Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, QUANG

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1633 1799

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.2%
Allow Rate
-26.8% vs TC avg
805
Total Applications
+52.8%
Interview Lift
1477
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 736 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
6.7%
§102 Novelty
58.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18407298 RECOMBINANT AAV VECTORS EXPRESSING OSTEOPROTECTIVE GENES, INCLUDING HAS2 AND LUBRICIN, USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RELATED JOINT CONDITIONS IN MAMMALS Non-Final OA Genzyme Corporation
17999762 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EPIGENOME EDITING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17551030 Adeno-Associated Virus Virions with Variant Capsid and Methods of Use Thereof Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18065360 MINI-PROMOTER Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
17763122 NOTCH RECEPTORS WITH ZINC FINGER-CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTIONAL EFFECTOR Non-Final OA Trustees of Boston University
18558919 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES IN EQUINES Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
16761876 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CIRCULAR RNA MOLECULES Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14596051 METHOD FOR INDUCING CELLS TO LESS MATURE STATE Non-Final OA Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation
18327651 CHIMERIC TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
18517080 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING USHER SYNDROME III Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18296623 METHOD FOR GENERATING T CELLS PROGENITORS Final Rejection Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
18191790 AAV-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated.
17178972 GENERATING GABAergic NEURONS IN BRAINS Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
17046807 ANTI-AGING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
17769886 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17260418 LIPID PARTICLE CONTAINING A-TYPE CpG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE Non-Final OA TEIKYO UNIVERSITY
16933773 NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION Final Rejection ZYMO RESEARCH CORPORATION
16645213 STEM CELL DERIVED FROM NEONATAL PIG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, INC.
17592335 MRNA THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR DISEASES Non-Final OA Translate Bio, Inc.
17897878 LIPID NANOPARTICLE FORMULATIONS FOR CRISPR/CAS COMPONENTS Final Rejection Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
18041371 CULTURED TISSUE AND BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF Non-Final OA Trustees of Tufts College
18173485 METHODS FOR ENHANCING ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY OF EXHAUSTED T CELLS Non-Final OA FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER
18486941 Methods of Treating Human X-Linked Retinoschisis Using Gene Therapy Non-Final OA TEAMEDON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18467037 TRANS-SPLICING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATION OF SINGLE SEX OFFSPRING Non-Final OA JFL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
16924158 RNA WITH A COMBINATION OF UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED NUCLEOTIDES FOR PROTEIN EXPRESSION Final Rejection ethris GmbH
18336276 EXPRESSION OF FOXP3 IN EDITED CD34+ CELLS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
17773416 Recombinant CDKL5 Proteins, Gene Therapy and Production Methods Non-Final OA Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
18156184 Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Final Rejection Queen Mary University of London
18134383 TREATMENT OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION AND DISCOGENIC BACK PAIN Final Rejection KOLON TISSUEGENE, INC.
18134401 TREATMENT OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION AND DISCOGENIC BACK PAIN Final Rejection Kolon Tissuegene, Inc.

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