Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MELCHIOR, JAMES RYLAND

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1644

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.0%
Allow Rate
+1.0% vs TC avg
93
Total Applications
+44.6%
Interview Lift
1296
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 59 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
28.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18258925 Fc-Receptor CAR Constructs and Cells Non-Final OA ImmunityBio, 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
18247245 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH ANTI-PVRIG ANTIBODIES FORMULATIONS, ANTI-TIGIT ANTIBODIES, AND ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
17418343 ANTI-EPHRIN-B2 BLOCKING ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC DISEASES Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
19030139 D-DOMAIN CONTAINING POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Arcellx, Inc.
17443562 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOGENICITY Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18275986 SARBECOVIRUS BINDERS Non-Final OA VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
18302636 COMBINATIONAL IMMUNOTHERAPIES USING CAR-M, CAR-NK, CAR-EOS, AND CAR-N CELLS Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18297069 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST OVARIAN CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18039420 BCMA-TARGETED CAR-T CELL THERAPY FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA Non-Final OA NANJING LEGEND BIOTECH CO., LTD.
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.
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.
17997576 IMMUNE CELL TREATED BY MEANS OF MAGNETIC FIELD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN MOLECULAR CELL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCINCES
18172433 CONSTRAINED CONDITIONALLY ACTIVATED BINDING PROTEINS Non-Final OA TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPAMY LIMITED
18095484 Engineered T Cells Non-Final OA Expression Therapeutics, LLC
17760394 Antibodies Conjugated with Fatty Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Phanes Therapeutics, 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.
16759937 ANTIBODIES TO alpha-SYNUCLEIN AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ABL Bio Inc.

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