Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HIBSHMAN, SARAH GRACE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1693

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.9%
Allow Rate
-19.1% vs TC avg
85
Total Applications
+46.4%
Interview Lift
1208
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 44 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.6%
§102 Novelty
42.5%
§103 Obviousness
23.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19198975 COMBINATION THERAPY USING A CD47-SIRP alpha BLOCKING AGENT AND AZACITIDINE Final Rejection Aurigene Oncology Limited
17597405 PREPARATION METHOD FOR SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND KIT FOR PREPARATION OF SAMPLE TO BE ANALYZED Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17768145 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
17654984 ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES AS MOLECULAR DEGRADERS THROUGH CELLULAR RECEPTORS Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
18099749 BIOSYNTHETIC HEPARIN Non-Final OA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
17773028 METHOD FOR PREPARING CHITOSAN SUCCINATE HYDROGEL Final Rejection UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
18065228 REELIN/VEGF-C PRODUCTION/ACTIVATION PROMOTER AND SKIN EXTERNAL COMPOSITION USING THE SAME Non-Final OA AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
17913587 COMPOSITION WHICH IS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING RENAL CELL CANCER AND CONTAINS D-ALLOSE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CANCER USING SAME Final Rejection SETOLAS HOLDINGS, INC.
18422936 Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan Biomaterials as Proteoglycan Mimics Final Rejection Glycologix, Inc.
17774888 Liquid Pharmaceutical Composition of 1-(5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-1-((3-fluorophenyl)sulfonyl)-4-methoxy-1H-pyrrol-3-yl)-N-methylmethanamine Final Rejection Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17617439 TREATMENTS OF HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA Final Rejection KALVISTA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
17616584 ADJUVANTS FOR IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
18333057 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN COMPOUND Final Rejection NexEos Diagnostics, Inc.
18266281 USE OF CLADRIBINE FOR TREATING IMMUNE BRAIN DISEASE Final Rejection CHORD THERAPEUTICS SA
17912799 USE OF ASTRAGALUS MEDICINAL COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING DRUG FOR ENHANCING CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection PHYTOHEALTH CORPORATION
17998485 USE OF COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection GODAVARI BIOREFINERIES LIMITED
18031551 COMPOSITION FOR THE PREVENTION OF INFECTION BY SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA MAGI EUREGIO SCS
17927894 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATION, PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF HAIR LOSS, COMPRISING CATECHIN 7-O-beta-D-APIOFURANOSIDE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Final Rejection ANPOLY INC.
17887129 COMPOSITION OF HYALURONIC ACID AND USE ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH RETINOIDS TO IMPROVE SKIN Final Rejection RoC OPCO LLC
17793635 METHOD AND KIT FOR DNA ISOLATION Final Rejection GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
17787131 SYNTHESIS OF LACTONE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN THE MODIFICATION OF PROTEINS Non-Final OA GENIE BIOTECH UK LTD.
17614407 A MEDICAMENT FOR TREATING MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY COMBINING A CYTOCHROME bc1 INHIBITOR WITH CLARITHROMYCIN OR AZITHROMYCIN AND CLOFAZIMINE Final Rejection HSIRI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17435165 3'3'-CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDES AND PRODRUGS THEREOF Final Rejection INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ASCR, V.V.I.
17269860 PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE SODIUM PREPARATION Final Rejection ReqMed Company, LTD.

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