Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: AEDER, SEAN E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1642 1652 1654 1671

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.9%
Allow Rate
-3.1% vs TC avg
1,492
Total Applications
+19.9%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1423 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.3%
§102 Novelty
26.2%
§103 Obviousness
27.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18359569 LDL RECEPTOR-DIRECTED BISPECIFIC BINDING AGENT-LIGAND FUSIONS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF TARGET PROTEINS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18030223 ENHANCEMENT OF ANTI-TUMOR PHAGOCYTOSIS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18193917 METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18528327 NATURAL KILLER T CELL LIGAND LOADED EXTRACELLULAR NANOVESICLE AND AUTOLOGOUS ANTI-CANCER VACCINE FOR HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18010580 BIOMARKER BASED PATIENT SELECTION FOR PROTEASOME INHIBITOR TREATMENT Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
17753632 TREATMENT OF RMS BY SWITCHING THERAPY Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18547644 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZATION OF ALLOSTERIC PROTEINS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
17294401 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE CYTOPLASMIC DELIVERY OF ANTIBODIES AND OTHER PROTEINS Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18238153 CONTORSBODY - A SINGLE CHAIN TARGET BINDER Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17918479 TARGETING ABCB5 IN GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME Non-Final OA The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18549346 MULTISPECIFIC BINDING AGENTS AGAINST CD40 AND CD137 IN THERAPY Non-Final OA BIONTECH SE
18282664 POLYPEPTIDES FOR COMPLEMENT INHIBITION Non-Final OA Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18029400 EGFR-TARGETING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR Final Rejection BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
18026373 BISPECIFIC RECOMBINANT PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI LYN-CREST ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

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