Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MIKNIS, ZACHARY J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654 1658 1675

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.7%
Allow Rate
+8.7% vs TC avg
653
Total Applications
+32.5%
Interview Lift
1012
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 630 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.5%
§102 Novelty
29.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17999974 NOVEL PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF BETA-LACTAMASE AGAINST ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE Non-Final OA The Curators of the University of MIssouri
17998137 IMMUNOMODULATORS Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
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
18000644 Compounds and Methods for Treating, Ameliorating, or Preventing Herpes Ocular Keratitis Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18015906 NOVEL PEPTIDE TAG Final Rejection Technische Universität München
18849043 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF SEMAGLUTIDE AND THE METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA PENTIDE THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
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
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
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
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.
18011261 ACTRII PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH) Final Rejection Acceleron Pharma Inc.
16987756 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING INEFFECTIVE ERYTHROPOIESIS Final Rejection Acceleron Pharma Inc.
18139810 THERAPEUTIC PEPTIDE COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA RAJASEKARAN, NARENDIRAN, DR.
17801684 EPI-X4 BASED PEPTIDES AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF Non-Final OA Universitaet Duisburg-Essen
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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