Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1632 1634 1638

This examiner grants 24% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

23.5%
Allow Rate
-36.5% vs TC avg
152
Total Applications
+44.0%
Interview Lift
1497
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 102 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
43.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19361681 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING GRANULOSA-LIKE CELLS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18245128 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR INFUSIBLE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17830871 Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Products and Methods for Treating Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2A Final Rejection RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
17995687 CONDITIONING REGIMENS FOR IN VIVO GENE THERAPY Final Rejection University of Washington
16794723 Transcription Factor Mediated Programming Towards Megakaryocytes Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
16105625 METHOD OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL TISSUE Non-Final OA TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
18320499 BIOMATERIALS CONTAINING UMBILICAL CORD-DERIVED STEM CELLS Final Rejection GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
18029875 NOVEL NR1 ES-DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS HAVING A NORMAL KARYOTYPE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17416311 ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES AND THEIR USES FOR INNER EAR THERAPY Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
16971995 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CART AND A SMAC MIMETIC Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18043095 ALGINATE-COATED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL AND PROGENITOR CELLS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
18044288 METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURAL PROGENITOR CELLS WITH A SPINAL CORD IDENTITY Non-Final OA University Health Network
17997988 METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Final Rejection KONKUK UNIVERSITY INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION CORP
16084364 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATING TO HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL EXPANSION Final Rejection CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
18301093 Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Exosomes And Their Packaging For Use At Room Temperature Non-Final OA The United States Government As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs
17415858 Gene Therapy for BEST1 Dominant Mutations Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
17042981 LENTIVIRAL VECTORS FOR HIGH-TITER TRANSDUCTION OF PRIMARY HUMAN CELLS Final Rejection University of Massachusetts
17224831 METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATION Final Rejection University of South Florida
18051653 TCF7L2 MEDIATED REMYELINATION IN THE BRAIN Non-Final OA University of Rochester
15861124 Biomimetic Scaffolds Including Devitalized Cells Final Rejection University of South Carolina
18382701 CELL SHEET FOR GENE DELIVERY Final Rejection GeneMedicine Co., Ltd.
16333566 PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED OLIGODENDROCYTE PROGENITOR CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD INJURY Final Rejection Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.
18009006 Treatment of Genetic Dilated Cardiomyopathies Non-Final OA Universite d'Evry Val d'Essonne
17680708 GENE THERAPY USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED VIRAL VECTORS Final Rejection BioViva USA, Inc.
17592803 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENE THERAPY VIA ADMINISTRATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED VIRAL VECTORS Final Rejection BioViva USA, Inc.
17674233 Method of enhancing mobility of stem cells to inflammatory lesion Non-Final OA Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
17597653 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS AND APPLICATION THEREOF, AND DRUG FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection WU, Zetang
16328853 Provision of a Therapeutically Active Cell Product Final Rejection PDI Pharm Development International AG
16322725 ALLEVIATION AND TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION-INDUCED LUNG INJURY USING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Final Rejection Mari DEZAWA

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