Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KELLY, ROBERT M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1633 1638 1654 1656

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.1%
Allow Rate
+14.1% vs TC avg
950
Total Applications
+24.5%
Interview Lift
1082
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 906 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
15.3%
§103 Obviousness
35.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18066149 GENE THERAPY FOR AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AND OTHER SPINAL CORD DISORDERS Non-Final OA Genzyme Corporation
18175790 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME, CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF NON-VIRAL CARRIER NUCLEIC ACID PARTICLES Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18573858 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF T CELL THERAPIES BY THERMAL TARGETING Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18049405 Transdermal Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18018552 UNIVERSAL ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL BANKS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME THERAPEUTICALLY Non-Final OA Baylor College of Medicine
17913482 NON-VIRAL DNA VECTORS AND USES THEREOF FOR EXPRESSING GAUCHER THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA Generation Bio Co.
18304843 Use of CD2/5/7 Knock-Out Anti-CD2/5/7 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells Against T Cell Lymphomas and Leukemias Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18325332 Systemic Delivery of Polypeptides Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18311367 SELF-REGULATING AAV VECTORS FOR SAFE EXPRESSION OF MECP2 IN RETT SYNDROME Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18297808 USE OF NOVEL MIRNA-BINDING SITE CASSETTES FOR ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL DETARGETING OF TRANSGENE EXPRESSION BY RAAV GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
18015426 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME USING DOK7 GENE OR POLYPEPTIDE Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18031413 Gelatin Microparticles Containing Nutrients for Cell Culture Therein, Preparation Method Therefor, and Use Thereof Final Rejection CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
17843896 THYMIDINE KINASE GENE Final Rejection Genvivo, Inc.
18187884 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF NETHERTON SYNDROME Non-Final OA Krystal Biotech, Inc.
18209766 Conjugated Polymeric Particle and Method of Making Same Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18274649 Surface Modified Red Blood Cells And Methods Of Generating The Same Non-Final OA CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
17829087 RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES Final Rejection Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.
17924456 LNP COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN MRNA THERAPEUTIC AND AN EFFECTOR MOLECULE Final Rejection ModernaTX, Inc.
18568456 TOBAMOVIRUS PSEUDOVIRIONS FOR STABILISING SINGLE STRANDED RNA Non-Final OA University of Cape Town
18573114 ANTI-CRISPR CONSTRUCT AND ITS USE TO COUNTERACT A CRISPR-BASED GENE-DRIVE IN AN ARTHROPOD POPULATION Non-Final OA Polo D’Innovazione di Genomica Genetica e Biologia SRL
18161806 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CEP290 ASSOCIATED DISEASE Non-Final OA EDITAS MEDICINE, INC.
18564869 DENTAL COMPOSITION AND DENTINE CULTURING METHOD Non-Final OA AIR WATER INC.
18327110 ENGINEERED CELLS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18472176 MODALITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE RETINA Non-Final OA Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine
17328966 METHOD OF TREATMENT Final Rejection MONASH UNIVERSITY
18557146 THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1 Non-Final OA EDITFORCE, INC.
18308457 SYNTHETIC DNA VECTORS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Aldevron, LLC
18185273 MICROFLUIDIC LASER-ACTIVATED INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Cellino Biotech, Inc.
18340016 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TARGETING XBP1 Non-Final OA Roche Innovation Center Copenhagen A/S
18329015 Mannose-Based mRNA Targeted Delivery System and Use Thereof Non-Final OA Shenzhen Rhegen Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

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