Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: CANELLA, KAREN A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1643 1644 1657 1671

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Analysis

Karen A. Canella is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1617. She has 1139 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 62.2%, and the interview lift is 32.8%. This 32.8% lift indicates that interviews are associated with a significant increase in the probability of allowance. Practitioners can use the 32.8% lift to improve their chances of securing a grant in her docket.

The median days to allowance is 1272 for the 1139 resolved cases. This 1272-day figure provides a timeline for applications that reach a grant. The 32.8% interview lift suggests that direct communication is a useful tool for reaching the 62.2% allowance rate. With 1139 cases resolved, these metrics offer a basis for managing expectations regarding both the outcome and the 1272-day duration of prosecution in Art Unit 1617.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

62.2%
Allow Rate
+2.2% vs TC avg
1,184
Total Applications
+32.8%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1139 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
24.3%
§103 Obviousness
33.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18280197 COMBINATION OF A T CELL THERAPY AND A DGK INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18188380 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DOSING IN ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
17788993 INDIVIDUALIZED VACCINES FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION Non-Final OA MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17769917 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT USING NANOPARTICLES CONJUGATED WITH MULTIPLE LIGANDS FOR BINDING RECEPTORS ON NK CELLS Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18345385 Targeted Radiotherapy Chelates for In Situ Immune Modulated Cancer Vaccination Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18297451 TUMOR VACCINATION IN COMBINATION WITH HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18095467 PROTEIN-DRUG CONJUGATES COMPRISING CAMPTOTHECIN ANALOGS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17356497 TUBULYSINS AND PROTEIN-TUBULYSIN CONJUGATES Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17887828 UBIQUITIN LIGASE KPC1 PROMOTES PROCESSING OF P105 NF-KAPPAB1 TO P50, ELICITING STRONG TUMOR SUPPRESSION Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited.
18701217 ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd.
18691672 COMPOSITION COMPRISING PD-L1 ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SUZHOU ALPHAMAB CO., LTD.

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