Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.3%
Allow Rate
+2.3% vs TC avg
119
Total Applications
+35.7%
Interview Lift
1287
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 61 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.1%
§102 Novelty
32.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18634406 SYNTHETIC GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17931808 AAV CAPSID VARIANTS Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
17615520 RNAI CONSTRUCTS FOR INHIBITING SCAP EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
17845592 USE OF SEPT9 INHIBITORS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18177068 LIPOPHILIC SIRNA CONJUGATES FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
18114923 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LUNG TUMORS Final Rejection GRADALIS, INC.
17059692 MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID INHIBITING MICRO RNA, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
16966851 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING PROTEIN 16 (TRIM16) SIGNALING Non-Final OA University of Washington
17627606 SIRNA SEQUENCES TARGETING THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN GENES JAK1 OR JAK3 FOR A THERAPEUTIC USE Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
17532756 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING RNA INTERFERENCE AND ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR INHIBITION OF KRAS Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17607837 MICRO-RNA SITE BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17435365 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES AND THEIR USES FOR INNER EAR THERAPY Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18021901 DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL GENE THERAPEUTICS FOR INFLAMMATION-INDUCED BONE LOSS Final Rejection University of Massachusetts
17596137 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER Non-Final OA OSAKA UNIVERSITY
17432145 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHT-REGULATED OLIGOMERIZATION AND PHASE SEPARATION OF FOLDED DOMAINS AND RNA GRANULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN DOMAINS FOR DRUG- BASED SCREENING APPLICATIONS Final Rejection The Trustees of Princeton University
17770433 MICRORNAS ENRICHED IN MEGAKARYOCYTIC EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
17616430 STABLE TARGET-EDITING GUIDE RNA HAVING CHEMICALLY MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID INTRODUCED THEREINTO Final Rejection DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
18727281 FOLDING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA RNA MORPH LTD
18001813 ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE (ALK) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17995035 MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN TAU (MAPT) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17274966 METHODS FOR INCREASING FETAL HEMOGLOBIN CONTENT IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS AND USES THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES Non-Final OA Fondation Imagine
17609691 MEDIATORS OF GENE SILENCING Non-Final OA Cancer Research Technology Limited
17433975 CRISPR/RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASE-RELATED METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING RHO-ASSOCIATED AUTOSOMAL-DOMINANT RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (ADRP) Non-Final OA EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
17279542 2' FANA MODIFIED FOXP3 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
17426059 GENE-REGULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA KSQ Therapeutics, Inc.
18276061 Method for Producing Genetically Engineered Cells Non-Final OA Cytosurge AG
17248700 USE OF MYOSTATIN INHIBITORS AND COMBINATION THERAPIES Non-Final OA Scholar Rock, Inc.
17604313 25-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL (25HC), CRYAB AGGREGATION INHIBITOR, IS A NOVEL SENOLYTIC Non-Final OA Buck Institute for Research on Aging
18266210 THERAPEUTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Non-Final OA THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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