Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOWARD, ZACHARY C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1646 1674

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.7%
Allow Rate
+3.7% vs TC avg
986
Total Applications
+38.3%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 940 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
21.9%
§102 Novelty
17.6%
§103 Obviousness
37.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18251913 ANTIBODY Fc VARIANTS Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18015444 METHODS FOR TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Final Rejection Novo Nordisk A/S
18680910 ANTI-NPR1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17687051 METHODS FOR TREATING ATOPIC DERMATITIS BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R INHIBITOR Non-Final OA REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18042553 Method of Treating an Autoimmune Disease with Antagonistic CD40 Monoclonal Antibodies Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18011884 TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18581446 NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING HUMANIZED ANTI-PACAP ANTIBODIES Final Rejection H. LUNDBECK A/S
18027021 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS TARGETING NON-PHOSPHORYLATED a-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES Non-Final OA Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
18638633 STABLE LIQUID FORMULA Non-Final OA CELLTRION INC.
17992369 Method of Treating Ulcerative Colitis with Anti-IL23 Specific Antibody Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
17524516 Methods of Treating Multiple Myeloma with an Anti-CD38 Antibody, Bortezomib, Melphalan and Prednisone Final Rejection Janssen Biotech, Inc.
18296296 ENGINEERED CD200R ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Gilead Sciences, Inc.
17594730 ENHANCEMENT OF FIBROBLAST THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY BY T CELL MODULATION Non-Final OA Figene, LLC
18156984 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT BY INHIBITION OF FBXO44 Final Rejection Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
18030733 NOTCH4 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Children's Medical Center Corporation
18613481 METHODS OF TREATING AN IL-5 MEDIATED DISEASE BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-5 BINDING PROTEIN Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
17768053 AN ANTIBODY, A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND A METHOD Final Rejection Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17819465 AGENT FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF POSTISCHEMIC TISSUE INJURY Final Rejection Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
17971477 BAG3 METHODS AND USES FOR TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION Non-Final OA Loyola University of Chicago
18034167 BCMA-TARGETING SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BIOHENG THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
18343087 PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL STROKE Non-Final OA PHARMAZZ, INC.
17924496 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TTR AMYLOIDOSIS Non-Final OA Neurimmune AG
18033479 COMBINATION OF BIOMARKERS OF PRETERM DELIVERY Non-Final OA ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS
18265223 ANTI-HUMAN B7-H3 ANTIBODY AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA MABWELL (SHANGHAI) BIOSCIENCE CO., LTD.
18002229 Method for determining potency of chimeric antigen receptor expressing immune cells Non-Final OA CELLECTIS S.A.
18010888 ACTRII-ALK4 ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS OF TREATING HEART FAILURE Non-Final OA Acceleron Pharma Inc.
18245533 ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN VACCINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SYNUCLEINOPATHIES Non-Final OA PROTHENA BIOSCIENCES LIMITED
18026185 METHOD OF TREATING AMYLOIDOSIS Non-Final OA Caelum Biosciences, Inc.
18024738 THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Non-Final OA Implicit Bioscience Limited
17818885 HUMANIZED ANTI-C1S ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Bioverativ USA Inc.

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