Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GODDARD, LAURA B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1642 1645 1671

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.7%
Allow Rate
-9.3% vs TC avg
1320
Total Applications
+14.6%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1254 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
27.8%
§103 Obviousness
24.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19346648 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF PROGRAMMED DEATH RECEPTOR 1 (PD-1) ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18244849 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER AND BIOMARKERS TO DETECT CANCER STEM CELL REPROGRAMMING AND PROGRESSION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18048986 METHODS OF USING ANTI-CD79B IMMUNOCONJUGATES Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17351451 TARGETED INTEGRATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection GENENTECH, INC.
18553042 VACCINE COMPOSITION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18059719 Treatment Of Lung Disease Based Upon Stratification Of Polygenic Score Relating To Response To A Therapeutic Agent Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18359696 METHOD OF TREATING CANCER USING IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR Final Rejection Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
17877195 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH NEOANTIGEN VACCINE Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18448644 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO HUMAN DENATURED CRP, AND MEDICINE AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENT CONTAINING THE SAME Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
17193511 TREATMENT OF BRAIN CANCER WITH ONCOLYTIC ADENOVIRUS Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17535492 METHODS OF TREATING UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
16971992 TISSUE ANALYSIS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
18547748 METHODS FOR TREATING CD83-EXPRESSING CANCER Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
16859252 SHARED NEOANTIGENS Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18022593 Modulatory Substance of Tumor Immune Microenvironment, and Preventive, Diagnostic and/or Therapeutic Utilization of the Same Non-Final OA The University Of Tokyo
17910544 MEDICAMENT FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF CANCER Final Rejection TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
17946094 METHODS FOR DNA-DEPENDENT TARGETING OF A CELL PERMEANT ANTIBODY Non-Final OA The United States GOVERNMENT As represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs
17642566 COMBINATIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA University of South Florida
18837546 STABLE PLINABULIN FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF THEIR PREPARATION AND USE Non-Final OA BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17923189 TRIPLE COMBINATION THERAPY FOR ENHANCING CANCER CELL KILLING IN CANCERS WITH LOW IMMUNOGENICITY Non-Final OA BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18028457 ENGINEERED iPSC AND ARMED IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS Non-Final OA Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
18848994 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC THERAPY Non-Final OA BODHI BIO LLC
17895936 METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF THE PROGRESSION RISK OF TUMORS Non-Final OA Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
18337693 MULTI-SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS FOR CANCER TREATMENT Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17693918 BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS Non-Final OA Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
17394512 BIOMARKERS OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSIVENESS Non-Final OA Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
17817735 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS WITH CD28 MUTATIONS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
18499104 METHODS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Immix Biopharma, Inc
17759222 ENGINEERED IMMUNE CELLS Final Rejection UCL Business Ltd
18553464 ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS

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