Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SALVOZA, M FRANCO G

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1648 1671 1672

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
646
Total Applications
+29.2%
Interview Lift
1182
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 600 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.4%
§101 Eligibility
12.1%
§102 Novelty
31.0%
§103 Obviousness
26.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18210829 LIVE ATTENUATED ZIKA VIRUS WITH 3'UTR DELETION, VACCINE CONTAINING AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18044923 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17655258 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING REPLICATION ACTIVITY OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS Final Rejection RIKEN
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
18000772 MODIFIED ALPHAVIRUS FOR USE AS COVID-19 VACCINE Non-Final OA New York University
18019547 MULTIVALENT VACCINES AGAINST TURKEY ARTHRITIS REOVIRUS Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
17957373 METHODS FOR DETECTING NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Duke University
17774329 TREATMENT FOR PRIMARY AND METASTATIC CANCER Final Rejection Duke University
18017659 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
17293861 VECTORS COMPRISING A NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES FUSED TO A LYSOSOMAL TARGETING SEQUENCE Non-Final OA ASKBIO INC.
17996119 CORONAVIRUS VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Thomas Jefferson University
17813762 CANCER VACCINES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18032052 VACCINATION OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL DONORS WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUS TRIPLEX COMPOSITION Non-Final OA CITY OF HOPE
18248573 Attenuated Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Final Rejection Zoetis Services LLC
17999071 Use of Human Resistin as a Trimerization Partner for Expression of Trimeric Proteins Non-Final OA National Research Council of Canada
17918184 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RISK OF INCIDENCE OF A CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION IN A PATIENT Non-Final OA HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON
18008701 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND ANALYZING AIRBORNE ORGANISMS Non-Final OA Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
17417096 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SELF-ASSEMBLING VACCINES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
18557247 RECOMBINANT CEDAR VIRUS CHIMERAS Non-Final OA THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.
18199616 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR TREATING COMPLEMENT RELATED DISORDERS Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
18012284 BINDING PROTEIN SPECIFIC FOR THE SPIKE PROTEIN OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONA VIRUS 2 (SARS-COV-2) Final Rejection Navigo Proteins GmbH
18368949 FLAVIVIRUS PEPTIDE SEQUENCES, EPITOPES, AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection La Jolla Institute for Immunology
18284025 A SIRNA DRUG, A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, A SIRNA-SMALL MOLECULE DRUG CONJUGATE, AND THE APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SIRNAOMICS BIOPHARMACEUTICALS (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
17822431 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF VIRUSES IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA Biomerica, Inc.
17052097 PLASMID FREE AAV VECTOR PRODUCING CELL LINES Non-Final OA Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
17238466 VIRUS DETECTION PIPELINE Final Rejection OZ Optics Ltd.
18317386 ATTENUATED POXVIRUS VECTOR BASED VACCINE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COVID-19 Final Rejection SEMENTIS LIMITED
17996727 ENGINEERING BROADLY REACTIVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES AND RELATED DESIGNS AND USES Non-Final OA Greffex, Inc.
18182844 METHOD FOR THE CONCENTRATION OF MICROSCOPIC SUBSTANCES DERIVED FROM LIVING ORGANISMS, ENVIRONMENTS, OR FOODS Non-Final OA KTEN BIO INC.
18003858 GORILLA ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID- AND AMINO ACID-SEQUENCES, VECTORS CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA REITHERA SRL

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