Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WHITEMAN, BRIAN A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1674 1682

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.2%
Allow Rate
+8.2% vs TC avg
1,190
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
974
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1149 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
15.5%
§102 Novelty
43.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17878884 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING A BLEEDING EVENT IN A SUBJECT HAVING HEMOPHILIA Final Rejection Genzyme Corporation
18485592 Treatment Of Ophthalmic Conditions With Son of Sevenless 2 (SOS2) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17795943 DELIVERY OF COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
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
17768023 NOVEL RNA APTAMER INTERVENES ESTROGEN RECEPTOR INTERACTION WITH COACTIVATOR MED1 TO OVERCOME BREAST CANCER METASTASIS Final Rejection University of Cincinnati
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
17612000 DNA NANOARCHITECTURES FOR PATTERN-RECOGNIZED TARGETING OF DISEASES Final Rejection RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
17788462 COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIR-335 Non-Final OA 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
18044565 IMMUNOADJUVANT-BASED HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
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
17796563 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Final Rejection MAZE THERAPEUTICS, 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.
18028992 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANGIOPOIETIN LIKE 7 (ANGPTL7) RELATED DISEASES Non-Final OA EMPIRICO INC.
18027895 CANCER THERAPY USING TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR AGONISTS Non-Final OA TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.
17935688 Thiomorpholino Oligonucleotides For The Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy Final Rejection Murdoch University
18014322 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DIABETIC COMPLICATIONS USING LONG NONCODING RNAS AS TARGETS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
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.
17802916 FIDGETIN-LIKE 2 AS A TARGET TO ENHANCE WOUND HEALING Non-Final OA MICROCURES, INC.
17846288 Compositions and Methods for Simultaneously Modulating Expression of Genes Non-Final OA Versameb AG

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