Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CHONG, KIMBERLY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1636 1645 1657 1674

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+12.4% vs TC avg
1,554
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
924
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1493 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
31.2%
§103 Obviousness
33.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18054660 SINGLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE Final Rejection NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
19460949 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND RECEPTOR (PD-L1) EXPRESSION Non-Final OA NOVO NORDISK A/S
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 Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18272933 ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDS TARGETING LONG NONCODING RNA INVOLVED IN PATHOGENIC INFECTION Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18577903 Yeast Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Industrially Relevant Phenotypes Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
16954171 CRISPR-MEDIATED GENOME EDITING WITH VECTORS Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
17814211 ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY USING SPHERICAL NUCLEIC ACIDS (SNAS) Non-Final OA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
17920342 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INTRANASAL TREATMENT WITH DOUBLE STRANDED RNA Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18069387 ENGINEERED NUCLEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17910497 NOVEL CAS ENZYMES AND METHODS OF PROFILING SPECIFICITY AND ACTIVITY Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18490131 ALLELE SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF MUTANT C9ORF72 FOCI EXPRESSION BY DUPLEX RNAS TARGETING THE EXPANDED HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
18471280 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
18019720 Human XIST Antisense Oligonucleotides for X Reactivation Therapy Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18301089 PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 LIGAND 1 (PD-L1) iRNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17930042 AMPHIPHILIC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES AS ADJUVANT ENHANCERS Final Rejection Wayne State University
18176396 STING-DEPENDENT ACTIVATORS FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASE Non-Final OA University of Miami
17908135 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING KCNQ2 Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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