Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Hard (67%)
0
Medium (0%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (33%)
§112 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DHAR, MATASHA 1 43.8% +47.5%
BARRON, SEAN C 1 53.3% +30.6%
ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 1 45.3% +72.1%
POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1 64.0% +17.9%
MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1 48.8% +35.6%
LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1 50.9% +50.5%

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
18484970 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMERS FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 24d overdue
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 (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18484970 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMERS FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 24d overdue
18680380 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME DHAR, MATASHA
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
17785879 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING THE DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX (DAPC) LEONARD, ARTHUR S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1653 1
1635 1
1637 1
1638 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18680380 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME DHAR, MATASHA §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18562148 PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT AAV VECTORS FOR TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18484970 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMERS FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ARIETI, RUTH SOPHIA 1635 §103§112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18181271 EXON SKIPPING OLIGOMER CONJUGATES FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 §101§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2023
18022059 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTORS FOR TREATMENT OF RETT SYNDROME MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §101DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023
17785879 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING THE DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN COMPLEX (DAPC) LEONARD, ARTHUR S 1631 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2022

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