Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: AEDER, SEAN E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1642 1652 1671

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.9%
Allow Rate
-3.1% vs TC avg
1,483
Total Applications
+19.6%
Interview Lift
1117
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1406 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.5%
§102 Novelty
31.9%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17775446 BIPARATOPIC CD73 ANTIBODIES Final Rejection GENZYME CORPORATION
18042441 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER BY ADMINISTERING A PD-1 INHIBITOR Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18457729 BISPECIFIC ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES TARGETING OX40 AND FAP Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18238153 CONTORSBODY - A SINGLE CHAIN TARGET BINDER Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
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
18463743 TIM-3 ANTAGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCERS Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
17763614 COMPOSITE BIOMARKER FOR CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18122194 METHODS OF TREATING GLIOBLASTOMA Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
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
18547644 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
18718387 FULLY CANINE ANTI-CANINE PD-1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17657537 PD-L1 AS A PREDICTIVE MARKER FOR THERAPY IN CANCER Final Rejection PRELUDE CORPORATION
18247877 TREATMENT OF NSCLC PATIENTS WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTE THERAPIES Non-Final OA Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.
17918479 TARGETING ABCB5 IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18055406 TUMOR-INTRINSIC NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME SIGNALING PATHWAY AS A GENETIC AND FUNCTIONAL BIOMARKER FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESPONSE Non-Final OA Duke University
17926235 TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH SENSITIVITY TO IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED OR METASTATIC UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA Non-Final OA ASTRAZENECA AB
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
18745729 ANTI-NECTIN-4-ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -
18263860 TARGETED PROTEIN DEGRADATION SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ST PHI THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD.
18256556 High-Affinity Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Capsule-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibody Non-Final OA Albert Einstein College of Medicine
17296506 METHODS FOR TREATING DYSREGULATED LIPID METABOLISM Non-Final OA DENALI THERAPEUTICS INC.
18032101 CORONA VIRUS-SPECIFIC T CELL RECEPTOR FUSION CONSTRUCTS, VECTORS ENCODING THE SAME, T CELLS COMPRISING THE SAME AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG
18587839 HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND TUMOR ANTIGENS Non-Final OA Xencor, Inc.
17673686 MUTANT CALRETICULIN FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYELOID MALIGNANCIES Non-Final OA CEMM - Forschungszentrum für Molekulare Medizin GmbH
17921543 TREATMENT OF HER2 NEGATIVE, MAMMAPRINT HIGH RISK 2 BREAST CANCER Final Rejection Agendia N.V.
18025208 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY AGAINST CD3 AND CD20 IN COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA Final Rejection GENMAB A/S
18365369 Method for Determining Prognosis of Cancer Non-Final OA Queen Mary University of London
18355853 METHOD FOR SCREENING A SUBJECT FOR CANCER Non-Final OA INSTITUT RÉGIONAL DU CANCER DE MONTPELLIER

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