Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TRAN, CHRISTINA L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1635 1637 1682

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.8%
Allow Rate
-13.2% vs TC avg
104
Total Applications
+51.2%
Interview Lift
1426
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
45.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17270832 CATIONIC COMPOUNDS FOR DELIVERY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17743422 TUNABLE ANCHOR FOR LIPOSOMAL SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACID ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
17059736 RNA INTERFERENCE-INDUCING NUCLEIC ACID INHIBITING NONCANONICAL TARGETS OF MICRO RNA, AND USE FOR SAME Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18142852 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR PMS1 MODULATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17601522 AIM2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18324191 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITION OF HAO1 (HYDROXYACID OXIDASE 1 (GLYCOLATE OXIDASE)) GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17974596 APOLIPOPROTEIN E (APOE) iRNA AGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17974598 COMPLEMENT FACTOR B (CFB) IRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17672771 NEUROFILAMENT LIGHT CHAIN (NFL) AS A BIOMARKER FOR TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS POLYNEUROPATHY Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17611761 ORAL DELIVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17044195 Compositions Comprising Immune System Activators and Method of Using Same Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
18056961 MICRORNA-DEPENDENT MRNA SWITCHES FOR TISSUE-SPECIFIC MRNA-BASED THERAPIES Final Rejection Cornell University
17769255 GENE THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Non-Final OA Cornell University
17371357 CMI SEQUENCES AS AN EARLY MARKER FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER, ATHEROSCLEROSIS, DIABETES AND DISEASES OF THE CNS AND AS A TARGET FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF THESE DISEASES Final Rejection DEUTSCHES KREBS-FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
17365307 OLIGOMER-CONJUGATE COMPLEXES AND THEIR USE Final Rejection Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17783591 ANTISENSE GUIDE RNA WITH ADDED FUNCTIONAL REGION FOR EDITING TARGET RNA Non-Final OA Astellas Pharma Inc.
17420934 CRISPR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING GENE EDITING OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE 2 (ADA2) Final Rejection EmendoBio Inc.
17635322 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-ASO CONSTRUCTS TARGETING STAT6 Non-Final OA LONZA SALES AG
17284919 The long non-coding RNA INCA1 and Homo sapiens heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein H1 (HNRNPH1) as therapeutic targets for immunotherapy Final Rejection The Brigham and Women`s Hospital, Inc.
18256428 POLY-MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE GAPMERS Non-Final OA John WANG
17605998 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection WAVE LIFE SCIENCES LTD.
17426511 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA WAVE LIFE SCIENCES LTD.
18040961 ARTIFICIAL EXPRESSION CONSTRUCTS FOR MODULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN STRIATAL NEURONS Non-Final OA Allen Institute
18019449 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Non-Final OA HANGZHOU EXEGENESIS BIO LTD.
18005514 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Non-Final OA COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY
17934428 THERAPEUTICS FOR HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY CONDITIONS Non-Final OA QUELLTX, INC.
17794673 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING TYPE 1 VESTIBULAR HAIR CELLS Non-Final OA Decibel Therapeutics, Inc.
17636450 COILED-COIL MEDIATED TETHERING OF CRISPR/CAS AND EXONUCLEASES FOR ENHANCED GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA Kemijski Institut
17425058 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF OCULAR DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Final Rejection Tufts Medical Center, Inc.
17616107 HUMAN HEAD AND NECK CANCER TREATMENT Final Rejection CARMEL HAIFA UNIVERSITY ECONOMIC CORPORATION LTD.

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