Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.4%
Allow Rate
-12.6% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+62.5%
Interview Lift
1359
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
3.4%
§102 Novelty
93.8%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17613351 APOHEMOGLOBIN-HAPTOGLOBIN COMPLEXES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19234864 STABLE, CONCENTRATED RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection Novartis AG
17753850 METHODS FOR RADIOLABELLING GRPR ANTAGONISTS AND THEIR KITS Final Rejection NOVARTIS AG
17783939 MYELOID CELL-TARGETED NANOPARTICLES AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17616916 MODULATION OF ORAL MICROBIOTA Non-Final OA MARS, INCORPORATED
18032760 PROINFLAMMATORY PRODRUGS Non-Final OA THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 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
18304987 USE OF FOLIC ACID AND FOLATE MODIFICATION IN INDUCING B-CELL IMMUNE TOLERANCE AND TARGETING mIgM-POSITIVELY-EXPRESSED B-CELL LYMPHOMA Non-Final OA FUDAN UNIVERSITY
18002681 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING A PLA2-RESPONSIVE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17604305 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING IMMUNE ACTIVITY Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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
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 Final Rejection Duke University
18015807 ASYMMETRIC CHARGED VESICLES AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
17422052 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES, AND HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY METHOD Non-Final OA Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18044444 STABILIZED HYDROPHOBIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA Oregon Health & Science University
18002761 OXINE-CONTAINING CELL RADIOLABELLING AGENTS Final Rejection KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
17995024 STABILIZER FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
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.
17622580 TRANSFECTION METHOD Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17635409 LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF EXOSOME MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Children's Medical Center Corporation
17634897 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE LINKED TO MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA LONZA SALES AG
18249192 PNA PROBES FOR PRETARGETED IMAGING AND THERAPY Non-Final OA Zytox Therapeutics AB
18182076 REACTIONS OF RADIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FACILITATED BY A SOLID PHASE Non-Final OA Precirix N.V.
17923314 HYDROGEL IRRADIATION Non-Final OA Ascendis Pharma A/S

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