Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHONG, KIMBERLY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1674

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+12.4% vs TC avg
1540
Total Applications
+12.5%
Interview Lift
966
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1473 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
26.8%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19267387 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Non-Final OA Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
18272933 ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDS TARGETING LONG NONCODING RNA INVOLVED IN PATHOGENIC INFECTION Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18021469 CRISPR-CAS EFFECTOR POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17636481 METHOD OF MODULATING ADIPOSITY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18069387 ENGINEERED NUCLEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17782976 EXOSOMES-BASED THERAPY FOR LIVER FIBROSIS AND OTHER DISEASES WITH FIBROSIS Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18314661 CELL SPECIFIC GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS Non-Final OA Akouos, Inc.
18330357 Blockade of miR466l-3p binding to IL-17A mRNA with site-specific target site blocker prevents neuro-inflammatory-mediated disease Final Rejection YALE UNIVERSITY
16954171 CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING WITH VECTORS Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
17837325 PLANT VIRAL NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18019720 Human XIST Antisense Oligonucleotides for X Reactivation Therapy Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17920342 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INTRANASAL TREATMENT WITH DOUBLE STRANDED RNA Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
17781554 ANTI-SLC6A1 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17642986 METHODS FOR DEPLETION OF DELETERIOUS MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18384528 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING COVID-19 Non-Final OA University of South Florida
17639263 VASCULOGENIC FIBROBLASTS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
18148466 METHOD OF TREATING BREAST CANCER IN A SUBJECT BY INHIBITING TUBB2B Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18284902 DRUG AND METHOD FOR FORMING GABAERGIC NEURONS Non-Final OA JINAN UNIVERSITY
18176396 STING-DEPENDENT ACTIVATORS FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASE Non-Final OA University of Miami
18054660 SINGLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18301089 PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 LIGAND 1 (PD-L1) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17700066 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING INSULIN RESISTANCE Non-Final OA THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
18546462 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING NLRP3 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA IONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17800785 METHODS FOR REDUCING HTT EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17306860 ENZYMATIC REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND ANTISENSE THERAPY FOR POMPE DISEASE Non-Final OA Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
18059213 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN (A1AT) DEFICIENCY Non-Final OA EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
18555745 BIOMARKER FOR TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS COMPLEX WITH NO MUTATION IDENTIFIED IN TSC1 OR TSC2 GENE, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd.
18449861 Deuterium-Stabilised Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Molecules Displaying Increased Resistance to Thermal and Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Aqueous Compositions Comprising Stabilised RNA Molecules and Methods for Making Same Non-Final OA deutraMed Solutions Ltd.
18267015 COMPLEX FOR TREATING OPTIC NERVE DISEASE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CHENGDU GENREZE GENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17905442 PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF ANEURYSMS USING MIR-33B INHIBITOR Non-Final OA NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION

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