Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
800
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 751 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
35.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17817382 HPV VACCINE Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18560515 Coronavirus Constructs and Vaccines Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17603789 PHAGE TEST KIT Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
17862240 Methods for Viral Particle Characterization Using Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18021719 RAPID AND LOW-COST NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION USING TRANSLATION-BASED SEQUENCE VERIFICATION ASSAYS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17310461 CANCER SPECIFIC FRAMESHIFT VACCINES Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
18016932 METHODS OF DIAGNOSTICS Final Rejection TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
18624656 FREEZE DRIED VIRAL NANOPARTICLE CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17634526 NOVEL TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE BASED ON IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY Final Rejection Zeria Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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
18344952 METHODS FOR DETERMINING SARS-COV-2 ANTIGEN AND ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODY IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA Abbott Laboratories
18152432 NON-REPLICATIVE TRANSDUCTION PARTICLES WITH ONE OR MORE NON-NATIVE TAIL FIBERS AND TRANSDUCTION PARTICLE-BASED REPORTER SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18021348 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS SARS-CoV-2 SAFE REPLICON SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
17735780 CHIMERIC IMMUNOGENS AND METHODS FOR MAKING POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST SPECIFIC EPITOPES Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18028245 BACTERIAL PILUS PROTEIN COMPLEX FIMGT-DSF STABILIZED PROTEIN COMPLEXES FOR PRODUCING FILAMENTOUS PHAGES Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17512211 DUAL-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING-BASED BIOMOLECULAR SENSING SYSTEM USING GRAPHENE-PLASMONIC HYBRID NANOARRAY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
17800687 Multilamellar RNA Nanoparticles and Methods of Sensitizing Tumors to Treatment with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
18503487 Vaccines For Human Papilloma Virus And Methods For Using The Same Final Rejection Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17221032 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VULVAR DYSPLASIA Non-Final OA Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18257889 MULTIVALENT HVT VECTOR VACCINE Final Rejection INTERVET INC.
18281416 MICROORGANISM DISPLAYING ANTIGENIC PROTEIN OF THE SARS-CoV2 CORONAVIRUS Non-Final OA LES BIOTECHNOLOGIES ULYSSE INC.
18032497 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIV ENVELOPES TO INDUCE HIV-1 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Kshitij G. WAGH
18275860 Automatic Phagogram Non-Final OA INTELIPHAGE SRL
17611063 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) INFECTION Final Rejection Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
17813157 SPECIFIC HOST FACTOR OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
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
17909688 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING IMMUNE RESPONSES IN SUBJECTS USING MICROCHANNEL DELIVERY DEVICES Final Rejection AQUAVIT PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18145772 SARS-COV-2 SERUM ANTIBODY PROFILING Non-Final OA Serimmune Inc.

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