Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KOMATSU, LI N

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654 1658 1676

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.9%
Allow Rate
At TC average
710
Total Applications
+70.4%
Interview Lift
966
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 663 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.6%
§102 Novelty
30.7%
§103 Obviousness
24.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17754712 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIBERIBACTER DISEASES AND OTHER BACTERIAL DISEASES Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17184400 FRACTURE TARGETED BONE REGENERATION THROUGH PARATHYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATION Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18762553 SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS: SERP-1 AND SERP-1 RCL-DERIVED PEPTIDES EFFECT ON MICROBIOME COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
17599211 USE OF CYCLO(HIS-PRO) (CHP) FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING FIBROSIS Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18101233 MEANS AND METHODS FOR TREATING COPPER-RELATED DISEASES Non-Final OA IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
17917790 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING LUNG DISEASE Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
17662312 MODIFIED FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18131524 COLLAGEN HYDROLYSATE AS AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FOR DELAYING AGEING Non-Final OA GELITA AG
17271978 USE OF A PDE11 OR PDE2 INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
18038588 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INHIBITING THE BINDING OF PLASMA IGG AUTOANTIBODIES TO SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR Non-Final OA UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
17610182 Peptides for use in therapy or prophylaxis of Herpesviridae-infections Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
18742358 USES OF BREMELANOTIDE IN THERAPY FOR FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION Non-Final OA COSETTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17632956 PROCESSES OF PREPARING POLYGLUTAMATED ANTIFOLATES AND USES OF THEIR COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA L.E.A.F. HOLDINGS GROUP LLC
18249055 GLP-1/GIP DUAL AGONISTS Final Rejection SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
18018412 COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL PEPTIDE-BASED TREATMENT OF THE SKIN AND ITS INTEGUMENTS Non-Final OA Sederma
18028712 MU-DIGUETOXIN-DC1A VARIANT POLYPEPTIDES FOR PEST CONTROL Non-Final OA Vestaron Corporation
18639253 PREPARING METHOD OF HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL PEPTIDE DERIVED FROM KERATINOCYTE PROTEIN Non-Final OA ANPEP INC.
18138118 FERRITIN NANOCAGE FUSED WITH PD-L1-BINDING PEPTIDE 1 AND USE THEREOF AS ANTICANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AGENT Non-Final OA KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17843418 PD-1-DECORATED NANOCAGES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18004125 THERAPEUTIC NUCLEIC ACIDS, PEPTIDES AND USES II Non-Final OA IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
18518134 OPHTHALMIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND ITS PREPARATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Seinda Pharmaceutical Guangzhou Corporation
17794001 PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR H-1 Non-Final OA UCL Business Ltd
18502720 CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE, CONJUGATE COMPRISING SAME, AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING CONJUGATE Non-Final OA Gemvax & Kael Co., Ltd.
17834062 ACYLATED GLP-1/GLP-2 DUAL AGONISTS Final Rejection Zealand Pharma A/S
18018482 CONJUGATED HEPCIDIN MIMETICS Non-Final OA Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
18451560 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PEPTIDES, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Nuritas Limited
15045068 STABLE AQUEOUS PARENTERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF INSULINOTROPIC PEPTIDES Final Rejection SHANGHAI BENEMAE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
18009452 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION, IMPROVEMENT OR TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DISEASE OR ITCHING COMPRISING PENTAPEPTIDE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA CAREGEN CO, LTD.
17386958 INSULIN-INCRETIN CONJUGATES Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
18031727 NOVEL BIOACTIVE PEPTIDE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA COLZYX AB

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