Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1658

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1192
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 18 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
27.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17785772 STAPLED OLEFIN CO-AGONISTS OF THE GLUCAGON AND GLP-1 RECEPTORS Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17487661 BIODEGRADABLE MICRONEEDLE SYSTEM WITH SUSTAINED RELEASE Non-Final OA University of Connecticut
18000004 ANTIBODY-BOUND NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA University of Washington
17310119 PERIOSTEAL SKELETAL STEM CELLS IN BONE REPAIR Final Rejection Baylor College of Medicine
17598717 RECOMBINANT SILK BASED PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME Final Rejection EVOLVED BY NATURE, INC.
17612047 Variant Single-Chain Insulin Analogues Final Rejection CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17999235 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17998404 POLYPEPTIDE ALBUMIN NANOPARTICLE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS (SINANO) , CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
17778034 OLIGOPEPTIDE HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCING EFFECT, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection South China Agricultural University
18124252 SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES FOR DISSOLVING TAU INCLUSIONS Final Rejection The Trustees of Princeton University
18447414 INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF ENGINEERED ANTIMICROBIAL AMPHIPHILIC PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Peptilogics, Inc.
17920637 PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF INTERFERING PEPTIDE TARGETING SARS-CoV-2 N PROTEIN Non-Final OA SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
17607714 METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF LIPOSOMES Non-Final OA UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
17747360 PEPTIDE SCYREPROCIN OF SCYLLA PARAMAMOSAIN AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Xiamen University
18020082 PEPTIDE SELECTIVELY BINDING TO CANCER CELL-DERIVED EXOSOME, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17282661 THERAPEUTIC USE OF GLUCAGON AND COMBINATION INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD
17996549 IL4/IL13 RECEPTOR MOLECULES FOR VETERINARY USE Non-Final OA Elanco US Inc.
17796950 PEPTIDE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
18019382 ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDOMIMETICS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
18018481 CONJUGATED HEPCIDIN MIMETICS Non-Final OA Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
17795331 TREATMENT OF PANX1 ASSOCIATES DISEASES Final Rejection NURITAS LIMITED
17635796 PEPTIDES FOR TREATING MUSCLE ATROPHY Non-Final OA NURITAS LIMITED
18298798 NANOPARTICLE IN WHICH ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE IS ENCAPSULATED WITH CHITOSAN AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection NATIONAL MARINE BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF KOREA
18031063 ANNEXIN A5 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA London Health Sciences Centre Research Inc.
18178143 Short Proline Rich Lipopeptide Potentiates Minocycline and Rifampicin Against Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Non-Final OA Polyamyna Nanotech Inc.
17596095 RECOMBINANT FAP BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR USE Non-Final OA MOLECULAR PARTNERS AG
17997852 IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SEMAGLUTIDE Non-Final OA NEULAND LABORATORIES LIMITED
17920517 MODIFIED PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS OF CAV-1 PROTEIN AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Rein Therapeutics, Inc.
17996126 LONG ACTING GLUCAGON RECEPTOR SELECTIVE PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA i2o Therapeutics, Inc.
18046138 BRI2 BRICHOS DOMAIN FOR DELIVERY OF PROTEINS INTO CNS NEURONS Non-Final OA ALPHABETA AB

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