Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: JONES, DAMERON LEVEST

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 1618 3991

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.7%
Allow Rate
+7.7% vs TC avg
1,116
Total Applications
+31.5%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1073 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
37.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17630286 CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE FUNCTIONALIZED PERFLUOROCARBON NANOEMULSION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING CELL POPULATIONS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17844456 CYCLIC PEPTIDES AS PROTEIN TARGETING AGENTS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17770464 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED SMARCB1 AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
17730130 REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR LABELING MOLECULES WITH ASTATINE ISOTOPES IN HIGHER OXIDATION STATES Non-Final OA University of Washington
18041470 TEXAPHYRIN DERIVATIVES FOR MANGANESE CHEMOTHERAPY, PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING, AND PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17782147 COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17663133 LUNG TARGETED ANTICANCER THERAPIES WITH LIPOSOMAL ANNAMYCIN Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18036579 PROBES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE PH SENSING Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18676138 PRE-TARGETING STRATEGIES FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING AND/OR RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17782908 INFLAMMATION-RESPONSIVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY HYDROGELS Non-Final OA Nanyang Technological University
17628497 PARTICLE-BASED METHOD FOR DEFINING A GUT MICROBIOTA IN HUMANS OR OTHER ANIMAL SPECIES Non-Final OA Washington University
18773055 Radiolabeled GRPR-Antagonists for Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment of GRPR-Positive Cancer Non-Final OA Advanced Accelerator Applications International SA
18350268 TOPICAL APPLICATION OF NERVE LABELING DYES FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY Non-Final OA EDISON INNOVATION, LLC
17604708 NOVEL RADIOLABELLED CXCR4-TARGETING COMPOUNDS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
18689166 ATHEROSCLEROSIS-TARGETED LIPOSOME NANOCARRIER DELIVERY SYSTEM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Beijing Inno Medicine Co., Ltd.
17633610 USE OF FLUOROPHORE COMPOUNDS OF THE AZA- BODIPY TYPE AS CONTRAST AGENTS IN THE SHORT WAVE INFRARED REGION Non-Final OA INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
17627805 ANTI-INFECTION EFFECTS OF HNRNPA2B1 AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
18041532 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TUMOR DETECTION AND SURGICAL GUIDANCE Non-Final OA Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc.
17786768 ANTI-HER2 POLYPEPTIDES DERIVATIVES AS NEW DIAGNOSTIC MOLECULAR PROBES Non-Final OA BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.
17789398 RADIOLABELED PEPTIDES FOR NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CXCR4 EXPRESSING TUMORS Non-Final OA ISTITUTO NAZIONALE TUMORI IRCCS - FONDAZIONE G. PASCALE
17908262 NON-ANTIBODY BINDING PEPTIDES AND THEIR ANALOGS DUAL-TARGETING TO PD-1 AND PD-L1, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Guangzhou Yidai Pharmaceutical Co., LTD.
17843796 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS COMPRISING AN INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE LOWERING AGENT, A NEUROTROPHIC AGENT, A C-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, A NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR-B, AN APOPTOSIS SIGNALING FRAGMENT INHIBITOR OR A FAS-LIGAND INHIBITOR FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA OR OCULAR HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA Cella Therapeutics, LLC
17767956 FIBRIN-BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR IMAGING AND TREATMENT Final Rejection Lumina Pharmaceuticals Inc.
17579909 Method of Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors That Over-Express Somatostatatin Receptors Non-Final OA ADVANCED ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS
17618850 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection EDINBURGH MOLECULAR IMAGING LIMITED

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