Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CANELLA, KAREN A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1643

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.3%
Allow Rate
+2.3% vs TC avg
1162
Total Applications
+32.9%
Interview Lift
1408
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1110 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
24.4%
§103 Obviousness
27.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18095467 PROTEIN-DRUG CONJUGATES COMPRISING CAMPTOTHECIN ANALOGS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17356497 TUBULYSINS AND PROTEIN-TUBULYSIN CONJUGATES Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17733303 IL-1 Binding Proteins Final Rejection AbbVie Inc.
17769917 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING NANOPARTICLES CONJUGATED WITH MULTIPLE LIGANDS FOR BINDING RECEPTORS ON NK CELLS Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17833235 BIASED IL2 MUTEINS METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Synthekine, Inc.
17887828 UBIQUITIN LIGASE KPC1 PROMOTES PROCESSING OF P105 NF-KAPPAB1 TO P50, ELICITING STRONG TUMOR SUPPRESSION Final Rejection Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited.
17271108 COMBINATION THERAPY Final Rejection MEDIMMUNE LIMITED
18842400 GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PLACENTAL MUCOSALASSOCIATED INVARIANT T (MAIT) CELLS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection PLURI BIOTECH LTD.
18036290 TREATMENT OF MESOTHELIOMA BY ADMINISTRATION OF ANTI-B7-H3 ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE Non-Final OA DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
17799193 HLA CLASS I-RESTRICTED T CELL RECEPTORS AGAINST RAS WITH G12V MUTATION Non-Final OA The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services
17895312 ANTI-PSMA RADIOCONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Janssen Biotech, Inc.
17255949 PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINE EPITOPE SELECTION Final Rejection ModernaTX, Inc.
17434573 CANCER THERAPY USING 3,5-DISUBSTITUTED BENZENE ALKYNYL COMPOUND AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR Final Rejection TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18174015 Genotypic and Phenotypic Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells to Monitor Tumor Evolution in Prostate Cancer Patients Final Rejection THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18548803 LYMPHANGIOGENESIS PROMOTING FACTOR-EXPRESSING FIBROBLAST, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA METCELA INC.
17859861 SUPPRESSION OF UVEITIS BY SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human
18063419 MODIFIED ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Janux Therapeutics, Inc.
18165623 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING EGFR POSITIVE CANCERS Non-Final OA A2 Biotherapeutics, Inc.
18154091 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SCAFFOLDS FOR THE USE AGAINST PANCREATIC CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18154098 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SCAFFOLDS FOR THE USE AGAINST PANCREATIC CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
17615748 ANTIBODY CLEAVAGE SITE BINDING MOLECULE Final Rejection Yamaguchi University
18182165 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CARCINOMA USING TELISOTUZUMMAB VEDOTIN AND OSIMERTINIB Non-Final OA ABBVIE MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT UNLIMITED COMPANY
18180998 PRODRUGGABLE ANTIBODIES, PRODRUGS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE AND MAKING Non-Final OA BRISTOL -MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18178778 PREPARATIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A GD2 POSITIVE CANCER Non-Final OA APEIRON BIOLOGICS GMBH
18175427 ANDROGEN RECEPTOR VARIANT 7 AS A BIOMARKER FOR TREATMENT SELECTION IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER (mCRPC) Final Rejection Epic Sciences, Inc.
17584892 MULTISPECIFIC AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Marengo Therapeutics, Inc.
18001899 CONJUGATES OF A CELL-BINDING MOLECULE WITH CAMPTOTHECIN ANALOGS Non-Final OA HANGZHOU DAC BIOTECH CO., LTD.
17426813 A CONJUGATE OF AN AMANITA TOXIN WITH BRANCHED LINKERS Non-Final OA Hangzhou DAC Biotech Co., Ltd.
17820913 CONDITIONALLY ACTIVE POLYPEPTIDES Non-Final OA BioAtla, Inc.
17985558 Monitoring Cancer Stem Cells Non-Final OA Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.

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