Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SHIN, DANA H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1674 1682

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.2%
Allow Rate
-32.8% vs TC avg
1,239
Total Applications
+27.6%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1155 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
5.6%
§102 Novelty
37.6%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18065570 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF MICRORNA RELATED DISEASES Final Rejection HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
18039630 ADENINE BASE EDITOR HAVING INCREASED THYMINE-CYTOSINE SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC CYTOSINE EDITING ACTIVITY, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18063824 CELLULAR UPTAKE OF FUNCTIONALIZED DNA NANOSTRUCTURES Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
16324945 A20 THERAPY TO ACHIEVE GLYCEMIC CONTROL Non-Final OA BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
17542150 GENERATION OF NEURONS BY REPROGRAMMING OF OLIGODENDROCYTES AND OLIGODENDROCYTE PRECURSOR CELLS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
17050561 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEMOPHILIA Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18079262 Nucleic acid-based membrane constructs for RNA polymerase detection Non-Final OA University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation
17174249 INTRACELLULAR ABSEQ Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17784045 INDUCTION OF PROLIFEROUS PANCREATIC ISLET PRECURSOR CELL-LIKE CELLS BY TRANSIENT EXPRESSION OF MYCL AND INDUCTION OF DIFFERENTIATION INTO INSULIN-POSITIVE CELLS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
16610408 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE OF ARC CAPSIDS Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18332415 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-BASED MODULATION OF C9orf72 Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17314909 AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN (APP) RNAi AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17431887 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR THERAPY OF DISORDERS THAT CORRELATE WITH DENNDIA VARIANT 2 Final Rejection The Penn State Research Foundation
18040834 IN VIVO LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
16664835 GENE THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Cornell University
17999122 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR REGULATED GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17615695 APTAMERS AGAINST TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR Final Rejection CITY OF HOPE
16845280 GENE-EDITING SYSTEMS FOR MODIFYING A SCN9A OR SCN10A GENE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
16748968 Methods for Resensitizing p53-Null Cells to Cancer Chemotherapy Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
18001241 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING MSH3 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17076195 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND USES OF MESSENGER RNA Final Rejection Translate Bio, Inc.
18183082 RNA ENCODING A TUMOR ANTIGEN Non-Final OA CureVac SE
17716848 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO SYNTHESIS OF UNNATURAL POLYPEPTIDES Non-Final OA The Scripps Research Institute
17940988 BIOMARKERS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
18056356 GENE THERAPY FOR COMBINED METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA/ACIDURIA AND HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA/HOMOCYSTINURIA, COBALAMIN C TYPE, AND DEFICIENCY OF MMACHC Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
16202955 DIFFERENTIAL KNOCKOUT OF AN ALLELE OF A HETEROZYGOUS RHODOPSIN GENE Non-Final OA EmendoBio Inc.
18312305 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED DELIVERY TO CELLS Final Rejection ReCode Therapeutics, Inc.
16781732 COMBINATION GENE TARGETS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA KSQ Therapeutics, Inc.
18332414 ACTIVE TARGETING MICRORNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDE THERAPEUTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CARDIO-METABOLIC DISEASES Non-Final OA AptamiR Therapeutics, Inc.
18033627 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER Non-Final OA The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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