Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645 1649 1675 1678

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.3%
Allow Rate
-6.7% vs TC avg
877
Total Applications
+39.4%
Interview Lift
1221
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 828 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
25.5%
§103 Obviousness
36.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18452178 SPATIAL SIGNALING NETWORKS FOR MULTIPLEXED DRUG RESPONSE MEASUREMENT AND MODELING Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18429055 METHODS OF TREATING CANCER USING PD-1 AXIS BINDING ANTAGONISTS AND MEK INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17787968 Methods for Identifying Modulators of Insect Transient Receptor Potential Channels Final Rejection BASF Corporation
18284750 Bispecific Molecules and Related Compositions and Methods Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18251697 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING OR TREATING HEALTH CONDITIONS OR OPTIMIZING THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF CAR-T CELLS THERAPIES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18580710 EARLY DETECTION OF INNATE IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION AND TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
18546141 LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND COMBINATION CANCER THERAPIES Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18039403 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING T CELL CANCERS Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17915789 SECRETED PHOSPHORYLATED HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN-70 AS A BIOMARKER FOR TREATING AND DIAGNOSING CANCER Final Rejection University of Cincinnati
18017841 PEPTIDE DESIGN AND GALECTIN-3 INHIBITORS Final Rejection City of Hope
18474419 Use of Biomarkers in the Treatment of Fibrotic Conditions with a PDE4B-inhibitor Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17769133 Live Virus Vaccine Injury Risk Non-Final OA Rene Anand

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