Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1654 1658

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sara Elizabeth Konopelski Snavel is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1631. She has resolved 39 cases, which is a small sample size. Her allowance rate is 33.3 percent, suggesting a challenging prosecution environment for applicants.

The interview lift for this examiner is 38.9 percent. This positive lift indicates that an interview can be a tool for moving an application toward allowance, even when the base allowance rate is 33.3 percent. Practitioners should consider the 38.9 percent lift as a tactical option when facing rejections in Art Unit 1631.

The median days to allowance is 1370, which is a long pendency period. This 1370-day median reflects the time required to navigate the process, especially given the 39 resolved cases currently on record. Practitioners should focus on the 38.9 percent interview lift to potentially improve both the outcome and the efficiency of prosecution in Tech Center 1600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
96
Total Applications
+38.9%
Interview Lift
1370
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 39 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
26.0%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19378410 SEMAGLUTIDE IN THE TREATMENT OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE Final Rejection Novo Nordisk A/S
17785561 STRUCTURALLY-STABILIZED ONCOLYTIC PEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18612180 METHODS OF PRODUCING FC-CONTAINING PROTEINS Non-Final OA ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
18799107 De novo designed sequence-specific DNA binding proteins Non-Final OA University of Washington
18515425 COMPOSITION FOR ANTI-FATIGUE COMPRISING GREEN TEA PEPTIDE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
17999235 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17788847 AGENT FOR ADJUVANT THERAPY Non-Final OA TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18447414 INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION OF ENGINEERED ANTIMICROBIAL AMPHIPHILIC PEPTIDES Final Rejection Peptilogics, Inc.
17282661 THERAPEUTIC USE OF GLUCAGON AND COMBINATION INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD
18284374 EMBOLIC MATERIAL FOR RELIEVING OR TREATING MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN COMPRISING FAST DISSOLVING GELATIN PARTICLES Final Rejection ENGAIN CO., LTD.

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