Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1616 1636

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.8%
Allow Rate
-13.2% vs TC avg
1269
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1317
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1191 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
23.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18553774 NOVEL FORMS OF CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17822746 EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING IN PRIMARY MYELOID CELLS Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17820005 NOVEL 3' END CAPS, 5' END CAPS AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF FOR THERAPEUTIC RNA Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
19245028 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF EXPRESSION OF INHIBIN SUBUNIT BETA E (INHBE) GENES Final Rejection BASECURE THERAPEUTICS LLC
17950573 PRUSSIAN BLUE NANOPARTICLES FUNCTIONALIZATION WITH LATENCY REVERSING AGENTS AND BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
18273501 CRISPR-ASSOCIATED BASED-EDITING OF THE COMPLEMENTARY STRAND Non-Final OA Wageningen Universiteit
17791504 LONG-ACTING THERAPEUTIC AGENT COMBINATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Washington
17710783 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION Final Rejection University of Washington
18556614 ALL-IN-ONE DENDRIMER-BASED LIPID NANOPARTICLES ENABLE PRECISE HDR-MEDIATED GENE EDITING IN VIVO Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
18335990 LIPOCATIONIC DENDRIMERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
17626674 MULTILAMELLAR RNA NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18248988 NOVEL LIGANDS FOR ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR Non-Final OA SANOFI
17501635 UNIVERSAL MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GSH-RESPONSIVE SILICA NANOPARTICLES FOR DELIVERY OF BIOMOLECULES INTO CELLS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17787089 SYNTHETIC PROCESSES AND INTERMEDIATES Non-Final OA ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
17906134 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING IMPROVED GUIDE RNAs Non-Final OA Cornell University
17641741 CONJUGATE OF GalNAc-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FOR DELIVERY TO LIVER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
18130761 CONTACT LENS PRODUCT WITH CORNEA REPAIR FUNCTION Non-Final OA PEGAVISION CORPORATION
18427072 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-LIGAND CONJUGATES AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17736251 TRANSTHYRETIN (TTR) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING TTR-ASSOCIATED OCULAR DISEASES Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17774477 EXTRAHEPATIC DELIVERY Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17668917 ENDOSOMAL CLEAVABLE LINKERS Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18001571 UNA OLIGOMERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES Non-Final OA Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
17432237 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ATXN3 EXPRESSION Final Rejection Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18218166 Horticulture Additive Final Rejection Milliken & Company
18028751 PATIENT SELECTION BIOMARKERS FOR TREATMENT WITH ULK INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Salk Institute for Biological Studies
17754196 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, AND TARGET RNA SITE-SPECIFIC EDITING METHOD Non-Final OA Fukuoka University
18032663 MULTIFUNCTIONAL CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TYLIGAND BIOSCIENCE (SHANGHAI) LIMITED
17766318 Targeted Nanomedicine for Treating Vascular Disorders Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
17570498 BIO-DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
18274496 SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF SMN1 AND MIR-23A IN TREATING SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Non-Final OA JOINT STOCK COMPANY «BIOCAD»

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