Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HUMPHRIES, NICHOLAS ADAM

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
84
Total Applications
+78.6%
Interview Lift
1363
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 33 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
37.6%
§103 Obviousness
28.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18009071 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARRIER PARTICLES FOR THE CULTIVATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS, CARRIER PARTICLES AND THEIR USE Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
17774834 EPHA3 DIRECTED CAR-T CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF TUMORS Non-Final OA MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17627229 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENE DELIVERY Non-Final OA President And Fellows Of Harvard College
18246087 NOVEL ENHANCED BASE EDITING OR REVISING FUSION PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18017690 CELL LINES FOR RECOMBINANT AAV PRODUCTION AND AAV-IMPLEMENTED PROTEIN PRODUCTION Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
18042726 VIRAL VECTORS ENCODING GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONIST FUSIONS AND USES THEREOF IN TREATING METABOLIC DISEASES Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17632063 TARGETED GENE THERAPY TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES Non-Final OA Cornell University
18170296 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
18549948 Noninvasive AAV Vectors For Highly Efficient Gene Delivery To The Nervous System Non-Final OA Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18551385 EX-VIVO PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN PHAGOCYTIC CELLS Non-Final OA INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE)
18286709 RATIONAL POLYPLOID AAV VIRIONS THAT CROSS THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AND ELICIT REDUCED HUMORAL RESPONSE Non-Final OA ASKBIO INC.
17907229 INDUCIBLE PROMOTER FOR VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION Final Rejection ASKBIO INC.
18266464 GENOMIC EDITING OF COMPLEMENT Non-Final OA Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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