Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NOBLE, MARCIA STEPHENS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1632

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.0%
Allow Rate
+7.0% vs TC avg
893
Total Applications
+40.2%
Interview Lift
1158
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 842 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.7%
§102 Novelty
29.2%
§103 Obviousness
39.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17722312 VIRAL TARGETING OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17749788 RECOMBINASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS VI, LLC
18163607 Peptide Conjugated Hydrogel Substrate for the Maintenance and Expansion of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Final Rejection University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18327976 MURINE-MHC-DEFICIENT HLA-TRANSGENIC NOD-MOUSE MODELS FOR T1D THERAPY DEVELOPMENT Non-Final OA The Jackson Laboratory
18336001 HUMAN PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS CELL STRAIN AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18276164 Engineered NKT Cells for Expansion and In Vivo Preservation and Methods of Use for the Control of Tumor Cells Non-Final OA Baylor College of Medicine
17996074 CIRCULAR RNA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection Orna Therapeutics, Inc.
18060183 ELIMINATION OF PROLIFERATING CELLS FROM STEM CELL-DERIVED GRAFTS Non-Final OA Research Development Foundation
18540096 NON-MEIOTIC ALLELE INTROGRESSION Final Rejection Recombinetics, Inc.
17995390 METHOD FOR PREPARING ANIMAL TISSUE-DERIVED BIOMATERIAL, ANIMAL TISSUE-DERIVED BIOMATERIAL PREPARED THEREBY, AND 3D PRINTING METHOD USING SAME Final Rejection T&R BIOFAB CO., LTD.
18512026 CELL REPROGRAMMING METHOD USING IMPOSITION OF PHYSICAL STIMULATION-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION Non-Final OA STEMON INC.
18382121 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE EFFECT OF THE OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION BY REDUCING THE MITOCHONDRIAL TEMPERATURE Final Rejection The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University
17922692 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMAL WITH HUMAN OR CHIMERIC CD94 AND/OR NKG2A Final Rejection Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
18447947 RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASES AND ACTIVE FRAGMENTS AND VARIANTS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA LifeEDIT Therapeutics, Inc.
17596781 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT COMPRISING 5' UTR STEM-LOOP FOR IN VITRO AND IN VIVO GENE EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Glycom A/S
18249367 USING ORGANOIDS AND/OR SPHEROIDS TO CULTIVATE MEAT Non-Final OA Orbillion Bio, Inc.
18121340 METHOD OF REPROGRAMMING CELLS Final Rejection ReGen Theranostics, Inc.
17786483 METHOD OF MICROGLIA DIFFERENTIATION CAPABLE OF SECURING LARGE QUANTITY OF MICROGLIA BY USING 3D ORGANOIDS FROM HUMAN PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Final Rejection CORESTEM CO.,LTD.
17964399 MORTAL PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Non-Final OA ACCELERATED BIOSCIENCES CORP.
17790797 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF XENOGENEIC ISLET CELLS AND TREATMENT OF INSULIN-RESISTANT OR -DEFICIENT CONDITIONS WITH THE SAME Final Rejection Hangzhou Qihan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
17747557 MEASLES VIRUS ENCODING A TUMOR ANTIGEN Final Rejection RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG
17731112 METHODS FOR ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSFECTION Non-Final OA Kytopen Corporation
17768300 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING EUKARYOTIC CELLS Non-Final OA Orchard Therapeutics (Europe) Limited
16641290 Non-Human Animal Model of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Non-Final OA The Nippon Dental University
17073580 STABILIZATION OF NON-DENATURED POLYPEPTIDES, NUCLEIC ACIDS, AND EXOSOMES IN A BLOOD SAMPLE AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES Non-Final OA Biomatrica, Inc.

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