Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1635 1693

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Analysis

Stephanie Lauren Sullivan is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1600. The data shows 73 resolved cases for this examiner. The allowance rate is 57.5 percent, which represents the frequency of grants among those resolutions. Practitioners should consider the interview lift of 40.3 percent when developing a strategy. This lift indicates that the probability of success increases when an interview is conducted. The 40.3 percent figure is a comparison to the baseline allowance rate of 57.5 percent.

The median time to allowance is 1313 days. This 1313-day period is the duration from the initial filing to the final grant. Art Unit 1600 is the specific group where these 73 resolved cases were processed. Tech Center 1600 provides the broader organizational context for the examiner's work. Practitioners can use these metrics to set expectations for the length of the prosecution cycle. The data provides a basis for evaluating the impact of direct communication with the examiner during the patent application process.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

58.1%
Allow Rate
-1.9% vs TC avg
135
Total Applications
+40.9%
Interview Lift
1319
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 74 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
34.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18287711 AAVRH74 VECTORS FOR GENE THERAPY OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18506430 REPRESSOR PROTEINS FOR GENE REGULATION AND CRISPR INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17627606 SIRNA SEQUENCES TARGETING THE EXPRESSION OF HUMAN GENES JAK1 OR JAK3 FOR A THERAPEUTIC USE Final Rejection COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18634406 SYNTHETIC GENOMIC SAFE HARBORS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18015102 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-3141 Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18577964 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN AND FOR RETROGRADE TRANSDUCTION OF NEURONS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18279440 IN VIVO DNA ASSEMBLY AND ANALYSIS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18177068 LIPOPHILIC SIRNA CONJUGATES FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18283242 PRODUCTION OF CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES IN A EUKARYOTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS VII, LLC
16966851 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING TRIPARTITE MOTIF-CONTAINING PROTEIN 16 (TRIM16) SIGNALING Final Rejection University of Washington
17059692 MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID INHIBITING MICRO RNA, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18556944 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO NUCLEASE-MEDIATED GENE TARGETING FOR THE TREATMENT OF GENETIC DISORDERS Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17607837 MICRO-RNA SITE BLOCKING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17615520 RNAI CONSTRUCTS FOR INHIBITING SCAP EXPRESSION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
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.
17279542 2' FANA MODIFIED FOXP3 ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
17426059 GENE-REGULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection KSQ Therapeutics, Inc.
17348876 RNA ENCODING A PROTEIN WITH A HETEROLOGOUS SIGNAL PEPTIDE Final Rejection Versameb AG

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