Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LU, CHENG

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1642

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.1%
Allow Rate
-5.9% vs TC avg
272
Total Applications
+67.9%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 207 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
30.4%
§103 Obviousness
20.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18480778 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETING AND KILLING ALPHA-V BETA-3-POSITIVE CANCER STEM CELLS (CSCS) AND TREATING DRUG RESISTANT CANCERS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17928767 INHIBITION OF BMI1 ELIMINATES CANCER STEM CELLS AND ACTIVATES ANTITUMOR IMMUNITY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
19292946 APPLICATION OF ITIH1 IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Non-Final OA Tongji Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technolog
15734470 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING PHAGOCYTOSIS Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17786442 COMBINATIONS OF DGK INHIBITORS AND CHECKPOINT ANTAGONISTS Final Rejection BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
17767035 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CYTOTOXIC T CELL RESISTANT TUMORS Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
19218323 IG-LIKE FUSION PROTEINS FOR TREATING GRAVES DISEASE Final Rejection CANOPY IMMUNO-THERAPEUTICS LTD.
17153128 PET RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION OF HIF-2alpha Final Rejection THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17129352 PET RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS FOR NON-INVASIVE EVALUATION OF HIF-2alpha Final Rejection THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
16317943 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME USING A CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR IN COMBINATION WITH A KINASE INHIBITOR Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18025896 A Scoring Method for an Anti-HER2 Antibody-Drug Conjugate Therapy Non-Final OA Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
17621909 PDL1 POSITIVE NK CELL CANCER TREATMENT Final Rejection City of Hope
18276823 ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR FUSION PROTEINS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA DENALI THERAPEUTICS INC.
18357966 ANTIBODIES WITH ENGINEERED CH2 DOMAINS, COMPOSITIONS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection SUTRO BIOPHARMA, INC.
18163810 OBINUTUZUMAB TREATMENT OF A DLBCL PATIENT SUBGROUP Non-Final OA Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc.
18255043 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID PRODUCTION OF VERSATILE SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY REPERTOIRES Non-Final OA The Rockefeller University
18263014 METHODS OF ASSESSING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH VLA-4 ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE III – PAUL SABATIER
18357366 Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy Enhancer Final Rejection Nobuo Tsukamoto
17282774 Combination Therapy for Treating Cancer with an Intravenous Administration of a Recombinant MVA and an Immune Checkpoint Antagonist or Agonist Non-Final OA Bavarian Nordic A/S
18039473 MODULATING THE IMMUNE RESPONSE USING ANTI-CD30 ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES Non-Final OA Seagen Inc.
18037219 METHODS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITIONS Non-Final OA CSL INNOVATION PTY LTD
18252081 MADCAM TARGETED THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA PANDION OPERATIONS, INC.
18053705 ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPY COMBINATION TREATMENT AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA Immatics US, Inc.
17298008 HETERODIMERIC TETRAVALENCY AND SPECIFICITY ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
18025322 USE OF CHIAURANIB IN COMBINATION WITH IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR IN ANTITUMOR THERAPY Non-Final OA CHENGDU CHIPSCREEN PHARMACEUTICAL LTD.
18024928 COMBINATION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA AUSTRAL UNIVERSITY
18059548 B7-H4 Antibodies and Anti-B7-H4 Antibody/IL-15 Fusion Proteins Non-Final OA Kadmon Corporation, LLC
18054575 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS IN COMBINATION WITH IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR FOR TREATING TUMORS Non-Final OA Joint Biosciences (SH) Ltd.
17761946 USE OF DKK-1 INHIBITORS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Leap Therapeutics, Inc.
17722182 Methods of Isoprenoid Synthesis Using a Genetically Engineered Hydrocarbonoclastic Organism in a Biofilm Bioreactor Non-Final OA Capra Biosciences, Inc.

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