Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GRABER, JAMES J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1633

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.9%
Allow Rate
-14.1% vs TC avg
228
Total Applications
+57.0%
Interview Lift
1384
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 194 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
35.1%
§103 Obviousness
29.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18558859 UNIVERSAL RETARGETING OF ONCOLYTIC HSV Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
17913540 Compositions and Methods for Treatment Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18367392 NEURONAL CELL CULTURES AS COMPUTE SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
17799239 BCMA-DIRECTED CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
17580219 INCREASING GENOME STABILITY AND REPROGRAMMING EFFICIENCY OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18248193 PRODUCTION OF MEGAKARYOCYTES AND PLATELETS IN A CO-CULTURE SYSTEM Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17911018 COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING APOPTOSIS OF CELLS HAVING GENOMIC SEQUENCE VARIATION AND METHOD FOR INDUCING APOPTOSIS OF CELLS BY USING COMPOSITION Final Rejection UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
18517402 METHOD FOR PREPARING BROWN ADIPOCYTE Non-Final OA KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18441393 ENGRAFTABLE CELL-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR LONG-TERM DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
18170671 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MODIFIED NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
17620047 ROTAVIRUS MRNA VACCINE Final Rejection CureVac AG

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