Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1632

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.1%
Allow Rate
-23.9% vs TC avg
162
Total Applications
+64.0%
Interview Lift
1526
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 108 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
47.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17055077 FUSOSOME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS V, INC.
18300741 CULTURE MEDIUM FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES, CULTURE MEDIUM KIT, ADDITIVE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17112720 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HUMAN A1 ASTROCYTES, HUMAN A1 ASTROCYTES, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING TEST SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18775975 GENE THERAPY DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17605198 MODULATING SURVIVAL OF THERAPEUTIC CELLS AND METHODS, CELLS AND NUCLEIC ACIDS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18840007 ARTIFICIAL SERTOLI CELLS AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17754848 GENE TARGETS FOR MANIPULATING T CELL BEHAVIOR Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
17010707 METHODS OF PREPARING T CELLS FOR T CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
18712159 CHIMERIC HSV EXPRESSING HIL21 TO BOOST ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNE ACTIVITY Non-Final OA Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
17844882 PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS INDUCING OSTEOCHONDRAL REPAIR Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
17071020 Cell-Based Biosensor for Early Alzheimer's Disease Detection Non-Final OA University of South Carolina
18260786 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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 Final Rejection CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
17117062 IN VITRO EXPANSION OF DOPAMINERGIC SUBTYPE NEURONAL PROGENITORS DERIVED FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18027900 RAFT CULTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
18708876 CRYOPRESERVATION PREPARATION FOR CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID CRYOPRESERVATION PREPARATION Non-Final OA ActualEyes Inc.
18705499 IMPROVED CIRCULAR RNA FOR EXPRESSING THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA CureVac SE

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