Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FORD, VANESSA L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645 1646 1674

This examiner grants 40% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.3%
Allow Rate
-19.7% vs TC avg
231
Total Applications
+36.9%
Interview Lift
1824
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 206 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
28.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18186129 CD133 RELATED TO ANTICANCER AGENT RESISTANCE IN COLON CANCER AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
17673034 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND CANCERS Final Rejection Yale University
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
17642507 MEDICINAL PREPARATION FOR TREATING FIBROSIS WITH ANTI BSP ANTIBODIES Final Rejection IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG
17197580 Use of ST266 to Treat Severe Systemic Inflammation and Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome Final Rejection Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
17797496 METHODS OF USING A TGF-beta KNOCKOUT CELL LINE AND COMPOSITIONS RESULTING THEREFROM Final Rejection BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION
18009826 SARS-COV-2 IMMUNODOMINANT PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA AHS Hospital Corp.
18000642 EXOSOMES ISOLATED FROM DERMAL PAPILLA PROGENITOR CELLS, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CELLPARK GLOBAL
17928502 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION IN THE FORM OF AN INJECTABLE AQUEOUS SOLUTION INCLUDING AT LEAST A RAPID ACTING INSULIN ANALOG AND A GLUCAGON SUPPRESSOR WITH PRANDIAL ACTION Non-Final OA ADOCIA
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.

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