Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.3%
Allow Rate
-13.7% vs TC avg
145
Total Applications
+70.8%
Interview Lift
1259
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 54 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
7.5%
§102 Novelty
70.3%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17765796 MICROGLIA SPECIFIC PROMOTERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREFORE Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18011365 NOVEL GAIN-OF-FUNCTION MUTANT OF BMPR2 GENE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18939375 METHODS FOR COOLING AN ORGAN Non-Final OA Paragonix Technologies, Inc.
17601581 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN UTERO GENE EDITING FOR MONOGENIC LUNG DISEASE Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18892177 METHODS FOR CREATING LINKAGE OF MULTIPLE VIRAL VECTORS FOR INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY Final Rejection Battelle Memorial Institute
18029516 BIOORTHOGONAL REPORTER GENE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Technische Universität München
17564949 Cell Culture System Final Rejection Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
17275084 AUTOMATED GENERATION AND ANALYSIS OF ORGANOIDS Non-Final OA Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
17287972 ONCOLYTIC VIROTHERAPY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection Baylor College of Medicine
17669874 PANCREATIC DIFFERENTIATION Final Rejection Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
18233146 CELL EXPANSION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Terumo BCT, Inc.
17982805 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF FOR REPAIRING DAMAGED LIVER, TREATING DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGED LIVER AND IMPROVING FUNCTIONS OF LIVER Final Rejection TAIWAN MITOCHONDRION APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18016251 SONOGENETIC STIMULATION OF CELLS EXPRESSING TRPA1 Non-Final OA Salk Institute for Biological Studies
18418855 VECTOR FOR CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17598814 IMMUNODEFICIENT RODENT Non-Final OA CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
18161467 CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING OF HUMAN ADIPOCYTES Final Rejection MIAMI UNIVERSITY
17740665 METHODS OF MINIMIZING NEUROTOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR (CAR) T CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA Legend Biotech USA Inc.
17424140 MICROENVIRONMENT SENSORS TO REGULATE ENGINEERED GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
17632026 DUX4 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
18219649 Engineered probiotic platform for in-situ conversion of sugars to functional ingredients Non-Final OA GutMind Corp
17427720 NEW USE OF STEM CELL GENERATOR IN PREPARATION OF BONE DEFECT REPAIR MATERIALS Final Rejection EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18168426 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TARGETING OF SOD1 Non-Final OA Scribe Therapeutics Inc.
18037986 VECTOR SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Umoja Biopharma, Inc.
18034226 AN IMMUNE CHECKPOINT-MODULATING VSV-NDV HYBRID VIRUS FOR ONCOLYTIC VIRUS IMMUNOTHERAPY OF CANCER Non-Final OA KLINIKUM DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN (TUM KLINKUM)
18044560 METHOD FOR OBTAINING PLATELET-DERIVED MITOCHONDRIA AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Paean Biotechnology Inc.
18001306 METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF IMMUNE CELLS Final Rejection ABELZETA INC.
18172359 RECOMBINANT BACULOVIRUSES, ALPHAVIRUS VIRUS-LIKE REPLICON PARTICLES PRODUCED THEREOF AND THEIR USES Final Rejection National Defense Medical University
18005757 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF FRAGILE X SYNDROME Non-Final OA FORGE BIOLOGICS, INC.
18004975 METHOD FOR TREATING ISCHEMIA CONDITION OF TISSUE Final Rejection WOEI-CHERNG SHYU
17997680 Methods For Treating Coronavirus Disease Non-Final OA Nisha Cell Therapeutics Ltd.

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