Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1632

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.2%
Allow Rate
+4.2% vs TC avg
886
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 850 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
40.3%
§103 Obviousness
29.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19361182 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING GRANULOSA-LIKE CELLS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
16341508 UNDIFFERENTIATED STEM CELL-REMOVING AGENT, AND METHOD FOR REMOVING UNDIFFERENTIATED STEM CELLS Non-Final OA KEIO UNIVERSITY
17040246 METHOD FOR REPROGRAMMING SOMATIC CELLS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
18161546 METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATION TO NEURONAL CELLS AND KITS THEREFOR Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17226642 Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Expansion System Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17756386 CAR T CELLS WITH ENHANCED METABOLIC FITNESS Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC.
18488859 TREATMENT OF CANAVAN DISEASE Non-Final OA CITY OF HOPE
17833506 METHOD FOR CULTURING MYOGENIC CELLS, CULTURES OBTAINED THEREFROM, SCREENING METHODS, AND CELL CULTURE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
18415477 ARTIFICIAL NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Final Rejection CureVac SE
17759574 tRNA OVEREXPRESSION AS A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MUTATIONS IN tRNA SYNTHETASES Final Rejection Stichting Radboud Universiteit
18508761 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS ENCODING REPROGRAMMING FACTORS LINKED BY SELF-CLEAVING PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research
18504238 METHODS OF PRODUCING HUMAN RPE CELLS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS OF HUMAN RPE CELLS Final Rejection Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine
18502249 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING NON-HUMAN TISSUE ENGINEERED MEAT PRODUCTS Non-Final OA MYOS CORP.
17045412 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SOMATIC CELL REPROGRAMMING AND MODULATING IMPRINTING Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
18550232 METHOD FOR OBTAINING TUMOR-HYPOXIA EDUCATED REGENERATIVE MACROPHAGES AND USE THEREOF IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Final Rejection HUMANITAS MIRASOLE S.P.A.
18456148 HUMAN IPSC-BASED DERIVATION OF NK AND T-CELLS USING EARLY NOTCH INDUCTION Non-Final OA BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
18361571 GENE THERAPY VECTORS FOR TREATING HEART DISEASE Non-Final OA Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc.
18074272 DORSALLY-DERIVED OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELLS FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Final Rejection Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.
18259588 HUMAN SCALP HAIR FOLLICLE SINGLE CELL SUSPENSION, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI ICURE BIOSCIENCE CO., LTD
18332823 METHODS OF INCREASING GROWTH OF CORALS USING A BIOCERAMIC Non-Final OA NOVUM CORAL, INC.
18012840 BIFUNCTIONAL BRIDGING COMPOSITIONS FOR VIRAL TRANSDUCTION Non-Final OA Lycia Therapeutics, Inc.
17672254 METHODS FOR ANALYZING TUMOR INNATE IMMUNE INTERACTIONS USING THE ZEBRAFISH XENOGRAFT MODEL AS A LIVING BIOMARKER Final Rejection Fundaçâo D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr. Carlos Montez Champalimaud
17542992 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MODULATING THE EMBRYONIC-FETAL TRANSITION IN MAMMALIAN SPECIES Non-Final OA AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.
17264029 A METHOD OF GENERATING STERILE AND MONOSEX PROGENY Non-Final OA Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Inc.

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