Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: JOHANSEN, PETER N.

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641 1644 1671

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
At TC average
264
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1177
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 205 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
3.8%
§102 Novelty
52.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§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
17335602 DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS FOR SHRIMP ALLERGY Final Rejection The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18448519 TEST METHOD AND TEST KIT FOR ADULT STILL'S DISEASE Non-Final OA Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
17997298 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ADAMTS13 CHIMERIC AUTOANTIBODY RECEPTOR CELLS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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
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.
18146014 COMBINATION OF AN ANTI-PD-L1 ANTIBODY AND A DNA-PK INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection Pfizer Inc.
17907039 CORONA NUCLEOCAPSID ANTIGEN FOR USE IN ANTIBODY-IMMUNOASSAYS Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, 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.
18376678 METHOD FOR DETECTING DRUG ANTIBODY IN SPECIMEN Non-Final OA Shenzhen Blood Center (Shenzhen Institute of Transfusion Medicine)
18282767 A BISPECIFIC ANTI-PD-L1/VEGF ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA WUXI BIOLOGICS IRELAND LIMITED
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.
17059516 HSP70 PROTEIN LEVELS IN PBMC SAMPLES AS BIOMARKER FOR DISEASE Non-Final OA Zevra Denmark A/S
16589914 Methods of Treating Peripheral T Cell Lymphoma Using Anti-CD30 Antibody Drug Conjugate Therapy Final Rejection SEAGEN 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
16755590 ANTI-CD45-BASED LYMPHODEPLETION METHODS AND USES THEREOF IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACT-BASED CANCER THERAPIES Final Rejection Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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
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 Final Rejection NONO INC.
17490160 METHOD OF DETERMINING PERCENTAGE OF IMMUNE CELL TYPES IN A SALIVA SPECIMEN Non-Final OA Tru Diagnostics, Inc.
17432521 METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MACCE IN PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY Non-Final OA Linkoping University Hospital

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