Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DICKINSON, PAUL W

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.0%
Allow Rate
+3.0% vs TC avg
1,074
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
1199
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1028 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
62.5%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16458614 Carrier Nanoparticles And Related Compositions, Methods And Systems Final Rejection California Institute Of Technology
17863066 HYBRID NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING MANGANESE OXIDE AND HIGHLY REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE FOR THERANOSTIC APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA King Saud University
17012614 MAGNETIC IMMUNO-PARTICLE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
17302143 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTION OF CELLS AND TISSUES FROM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RADIATION Final Rejection The University of Chicago
17769892 TARGET DELIVERY OF NON-BIOLOGICS THROUGH NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR TISSUE REPAIR Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17739803 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND BIOMATERIALS FOR RADIATION THERAPY Non-Final OA The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18402910 INHIBITORS OF THE IRE-1/XBP-1 PATHWAY AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18349851 FLUORESCENT COMPOUND COMPRISING A FLUOROPHORE CONJUGATED TO A pH-TRIGGERED POLYPEPTIDE Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
17749902 MESOSCALE NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE TARGETING TO THE KIDNEY AND METHODS OF THEIR THERAPEUTIC USE Non-Final OA Research Foundation of the City University of New York
18654606 NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING PEPTIDES INCLUDING AN N-TERMINAL LINKER Non-Final OA Topas Therapeutics GmbH
17440067 PEPTIDE-INDUCED NK CELL ACTIVATION Non-Final OA University of Southampton
18647137 STEM CELL DERIVED PANCREATIC ISLET DIFFERENTIATION Non-Final OA Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
18530122 LIPOSOMAL NANOCARRIER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ACTIVE CD44 MOLECULE,PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Beijing Inno Medicine Co., Ltd.
17610892 SENSORS AND METHODS USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE OF METAL NANOCLUSTERS Non-Final OA Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18270118 IRON OXIDE MAGNETIC PARTICLES Non-Final OA ZTI BIOSCIENCES CO., LTD.
18269585 IRON OXIDE MAGNETIC PARTICLES Non-Final OA ZTI BIOSCIENCES CO.,LTD.
17757786 uPAR-TARGETED PHOTOTHERMAL OPTICAL PROBES FOR PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY Final Rejection RIGSHOSPITALET
18255607 MARKER FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING OR PREDICTING ANGIOGENESIS Non-Final OA NOVAI LTD
17613580 ANTI-GLYPICAN-3 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
17326995 ANTI-VIRUS AGENT AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTION Non-Final OA RECCE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
17791028 COMPANION DIAGNOSIS BIOMARKER COMPOSITION AND COMPANION DIAGNOSIS KIT CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA INNOBATION BIO CO., LTD.
17782940 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ACHIEVING A HEALTHY INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE FOLLOWING COMBINED GLAUCOMA FILTRATION SURGERY AND CATARACT EXTRACTION Non-Final OA QSA Global Inc.
17773485 DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES FOR SUPPORT OF LIPID BILAYERS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF WHEATON COLLEGE
17286946 DUAL-ROUTE ADMINISTRATION OF COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED PROTECTION OF PLANTS AGAINST PATHOGENS Final Rejection GRACE BREEDING LTD.
17296166 MICRO-NANO STRUCTURE FORMED BY SELF-ASSEMBLING ORGANIC SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Qingdao University of Science and Technology
17413517 METHOD OF PRODUCING POLY(ALKYL CYANOACRYLATE) BASED NANO/MICROFIBERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection WIWEX GmbH
17229013 Gold-Based Nanocrystals for Medical Treatments and Electrochemical Manufacturing Processes Therefor Non-Final OA KENSINGTON CLENE 2024 LLC
17253550 MACROCYCLE CONJUGATES Final Rejection LUMIPHORE, INC.
16089758 LIGHT-EMITTING NANOPARTICLES, CELL DETECTION METHOD USING SAME, ANIMAL TREATMENT METHOD, MEDICAL DEVICE, CELL VISUALIZATION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INJURY TO CELL Final Rejection National Institute of Technology

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