Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1654

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.0%
Allow Rate
+1.0% vs TC avg
107
Total Applications
+53.1%
Interview Lift
905
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 59 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
31.2%
§103 Obviousness
32.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17767663 MODIFIED HETERO NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18273685 CRISPR-CAS EFFECTOR POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17433639 CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17262591 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CIRCULAR POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS VI, LLC
18258909 A PLASMID FOR TRANSFORMATION, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMANT USING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18258799 A HELPER PLASMID FOR TRANSFORMATION, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMANT USING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19092488 MICROORGANISMS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection United Kingdom Research and Innovation
18275146 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGENERATING HAIR CELLS IN THE INNER EAR OF ADULT MAMMALS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
17332509 Methods for Promoting Reinnervation of Auditory Hair Cells Non-Final OA Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
18255645 A HIGHLY SENSITIVE HEAT-REPRESSIBLE SPLIT-T7 POLYMERASE (THERMAL-T7RNAP) FOR APPLICATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
17270711 The Microbiome as a Target of MicroRNAs for the Treatment of Disease Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17494047 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND DYNAMIC FLUX CONTROL USING SYNTHETIC METABOLIC VALVES Final Rejection DUKE UNIVERSITY
18278260 INDUCIBLE SINGLE AAV SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
17439025 MODIFIED MICRORNAS AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18035573 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING BACTERIAL GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
17802751 ACTIVATION OF LYTIC GENES IN CANCER CELLS Final Rejection The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17945060 METHODS FOR USING GUIDE RNAS WITH CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18769446 NUCLEOTIDE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU REFORGENE MEDICINE CO., LTD.
17608328 VIRAL VECTORS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PF-ILD AND IPF Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17269229 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE INHIBITORS OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA-LIGHT-CHAIN-ENHANCER OF ACTIVATED B CELLS AND THE USES THEREOF Non-Final OA City of Hope
18278498 NUCLEIC ACID MEDICINE EXPRESSING SPLICING VARIANT OF MYOSTATIN Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
17439344 PRODUCTION OF dsRNA IN PLANT CELLS FOR PEST PROTECTION VIA GENE SILENCING Final Rejection Tropic Biosciences UK Limited
18001244 CONJUGATE OF DOUBLE-STRANDED SIRNA ANALOGUE Non-Final OA CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
18289921 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING EPILEPSY Final Rejection UNIVERSITÉ D'AIX-MARSEILLE
17266995 METHODS FOR ASSESSING INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18266135 RNA MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA BioNTech SE
18276010 COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING MPS VI DISEASE Non-Final OA SIGILON THERAPEUTICS, INC.
16499449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND MONITORING CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA PREDICINE, INC.
17405706 PHOSPHONOACETATE GAPMER OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Roche Innovation Center Copenhagen A/S
18328561 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OREXIN NEUROPEPTIDE USING NANOCAPSULE-BASED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA VL Biotech Inc.

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