Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sarepta 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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters involve 8 examiners and 5 art units, showing broad examiner dispersion with repeated exposure to some art units.

DHAR, MATASHA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile favors centralized docket oversight, examiner-specific responses, and review of whether recurring art-unit assignments create common prosecution issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

3
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (44%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other4 (44%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

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
DHAR, MATASHA 1 43.5% +44.8%
VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 1 50.0% +58.7%
BARRON, SEAN C 1 52.7% +30.4%
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1 46.8% +22.7%
CHONG, KIMBERLY 1 72.3% +13.1%
ANGELL, JON E 1 71.1% +21.0%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 63.9% +18.1%
MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1 52.3% +39.8%
GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1 28.8% +34.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17348515 Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Delivery for Muscular Dystrophies GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 13d
18562148 PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT AAV VECTORS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BARRON, SEAN C —
18181271 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA —
18022059 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17348515 Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Delivery for Muscular Dystrophies GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 13d
18680380 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME DHAR, MATASHA —
18634360 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMERS AND OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR —
18562148 PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT AAV VECTORS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BARRON, SEAN C —
18500627 FORMULATION OF AN ANTISENSE OLIGOMER CONJUGATE VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE —
18257547 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING EXON SKIPPING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CHONG, KIMBERLY —
18310922 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR TREATING EXPANDED REPEAT DISEASES ANGELL, JON E —
18181271 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1637 3
1636 2
1632 1
1653 1
1638 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18680380 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME DHAR, MATASHA 1632 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18634360 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMERS AND OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY VYAS, KEYUR ANILKUMAR 1637 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18562148 PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT AAV VECTORS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18500627 FORMULATION OF AN ANTISENSE OLIGOMER CONJUGATE VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18257547 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING EXON SKIPPING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CHONG, KIMBERLY 1636 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2023
18310922 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR TREATING EXPANDED REPEAT DISEASES ANGELL, JON E 1637 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2023
18181271 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 09, 2023
18022059 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2023
17348515 Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Delivery for Muscular Dystrophies GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA 1631 DP Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 15, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. have?

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. applications?

Matasha Dhar has the most, with 1 of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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