Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KIM, TAEYOON

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1632 1651

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.5%
Allow Rate
-8.5% vs TC avg
954
Total Applications
+51.4%
Interview Lift
1382
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 879 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
58.1%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17428670 TXNIP AND LDHB COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE OCULAR DISEASES Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17602987 METHODS FOR TREATING INHERITED EYE DEFECTS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17496391 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING CELLS FOR USE IN THERAPY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18514880 CELL CULTURE MEDIUM FOR EUKARYOTIC CELLS Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18038630 ADIPOGENIC CELL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17433658 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND KITS FOR DELIVERY OF POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17909705 METHODS OF TREATING HYPERGLYCEMIA AND SUPPRESSING ONSET OF TYPE 1 DIABETES Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
18146109 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SYNOVIUM-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CELL PREPARATION FOR JOINT MEDICAL TREATMENT Final Rejection National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University
18000865 DIRECT IN VIVO REPROGRAMMING USING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV2 GENE FOR ENDOTHELIAL CELL AND VESSEL FORMATION Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
17830637 BIOLOGICAL LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
17906098 MODIFIED ARRESTIN-1 TO ENHANCE PHOTORECEPTOR SURVIVAL IN RETINAL DISEASE Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
19003915 ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA NEXTCELL PHARMA AB
17793506 METHODS OF TREATING FRAGILE X SYNDROME WITH REELIN Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
18001828 Genetically Modified Bovine Herpesvirus Type 1 (BHV-1) for use to Treat Cancer Non-Final OA McMaster University
17783937 COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17998857 EXOSOME-DERIVED PIWI-INTERACTING RNA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
18043064 PRIMED PLACENTAL TISSUE AND USES IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE Non-Final OA OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18035685 SYNERGISTIC STEM CELL-BASED MEDICATION FOR TREATING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND RELATED APPLICATION Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
18124656 HUMAN FACILITATING CELLS Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
17862892 3-D BIOPRINTING COMPRISING BIOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT MATERIALS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
17769524 METHODS FOR MODULATING HUMAN L1 RETROTRANSPOSONS RNA AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN Final Rejection Salk Institute For Biological Studies
18129399 IN UTERO TRANSPLANTATION OF FACTOR VIII-EXPRESSING CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF HEMOPHILIA Non-Final OA Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
18264831 METHOD FOR MODULATING AFUCOSLYATION OF AN ANTIBODY PRODUCT Non-Final OA LONZA BIOLOGICS PLC
18300210 ENHANCEMENT OF CARTILAGE REGENERATIVE ACTIVITY OF STEM CELL POPULATIONS BASED ON REDUCTION OF INTRA-ARTICULAR CELLULAR MATERIAL Non-Final OA CREATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18351665 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR MOOD DISORDERS Non-Final OA INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA "RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ"
18267957 PRE-TREATMENT OF MSC WITH PPARB/DELTA AGONIST FOR TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY Non-Final OA Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier
18041303 A COMPOSITION COMPRISING MESENCHYMAL PRECURSOR OR STEM CELLS AND THEIR USE Non-Final OA Mesoblast International Sárl
17906160 METHOD FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE I Non-Final OA Mesoblast International Sárl
17422737 AAV-MEDIATED GENE THERAPY RESTORING THE OTOFERLIN GENE Non-Final OA INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE)
18206091 PREPARATION METHOD FOR CANINE WHOLE BLOOD HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS Non-Final OA Qingdao Jinmotang Biotechnology Co., LTD.

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