Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZARA, JANE J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1637 1674

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.9%
Allow Rate
+10.9% vs TC avg
1123
Total Applications
+15.8%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1085 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
29.1%
§103 Obviousness
31.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17927485 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSDIFFERENTIATING CELLS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17604375 EXOSOME MIMICKING NANOVESICLES MAKING AND BIOLOGICAL USE Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17786932 METHODS FOR TREATING HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
19051528 BIOMARKER miR-32533 FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT-RELATED DISEASE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CAMS & PUMC
18234690 RNA-TRIGGERED PROTEIN CLEAVAGE AND APPLICATIONS BY THE CRISPR CAS7-11-CSX29 COMPLEX Non-Final OA The University of Tokyo
18008903 RNA MOLECULE, CHIMERIC NA MOLECULE, DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA MOLECULE, AND DOUBLE-STRANDED CHIMERIC NA MOLECULE Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18008945 RNA MOLECULE, CHIMERIC NA MOLECULE, DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA MOLECULE, AND DOUBLE-STRANDED CHIMERIC NA MOLECULE Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
17758480 COMPOSISTIONS AND METHODS FOR CRISPR ENABLED DNA SYNTHESIS Final Rejection Duke University
17318846 MODIFIED GUIDE RNAS FOR CRISPR GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17904711 PROGRAMMABLE SHELLS FOR VIRUS ENCAPSULATION Non-Final OA Technische Universität München
17822111 METHODS FOR USING TRANSCRIPTION-DEPENDENT DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF AAV CAPSIDS Final Rejection Oregon Health & Science University
18245256 SYSTEMS FOR GENE EDITING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18031495 NANO-IN-MICRO ENCAPSULATED siRNA DRY POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USE OF A POWDER FORMULATION Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
17934799 HIGH PURITY gRNA SYNTHESIS PROCESS Final Rejection CRISPR Therapeutics AG
18036992 RIBONUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION Non-Final OA ModernaTX, Inc.
17914662 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR AMELIORATING INFECTIONS Non-Final OA San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation, dba San Diego State University Research Foundation
18466714 DEFINED MULTI-CONJUGATES OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA MPEG LA, L.L.C.
18349989 NOVEL COMPOSITIONS BASED ON POLYINOSINIC-POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID Non-Final OA HIGHLIGHT THERAPEUTICS, S.L.
18266034 SUBSTANCES AND METHODS FOR TREATING DYSTROPHIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE VERSAILLES ST QUENTIN EN YVELINES
18039858 ENGINEERED CLASS 2 TYPE V CRISPR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Scribe Therapeutics Inc.
17653221 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA TARGIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS AG
18035300 Agent for Regulating Expression and/or Function of RPS25 Gene Non-Final OA Luxna Biotech Co., Ltd.
18001082 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA NeOnc Technologies, Inc.
17415759 DRUG CONJUGATE Non-Final OA Sapreme Technologies B.V.
18178242 LIPID CONJUGATES FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Non-Final OA Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18025589 SIRNA SEQUENCE FOR EFFECTIVELY INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR Non-Final OA JENKEM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (BEIJING)
18014707 MUCOPENETRATING FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Vivtex Corporation
17995073 NUCLEIC ACID POLYMERS Non-Final OA JANSSEN BIOPHARMA, INC.
17638644 COMPOSITIONS FOR TRANSFER OF CARGO TO CELLS Final Rejection Sixfold Bioscience Ltd.

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