Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JOHANSEN, PETER N.

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1644 1671

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.4%
Allow Rate
At TC average
250
Total Applications
+24.6%
Interview Lift
1086
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 202 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
34.2%
§103 Obviousness
27.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17417601 PHAGOCYTISABLE PARTICLE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OR PROPHYLAXIS OF CANCER Final Rejection NEOGAP THERAPEUTICS AB
18282767 A BISPECIFIC ANTI-PD-L1/VEGF ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA WUXI BIOLOGICS IRELAND LIMITED
17310262 METAL CHELATOR COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17691041 PREDICTING RESPONSE TO TREATMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA Final Rejection Washington University
17774720 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR T CELL THERAPY Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
17557887 RSV-BASED VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
17622375 A PEPTIDE-BASED SCREENING METHOD TO IDENTIFY NEOANTIGENS FOR USE WITH TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
16610279 TARGETED CYTOKINE BLOCKADES FOR CAR-T THERAPY Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17335602 DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS FOR SHRIMP ALLERGY Final Rejection The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17907039 CORONA NUCLEOCAPSID ANTIGEN FOR USE IN ANTIBODY-IMMUNOASSAYS Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18146014 COMBINATION OF AN ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODY AND A DNA-PK INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection Pfizer Inc.
17167737 APOPTOTIC CELL-MEDIATED INDUCTION OF ANTIGEN SPECIFIC REGULATORY T-CELLS FOR THE THERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
16755590 ANTI-CD45-BASED LYMPHODEPLETION METHODS AND USES THEREOF IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACT-BASED CANCER THERAPIES Final Rejection Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18620496 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION OF LINEAGE SPECIFIC PROTEINS Non-Final OA VOR BIOPHARMA INC.
18506518 ANTIGEN-BINDING PROTEINS TARGETING MELANOMA DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
18538698 ANTI-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.
16589914 Methods of Treating Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Using Anti-CD30 Antibody Drug Conjugate Therapy Final Rejection SEAGEN INC.
18281094 Method for Detecting Coronavirus Infection Non-Final OA AiSTI SCIENCE Co., Ltd.
18278121 METHOD FOR SCREENING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL PALLIATIVE OF ALLERGY, ATOPY, AND ITCHINESS Non-Final OA SHEBAH BIOTECH INC.
18002800 USES, METHODS AND PRODUCTS RELATING TO OLIGOMERIC LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEINS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
18026063 DOWNREGULATION OF MEMBRANE-BOUND PROTEINS BY RECEPTOR TAC TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA Boan Boston LLC
16615261 PROTEINS BINDING NKG2D, CD16 AND A TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN Non-Final OA Dragonfly Therapeutics, Inc.
18012432 Breast Cancer Vaccine Non-Final OA National Breast Cancer Coalition
18007978 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Synucleinopathies Non-Final OA SOLA BIOSCIENCES LLC
17918863 METHODS FOR TREATING A COMPLEMENT MEDIATED DISORDER CAUSED BY VIRUSES Non-Final OA Regis Peffault De Latour
16604484 GENE THERAPY Final Rejection Fondazione Telethon
17800472 2019-NCOV (SARS-COV-2) VACCINE Non-Final OA VAXBIO LTD
17904038 BIO-THERAPEUTICS FOR DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH MUCOSAL BLEEDING Non-Final OA TENZA, INC.
17791711 PLASMIN-RESISTANT PEPTIDES FOR TREATING STROKE AND RELATED CONDITIONS Non-Final OA NONO INC.
17415484 LUNG CANCER PROTEIN EPITOMIC BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA Biosystems Immunolab Zrt

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