Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HIBBERT, CATHERINE S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1658

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.3%
Allow Rate
-0.7% vs TC avg
842
Total Applications
+47.7%
Interview Lift
1402
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 803 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
29.2%
§103 Obviousness
32.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18000576 FUNGICIDAL COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17194177 GLP-1R AGONIST AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
19051398 METHOD OF INCREASING THE FUNCTION OF AN AAV VECTOR Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18013479 GLP-1R AGONISTIC PEPTIDES WITH REDUCED ACTIVITY Non-Final OA SANOFI
18564639 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASES, CONTAINING HAPLN1 Non-Final OA CHUNG ANG University industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
18185449 DISCOVERY OF YEATS2 YEATS DOMAIN INHIBITORS AS NOVEL ANTI-CANCER AGENTS Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
17049748 BIOMOLECULE ISOLATION AND INHIBITOR REMOVAL Final Rejection QIAGEN SCIENCES LLC
18276724 METHODS AND THREAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS FOR TREATING IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AND CLUSTER HEADACHES Non-Final OA NBO PHARMA INC.
18297914 ARGININE MODIFICATION AND CONJUGATION METHODS Non-Final OA Encodia, Inc.

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