Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

CRISPR Therapeutics AG

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 2 60.9% +52.1%
HOLLAND, PAUL J 1 57.3% +64.7%
QIAN, CELINE X 1 47.6% +16.7%
OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1 63.7% +41.5%
LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1 50.9% +50.5%
VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1 60.0% +48.2%
YU, DAVID TUYANG 1 100.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17906471 T-CELL BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 126d overdue
17933369 UNIVERSAL DONOR CELLS QIAN, CELINE X
17489218 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS YU, DAVID TUYANG

Interview Candidates (7)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17906471 T-CELL BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 126d overdue
17491761 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING CELLS AND USES THEREOF IN IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 80d overdue
18444368 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENE EDITING HOLLAND, PAUL J 33d
18179201 MULTIPLEX GENE EDITED CELLS FOR CD70-DIRECTED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 40d
18482752 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANTI-CD19 CAR-T CELLS FOR USE IN TREATING B-CELL MALIGNANCIES FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN
17933369 UNIVERSAL DONOR CELLS QIAN, CELINE X
17818673 UNIVERSAL DONOR CELLS LEONARD, ARTHUR S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1643 2
1656 1
1637 1
1645 1
1631 1
1633 1
1600 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18444368 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENE EDITING HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18482752 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ANTI-CD19 CAR-T CELLS FOR USE IN TREATING B-CELL MALIGNANCIES FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18179201 MULTIPLEX GENE EDITED CELLS FOR CD70-DIRECTED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY FAUST, AMBER KATHLEEN 1643 §103Other Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 06, 2023
17933369 UNIVERSAL DONOR CELLS QIAN, CELINE X 1637 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2022
17906471 T-CELL BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A 1645 §103§112 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17818673 UNIVERSAL DONOR CELLS LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 09, 2022
17491761 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING CELLS AND USES THEREOF IN IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §103Other Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2021
17489218 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS YU, DAVID TUYANG 1600 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2021

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