Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AEDER, SEAN E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1642 1652 1671

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.8%
Allow Rate
-3.2% vs TC avg
1476
Total Applications
+19.5%
Interview Lift
1170
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1395 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.2%
§102 Novelty
25.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17775446 BIPARATOPIC CD73 ANTIBODIES Final Rejection GENZYME CORPORATION
18587839 HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND TUMOR ANTIGENS Non-Final OA Xencor, Inc.
17775233 TARGETING CIRCULAR PCMTD1 IN LEUKEMIAS WITH P53 MUTATIONS AND/OR BCR/ABL FUSIONS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
19328820 Subcutaneous anti-HER2 Antibody Formulations and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17937102 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR CANCER Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18284590 MODULATING PRODUCT QUALITY OF ASYMMETRIC MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES THROUGH THE USE OF TEMPERATURE Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18457729 BISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES TARGETING OX40 AND FAP Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18238153 CONTORSBODY - A SINGLE CHAIN TARGET BINDER Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17763614 COMPOSITE BIOMARKER FOR CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18547644 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
18297979 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18193917 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17608891 METHODS FOR PREDICTING DRUG RESPONSIVENESS IN SAMPLES FROM CANCER SUBJECTS Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18030223 ENHANCEMENT OF ANTI-TUMOR PHAGOCYTOSIS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17905043 COMBINED ANTI-CYTOKINE THERAPY TO REDUCE METASTATIC CANCER Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
16956537 BAFF THERAPY TO PROMOTE ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
16479652 MINI-CANCERS UTILIZATION FOR PERSONALIZED CANCER DRUG REGIMENS Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18256222 Agent for Preventing or Treating Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY
18309697 BIOMARKER FOR HER2-POSITIVE CANCER AND ANTI-HER2 THERAPY AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
17294401 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE CYTOPLASMIC DELIVERY OF ANTIBODIES AND OTHER PROTEINS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17926235 TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH SENSITIVITY TO IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA Non-Final OA ASTRAZENECA AB
17657537 PD-L1 AS A PREDICTIVE MARKER FOR THERAPY IN CANCER Final Rejection PRELUDE CORPORATION
17995089 ANTI-CD33 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17918479 TARGETING ABCB5 IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18010580 BIOMARKER BASED PATIENT SELECTION FOR PROTEASOME INHIBITOR TREATMENT Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18055406 TUMOR-INTRINSIC NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME SIGNALING PATHWAY AS A GENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL BIOMARKER FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESPONSE Non-Final OA Duke University
18122194 METHODS OF TREATING GLIOBLASTOMA Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17666999 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING HIGH-PLASTICITY CELL STATE DRIVING TUMOR PROGRESSION IN LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases
18256556 High-Affinity Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Capsule-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibody Non-Final OA Albert Einstein College of Medicine
18745729 ANTI-NECTIN-4-ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -

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