Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1632

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.0%
Allow Rate
-22.0% vs TC avg
155
Total Applications
+62.4%
Interview Lift
1719
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 100 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
45.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17229746 COPPER LOSS MITIGATION Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
19300583 HEAT SHOCK INDUCIBLE CELLS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE Non-Final OA Upside Foods, Inc.
18300741 CULTURE MEDIUM FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES, CULTURE MEDIUM KIT, ADDITIVE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17112720 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HUMAN A1 ASTROCYTES, HUMAN A1 ASTROCYTES, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING TEST SUBSTANCE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17844882 PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS INDUCING OSTEOCHONDRAL REPAIR Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
17433934 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OSTEOBLAST CLUSTER USING IPS CELLS Final Rejection TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
17905748 METHODS, COMPOUNDS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING CAR-T CELL ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
19057132 A COMPOSITION, METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOF FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF IN VITRO MATURATION OF OOCYTES AND PREGNANCY RATE OF EMBRYOS AFTER IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Non-Final OA CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
17754848 GENE TARGETS FOR MANIPULATING T CELL BEHAVIOR Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
18260786 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17636506 MODULATION OF T CELL RESPONSES BY UL18 OF HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS Non-Final OA Oregon Health & Science University
17904487 MAMMALIAN CELL CULTURE PROCESSES Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17071020 Cell-Based Biosensor for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection Final Rejection University of South Carolina
18040345 REDUCTION OF COVID-19 COAGULOPATHY AND OTHER INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED COAGULOPATHIES BY ADMINISTRATION OF FIBROBLASTS Non-Final OA FIGENE, LLC
17905197 GENERATION OF AUTOIMMUNE INHIBITORY T CELLS BY FIBROBLAST MEDIATED EDUCATION Non-Final OA FIGENE, LLC
17780658 Methods of activating cytotoxic leukocytes using PTP1B and PTPN2 inhibitors Non-Final OA Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
17231278 HUMAN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM MODEL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
18249469 URINE-DERIVED EPITHELIAL CELL CULTURES, NEPHROSPHEROIDS DERIVED THEREFROM AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA TEL HASHOMER MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES LTD.
17241648 Methods for the Storage of Whole Blood, and Compositions Thereof Non-Final OA Hemanext Inc.
14124884 CULTURE MEDIA FOR STEM CELLS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN
17619108 HETEROGENEOUS STEM CELL POPULATION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
17055077 FUSOSOME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS V, INC.
18000122 SEED CELL MEDIUM OF TUMOR-INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI JUNCELL THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD.
17262400 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOREIGN ANTIGEN RECEPTOR GENE-INTRODUCED CELL Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
18041487 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUMOR-INFILTRATING T-LYMPHOCYTES (TIL) AND THEIR USE AS CELLULAR THERAPEUTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN TUMORS Non-Final OA ZELLWERK GMBH
16083372 DOUBLE TUBULAR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA MIMETAS B.V.
18003425 CRANIAL NERVE DISORDER THERAPEUTIC AGENT INCLUDING CULTURE SUPERNATANT OF TISSUE CELLS DERIVED FROM FETAL APPENDAGE Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOCHI UNIVERSITY
18009799 PRODUCTION OF XENOGRAFT FROM ANIMAL BONES Non-Final OA YILDIZ TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
17629918 ADOPTIVE TRANSFER OF PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELLS TO PREVENT OR TREAT HAIR LOSS Final Rejection Tufts Medical Center, Inc.
17052841 DE-DIFFERENTIATED FIBROBLAST-CONDITIONED MEDIA FOR STIMULATION OF DISC REGENERATION Non-Final OA SpinalCyte, LLC

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