Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MIKNIS, ZACHARY J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654 1658 1674 1675

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.5%
Allow Rate
+8.5% vs TC avg
662
Total Applications
+32.6%
Interview Lift
953
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 634 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.6%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18297353 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROLIFERATIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17998137 IMMUNOMODULATORS Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18000644 Compounds and Methods for Treating, Ameliorating, or Preventing Herpes Ocular Keratitis Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18954145 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) Non-Final OA Acceleron Pharma Inc.
18011261 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) Final Rejection Acceleron Pharma Inc.
18015906 NOVEL PEPTIDE TAG Final Rejection Technische Universität München
18655057 DIPEPTIDOMIMETICS AS INHIBITORS OF HUMAN IMMUNOPROTEASOMES Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17905660 Lipid conjugated peptide inhibitors of PICK1 Non-Final OA University of Copenhagen
18515654 VIRAL VECTOR FOR THE TARGETED TRANSFER OF GENES IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18404263 AROMATIC-CATIONIC PEPTIDES AND USES OF SAME Final Rejection Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.
18494682 MEANS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANGIOGENESIS-, FIBROSIS- AND CANCER-RELATED DISEASES WITH PROTEIN OLIGOMERS COMPRISING NC-1-FC Non-Final OA Heidelberg Biotech GmbH
18370922 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE LEVELS Non-Final OA Lile Method Research, LLC
18330748 PEPTIDES FOR INCREASING DRUG DELIVERY TO CANCER Final Rejection Chapman University
18546794 COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF AN ENVELOPED VIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA PHARMA HOLDINGS AS
18039333 COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSION OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES COMPRISING BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYPEPTIDE TO WHICH FUNCTIONAL PEPTIDE IS CONJUGATED Non-Final OA BIOVIT CO., LTD.
18139810 THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDE COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Final Rejection RAJASEKARAN, NARENDIRAN, DR.
17056231 USE OF NOD2 AGONIST FOR THE TREATMENT, PROPHYLAXIS AND/OR DELAY OF THE ONSET OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Final Rejection UNIVERSITE LAVAL
17996228 LARAZOTIDE DERIVATIVES COMPRISING D-AMINO ACIDS Non-Final OA Interlude Biopharma Co.
17802338 USE OF PEPTIDYLGLYCINE ALPHA-AMIDATING MONOOXYGENASE (PAM) FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE Final Rejection PAM THERAGNOSITICS GMBH
17045535 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TRANSMUCOSAL DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS Final Rejection CYPRUMED GMBH

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