Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, QUANG

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1633 1799

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.1%
Allow Rate
-26.9% vs TC avg
809
Total Applications
+53.0%
Interview Lift
1479
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 743 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
31.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18334530 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CIRCULAR RNA MOLECULES Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18065360 MINI-PROMOTER Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
18314773 USE OF AAV-EXPRESSED M013 PROTEIN AS AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPEUTIC Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18191790 AAV-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated.
17272194 GENE THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF GALACTOSEMIA Final Rejection RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
16535042 INDUCIBLE DNA BINDING PROTEINS AND GENOME PERTURBATION TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17973773 VERTEBRATE CELLS AND METHODS FOR RECOMBINANTLY EXPRESSING A POLYPEPTIDE OF INTEREST Final Rejection Novartis AG
18046327 TAU MODULATORS AND METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY THEREOF Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
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
17178972 GENERATING GABAergic NEURONS IN BRAINS Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18563175 CRISPR-CAS3 SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED GENOME ENGINEERING Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18336276 EXPRESSION OF FOXP3 IN EDITED CD34+ CELLS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
16605740 OPTIMIZED LENTIVIRAL VECTOR FOR XLA GENE THERAPY Final Rejection Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
18512933 CANCER-KILLING CELLS Non-Final OA LIFT BIOSCIENCES LTD
18509634 VECTOR-FREE DELIVERY OF GENE EDITING PROTEINS AND COMPOSITIONS TO CELLS AND TISSUES Final Rejection Avectas Limited
18004241 NOVEL TRANSPLANTATION CELLS HAVING REDUCED IMMUNOGENICITY Final Rejection GC CELL CORPORATION

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