Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PAPCIAK, SHARON M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1657

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.6%
Allow Rate
-10.4% vs TC avg
570
Total Applications
+22.3%
Interview Lift
1216
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 522 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
39.0%
§103 Obviousness
29.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16975955 COMPOSITIONS OF PARP14 MODULATORS AND/OR MUTANTS AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17931704 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CELIAC SPRUE DISEASE Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18518183 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR USING BIOMARKERS WHICH PREDICT SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18484359 METHODS OF INCREASING BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY IN ALGAE CULTURES Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
18000071 RETINAL PIGMENTED EPITHELIUM AND PHOTORECEPTOR DUAL CELL AGGREGATES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics, Inc.
18431638 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ENHANCING ANTI-TUMOR RESPONSE USING HYBRID NEUTROPHILS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17759864 REGULATION OF POST-ISCHEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE: A FUNCTION OF TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE STEP Non-Final OA UNM Rainforest Innovations
16973453 Polyesterase II Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
18323672 PAN DOMAIN ACTIVATES UBIQUITINATION Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
18029590 New Granules for Animal Feed Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
18735583 PROBIOTIC (Bacillus subtilis) SUPPLEMENTATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF BODY COMPOSITION IN FEMALE ATHLETES Final Rejection Deerland Enzymes, Inc.
17812381 REGENERATION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS Final Rejection SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
18606866 INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA AND GVHD Final Rejection Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
17135415 DETECTION OF LIPASE ACTIVITY IN HONEY BEES Final Rejection The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
18416244 ISOLATED DISCOGENIC CELLS, METHODS OF USING, AND METHODS OF PREPARING SAME FROM MAMMALIAN TISSUE Final Rejection DiscGenics, Inc.
18267943 Sialyltransferases for the Production of 6'-Sialyllactose Non-Final OA Chr. Hansen A/S
18274539 METHOD FOR PREDICTING OBESITY Non-Final OA Anicom Holdings, Inc.
18267956 METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A SUBJECT IS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A MUSCULOSKELETAL AND/OR CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE Non-Final OA Nightingale Health Oyj
18263833 PROTEIN-BASED MATERIAL FOR BIOCATALYSIS Non-Final OA Bondwell Technologies LP
16862559 SUSPENSION CULTURE OF HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Final Rejection Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.
17292169 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE SUGAR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND RARE SUGAR-CONTAINING COMPOSITION Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
18037300 METHOD AND DRUG FOR INCREASING NGF LEVEL Non-Final OA Talengen International Limited
18317422 MODULATION OF FUSOBACTERIUM VARIUM TO PREVENT BOVINE LIVER ABSCESSES AND IMPROVE CATTLE PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Dr. Jacques Mathieu
18031613 Adenosine-Involved Fully Enzymatic Synthesis Method for NMN Final Rejection RUBYBERRIES BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
17049301 MODIFIED MITOCHONDRIA AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection PAEAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
18029110 REAGENT FOR DETECTING LIPOPROTEIN PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND USING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection MEDICAL SYSTEM BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18115752 COMPOSITION OF LACTIC BACTERIA FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS DUE TO PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES AND IN PARTICULAR FOR ACNE Final Rejection Probiotical S.p.A.
17999955 MODIFIED STRAINS OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION Final Rejection ALGENUITY HOLDINGS LTD
17295949 MODIFIED STRAINS OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION Final Rejection ALGENUITY HOLDINGS LTD
17647505 MICRONIZED PLACENTAL TISSUE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Final Rejection MiMedx Group, Inc.

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