Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WHITEMAN, BRIAN A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1625 1635 1636 1674 1682

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
1,200
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
979
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1161 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
30.4%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17417022 Beta-Galactosidase Alpha Peptide as a Non-Antibiotic Selection Marker and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Janssen Biotech, Inc.
17913100 MICRORNAS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CLINICAL VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17914307 BIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17795943 DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17780600 RNA INTERFERENCE-INDUCING NUCLEIC ACID COMPRISING 8-OXOGUANINE, MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID BINDING TO MICRORNA COMPRISING 8-OXOGUANINE, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
17612000 DNA NANOARCHITECTURES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNIZED TARGETING OF DISEASES Final Rejection RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
16763827 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18417527 METHODS FOR REACTIVATING GENES ON THE INACTIVE X CHROMOSOME Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18044565 IMMUNOADJUVANT-BASED HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
18145791 NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES FOR REDUCTION OF PAPD5 OR PAPD7 MRNA FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B INFECTION Final Rejection HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
18403862 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING SUBJECTS HAVING OR AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A NON-PRIMARY HYPEROXALURIA DISEASE OR DISORDER Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18007007 ATXN2 IRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING ATXN2-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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