Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BERHANE, SELAM

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1649 1675

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.3%
Allow Rate
+1.3% vs TC avg
132
Total Applications
+55.5%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 75 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17843812 ANTI-TGF-BETA ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS AND THEIR USE Non-Final OA Genzyme Corporation
17771353 CRIZANLIZUMAB CONTAINING ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS Final Rejection NOVARTIS AG
17609261 ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF TIDM AND INSULITIS Final Rejection NOVARTIS AG
17512751 Anti-IL-6 Antibody Formulation Non-Final OA Novo Nordisk A/S
17775520 DOSING REGIMEN FOR ANTI-DLL3 AGENTS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
17759792 PH-SENSITIVE FC VARIANTS Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18043562 LAG-3 ANTAGONIST THERAPY FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
17629161 ANTIBODY AGAINST THE OPRF PROTEIN OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, USE THEREOF AS A MEDICAMENT AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME Final Rejection CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
17635111 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR TREATING MYELOID MALIGNANCIES Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
17755604 ANTI IL-33 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR TREATING RENAL DISORDERS Final Rejection MedImmune Limited
18173680 Compositions and Methods for Killing PD-1 Positive Cells Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18141116 LYM-1 AND LYM-2 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND IMPROVED CAR CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18328410 TREATMENTS FOR HERMANSKY-PUDLAK SYNDROME Non-Final OA Acceleron Pharma Inc.
17616941 TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELL RESPONSES Final Rejection Oregon Health & Science University
17798025 ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AGAINST ALPPL2 AND/OR ALPP AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Agency for Science, Technology and Research
18060129 Method for Treating CD127-Positive Cancers by Administering an Anti-CD127 Agent Final Rejection OSE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS
18020656 ONE-ARMED ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17257745 LUCIFERASE VARIANT Final Rejection Kikkoman Corporation
18011807 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION OF ANTI-C5 ANTIBODIES FOR TREATING PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA (PNH) IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS Non-Final OA Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17788330 ANTI-CTLA-4 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd.
17259800 METHODS OF USING PHARMACOLOGIC INHIBITORS OF TYPE 2 CYTOKINE SIGNALING TO TREAT OR PREVENT PANCREATIC CANCER Final Rejection Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
17906660 HIGH CONCENTRATION ANTI-Abeta PROTOFIBRIL ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
18246516 NOVEL ANTI-CLAUDIN18 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA ELPISCIENCE BIOPHARMA, LTD.
17596183 Anti-CEACAM5 monoclonal antibody and preparation method thereof and use thereof Non-Final OA BIOTHEUS INC.
17796418 ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR (TFR) ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
17861176 ANTIBODY CONJUGATES AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA Bright Peak Therapeutics AG
18002010 CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE ANTI-CD46 ANTIBODIES, ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS, THEIR IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOATLA, INC.
18000533 AGONIST ANTI-CD40 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Selvax Pty Ltd
17916067 TUMOR ANTIGENS FOR LIVER CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection ISTITUTO NAZIONALE TUMORI IRCCS - FONDAZIONE G. PASCALE
17912091 BIOMARKER PANELS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RISK STRATIFICATION OF A SUBJECT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Non-Final OA URVOGELBIO PRIVATE LIMITED

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