Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FORD, VANESSA L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645 1646 1674

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.1%
Allow Rate
-19.9% vs TC avg
259
Total Applications
+38.3%
Interview Lift
1502
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 212 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
19.5%
§102 Novelty
43.5%
§103 Obviousness
20.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18405772 HIGH CONCENTRATION SOLUTION ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ANTI-IL-23p19 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
17938846 METHODS OF TREATING NEW-ONSET PLAQUE TYPE PSORIASIS USING IL-17 ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
19187615 BIOMARKER-BASED TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR IL-17-DEPENDENT CONDITIONS Final Rejection MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS AG
19095314 IL10RB BINDING MOLECULES AND ENCODING NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA Synthekine, Inc.
17679675 AMINO ACID SEQUENCES DIRECTED AGAINST IL-17A, IL-17F AND/OR IL-17A/F AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
17743864 Treatment of Genital Psoriasis Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
16643377 Methods for Treating TNFa-Related Diseases Final Rejection Celltrion Inc.
18166878 Safe and Effective Method of Treating Psoriatic Arthritis with Anti-IL23 Specific Antibody Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
18045597 Methods of Treatment Using Anti-IL-17A/F Antibodies Non-Final OA UCB BIOPHARMA SRL
16943947 Methods for Monitoring Polymorphonuclear Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells and Compositions and Methods of Treatment of Cancer Final Rejection The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
17794245 METHODS FOR DOSING AND TREATMENT OF FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA AND MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA IN ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY Final Rejection Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18270706 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF STEROID-RESISTANT OR GUT GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE (GVHD) Non-Final OA CIY OF HOPE
17197580 Use of ST266 to Treat Severe Systemic Inflammation and Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Final Rejection Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
17406847 MODIFIED IL-18 POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Bright Peak Therapeutics AG
18009826 SARS-COV-2 IMMUNODOMINANT PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA AHS Hospital Corp.
17995895 Compositions and Methods of Treating a Coronavirus Infection By Use of an Interferon Fusion Protein Final Rejection East Carolina University
17939634 METHODS OF REVERSING CACHEXIA AND PROLONGING SURVIVAL COMPRISING ADMINISTERING A GDF15 MODULATOR AND AN ANTI-CANCER AGENT Final Rejection AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17045363 SYNTHETIC SIGNALING CONSTRUCTS AND ITS USE Non-Final OA HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITÄT DÜSSELDORF

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