Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHITEMAN, BRIAN A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1674

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.1%
Allow Rate
+8.1% vs TC avg
1188
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
1051
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1138 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
29.7%
§103 Obviousness
24.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19376782 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING PRKAG2-TARGETING ANTIBODY-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES Non-Final OA Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
17878884 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING A BLEEDING EVENT IN A SUBJECT HAVING HEMOPHILIA Final Rejection Genzyme Corporation
17795943 DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18485592 Treatment Of Ophthalmic Conditions With Son of Sevenless 2 (SOS2) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18020145 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF POLYMER-COATED GOLD NANOPARTICLE-APTAMER NANOCONSTRUCT HAVING SENSITIVITY TO REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES Non-Final OA POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
17780600 RNA INTERFERENCE-INDUCING NUCLEIC ACID COMPRISING 8-OXOGUANINE, MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACID BINDING TO MICRORNA COMPRISING 8-OXOGUANINE, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
16763827 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17638619 SYSTEM FOR REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Baylor College of Medicine
17768023 NOVEL RNA APTAMER INTERVENES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR INTERACTION WITH COACTIVATOR MED1 TO OVERCOME BREAST CANCER METASTASIS Final Rejection University of Cincinnati
17833323 SBE APTAMERS FOR TREATING IL-17a RELATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Non-Final OA The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
18464374 CRISPR/CAS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENOME EDITING AND MODULATING TRANSCRIPTION Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
17970138 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
17913100 MICRORNAS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CLINICAL VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17788462 COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-335 Final Rejection AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
18071353 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B Final Rejection ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION
17967888 FMRP AND CANCER TREATMENT Final Rejection ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
18661524 NCOVSHRNA*2RBD DRUG FOR TARGETED DELIVERY SHRNA by RBD, SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Binghuan WENG
18042015 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR TREATING THALASSEMIA Non-Final OA St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
17425272 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND RELATED DISORDERS Non-Final OA THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
18007007 ATXN2 IRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING ATXN2-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18001284 METHOD FOR TREATING AND PROGNOSING CANCER LIKE GLIOBLASTOMA Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES
18043520 DUX4 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
18483333 OPA1 ANTISENSE OLIGOMERS FOR TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS AND DISEASES Final Rejection Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
18027895 CANCER THERAPY USING TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR AGONISTS Non-Final OA TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.
18299121 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPOSITION OF USING RNASE III MUTANTS TO PRODUCE SRNA TO CONTROL HOST PATHOGEN INFECTION Non-Final OA Pebble Labs Inc.
18154209 Compositions and Methods for Treating Cancer with Anti-CD123 Immunotherapy Non-Final OA Lentigen Technology, Inc.
17998888 DNA DAMAGE DEPENDENT MICRORNA SIGNATURE FOR CANCERS, METHODS AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA National Institute of Immunology
17985978 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ADAR-MEDIATED EDITING OF RETINOCHISIN 1 (RS1) Non-Final OA Korro Bio, Inc.
17998085 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH MSH3 ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
17995613 Bispecific Aptamer Compositions for the Treatment of Retinal Disorders Non-Final OA Drive Therapeutics, L.L.C.

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