Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SCHUBERG, LAURA J

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1632 1657 1799

This examiner grants 24% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

23.7%
Allow Rate
-41.3% vs TC avg
593
Total Applications
+36.7%
Interview Lift
1621
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 524 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
3.7%
§102 Novelty
68.1%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18509960 METHODS OF TREATMENT USING PLURIPOTENT HUMAN ADIPOSE ADULT STEM CELLS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19264712 UMBILICAL LINING-DERIVED STEM CELLS FOR TREATING IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHY Final Rejection RESTEM Group, Inc.
19181809 MAMMALIAN CELL POPULATION AND MEDICAMENTS FOR CELL THERAPIES IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND IMPROVED CELL CULTIVATION METHODS Non-Final OA SCARCELL Therapeutics
19182163 MAMMALIAN CELL POPULATION AND MENDICAMENTS FOR CELL THERAPIES IN EQUINES AND IMPROVED CELL CULTIVATION METHODS Non-Final OA SCARCELL Therapeutics
18484137 ENGINEERED VASCULAR TISSUE MODELS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
16596495 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING STEM CELL DERIVED LUNG TISSUE, AND RELATED USES THEROF Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
17867135 PATCH GRAFT COMPOSITIONS FOR CELL ENGRAFTMENT Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
16006460 PATCH GRAFT COMPOSITIONS FOR CELL ENGRAFTMENT Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17257923 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IMPROVING TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17352135 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIMICKING A BLOOD VESSEL OF A PATIENT Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
18078924 DODECAFLUOROPENTANE EMULSION AS A STROKE AND ISCHEMIA THERAPY Non-Final OA BioVentures, LLC
17050731 EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT FORMATION AGENT Non-Final OA OSAKA UNIVERSITY
18463211 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ERYTHROMYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS, NK CELLS, AND MEGAKARYOCYTES Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17510981 METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMMUNO-STIMULATORY DENDRITIC CELLS Non-Final OA Yale University
18555332 MEDIA AND METHODS FOR GROWING MAMMARY ORGANOIDS Non-Final OA STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES CANADA INC.
18734900 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF STEM CELLS Final Rejection Christian VAN DEN BOS
17724986 REGENERATIVE BIOACTIVE SUSPENSION DERIVED FROM FRESHLY DISAGGREGATED TISSUE AND METHODS OF USE IN CLINICAL THERAPIES Final Rejection AVITA Medical Americas, LLC
18194781 METHODS FOR ISOLATING AND CULTURING LIVING CELLS USING METHOD OF PERMEABILIZING CELL MEMBRANE Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
17907115 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ALLERGY AND ASTHMA TREATMENT USING FIBROBLASTS Final Rejection FIGENE, LLC
18230278 METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE USING STEM CELLS Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
18605731 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS Non-Final OA SanBio, Inc.
16980268 INDUCTIVE REGENERATION OF THE AIRWAY BY TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTOR MODULATION OF GLANDULAR MYOEPITHELIAL STEM CELLS Non-Final OA University of Iowa Research Foundation
18416698 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PATHOGEN INACTIVATION OF PLATELETS Non-Final OA Cerus Corporation
17775172 Extracellular Matrix Gels, and Organoid Cultures Comprising the Same Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD.
18484426 ISOLATED RENAL CELLS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ProKidney
17675223 ORGANOIDS COMPRISING ISOLATED RENAL CELLS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ProKidney
17906165 METHOD FOR PRODUCING BANKABLE AND SUBCULTURABLE MATURE MICROGLIA Non-Final OA CHA UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17974944 Biomaterial for Articular Cartilage Maintenance and Treatment of Arthritis Final Rejection Rhode Island Hospital
18257244 BIOMARKERS ON CELLULAR ENDOCRINE MODELS FOR ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA YSLAB
15654243 CULTURE MEDIUM FOR EPITHELIAL STEM CELLS AND ORGANOIDS COMPRISING THE STEM CELLS Final Rejection Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

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