Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: COFFA, SERGIO

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654 1658 1675 1676

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.6%
Allow Rate
+0.6% vs TC avg
780
Total Applications
+33.6%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 719 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
32.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17264720 FORMULATIONS FOR IMPROVED STABILITY OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN PARATHYROID HORMONE Final Rejection TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
17848736 STRUCTURE-BASED PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18534086 SYNTHETIC DNA BINDING DOMAIN PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
19329427 CYCLIC CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18644750 CYCLIC CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES WITH ONE OR MORE HYDROPHOBIC RESIDUES Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17778138 PENTAPEPTIDE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
19020677 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMAGING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection Jubilant Draximage Inc.
17675910 PEPTIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RENAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
17946816 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL DISEASE USING GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR (GM-CSF) Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
18903801 REGENERATIVE PEPTIDES AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF Final Rejection Animate Biosciences, Inc.
17996917 LIPID-PEPTIDE FUSION INHIBITORS AS SARS-COV-2 ANTIVIRALS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17828609 Mitochondria-Targeted Polypeptide, Preparation Method thereof, and Use thereof Non-Final OA SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
17698433 SATIATION PEPTIDES FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND ALTERED TASTE SENSITIVITY Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17781438 NEW MULTI-FUNCTIONAL OLIGOPEPTIDES Non-Final OA ENLITISA (SHANGHAI) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17781543 NEW CONJUGATES OF PEPTIDES AND POLYSACCHARIDE Non-Final OA ENLITISA (SHANGHAI) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18008771 DOCK TAG SYSTEM Final Rejection GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18433336 METHODS FOR TREATING MYELIN ASSOCIATED DISEASES AND MITOCHONDRIA ASSOCIATED DISEASES Final Rejection Larimar Therapeutics, Inc.
18262113 USE OF LINK-TSG6 FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN Non-Final OA The University of Manchester
18018518 BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIVIRAL DRUG FOR ENTEROVIRUS, AND APPLICATION Non-Final OA WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17642505 IMAGING AND THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection The University of Melbourne
18031416 LINEAR APELIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS Non-Final OA NXERA PHARMA UK LIMITED
18554737 ENGINEERING PEPTIDES FOR A A VB6 INTEGRIN BINDING AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA Seattle Children's Hospital d/b/a Seattle Children's Research Institute
18285203 CONJUGATED HEPCIDIN MIMETICS Non-Final OA Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
18283376 PEPTIDE AND PEPTIDE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Japan As Represented By The Director-General Of National Institute Of Infectious Diseases
18550536 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PEPTIDE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
17995097 VIPR2 ANTAGONIST PEPTIDE Non-Final OA ICHIMARU PHARCOS CO., LTD
17839323 TOPICAL CYCLOSPORINE FOR TREATING PSORIASIS AND OTHER AILMENTS Non-Final OA Dyve Biosciences, Inc.
17267652 COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR CARE OF THE SKIN, HAIR, NAILS AND/OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES Non-Final OA LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
18039130 BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MATERIAL CONJUGATE HAVING BIOTIN MOIETY, FATTY ACID MOIETY, OR COMBINATION THEREOF COUPLED THERETO Non-Final OA D&D Pharmatech Inc.
18038936 ADHESIVE PEPTIDES Final Rejection Zentraxa Limited

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