Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NICKOL, GARY B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1643 1645 1646

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.9%
Allow Rate
-16.1% vs TC avg
90
Total Applications
+26.4%
Interview Lift
1394
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 57 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
31.1%
§103 Obviousness
33.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
18531168 TARGETING ANTI-HUMAN PD 1H/VISTA TO TREAT HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
17995225 TOCILIZUMAB FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
18261483 MHC-INDEPENDENT TCRs AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA Washington University
18279938 ENHANCED TARGETING USING ANTIBODY-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATES Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
17913899 CLAUDIN-6 TARGETING MULTISPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
18257528 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH AN ANTIBODY THAT BINDS LGR5 AND EGFR Non-Final OA MERUS N.V.
17687909 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO PROGASTRIN AND THEIR USES Non-Final OA Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
18451216 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18031523 ANTI-LILRB ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
18036500 METHODS AND KITS FOR CLASSIFYING SOLID CANCER-AFFLICTED PATIENTS BASED ON RELB LABELLING Non-Final OA INSTITUT CURIE
18280712 CHIMERIC PROTEINS IN AUTOIMMUNITY Non-Final OA Shattuck Labs, Inc.
18275142 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY Non-Final OA CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
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
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
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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