Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MONTANARI, DAVID A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1632 1677

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
805
Total Applications
+49.6%
Interview Lift
1392
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 759 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
53.7%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18382048 SERUM-FREE IN VITRO DIRECTED DIFFERENTIATION PROTOCOL FOR GENERATING STEM CELL-DERIVED BETA CELLS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
16331772 METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR GENE INSERTION INTO REPEATED CHROMOSOME REGIONS FOR MULTI-LOCUS ASSORTMENT AND DAISYFIELD DRIVES Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18253903 EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18507469 METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER USING T CELLS WHICH EXPRESS A CHIMERIC NK RECEPTOR Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
17638753 ORGANOID MESODERM LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION Final Rejection RIKEN
17373485 NOVEL AAV8 MUTANT CAPSIDS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17748315 ENGINEERED MICROBIAL POPULATION Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17776563 OPTIDICER CONSTRUCT FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18184517 MEDIA AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE SURVIVAL AND PROLIFERATION OF STEM CELLS Non-Final OA STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA INC.
16067099 FLY AVATARS FOR CANCER AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
16610471 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Koji TANABE
18491049 DUAL STRAND NUCLEIC ACID-GUIDED NICKASE EDITING Non-Final OA Inscripta, Inc.
16611998 LIVER ORGANOID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Final Rejection Japan Science and Technology Agency
18236218 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMALS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Institute for Research In Biomedicine (IRB)
18025990 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMAL WITH HUMAN OR CHIMERIC GLP1R Non-Final OA Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
18025302 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMAL WITH HUMAN OR CHIMERIC CCR8 Non-Final OA BIOCYTOGEN PHARMACEUTICALS (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
18265421 TREATMENT OF DANON DISEASE Non-Final OA Spacecraft Seven, LLC
17058830 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPETROSIS Final Rejection Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
18033760 MODULATING INSULIN EXPRESSION AND PRODUCTION BY TARGETING CD47 Non-Final OA WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
18177298 PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF NON-HUMAN MAMMALS OR THEIR PROGENIES Non-Final OA BEIJING LIFE BIOSCIENCES CO., LTD
18003585 DNA STRUCTURE FOR TREATING OCULAR PATHOLOGIES Non-Final OA PULSESIGHT THERAPEUTICS
17788317 LIVER-SPECIFIC PROMOTER AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA JINFAN BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.

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