Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ARON, KIMBERLY A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1633 1655

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.2%
Allow Rate
-5.8% vs TC avg
445
Total Applications
+34.9%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 424 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17244079 FOWL ADENOVIRUS 9 (FADV-9) VECTOR SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA University of Guelph
17292750 GENE THERAPY FOR NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSES Non-Final OA REGENXBIO INC.
18148886 TARGETING BCL11A ENHANCER FUNCTIONAL REGIONS FOR FETAL HEMOGLOBIN REINDUCTION Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17618774 RECOMBINANT AD35 VECTORS AND RELATED GENE THERAPY IMPROVEMENTS Final Rejection University of Washington
17996966 NOVEL T-CELL SPECIFICITIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18069650 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALS Non-Final OA University of Cincinnati
18178675 Using Truncated Guide RNAs (tru-gRNAs) to Increase Specificity for RNA-Guided Genome Editing Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18135836 Methods and Compositions for Cells Expressing a Chimeric Intracellular Signaling Molecule Non-Final OA Wayne State University
18297323 MOTOR NEURON-SPECIFIC EXPRESSION VECTORS Non-Final OA Salk Institute for Biological Studies
18331851 NOVEL PEPTIDE, COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF AGENTS INTO CELLS AND TISSUES Non-Final OA Trustees of Tufts College
18052735 CODON OPTIMIZED REP1 GENES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA 4D MOLECULAR THERAPEUTICS INC.
17996987 METHODS FOR PREVENTING INDUCTION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES TO THE TRANSDUCED CELLS EXPRESSING A TRANSGENE PRODUCT AFTER OCULAR GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA Université d'Evry-Val-d'Essonne
17963631 Permanent Epigenetic Gene Silencing Non-Final OA Fondazione Telethon
17640725 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING OBESITY OR NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER, CONTAINING DENTAL TISSUE-DERIVED MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS Non-Final OA STEMCENTRIC CO., LTD.
15734203 DIVERSE ANTIGEN BINDING DOMAINS, NOVEL PLATFORMS AND OTHER ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELLULAR THERAPY Final Rejection Angeles Therapeutics, Inc.

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