USPTO Examiner KELLY ROBERT M - Art Unit 1631

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17109018AAV/UPR-plus virus, UPR-plus fusion protein, genetic treatment method and its use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, among othersDecember 2020June 2023Allow3000NoNo
17102362CELL SUSPENSION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASENovember 2020January 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17063293METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANCIESOctober 2020July 2023Allow3410NoNo
16948507CELL-BASED THERAPY FOR THE PULMONARY SYSTEMSeptember 2020January 2023Allow2800NoNo
17014688STABILIZING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTION OF RIBONUCLEIC ACIDSeptember 2020December 2023Abandon3910NoNo
17011658LIPOSOMAL PARTICLES, METHODS OF MAKING SAME AND USES THEREOFSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3610YesNo
16986071ACTIVATION OF INNATE IMMUNITY FOR ENHANCED NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING OF SOMATIC CELLS WITH mRNAAugust 2020September 2023Allow3711NoNo
16938222CONJUGATED POLYMERIC PARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAMEJuly 2020March 2023Allow3100NoNo
16899989EX VIVO PROLIFERATION OF EPITHELIAL CELLSJune 2020February 2023Allow3200NoNo
16886289GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMALS AND METHODS RELATING TO COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITYMay 2020June 2023Allow3610NoNo
16882812RNA HYDROGELSMay 2020October 2023Abandon4110NoNo
16869799GLAUCOMA TREATMENTMay 2020June 2022Allow2511NoNo
16855905DOUBLE KNOCKOUT (GT/CMAH-KO) PIGS, ORGANS AND TISSUESApril 2020October 2022Allow3010NoNo
16845719NANOFIBER SCAFFOLDS FOR BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURESApril 2020April 2023Allow3610NoNo
16838746METHOD FOR PRODUCING RNA COMPOSITIONSApril 2020May 2023Allow3710NoNo
16815356SRPX FOR TREATMENT OF CANCERMarch 2020July 2022Allow2800NoNo
16808984Microbubble Nucleic Acid Delivery PlatformMarch 2020April 2023Allow3710NoNo
16801531Genome Editing without NucleasesFebruary 2020August 2023Abandon4210NoNo
16799536NOVEL RNAi MOLECULE DELIVERY PLATFORM BASED ON SINGLE-siRNA AND shRNA NANOCAPSULESFebruary 2020July 2023Abandon4110NoNo
16798140METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PRIMARY AND METASTATIC BASAL-LIKE BREAST CANCER AND OTHER CANCER TYPESFebruary 2020January 2024Abandon4720NoNo
16638972METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAINFebruary 2020May 2023Allow3920NoNo
16783717METHOD FOR INDUCING PRODUCTION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORFebruary 2020January 2023Allow3620NoNo
16749012PARTICLES COMPRISING A SHELL WITH RNAJanuary 2020March 2023Allow3810NoNo
16738408METHOD OF FABRICATING CELL ARRAYS AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2020June 2023Abandon4210NoNo
16734156COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE CONGENITAL ICHTHYOSISJanuary 2020April 2023Allow3930YesNo
16732770NUCLEIC ACID-CATIONIC POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMEJanuary 2020July 2023Abandon4301NoNo
16721156METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENE EDITING IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLSDecember 2019May 2023Allow4120YesNo
16619733SELF-REGULATING AAV VECTORS FOR SAFE EXPRESSION OF MECP2 IN RETT SYNDROMEDecember 2019April 2023Allow4011NoNo
16696769CHIMERIC RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEINS FOR USE IN BACTERIAL DELIVERY VEHICLESNovember 2019January 2023Allow3810NoNo
16614549SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID EDITINGNovember 2019July 2023Allow5412YesNo
16612648Systemic Delivery of PolypeptidesNovember 2019March 2023Allow4010YesNo
16676413ENHANCED SYSTEMS FOR CELL-MEDIATED ONCOLYTIC VIRAL THERAPYNovember 2019January 2023Allow3820NoNo
16674448GENE CORRECTION OF POMPE DISEASE AND OTHER AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDERS VIA RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASESNovember 2019April 2023Allow4121NoNo
16668065RECOMBINANT ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELL AND RECOMBINANT METHOD THEREOFOctober 2019November 2022Allow3720YesNo
16659986TUMOR TREATMENT METHODS USING CELLS THAT LOCALIZE TO THE TUMOROctober 2019August 2022Allow3410YesNo
16604609COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRANSIENT GENE THERAPY WITH ENHANCED STABILITYOctober 2019April 2023Allow4211NoNo
16600268Nanoparticle Modification of Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treating Brain Cancer and Other Neurological DiseasesOctober 2019September 2022Allow3510NoNo
16604427TREATMENT OF MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS II WITH RECOMBINANT HUMAN IDURONATE-2-SULFATASE (IDS) PRODUCED BY HUMAN NEURAL OR GLIAL CELLSOctober 2019November 2022Allow3720NoNo
16597471METHODS OF MAKING T CELL COMPOSITIONSOctober 2019October 2022Allow3610NoNo
16594630COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CANCEROUS CELLS AND A METHOD THEREFOROctober 2019November 2022Abandon3710NoNo
16589647TRANSCRIPTIONALLY TARGETED AND CPG-FREE PLASMID FOR THERANOSTIC GENE THERAPYOctober 2019February 2023Allow4110NoNo
16493573METHODS OF TREATING LYSOSOMAL DISORDERSSeptember 2019March 2023Allow4221YesNo
16492441FASL-ENGINEERED BIOMATERIALS WITH IMMUNOMODULATORY FUNCTIONSeptember 2019October 2022Allow3720YesNo
16322922COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CEP290 ASSOCIATED DISEASEAugust 2019September 2022Allow4420NoNo
16482497Engineered Cells And Methods Of UseJuly 2019February 2023Allow4321NoNo
16523328METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HEMOPHILIAJuly 2019December 2022Allow4010NoNo
16476865EXPRESSION CONSTRUCTS, FUSOGENIC LIPID-BASED NANOPARTICLES, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJuly 2019April 2022Allow3301YesNo
16456424MATERIALS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR TREATING GLIOBLASTOMAJune 2019January 2023Allow4341YesNo
16344866Transdermal Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve StimulationApril 2019July 2022Allow3821YesNo
16324490ONCOLYTIC RHABDOVIRUS EXPRESSING IL12February 2019October 2022Allow4411NoNo
16315458COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING IMPROVEMENTS OF CRISPR GUIDE RNAS USING THE H1 PROMOTERJanuary 2019March 2023Allow5021NoNo
16240382CHRONIC CAR TREATMENT FOR CANCERJanuary 2019January 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16239052EXOSOME VESSELS FOR DELIVERY OF MOLECULAR CARGOJanuary 2019July 2023Allow5461YesNo
16309412GENE THERAPY OF NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSESDecember 2018December 2023Abandon6001NoNo
16210480REGULATABLE CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORDecember 2018January 2022Allow3821NoNo
16307128COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME EDITINGDecember 2018May 2023Allow5331YesNo
16115140MICROFLUIDIC LASER-ACTIVATED INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2018February 2023Allow5421YesNo
15943619CELL EXPANSIONApril 2018March 2022Allow4830NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner KELLY, ROBERT M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KELLY, ROBERT M works in Art Unit 1631 and has examined 58 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KELLY, ROBERT M's allowance rate of 81.0% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KELLY, ROBERT M receive 1.47 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 22% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KELLY, ROBERT M is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KELLY, ROBERT M. This interview benefit is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 57.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 95.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 1% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 1% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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