Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1759 1798 1799

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
559
Total Applications
+21.4%
Interview Lift
1080
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 528 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
50.2%
§103 Obviousness
24.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17481329 MEASUREMENT DEVICE, OPERATION PROGRAM FOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18037903 NOVEL TISSUE CULTURE SYSTEMS AND REDUCED GRAVITY CULTURE METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VASCULARIZED TISSUE Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17920541 MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS AND MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS USING THE SAME Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18636741 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM Final Rejection Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
18470879 PURIFICATION AND DETECTION OF ANALYTES Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18590569 ROLLED CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATES FOR FIXED BED BIOREACTORS WITH CONTROLLED PERFUSION ZONES Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18519342 MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS OF MICROORGANISMS IN SAMPLES Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18014726 HERMETICALLY OR ASEPTICALLY SEALED BIOREACTOR SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18067892 CELL CULTURE METHOD Final Rejection BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18087260 REACTION APPARATUS Final Rejection INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18012547 DUCT ORGANOID-ON-CHIP Non-Final OA DLOC BIOSYSTEMS, INC.

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