Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1644

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.6%
Allow Rate
+3.6% vs TC avg
89
Total Applications
+47.6%
Interview Lift
1305
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 55 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
29.5%
§103 Obviousness
30.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17433573 NATURAL KILLER CELL INDUCED CELLULAR VESICLES FOR CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17616580 BISPECIFIC BINDING CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
17415589 Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Body Weight and Lean Muscle Mass Using Antagonists Against Leptin Receptor, GDF8 and Activin A Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18247245 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH ANTI-PVRIG ANTIBODIES FORMULATIONS, ANTI-TIGIT ANTIBODIES, AND ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
19195720 ATP-Dependent Agonists of Immune Cells Function as Anticancer Agents Non-Final OA Crosslink Therapeutics Inc.
18270996 ADJUVANTS TO STIMULATE BROAD AND PERSISTENT INNATE IMMUNITY AGAINST DIVERSE ANTIGENS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19030139 D-DOMAIN CONTAINING POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Arcellx, Inc.
17418343 ANTI-EPHRIN-B2 BLOCKING ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC DISEASES Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
17443562 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOGENICITY Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18095484 Engineered T Cells Non-Final OA Expression Therapeutics, LLC
18556860 NOVEL HUMAN PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND 1 (PD-L1) SPECIFIC BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA Navigo Proteins GmbH
18039420 BCMA-TARGETED CAR-T CELL THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA Non-Final OA NANJING LEGEND BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18550832 CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS Non-Final OA ABTEILUNG FÜR INTEGRIERTE ONKOLOGIE - CIO BONN
18280068 ANTI-VSIG4 ANTIBODY OR ANTIGEN BINDING FRAGMENT AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Y-BIOLOGICS INC.
18451025 NON-PLATELET DEPLETING AND NON-RED BLOOD CELL DEPLETING CD47 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Inhibrx Biosciences, Inc.
18263210 NOVEL BINDING MOLECULE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Good T Cells, Inc.
17605695 BI-FUNCTIONAL HUMANIZED ANTI-C5 ANTIBODIES AND FACTOR H FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Kira Pharmaceuticals (US) LLC
18258200 EPCAM BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BioArdis, LLC
18162344 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY THERAPIES Non-Final OA CytoAgents, Inc.
18297069 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18172433 CONSTRAINED CONDITIONALLY ACTIVATED BINDING PROTEINS Non-Final OA TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPAMY LIMITED
18047750 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR COMPRISING THIRD SIGNAL RECEPTOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI LONGYAO BIOTECHNOLOGY INC., LTD.
17760394 Antibodies Conjugated with Fatty Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Phanes Therapeutics, Inc.
16759937 ANTIBODIES TO alpha-SYNUCLEIN AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ABL Bio Inc.
17420000 MULTI-SPECIFIC PROTEIN MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Trio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17252864 ANTIBODIES ANTI TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THEM Non-Final OA IEO - ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI ONCOLOGIA S.R.L.

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