Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BRANDSEN, BENJAMIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1693

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.5%
Allow Rate
+1.5% vs TC avg
145
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
1252
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
53.4%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18014705 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
19323247 TRANS-CYCLOOCTENE PRODRUG OF MONOMETHYL AURISTATIN E Non-Final OA TAMBO, INC.
17624625 TRANS-CYCLOOCTENE BIOORTHOGONAL AGENTS AND USES IN CANCER AND IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA Tambo, Inc.
18449727 COMPOSITE SOLUTION FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LENTINAN (LNT) TO PLANT, PREPARATION METHOD OF COMPOSITE SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF LNT TO PLANT Non-Final OA China Agricultural University
17904907 COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO PREPARE LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE SUSPENSION CONTAINING MULTIPLE CANCER DRUGS Non-Final OA University of Washington
18001655 THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT USING PROTEIN KINASE C (PKC) INHIBITORS AND CYTOTOXIC AGENTS Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18026009 AUTOPHAGY ACTIVATOR Non-Final OA Resonac Corporation
17250952 BIODEGRADABLE LIPIDS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17772848 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT, AND REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
17772872 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT, AND REVAUDIOSIDE-D-CONTAINING CRYSTALLIZED PRODUCT Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
18229838 SIZE SELECTION PURIFICATION USING A THERMOPLASTIC SILICA NANOMATERIAL Non-Final OA PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
17784474 RAPID PRECIPITATION-DRIVEN KILOBASE SIZE SELECTION OF HMW DNA Final Rejection PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
18284991 CYTOKINE PRODUCTION SUPPRESSING COMPOSITION CONTAINING D-ALLOSE AS ACTIVE COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF TREATING OR PREVENTING DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH CYTOKINE OVERPRODUCTION USING SAME Non-Final OA SETOLAS HOLDINGS, INC.
18560456 APPLICATION OF ALGINATE OLIGOSACCHARIDES Non-Final OA HAITANG (JIANGSU) BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
17791851 NEW IMMUNOSTIMULATORS AND USE THEREOF IN IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
18552139 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TOPIRAMATE FOR TREATING DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Sabina GLOZMAN
18550853 Prevention and Treatment of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Disease Non-Final OA LABRIDA AS
17620612 METHOD FOR ENRICHING NUCLEIC ACIDS BY SIZE Non-Final OA QIAGEN GmbH
18006479 AMINOACIDS FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA ScandiBio Therapeutics AB
18000200 NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPLICATION Non-Final OA NUHIGH BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17785711 CROSS-LYNKED HYALURONIC ACID SYNTHESIS PROCESS Non-Final OA ISTITUTO GANASSINI S.P.A. DI RICERCHE BIOCHIMICHE
17835363 COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES AND THE USE THEREOF Final Rejection GALECTIN SCIENCES, LLC
17769522 CYCLODEXTRIN-BASED GAMMALINOLENIC ACID FORMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN CANCER Non-Final OA SEFACOR INC.
17623554 INHALABLE COMPOSITION COMPROMISING CYCLODEXTRIN FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NASAL INFLAMMATIONS Non-Final OA AQUILON PHARMACEUTICALS SA

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