Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1648 1671

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.7%
Allow Rate
+10.7% vs TC avg
1061
Total Applications
+30.4%
Interview Lift
1214
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1029 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18166743 MANNOSE CONJUGATED CHITOSAN-BASED INFLUENZA NANOVACCINE FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18312927 LIVE-ATTENUATED FLAVIVIRUSES WITH HETEROLOGOUS ANTIGENS Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
17760180 POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE Non-Final OA University of Washington
18403028 SITE-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG GLYCONJUGATES AND METHODS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18747563 Antibodies to Andes Hantavirus, and Methods for Using Same Final Rejection Universidad De Concepcion
18656948 DNA ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS FOR USE AGAINST MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS Final Rejection INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18393160 HUMAN HERPESVIRUS IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
17763687 IMMUNOASSAY FOR HEPATITIS B VIRUS CORE-RELATED ANTIGEN AND KIT THEREFOR Final Rejection FUJIREBIO INC.
18067358 EFFICIENT VACCINE Non-Final OA VLP Therapeutics Japan, INC.
18149742 DENGUE VACCINE UNIT DOSE AND ADMINISTRATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Takeda Vaccines, Inc.
16974123 Localized activation of virus replicatio boosts herpesvirus-vectored vaccines Non-Final OA HSF Pharmaceuticals SA
17786124 TREATMENT OF HEPATIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS Final Rejection UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III
17666338 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AN ANALYTE, SUCH AS SARS-COV-2, IN A SAMPLE Final Rejection ADL Diagnostics, Inc.
17260041 METHODS FOR GENERATING BROADLY REACTIVE, PAN-EPITOPIC IMMUNOGENS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection University of Georgia Research Foundation
17058565 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA Britt Koskella
16860765 In-Vitro Method and Device for Detecting a Target Nucleic Acid Final Rejection ICHORtec GmbH

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