Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BELL, SARA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1625

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.5%
Allow Rate
+14.5% vs TC avg
90
Total Applications
+46.2%
Interview Lift
1378
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
22.0%
§103 Obviousness
28.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18303910 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER USING (TRI-TERT-BUTYLPHOSPHANE)GOLD(I) THIONE COMPLEXES Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18323240 PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17999799 BELVARAFENIB FOR USE IN CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18567873 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12D MUTANT Non-Final OA DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17553612 USE OF AN RXR AGONIST IN TREATING HER2+ CANCERS Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18286185 TREATMENT METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PERAMPANEL Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17997006 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING DENDRIMERS AND THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
17827041 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEMORRHAGIC STROKE Final Rejection UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
18027785 TRIAZINE COMPOUND, MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, ELECTRON TRANSPORT MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE Non-Final OA TOSOH CORPORATION
17920645 GPER PROTEOLYTIC TARGETING CHIMERAS Final Rejection University of Iowa Research Foundation
17800084 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Exelixis, Inc.
17765110 USE OF VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE IN TREATMENT OF DOWN'S SYNDROME Final Rejection XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
18294129 METHOD OF TREATING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER Non-Final OA Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
17718052 TARGETED TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH DYSREGULATED FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR SIGNALING Non-Final OA Pharmacosmos Holding A/S
18577383 USE OF CHLOROGENIC ACID IN PREPARATION OF MEDICINE FOR TREATING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR Non-Final OA SICHUAN JIUZHANG BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18548622 Methods of Treatment with Selective CB2 Receptor Agonists Non-Final OA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18266102 Eyedrops for Inhibiting Myopia Progression in Children and Screening Method for Inhibitor of Myopia Progression in Children Non-Final OA Tsubota Laboratory, Inc.
17792192 CRYSTAL OF PDE3/PDE4 DUAL INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
18192313 MODULATORS OF MAS-RELATED G-PROTEIN RECEPTOR X2 AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18001064 INHIBITORS OF NEK7 KINASE Final Rejection Halia Therapeutics, Inc.
18366187 HETEROCYCLIC AMIDE AND UREA COMPOUNDS AS JAK2 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Ajax Therapeutics, Inc.
18270624 RAD51 BINDING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Sarissa Inc.
17598665 PLK1 INHIBITORS AND PSA LEVELS IN PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA Cardiff Oncology, Inc.
17917734 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SPLICING Final Rejection REMIX THERAPEUTICS INC.
18248857 HETEROCYCLIC GLP-1 AGONISTS Non-Final OA Gasherbrum Bio, Inc.
18246931 FORMULATIONS COMPRISING BOTANICAL EXTRACTS Non-Final OA APEX BIOTECH RESEARCH PTY LTD
18019885 PROTEIN SECRETION INHIBITORS Non-Final OA KEZAR LIFE SCIENCES
18008332 NOVEL SMALL MOLECULES FOR TARGETED DEGRADATION OF UNTARGETABLE KRAS IN CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Pillai Universal LLC
17920139 APPLICATION OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST TWO SULFUR ATOMS IN PREPARING NANO-VACCINE AND PREPARED NANO-VACCINE Non-Final OA SUZHOU WEAST BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17270652 PHENOXY(HETERO)ARYL ETHERS OF ANTIPROLIFERACTIVE ACTIVITY Final Rejection XENIOPRO GmbH

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