Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.9%
Allow Rate
-13.1% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
+21.8%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
75.7%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17926970 ONE-LOCUS INDUCIBLE PRECISION GUIDED STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE OR TEMPERATURE-INDUCIBLE PRECISION GUIDED STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17972875 PREPARATION METHOD FOR ANIMAL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND ANIMAL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PREPARED BY THE SAME Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18255951 TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL STATIONARY NIGHT BLINDNESS USING GENE THERAPY Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE (INSERM)
18039840 Antibody Delivery Non-Final OA AC Immune SA
18009192 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RED BLOOD CELL DIFFERENTIATION Non-Final OA The Children's Medical Center Corporation
17623738 CELL CULTURE SCAFFOLD, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, SCAFFOLD PRODUCTION KIT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF CELL CULTURE PRODUCT Non-Final OA KINKI UNIVERSITY
17637789 CD24 EXPRESSING CELLS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
18181952 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RECOMBINANT PARVOVIRUS PRODUCTION Final Rejection AAVNERGENE INC.
17625442 SPECIFIC MARKER FOR IDENTIFYING T CELLS SPECIFICALLY ATTACKING CANCER CELLS Non-Final OA Kotai Biotechnologies, Inc.
18340765 ORAL DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC MAMMALIAN CELLS Non-Final OA Vitabolus Inc.
18036066 RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES WITH ENHANCED LIVER TROPISM AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING SOLOBIO GENETECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18250873 TISSUE SCAFFOLDS Non-Final OA JD BIOMEDICAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
18177938 Regulation of Gene Expression by Aptamer-Mediated Accessibility of Polyadenylation Signals Non-Final OA MeiraGTx Gene Regulation Limited
18043276 Genetic Construct Final Rejection Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes
18007602 CELL LINES WITH MULTIPLE DOCKS FOR GENE INSERTION Non-Final OA CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS, LLC
17977476 MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TARGETED TREATMENT OF CANCER AND OTHER DISORDERS Final Rejection MAM Holdings of West Florida, L.L.C.
17919890 SUPER-ENCHANCERS FOR RECOMBINANT GENE EXPRESSION IN CHO CELLS Non-Final OA LEK Pharmaceuticals d.d.
17995969 iPSC INDUCTION Final Rejection Roslin Technologies Limited

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