Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MOSS, NATALIE M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1653

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.4%
Allow Rate
-28.6% vs TC avg
595
Total Applications
+18.4%
Interview Lift
1198
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 509 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
43.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17667189 ENHANCEMENT OF SKELETAL MUSCLE STEM CELL ENGRAFTMENT BY DUAL DELIVERY OF VEGF AND IGF-1 Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18227801 Methods for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17280486 ASSAYS FOR CELL-BASED THERAPIES OR TREATMENTS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17964325 METHOD FOR MEDIUM TREATMENT BEFORE INOCULATION Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
16362824 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BATCH PHOTOACTIVATION OF MONONUCLEAR CELLS WITH CRYOPRESERVATION Final Rejection Fenwal, Inc.
17439251 ISOLATION, ENRICHMENT AND EXPANSION OF CONE PROGENITOR CELLS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17906727 Upregulation of Cathelicidin Gene Expression as an Adjuvant to Other Treatments for Diseases Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17842762 FGF-18 IN GRAFT TRANSPLANTATION AND TISSUE ENGINEERING PROCEDURES Non-Final OA MERCK PATENT GMBH
17602458 CELL CULTURE MEDIA COMPRISING KETO ACIDS Final Rejection MERCK PATENT GMBH
16301167 AIRWAY MUCUS IMPACTION Final Rejection Washington University
17607695 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CRYOPRESERVATION OF CELLS Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
18441770 ENZYMATIC COMPOSITIONS FOR CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN CLEAVAGE ON DONOR ORGANS, METHODS AND USES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH Final Rejection UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
17879015 Method of Recovering Nitrogen and Sulfur Resources Through Anaerobic Fermentation Non-Final OA SK Innovation Co., Ltd.
17686236 INCREASED HOMOGENEITY OF MYCOLOGICAL BIOPOLYMER GROWN INTO VOID SPACE Final Rejection Ecovative LLC
16519384 Method of Producing a Mycological Product and Product Made Thereby Non-Final OA Ecovative LLC
17275659 UREMIC VASCULOPATHY MODEL USING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS DERIVED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND UREMIC COMPLEX, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
17541558 FASTING MIMICKING KETOGENIC DIET (FMD) TO PROMOTE SKELETAL MUSCLE REGENERATION AND STRENGTH Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
17714224 Lithographic masking for spatially localized biochemical stimulus delivery Final Rejection The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
16070209 PROTEIN CAGE-STABILIZED PICKERING EMULSIONS AND THE USE THEREOF Final Rejection AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
18800750 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROWING CELLS IN VITRO Final Rejection YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
17763723 CONCENTRATED PERFUSION MEDIUM Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17755834 FIBROBLAST THERAPY FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Final Rejection FIGENE, LLC
18628538 ENZYMATIC COMPOSITIONS FOR CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN CLEAVAGE, METHODS, USES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH Final Rejection The University of British Columbia
18258403 BLOOD SAMPLER CONTAINING ANTI-PLATELET AGENT AND WATER-SOLUBLE MATRIX MATERIAL Final Rejection Radiometer Medical ApS
18605672 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EX VIVO ORGAN CARE Final Rejection TransMedics, Inc.
18277278 CELL SHEET SUPPORT, CELL SHEET LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY
16068650 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF PLATELETS Final Rejection Cerus Corporation
18391878 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCT TITER IN A CELL AND A CELL MEDIA FOR IMPROVING THE SAME Final Rejection VALITACELL LIMITED
16358926 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRODUCT TITER IN A CELL AND A CELL MEDIA FOR IMPROVING THE SAME Non-Final OA VALITACELL LIMITED
17435911 METHOD FOR DETERMINING EFFICACY Final Rejection LDN Pharma Limited

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