Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, SANDRA DILLAHUNT

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1646 1674 1699

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.1%
Allow Rate
-3.9% vs TC avg
560
Total Applications
+29.7%
Interview Lift
1278
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 524 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
21.7%
§103 Obviousness
39.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17708660 METHODS FOR TREATING IL-6 MEDIATED INFLAMMATION WITHOUT IMMUNOSUPPRESSION Final Rejection Novo Nordisk A/S
18497169 MULTI-CHAIN CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ImmunityBio, Inc.
18497163 MULTI-CHAIN CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ImmunityBio, Inc.
18628097 METHODS OF TREATING NON-RADIOGRAPHIC AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS USING INTERLEUKIN-17 (IL-17) ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18278085 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CARDIOMYOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
17920942 CD25-TARGETED IL-2 FOR INCREASING CD4 T CELL FORMATION AND TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18246604 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU IMMUNE PROFILING OF HEART TRANSPLANT BIOPSIES Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17563392 COMPOSITIONS, COMPRISING IMPROVED IL-12 GENETIC CONSTRUCTS AND VACCINES, IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18828243 EARLY INTERVENTION METHODS TO PREVENT OR AMELIORATE TOXICITY Final Rejection Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
17426041 CHIMERIC CYTOKINE RECEPTORS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital (dba Seattle Children's Research Institute)
18516006 Therapeutic RNA Non-Final OA BioNTech SE

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