Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NIEBAUER, RONALD T

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1654 1658 1676 1691

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

40.8%
Allow Rate
-19.2% vs TC avg
798
Total Applications
+34.0%
Interview Lift
1319
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 732 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
26.3%
§103 Obviousness
29.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18449907 IODINATED CROSSLINKED HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18250406 PEPTIDE TAG AND TAGGED PROTEIN CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18004104 HUMAN RECOMBINANT ACE2-FC MUTANTS THAT DECOUPLE ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ACTIVITY FROM CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS Final Rejection Northwestern University
18812726 LONG ACTING GLP-1/GIP DUAL AGONISTS Non-Final OA SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
17323683 CBX8 CHROMDOMAIN INHIBITORS AND THE USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18352345 NOVEL FATTY ACIDS AND THEIR USE IN CONJUGATION TO BIOMOLECULES Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
18604185 ANNEXIN TO INHIBIT BACTERIA Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18233783 METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER EXPRESSING SPARC Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
17782388 PEPTIDES THAT ENHANCE NMDA RECEPTOR FUNCTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
17629313 PEPTIDE HAVING HAIR GROWTH PROMOTING ACTIVITY, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection CAREGEN CO., LTD.
18796898 BICYCLIC PEPTIDE LIGANDS SPECIFIC FOR NECTIN-4 Final Rejection BicycleTx Limited
18620789 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Final Rejection Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.
18271663 POLYPEPTIDE FOR REPAIRING SKIN WOUND OR MUCOSAL INJURY, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Sichuan Gooddoctor Panxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
18248240 NOVEL PEPTOIDS AND USE THEREOF FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CHRONIC PAIN Final Rejection Université de Montpellier
18016897 POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL CONJUGATE DRUG SYNERGIST, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CHONGQING UPGRA BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17617095 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR TISSUE REGENERATION Non-Final OA The Medical Research, Infrastructure and Health Services Fund of the Tel Aviv Medical Center
16971377 MC4R Agonist Efficacy in Subjects with MC4R Deficiencies and Impaired NFAT Signaling Final Rejection Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin

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