Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LOCKARD, JON MCCLELLAND

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1647

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.6%
Allow Rate
+14.6% vs TC avg
861
Total Applications
+26.9%
Interview Lift
963
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 837 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.6%
§102 Novelty
8.5%
§103 Obviousness
48.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19097593 ANTIBODY-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INDUCING DMD EXON 52 SKIPPING Final Rejection Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
18345670 METHODS FOR STIMULATING PROLIFERATION OR DIFFERENTIATION OF AN IMMUNE CELL WITH A MULTI-CHAIN CHIMERIC POLYPEPTIDE Non-Final OA ImmunityBio, Inc.
18347541 METHODS FOR TREATING HIGH RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18621534 ANTI-TREM-1 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18052189 ANTI-CD123 AFFINITY REAGENTS AND RELATED METHODS FOR TARGETED RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA AND OTHER CD123+ NEOPLASMS Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
18027305 BINDERS AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS WHICH SPECIFICALLY BIND FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4 Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18494630 Liquid Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising an Anti-IL-6 Receptor Antibody Non-Final OA FRESENIUS KABI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
18199007 Method for Evaluating and Treating Psoriatic Arthritis with IL23 Antibody Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
16795450 DUAL PDGF/VEGF ANTAGONISTS Final Rejection KODIAK SCIENCES INC.
18146149 HER3 RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS Non-Final OA ACTINIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17532919 HER3 RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOLID CANCERS Non-Final OA ACTINIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18695502 METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE ATOPIC DERMATITIS Final Rejection Aslan Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd
18695464 TREATMENT OF PRURITIS EMPLOYING ANTI-IL13Ra1 ANTIBODY OR BINDING FRAGMENT THEREOF Final Rejection Aslan Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd
18568252 ANTIBODIES AND BISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS THAT BIND OX40 AND/OR PD-L1 Non-Final OA SHANGHAI EPIMAB BIOTHERAPEUTICS CO., LTD.
17617989 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS Non-Final OA THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18336769 SPECIFIC ANTIBODY-DRUG-CONJUGATES (ADCS) WITH KSP INHIBITORS AND ANTI-CD123-ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
18028240 TIGHT JUNCTION (ZONULAE OCCLUDENTES) PROTEIN FOR USE IN TREATING OR PREVENTING EPILEPSY Non-Final OA THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY
18299566 METHODS OF PREVENTING OR TREATING INFECTION BY RESPIRATORY VIRUSES INCLUDING SARS-CoV-2 Non-Final OA Paradigm Immunoterapeutics, Inc.
17802550 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY
17979323 Multifunctional Heteromultimeric Constructs Non-Final OA Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne URCA
17253958 COMPLEMENT ANAPHYLATOXIN BINDERS AND THEIR USE IN TREATMENT OF A SUBJECT HAVING AN OCULAR WOUND AND/OR FIBROSIS Final Rejection CHARITE - UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN BERLIN

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