is generally open to granting patents when the applications meet the necessary requirements.

The interview lift is 29.8 percent. This high lift indicates that interviews are very effective at resolving issues and securing allowances. A 29.8 percent increase in the probability of success following an interview makes direct communication a highly recommended tactic for practitioners working with this examiner.

The median days to allowance is 1155. This timeframe represents the typical path to grant for successful cases. Practitioners should use the 1155 day median to set expectations for the length of the grant process while leveraging the 29.8 percent interview lift to improve their overall chances of success.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

68.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
661
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1153
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 624 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.8%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
27.8%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17775206 CRISPR COMPLEX-BASED DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
19217607 VECTOR-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR ELONGATOR ACETYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEX SUBUNIT 1 (ELP1) Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18779855 CAPSID VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DYNO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18761730 CAPSID VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DYNO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS Final Rejection Merck Patent GmbH
18757357 GENE THERAPY STRATEGY TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL AND CARDIAC FUNCTION, AND CARDIAC STRUCTURE, IN ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18027067 NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION USING A NUCLEASE ACTUATOR Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17925179 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING A SARS-COV-2 INFECTION Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
17671467 NOVEL IMMUNOASSAY FORMAT FOR MEASURING TOTAL ANTIBODIES Final Rejection Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
17187678 RECOMBINANT POXVIRUS BASED VACCINE AGAINST SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS Non-Final OA THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
18000772 MODIFIED ALPHAVIRUS FOR USE AS COVID-19 VACCINE Non-Final OA New York University
18210829 LIVE ATTENUATED ZIKA VIRUS WITH 3'UTR DELETION, VACCINE CONTAINING AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18643377 RABIES VIRUS VACCINE Non-Final OA Intervet Inc.
18034312 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
17999071 Use of Human Resistin as a Trimerization Partner for Expression of Trimeric Proteins Non-Final OA National Research Council of Canada
17917058 ASSAY TO DETECT VIRUS Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17293861 VECTORS COMPRISING A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FUSED TO A LYSOSOMAL TARGETING SEQUENCE Non-Final OA ASKBIO INC.
18615749 PRE-IMMUNIZATION AND IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA American Gene Technologies International Inc.
17918184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF INCIDENCE OF A CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT Non-Final OA HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON
18564263 COMBINED AGONIST ADJUVANT FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE Non-Final OA ICHAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
17996727 ENGINEERING BROADLY REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES AND RELATED DESIGNS AND USES Final Rejection Greffex, Inc.

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