Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
77
Total Applications
+57.1%
Interview Lift
1287
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17622580 TRANSFECTION METHOD Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17613351 APOHEMOGLOBIN-HAPTOGLOBIN COMPLEXES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19234864 STABLE, CONCENTRATED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Novartis AG
17753850 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING GRPR ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR KITS Final Rejection NOVARTIS AG
17616916 MODULATION OF ORAL MICROBIOTA Non-Final OA MARS, INCORPORATED
17604305 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING IMMUNE ACTIVITY Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17769960 ASSAY FOR RAPID EVALUATION OF CHOROIDAL MAST CELL DEGRANULATION Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17618944 PHOTOACTIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR THERAPUETIC AGENT DELIVERY Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18119456 FLUORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUND AND CONTRAST AGENT Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
17758841 TREATMENT OF PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
18002681 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING A PLA2-RESPONSIVE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17762279 TRANSMUCOSAL DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVE INGREDIENT TO SUBMUCOSAL TISSUE OF BLADDER Non-Final OA SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION
17910248 TARGETED NANOBUBBLE THERAPY Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17782369 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TUNABLE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17635409 LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF EXOSOME MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Children's Medical Center Corporation
17796494 HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING, TREATING AND MONITORING EOSINOPHIL MEDIATED INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
17007994 CONJUGATED POLYCATIONIC POLYMERS, METHODS OF USING THE SAME AND METHODS OF TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ACUTE RADIATION EXPOSURE Non-Final OA Duke University
18002761 OXINE-CONTAINING CELL RADIOLABELLING AGENTS Final Rejection KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
18004099 DEUTERATED AND TRITIATED N-(4,5-DIMETHYLTHIAZOLO-2(3H)-YLIDEN)-2,2,3,3-TETRAMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AND THE USE THEREOF Non-Final OA HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF E.V.
17641787 ANTI-NUCLEOLIN AGENT-PEG-CONJUGATED NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.
17422052 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES, AND HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY METHOD Non-Final OA Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
17634897 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE LINKED TO MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA LONZA SALES AG
17105949 CILIA-TARGETING NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA Chapman University
18249192 PNA PROBES FOR PRETARGETED IMAGING AND THERAPY Non-Final OA Zytox Therapeutics AB
18248612 FREEZE-DRIED MICROBUBBLES, THEIR USE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA FACULDADES CATOLICAS ASSOCIACAO SEM FINS LUCRATIVOS, MANTENEDORA DA PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA
18182076 REACTIONS OF RADIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FACILITATED BY A SOLID PHASE Non-Final OA Precirix N.V.
18104436 TUMOR TARGETED DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AGENT FOR DIAGNOSTIC BIOPSY, OR INTRAOPERATIVE TUMOR IDENTIFICATION OR MARGIN ASSESSMENT USING NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE (NIRF) IMAGING Final Rejection nanoMEDI Pharm. Co., Ltd.
17610779 MODIFIED CYANINE DYES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF Non-Final OA BRACCO IMAGING S.P.A.
17923314 HYDROGEL IRRADIATION Non-Final OA Ascendis Pharma A/S
17942911 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR IMAGING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Jubilant Radiopharma

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