Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZAHORIK, AMANDA MARY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1653 1654 1674

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
111
Total Applications
+52.6%
Interview Lift
1263
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 64 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
51.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18258799 A HELPER PLASMID FOR TRANSFORMATION, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSFORMANT USING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF TRANSFORMATION Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18275146 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGENERATING HAIR CELLS IN THE INNER EAR OF ADULT MAMMALS 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.
18278260 INDUCIBLE SINGLE AAV SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
17494047 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND DYNAMIC FLUX CONTROL USING SYNTHETIC METABOLIC VALVES Final Rejection DUKE UNIVERSITY
18035573 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING BACTERIAL GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18278498 NUCLEIC ACID MEDICINE EXPRESSING SPLICING VARIANT OF MYOSTATIN Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY
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
17439344 PRODUCTION OF dsRNA IN PLANT CELLS FOR PEST PROTECTION VIA GENE SILENCING Final Rejection Tropic Biosciences UK Limited
17269229 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE INHIBITORS OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA-LIGHT-CHAIN-ENHANCER OF ACTIVATED B CELLS AND THE USES THEREOF Non-Final OA City of Hope
17266995 METHODS FOR ASSESSING INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18036112 ENHANCED ANTIGEN REACTIVITY OF IMMUNE CELLS EXPRESSING A MUTANT NON-SIGNALING CD3 ZETA CHAIN Non-Final OA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVIC
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
18268885 ARTIFICIAL ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOREGULATORY T (AIRT) CELLS Non-Final OA Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
18006395 COMBINATORIAL INHIBITION OF MIRNAS FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE Non-Final OA JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITÄT FRANKFURT
17634839 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection SERVIZO GALEGO DE SAÚDE
17263465 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INTERMEDIATE NON-CODING RNA REGULATORS MODULATING THE EXPRESSION OF ETV6 OR FOXO1 AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA SENISCA Limited

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