Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Prime Medicine Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Prime Medicine Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This arrangement shows that the company is pursuing multiple patent applications that are being reviewed independently by different administrative groups.

The busiest examiner, VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With a total of 2 pending office actions, the workload is split between the 2 distinct examiners. This suggests a diversified prosecution approach across 2 distinct art units within the biotechnology sector. Practitioners must adapt to the specific nuances of 2 distinct examiners while maintaining a consistent strategy for the technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1 62.5% +49.3%
MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1 60.8% +38.8%

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
18478179 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EDITING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 89d overdue
18702703 GENOME EDITING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF USHER SYNDROME TYPE 3 VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18478179 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EDITING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 89d overdue
18702703 GENOME EDITING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF USHER SYNDROME TYPE 3 VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1633 1
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18702703 GENOME EDITING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF USHER SYNDROME TYPE 3 VIJAYARAGHAVAN, JAGAMYA NMN 1633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18478179 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EDITING NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 §103§112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023

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