Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TICHY, JENNIFER M.H.

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1653

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
+5.2% vs TC avg
686
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
1082
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 609 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.8%
§102 Novelty
66.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17906279 DESIGNER EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FOR TREATING EXCITOTOXICITY Final Rejection OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
16720840 Methods and Systems for Platelet Cryopreservation Non-Final OA Fenwal, Inc.
17801959 TISSUE CULTURE MEDIA FOR SURVIVAL AND ENGRAFTMENT OF HUMAN PANCREATIC ISLETS Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
16753634 Tissue Engineered "Axon Fusion" for Immediate Recovery Following Axon Transection Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17521410 IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS USING MALDI-TOF-MS ON-PLATE EXTRACTION Non-Final OA BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
17789999 FIBROCARTILAGE PREPARATION METHOD USING TENSILE STIMULATION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
18115402 Wearable Engineered Human Skin and Systems and Methods for Making the Same Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18678139 Food Materials Comprising Filamentous Fungal Particles and Membrane Bioreactor Design Non-Final OA The Fynder Group, Inc.
18671703 Food Materials Comprising Filamentous Fungal Particles and Membrane Bioreactor Design Non-Final OA The Fynder Group, Inc.
17882488 Food Materials Comprising Filamentous Fungal Particles and Membrane Bioreactor Design Final Rejection The Fynder Group, Inc.
17770183 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING RETINAL GANGLION CELL DEVELOPMENT AND PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
18583042 METHYLOBACTERIUM COMPOSITIONS FOR FUNGAL DISEASE CONTROL Final Rejection NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc.
17276267 METHODS OF CONTROLLING ANIMAL PESTS WITH PAENIBACILLUS TERRAE Non-Final OA Bayer CropScience LP
18593295 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCELERATED CELLULAR MODEL FOR EARLY CHANGES IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
17514742 NON-INVASIVE METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY ENRICHING PLURIPOTENT CELLS Non-Final OA MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
18187811 YEAST INHIBITION WITH BACILLUS SUBTILIS VIA IRON DEPLETION Final Rejection Chr. Hansen A/S
18253076 METHODS OF STABLE VITRIFICATION Non-Final OA UPKARA, INC.
16827551 Seed Endophytes Across Cultivars and Species, Associated Compositions, and Methods of Use Thereof Final Rejection Indigo Ag, Inc.
18044092 Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease with Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells Non-Final OA Longeveron, Inc.
17906464 CARDIOSPHERE-DERIVED CELL (CDC) THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection Capricor, Inc.
18081431 AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MICROBIAL CONSORTIA, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Microbes, Inc.
17424985 B CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA Holy Cross Hospital, Inc.
17800932 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE FISH TISSUE PRESERVATION Non-Final OA Finless Foods Inc.
17815435 ENDOPHYTIC MICROBES FOR GROWTH PROMOTION OF CROP PLANTS AND SUPPRESSION OF AGGRESSIVE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, BIOHERBICIDES COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
17851731 VASCULAR STRUCTURE-CONTAINING LARGE-SCALE BIOLOGICAL TISSUE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YANSHAN UNIVERSITY
17781173 NEW USE OF REGEND001 CELL AUTOLOGOUS DELIVERABLE PREPARATION IN TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Final Rejection Regend Therapeutics Co., Ltd.
17767324 CELL SHEET PRODUCTION DEVICE AND CELL SHEET Final Rejection MIZUTA Seisakusho, Inc.
17630862 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS TO REDUCE DISEASE AND ENHANCE WELLNESS Final Rejection Xerxez CALILUNG
17623162 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIA Final Rejection Transformative Technologies
16991925 LABYRINTHULOMYCETE STRAINS FOR PRODUCING DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID Non-Final OA Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

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