Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, ADAM MICHAEL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
24
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1124
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 2 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
23.3%
§102 Novelty
41.1%
§103 Obviousness
19.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18290257 PRODUCTION OF ENGINEERED T CELLS FROM STEM CELLS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17930810 ADAPTATION OF PLATFORM HOSTS TO IGF- MEDIA Final Rejection Amgen Inc.
18569642 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SPHERICAL PARTICLES AND USES OF SAME Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
18137267 DEFINED MATRIX FOR THE DIFFERENTIATION OF ISLETS Final Rejection Washington University
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
18550548 CONTROL OF MULTI-GENE EXPRESSION USING SYNTHETIC PROMOTERS Final Rejection ASTRAZENECA AB
18332380 GENERATION OF NEXT GENERATION RECOMBINANT AAV GENE THERAPY VECTORS THAT ADOPT 3D CONFORMATION Non-Final OA WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18510652 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL HISTOLOGICAL STAINING Non-Final OA JelloX Biotech Inc.
18551038 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRAL VECTOR Non-Final OA Pfizer Inc.
18311464 PROTECTION FROM OVARIAN FAILURE BY LOW DOSE INTERLEUKIN-2 ADMINISTRATION Non-Final OA CREATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18721342 PRODUCTION OF GENE THERAPY VECTOR IN ENGINEERED BACTERIA Non-Final OA ALDEVRON, LLC
18719518 METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGHLY DIFFERENTIATED KIDNEY ORGANOIDS Non-Final OA RGENORGANO BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18273631 GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-HUMAN ANIMAL WITH HUMAN OR CHIMERIC FCRN Non-Final OA Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
18403061 ORGAN PERFUSION AND PRESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA ASSISTNCE PUBLIQUE- HOPTAUX DE PARIS
18401238 OFF-THE-SHELF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WUHAN OPTICS VALLEY ZHONGYUAN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

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