Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: PENNINGTON, KATIE LEIGH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1633 1634

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Analysis

Katie Leigh Pennington is an examiner in Art Unit 1633 within Tech Center 1600. The examiner has a total of 64 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 29.7 percent. This indicates a challenging prosecution environment for applicants. The examiner's record provides a specific look at prosecution trends in this art unit.

Conducting an interview appears to be a highly effective tactic with this examiner. The interview lift is 60.0 percent, indicating a substantial increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is held compared to the baseline rate of 29.7 percent. For applications that reach allowance, the median time to allowance is 1514 days. This pendency indicates that successful cases may require a longer period of time to resolve.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

29.7%
Allow Rate
-30.3% vs TC avg
130
Total Applications
+60.0%
Interview Lift
1514
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 64 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
41.2%
§103 Obviousness
28.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17924539 DISEASE CORRECTION BY DELIVERY OF AAV8 VECTORS EXPRESSING CODON OPTIMIZED NAGLU Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17772266 GENE THERAPY VECTORS Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17357652 CELL TRANSPLANTATION KIT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAC-SHAPED STRUCTURE, AND THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DIABETES Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18580524 HUMAN IPSC-DERIVED MACROPHAGES FOR LIVER REPAIR AND REGENERATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17442471 ENGINEERED MRNA SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17904736 NOVEL CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS FOR GENOME EDITING Final Rejection PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17801815 NOVEL TYPE IV AND TYPE I CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17759539 NON-HUMAN ANIMALS COMPRISING A HUMANIZED TTR LOCUS COMPRISING A V30M MUTATION AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17820232 CELL-TO-CELL DELIVERY OF RNA CIRCUITS Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
19005128 PATHOGEN-RESISTANT ANIMALS HAVING MODIFIED CD163 GENES Non-Final OA The Curators of the University of Missouri
17909187 METHODS OF CONTROLLING BODYWEIGHT BY MODULATING PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 5-PHOSPHATE 4-KINASE BETA ACTIVITY Final Rejection University of Cincinnati
17090706 N-Glycosylation Non-Final OA Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
18569795 CELL CULTURE METHODS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL N&H DENMARK APS
18597181 SYSTEM COMPRISING CISPLATIN-RESISTANT XENOGRAFT FOR NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
17634794 HOLLOW THREE-DIMENSIONAL UNIT MADE FROM RETINAL TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF RETINOPATHIES Non-Final OA TREEFROG THERAPEUTICS
17756456 MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS WITH ENHANCED THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER

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