Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
955
Total Applications
+24.6%
Interview Lift
1052
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 915 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.8%
§102 Novelty
29.1%
§103 Obviousness
38.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18175790 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME, CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF NON-VIRAL CARRIER NUCLEIC ACID PARTICLES Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
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
17829087 RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES Non-Final OA Iovance Biotherapeutics Inc.
18311367 SELF-REGULATING AAV VECTORS FOR SAFE EXPRESSION OF MECP2 IN RETT SYNDROME 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
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
18018552 UNIVERSAL ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL BANKS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME THERAPEUTICALLY Non-Final OA Baylor College of Medicine
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
18308457 SYNTHETIC DNA VECTORS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Aldevron, LLC
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.
18010674 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING ANELLOVIRUSES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS V, INC.
17909360 MINIATURE GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION CONTROL (miniGNC) ANTIBODY-LIKE PROTEINS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Final Rejection BAILI-BIO (CHENGDU) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18101810 DOUBLE KNOCKOUT (GT/CMAH-KO) PIGS, ORGANS AND TISSUES Non-Final OA Indiana University Research and Technology Corp
17996085 VECTORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACID CERAMIDASE DEFICIENCY Final Rejection UNIVERSITE D'EVRY VAL D'ESSONNE
17779174 T-CELL RECEPTOR OF HLA-A11-RESTRICTED HEPATITIS B VIRUS HBC141-151 EPITOPE PEPTIDE, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17573303 DELIVERY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES USING RECOMBINANT AAV9 Final Rejection NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC.

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