Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZOU, NIANXIANG

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1648 1671

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
803
Total Applications
+24.2%
Interview Lift
985
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 760 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
55.9%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17817382 HPV VACCINE Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17862240 Methods for Viral Particle Characterization Using Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17603789 PHAGE TEST KIT Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
17310461 CANCER SPECIFIC FRAMESHIFT VACCINES Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
18016932 METHODS OF DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
18624656 FREEZE DRIED VIRAL NANOPARTICLE CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17800687 Multilamellar RNA Nanoparticles and Methods of Sensitizing Tumors to Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
18256844 ASSAYS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF AIRBORNE VIRUSES INCLUDING INFLUENZA AND CORONAVIRUSES Non-Final OA TELEDYNE FLIR DEFENSE, INC.
17845629 Methods and Systems for Detection of Covid Variants Non-Final OA Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
18229072 SAMPLE PRETREATMENT KIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VIRUS INFECTIVITY Final Rejection Delta Electronics Int’l (Singapore) Pte Ltd
18344952 METHODS FOR DETERMINING SARS-COV-2 ANTIGEN AND ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODY IN A SAMPLE Final Rejection Abbott Laboratories
18503487 Vaccines For Human Papilloma Virus And Methods For Using The Same Final Rejection Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18017073 GDF-15 FOR PREDICTING THE DISEASE SEVERITY OF A PATIENT WITH COVID-19 Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18257889 MULTIVALENT HVT VECTOR VACCINE Final Rejection INTERVET INC.
18290356 NOVEL PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES FOR COVID-19 VACCINES Non-Final OA Dompe' Farmaceutici SPA
18281416 MICROORGANISM DISPLAYING ANTIGENIC PROTEIN OF THE SARS-CoV2 CORONAVIRUS Non-Final OA LES BIOTECHNOLOGIES ULYSSE INC.
17611063 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) INFECTION Final Rejection Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
17635537 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ONCOLYTIC HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS FOR SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION Non-Final OA IMMVIRA CO., LIMITED
18248861 METHOD AND COMPOSITON FOR TREATING CANCER USING A VACCINE Non-Final OA HPVVAX, LLC
18145772 SARS-COV-2 SERUM ANTIBODY PROFILING Non-Final OA Serimmune Inc.
17909688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMMUNE RESPONSES IN SUBJECTS USING MICROCHANNEL DELIVERY DEVICES Final Rejection AQUAVIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17790438 POLYPEPTIDE ENCODED BY EB VIRUS BNLF2B GENE AND USE THEREOF IN DETECTION Non-Final OA BEIJING WANTAI BIOLOGICAL PHARMACY ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
17634526 NOVEL TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE BASED ON IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY Final Rejection Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17675329 TOPICAL APPLICATION FOR AN ANTI-HSV ANTIBODY Final Rejection Heidelberg ImmunoTherapeutics GmbH
17611925 RECOMBINANT BACULOVIRUS DISPLAYING AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS PROTEINS, AND AN IMMUNOLOGICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Final Rejection Ming-Che Shih
17442558 VACCINATION USING HIGH-DENSITY MICROPROJECTION ARRAY PATCH Final Rejection Angus FORSTER

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