Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HELLMAN, KRISTINA M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654 1675

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.1%
Allow Rate
+6.1% vs TC avg
739
Total Applications
+54.1%
Interview Lift
967
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 690 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.3%
§102 Novelty
25.0%
§103 Obviousness
33.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18021369 CO-STIMULATORY 4-1BBL ECTODOMAIN POLYPEPTIDES FOR IMMUNOMODULATION Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
19345133 LEUPROLIDE ACETATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME TO TREAT BREAST CANCER Non-Final OA Tolmar International Limited
17639014 STAPLED BETA-CATENIN LIGANDS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17638600 HEMOGLOBIN-BASED NANOPARTICLES FOR OXYGEN DELIVERY Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17612915 IMMUNOMODULATORS Final Rejection Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18020908 N-ACYL AMINO ACID PRODUCTS AND USES Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17794128 GIP/GLP1 CO-AGONIST COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
17794338 MODULATING LYMPHATIC VESSELS IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18359728 PREPARATION AND/OR FORMULATION OF PROTEINS CROSS-LINKED WITH POLYSACCHARIDES Non-Final OA Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited
18203348 IMMUNOMODULATOR ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Sutro Biopharma, Inc.
17924651 PRESERVATIVE FREE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR OPHTHALMIC ADMINISTRATION CONTAINING CYCLOSPORINE Non-Final OA PHARMATHEN S.A.
17778008 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING IMMUNE FITNESS Final Rejection N.V. Nutricia
18591891 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING HAIR GROWTH Non-Final OA Elise A. Olsen
18471413 COMPOSITIONS OF EXENDIN-4 DERIVATIVES Final Rejection AMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC
17766137 COMPOSITION COMPRISING GLUCAGON AND GLP-1 AND GIP RECEPTOR DUAL AGONIST AND THERAPEUTIC USE OF SAME Final Rejection HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
18519014 FUSION PEPTIDES OR PROTEINS, THEIR USE, AND SYSTEMS AND KITS BASED THEREUPON, FOR THE SEPARATION AND/OR DETECTION OF PLASTICS, PARTICULARLY OF MICROPLASTICS Final Rejection DWI-Leibniz-Institut Fur Interaktive Materialien E.V.
17908524 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA PHARMA MAR, S.A.
18555199 TREATMENT OF CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
16973782 PEPTIDIC PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
17791395 ZINC FINGER PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS FOR REPRESSING TAU EXPRESSION Non-Final OA Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.
17635594 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS UTILIZING A NOVEL HUMAN FOXO3 ISOFORM Final Rejection New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, Maintaining the Hospital for Special
17784029 SINGLE-ARM ACTRIIA AND ACTRIIB HETEROMULTIMERS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA Acceleron Pharma Inc.
16763409 COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF TREATMENT FOR DRY A.M.D. (AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION) Non-Final OA EYE CO PTY LTD
18246699 Application of Lactoferrin in Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Non-Final OA Hainan Xingzheng Nutrition Engineering Co., Ltd
17875117 STABLE PEPTIDE FORMULATIONS FOR ORAL USE Final Rejection Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
18000358 DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA EMERGEX VACCINES HOLDING LIMITED
17923936 Polypeptide Derivative Having Dual Receptor Agonistic Action and Use Thereof Non-Final OA TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
17922269 TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF A DISEASE OR A SYNDROME RELATED TO A VIRUS INFECTION Final Rejection Ageronix SA
17918932 USING C1 ESTERASE INHIBITOR TO TREAT VIRAL INFECTION-RELATED ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS Non-Final OA Pharming Intellectual Property B.V.
17909730 CYCLIC PEPTIDES FROM THE C-TERMINUS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE FOR TREATMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS AND FOR COSMETICAL USE Non-Final OA NEURO-BIO LTD

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