Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: REGA, KYLE THOMAS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.8%
Allow Rate
+1.8% vs TC avg
169
Total Applications
+40.7%
Interview Lift
1271
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 110 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.6%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
26.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18594869 CRISPR TRANSIENT EXPRESSION CONSTRUCT (CTEC) Non-Final OA DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
17057863 METHOD Final Rejection Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
18544882 METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF VARIANT RECOGNITION SITES FOR RARE-CUTTING ENGINEERED DOUBLE-STRAND-BREAK-INDUCING AGENTS AND COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
16984885 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17632263 EXON 44-TARGETED NUCLEIC ACIDS AND RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS COMPRISING SAID NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR TREATMENT OF DYSTROPHIN-BASED MYOPATHIES Non-Final OA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
17612245 NON-CLASS I MULTI-COMPONENT NUCLEIC ACID TARGETING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18043792 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BACTERIAL TRANSCRIPTION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17770531 A CRISPR-CAS9 PLATFORM WITH AN INTRINSIC OFF-SWITCH AND ENHANCED SPECIFICITY Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18495741 SUGAR-CONJUGATED LIPID NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18282421 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Conditions Associated with Nucleotide Repeat Expansion Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17084721 TYPE V CRISPR-CAS BASE EDITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
17795191 COMPOSITIONS FOR SMALL MOLECULE CONTROL OF PRECISE BASE EDITING OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17603993 COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING AND SELF-INACTIVATING ENZYME EXPRESSION AND METHODS FOR MODULATING OFF-TARGET ACTIVITY OF ENZYMES Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18053696 METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR FOR IMPROVED FORMATE UTILIZATION Final Rejection Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC
18021450 CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVE TCF1 TO PROMOTE MEMORY-ASSOCIATED TRAITS IN CAR T CELLS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)

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