Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GONZALES, JOSEPHINE MARIA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

30.4%
Allow Rate
-29.6% vs TC avg
108
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1381
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 56 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
23.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17764892 METHOD OF TREATING ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS BY TARGETING THE EPHRIN PATHWAY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
16972450 NEURAL STEM CELL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO TREAT NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18037740 SKIN SPHEROIDS AND PROCESS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BASF SE
19272607 PROMOTER PROXIMAL SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOF FOR RNA MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Helix Nanotechnologies Inc
17996541 GENETICALLY-MODIFIED CELL LINE FOR NK CELL ACTIVATION AND AMPLIFICATION, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17785145 EVALUATION METHOD OF DIFFERENTIATION STATE OF CELLS, AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18137449 METHODS OF USING PULMONARY CELLS FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND INDUCTION OF TOLERANCE Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
17438317 CD3 RECONSTITUTION IN ENGINEERED iPSC AND IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS Final Rejection Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
16984241 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAU-RELATED DISEASE MODEL Non-Final OA Keio University
17934268 HEPES-CONTAINING MEDIUM Final Rejection AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
18884441 Compositions and Methods for Gene Delivery to the Airways and/or Lungs Final Rejection Krystal Biotech, Inc.
17127416 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENE DELIVERY TO THE AIRWAYS AND/OR LUNGS Non-Final OA Krystal Biotech, Inc.
18010340 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIVER CELLS Non-Final OA MEDIZINISCHE HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER
16085960 CELL CULTURE MEDIUM AND CULTURE MEDIUM SUPPLEMENT Final Rejection Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
16969406 CD59 FOR INHIBITING INFLAMMASOME ACTIVATION Non-Final OA Trustees of Tufts College
17786753 ENGINEERED CELLS FOR THERAPY Non-Final OA Editas Medicine, Inc.
17348515 Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Delivery for Muscular Dystrophies Non-Final OA SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS INC.
17040661 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NATURAL KILLER CELLS Final Rejection GC CELL CORPORATION
16464030 METHOD, DEVICE AND KIT FOR DETERMINING CARDIAC CONDUCTION Final Rejection Universität Rostock
16765783 USE AND PRODUCTION OF ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELLS TO DISRUPT NFAT-AP1 PATHWAY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS Non-Final OA La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
16808989 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CELL POPULATION INCLUDING NK CELLS Non-Final OA GAIA BioMedicine Inc.
17758128 Cell Expressing Immune Modulatory Molecules and System for Expressing Immune Modulatory Molecules Non-Final OA Shanghai Cell Therapy Group Company Co., Ltd.
17433221 MONOGENIC OR POLYGENIC DISEASE MODEL ORGANISMS HUMANIZED WITH TWO OR MORE GENES Final Rejection NemaMetrix, Inc
17639800 NOVEL METHODS FOR REARING AND CONTROLLED RELEASE OF PREDATORY MITES Non-Final OA Bio-Bee SDE Eliyahu Ltd.
17630856 METHOD FOR CULTURING PRIMARY CELLS FROM SOLID TUMOR OF LUNG CANCER AND PRIMARY TUMOR CELLS FROM PLEURAL EFFUSION OF LUNG CANCER AND AUXILIARY REAGENTS Final Rejection GeneX Health Co., Ltd
17621687 PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF CTL CELL Final Rejection Guangzhou Anjie Biomedical Technology CO., LTD.
17048702 MEDICAL USES Non-Final OA XNK THERAPEUTICS AB

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