Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHIN, DANA H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1674

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.1%
Allow Rate
-32.9% vs TC avg
1235
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
1298
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1149 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.2%
§102 Novelty
29.3%
§103 Obviousness
31.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17760908 NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEX Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18007560 RNAI CONSTRUCTS FOR INHIBITING HSD17B13 EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Amgen Inc.
18065570 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF MICRORNA RELATED DISEASES Final Rejection HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
17076607 SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS WITH DENDRITIC LIGANDS Non-Final OA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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
16864130 ORGAN DIRECTED GENE DELIVERY Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
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
16324945 A20 THERAPY TO ACHIEVE GLYCEMIC CONTROL Non-Final OA BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
18106158 CONJUGATED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOUNDS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection E-Therapeutics PLC
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
16833107 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-BASED MODULATION OF C9orf72 Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
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
17940988 BIOMARKERS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
16664835 GENE THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Cornell University
17772769 DNMT1-Specific Aptamers and Production and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
17999122 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR REGULATED GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
16748968 Methods for Resensitizing p53-Null Cells to Cancer Chemotherapy Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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
17314909 AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN (APP) RNAi AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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

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