Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Kymera Therapeutics Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (22%)
2
Medium (22%)
5
Easy (56%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only5 (56%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1 70.8% +4.6%
MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1 74.1% +30.8%
SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1 68.3% +27.0%
GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1 59.4% +47.2%
RAO, SAVITHA M 1 60.7% +30.2%
SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1 88.7% +10.2%
CHEN, PO-CHIH 1 74.2% +14.8%
BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1 62.6% +33.2%
BRAUN, MADELINE E 1 68.0% +25.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17597631 PROTEIN DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18453163 CDK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 8d overdue
18583347 CRBN LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF MCDOWELL, BRIAN E —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17597166 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 164d overdue
18453163 CDK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 8d overdue
18583347 CRBN LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF MCDOWELL, BRIAN E —
18453156 CDK2 DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO —
18002116 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF RAO, SAVITHA M —
17597631 PROTEIN DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER —
17597628 FUSED-GLUTARIMIDE CRBN LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF CHEN, PO-CHIH —
17596486 SMARCA DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF BRAUN, MADELINE E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1624 4
1629 1
1691 1
1622 1
1621 1
1626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18704633 TYK2 DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18583347 CRBN LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18453163 CDK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH 1629 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18453156 CDK2 DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2023
18002116 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF RAO, SAVITHA M 1691 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2022
17597631 PROTEIN DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF SANCHEZ, JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER 1622 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 14, 2022
17597628 FUSED-GLUTARIMIDE CRBN LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 14, 2022
17597166 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN 1624 §103 Final Rejection 164d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2021
17596486 SMARCA DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF BRAUN, MADELINE E 1626 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2021

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