Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1635 1693

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.6%
Allow Rate
-1.4% vs TC avg
132
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1295
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 70 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
33.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18283242 PRODUCTION OF CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES IN A EUKARYOTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS VII, LLC
18506430 REPRESSOR PROTEINS FOR GENE REGULATION AND CRISPR INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18270014 Suppression-Replacement Gene Therapy Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18634406 SYNTHETIC GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17059692 MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID INHIBITING MICRO RNA, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18287711 AAVRH74 VECTORS FOR GENE THERAPY OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18276471 NUCLEASE-GUIDED NON-LTR RETROTRANSPOSONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18015102 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-3141 Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
16966851 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING PROTEIN 16 (TRIM16) SIGNALING Final Rejection University of Washington
17607837 MICRO-RNA SITE BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Final Rejection 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
18978602 SNCA-TARGETING SIRNA COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING SNCA-ASSOCIATED DISEASE Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18001813 ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE (ALK) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17995035 MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN TAU (MAPT) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17282335 MODIFIED OLIGOMERIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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