Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ZHU, JIANJIAN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1632 1635 1699

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.0%
Allow Rate
+1.0% vs TC avg
160
Total Applications
+83.7%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 82 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
38.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18026474 CELL SUPPORT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, CELL CULTURE METHOD AND CELL STRUCTURE Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18416749 METHODS FOR SCREENING GENETIC PERTURBATIONS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17549028 PHYSIOLOGIC GROWTH OF CULTURED INTESTINAL TISSUE Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
18696014 TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA VIA CRISPR/AAV6 GENOME EDITING Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17168988 ARRDC1-MEDIATED MICROVESICLES (ARMMS) AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19353269 SELECTIVE TARGETING OF HOST CD70+ ALLOREACTIVE CELLS TO PROLONG ALLOGENEIC CAR T CELL PERSISTENCE Non-Final OA Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
17841041 SELECTIVE TARGETING OF HOST CD70+ ALLOREACTIVE CELLS TO PROLONG ALLOGENEIC CAR T CELL PERSISTENCE Final Rejection Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
16968941 DECELLULARIZED TISSUES, HYDROGELS THEREOF, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18035277 CELLS EXPRESSING A CHIMERIC RECEPTOR FROM A MODIFIED INVARIANT CD3 IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY CHAIN LOCUS AND RELATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18941862 BIOACTIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT SUPRAMOLECULAR POLYMER HYDROGELS FOR NEURAL CELL CULTURE Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18929526 COST EFFECTIVE CULTURE MEDIA AND PROTOCOL FOR HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17757503 T-CELL DEATH ASSOCIATED GENE 8 (TDAG8) MODULATION TO ENHANCE CELLULAR CANCER THERAPIES Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
16960445 3D in vitro Models of Lung Tissue Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
17770585 ENGINEERED NATURAL KILLER CELLS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AND AUTOPHAGY INHIBITON TECHNIQUES Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
17669904 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIOMYOPATHY Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17786255 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR DENDRITIC CELLS (CAR-DCS) AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Final Rejection Washington University
17495597 MULTICELL CONJUGATES FOR ACTIVATING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RESPONSES Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17778611 T-CELL MASTER CELL BANK Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18036909 MICROFLUIDIC-BASED BLADDER CANCER MIMIC AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18807699 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONAL EXECUTION OF AUTOMATIC CELL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Cellares Corporation
17773103 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MÜLLER CELLS AND CELL PRODUCT Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD
16968315 BIOPROCESSING METHODS FOR CELL THERAPY Final Rejection Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
17258820 MYOCARDIAL ORGANOIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17908857 UP-SCALED PRODUCTION OF MICROGLIA-LIKE/-PRECURSOR CELLS AND MACROPHAGE CELLS USING MESH MACROCARRIERS Non-Final OA RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN

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