Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ARMATO JR, DENNIS IGNATIUS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.1%
Allow Rate
-2.9% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+66.7%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
34.2%
§103 Obviousness
29.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18558026 CELL POTENCY ASSAYS, PLATFORMS, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
18022004 MODIFIED SERINE PROTEASE PROPROTEINS Final Rejection The University of Chicago
18561123 METHODS OF PRODUCTING HMO BLEND PROFILES WITH LNFP-1 AND 2'-FL AS THE PREDOMINANT COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
18252865 ENGINEERED CHIMERIC ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AGAINST GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17283007 REPORTER CONSTRUCTS FOR NANOPORE-BASED DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
18250913 APPLICATION OF PREVOTELLA STERCOREA STRAIN FOR CANCER PREVENTION OR TREATMENT Non-Final OA NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
18400179 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TARGET CHEMICAL Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18021847 COMBINATION THERAPY COMPRISING HER-2-DC1 VACCINE, A PROBIOTIC, AND SEMAPHORIN Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17782279 ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
18275331 BILE SALTS BACTOSENSOR AND USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSITC AND THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
18697727 NOVEL PROBIOTICS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NVP HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
17756096 INTENSIFIED VIRUS FILTRATION USING DIAFILTRATION BUFFER Final Rejection EMD Millipore Corporation
18291310 NUCLEOTIDE PROBIOTIC CAPSULE FOR DELAYING AGING Non-Final OA Yusong CHEN
18033492 ENHANCED HYT-INDUCED PROTEIN DEGRADATION USING LIPID NANOPARTICLE DELIVERY Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
18575412 Compositions For and Methods of Promoting Respiratory Health Non-Final OA Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
17775101 SYNTHETIC ALPHA-SECRETASE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
18285548 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Vedanta Biosciences, Inc.
18283313 Perioperative Innate Immune Priming in Cancer Therapy Non-Final OA Qu Biologics Inc.
18037632 POLYPEPTIDES FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA CC BIOTECH LTD.
17909840 DETECTION OF KLOTHO Final Rejection SALION GMBH
18135668 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BICARBONATE AND MINERALS Non-Final OA ANDES AG, INC.
17834584 Bacterial Biomarker Non-Final OA Microbiotica Limited
18010130 A COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AND VAGINAL INFECTION IN WOMEN Final Rejection Kira HALAK
17906268 NEW STRATEGY TO TREAT AND PREVENT DISEASES CAUSED BY ENTEROBACTERIAE Non-Final OA Université de Rennes 1

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