Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, ADAM MICHAEL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

%
Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
15
Total Applications
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
25.0%
§102 Novelty
37.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18318305 TREATING OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS USING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES RELEASED BY HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS Non-Final OA THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
18556678 ENGINEERING PROBIOTIC FOR DEGRADING URIC ACID, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
18550548 CONTROL OF MULTI-GENE EXPRESSION USING SYNTHETIC PROMOTERS Non-Final OA ASTRAZENECA AB
18357976 METHODS OF CELL THERAPIES Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18332380 GENERATION OF NEXT GENERATION RECOMBINANT AAV GENE THERAPY VECTORS THAT ADOPT 3D CONFORMATION Non-Final OA WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18353440 CELL-NANOPARTICLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM AND USE OF THE SAME FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF TUMOR CELLS AND DIAGNOSING TUMOR CELLS Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18551038 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR Non-Final OA Pfizer Inc.
18209726 RECOMBINANT PLASMID FOR MANUFACTURING BIO-BASED MATERIALS Non-Final OA NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY
18320106 COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR 3D CULTURE OF ISLET CELLS Non-Final OA CITY OF HOPE
18273631 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMAL WITH HUMAN OR CHIMERIC FCRN Non-Final OA Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
18546519 BIOINK, MOLDED BODY, ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED BODY Non-Final OA SUNARROW LTD.
18262909 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SPINAL CORD INJURIES Non-Final OA ASTERIAS BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.

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