Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WILSON, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1632 1638

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.4%
Allow Rate
-18.6% vs TC avg
1,005
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
1348
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 934 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
29.5%
§103 Obviousness
39.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17910776 METHODS FOR GENERATING ENGINEERED MEMORY-LIKE NK CELLS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18437160 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MSC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17351113 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DANON DISEASE AND OTHER DISORDERS OF AUTOPHAGY Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17640585 DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRYONIC-LIKE TISSUE FROM STEM CELLS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
18899268 Multiplexed Genome Editing Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18089267 HUMANIZED RODENTS FOR TESTING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17676338 NON-HUMAN ANIMALS HAVING AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN VARIABLE REGION THAT INCLUDES AN ENGINEERED DIVERSITY CLUSTER AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17113485 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICE THAT EXPRESS HUMANIZED IgG1 LACKING A CH1 DOMAIN AND HUMANIZED UNIVERSAL LIGHT CHAIN Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18838519 Cerebrovascular-Tumor-On-A-Chip Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17910992 NK CELLS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF MICROBIAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
16624081 A METHOD OF TREATING EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA USING MUSE CELLS Final Rejection TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18619199 METHOD FOR INDUCING DEDIFFERENTIATION OF ADIPOCYTES Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18033442 MOUSE MODEL FOR BIO-IMAGING OF INFLAMMATORY SIGNALS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18727953 COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN TREATMENT OF METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18052113 TRANSGENIC RABBIT WITH COMMON LIGHT CHAIN Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17264752 GENE THERAPY METHODS TO CONTROL ORGAN FUNCTION Non-Final OA Cornell University
17345773 Methods for Cardiac Fibroblast Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18737201 SELF-INACTIVATING LENTIVIRAL VECTOR ENCODING BETA- OR GAMMA-GLOBIN Non-Final OA Children's Hospital Medical Center
18197151 GENETICALLY EDITED ALBINO-RED GERMLINES OF TILAPIA FISH Non-Final OA The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization
18609867 TRANSGENIC MOUSE EXPRESSING HUMAN CEREBLON Non-Final OA CELGENE CORPORATION
17825784 TOOLS AND METHODS FOR USING CELL DIVISION LOCI TO CONTROL PROLIFERATION OF CELLS Non-Final OA Sinai Health System
15556146 TOOLS AND METHODS FOR USING CELL DIVISION LOCI TO CONTROL PROLIFERATION OF CELLS Final Rejection Sinai Health System
18019999 SINGLE GENERATION TARGETED GENE INTEGRATION Non-Final OA The Jackson Laboratory
17378954 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING LUNG CANCER, PARTICULARLY OF NON-SMALL LUNG CANCERS (NSCLC) Non-Final OA CureVac AG

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