Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NICKOL, GARY B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1643 1645 1646

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.9%
Allow Rate
-28.1% vs TC avg
82
Total Applications
+18.9%
Interview Lift
1464
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
22.9%
§103 Obviousness
34.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19347462 ANTI-GALECTIN 3 ANTIBODIES AND THEIR USE IN EPILEPSY AND RELATED DISEASES Non-Final OA SUNMED THERAPEUTIC LIMITED
18034234 DEPLETING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST NATURAL KILLER CELLS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17995225 TOCILIZUMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
17620987 DOSING REGIMEN AND COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES TARGETING B-CELL MATURATION ANTIGEN Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
18280970 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18066526 ANTIBODIES BINDING TO CD3 AND FOLR1 Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18531168 TARGETING ANTI-HUMAN PD 1H/VISTA TO TREAT HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
18261483 MHC-INDEPENDENT TCRs AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA Washington University
18031523 ANTI-LILRB ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
17788133 New mesothelin specific chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) for solid tumors cancer immunotherapy Non-Final OA CELLECTIS
18250018 C-TERMINAL SPARC FRAGMENTS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
18279938 ENHANCED TARGETING USING ANTIBODY-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
18550715 ANTI-EGFR SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC CONSTRUCTS Non-Final OA National Research Council of Canada
17913899 CLAUDIN-6 TARGETING MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
18275142 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY Non-Final OA CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
17687909 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO PROGASTRIN AND THEIR USES Non-Final OA Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
18036500 METHODS AND KITS FOR CLASSIFYING SOLID CANCER-AFFLICTED PATIENTS BASED ON RELB LABELLING Non-Final OA INSTITUT CURIE
18257528 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH AN ANTIBODY THAT BINDS LGR5 AND EGFR Non-Final OA MERUS N.V.
18280712 CHIMERIC PROTEINS IN AUTOIMMUNITY Non-Final OA Shattuck Labs, Inc.
18270139 FORMULATION CONTAINING SOLUBLE GP130 DIMER AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA I-MAB BIOPHARMA (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
18259106 HUMANIZED ANTI-C5 ANTIBODIES AND FACTOR H FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Kira Pharmaceuticals (US) LLC
18266540 NOVEL FRAGMENTED CRS PEPTIDE EXHIBITING IMMUNE ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZYMEDI CO., LTD.
18255514 BCMA-TARGETED CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS Non-Final OA SHANGHAI ABELZETA LTD
16871597 PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA APTEVO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LLC
18121075 TREATMENT OF ER-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER WITH AN PDGF-CC INHIBITOR AND AN ANTI-ESTROGEN Non-Final OA Paracrine Therapeutics AB
17996589 Polyspecific Binding Molecules and their use in Cell Therapy Non-Final OA Innovative Cellular Therapeutics, Inc.
17778382 ANTI-PD-L1/ANTI-B7-H3 MULTISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA I-MAB
17628008 POLYPEPTIDE COMPLEX FOR CONJUGATION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WUXI XDC SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED
17528714 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA FONDAZIONE IRCCS ISTITUTO NAZIONATE DEI TUMORI
16620275 T CELLS EXPRESSING A CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR Final Rejection Region of Southern Denmark

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