Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: REYNOLDS, FRED H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645 1654 1658 1675

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.0%
Allow Rate
-27.0% vs TC avg
930
Total Applications
+39.2%
Interview Lift
1079
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 818 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
40.9%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17597925 ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF PORE-FORMING AGENTS AND HISTONES Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17583549 Composition for and Method of Improving Tissue Performance Non-Final OA OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
17006591 PROTEASE SENSITIVE GVPC AND RELATED GAS VESICLE GENE CLUSTERS, EXPRESSION SYSTEMS, CONSTRUCTS, VECTORS, GENETIC CIRCUITS, CELLS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18252073 Peptide Inhibitors of Human Mitochondrial Fission Protein 1 and Methods of Use Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
18337091 PREPAKAGED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) REAGENT FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Xiamen University
18044962 PTPSIGMA-FC FUSION PROTEIN AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
18551271 NOVEL PEPTIDE-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18253231 PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA)-TARGETED PRODRUG FOR SELECTIVE KILLING OF CELLS EXPRESSING PSMA Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18339817 NOVEL CYCLIC PEPTIDES BASED ON NANOBIOSTRUCTURAL CONTROL, PEPTIDESOMES WITH CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE COMPRISING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
17633631 METHODS OF MAKING INCRETIN ANALOGS Final Rejection ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
16972800 Compositions of Transforming Growth Factor-Beta Type III Receptor and Uses for Ossification Final Rejection Emory University
18279931 PHOTOCAGED CITRULLINE ANALOGS AND METHODS FOR SITE-SPECIFIC INCORPORATION OF CITRULLINE INTO PROTEINS Non-Final OA University of Massachusetts
17919507 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF INFECTIONS BY CORONAVIRUSES THAT BIND THE EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN OF THE ACE2 RECEPTOR Final Rejection The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
18664616 SILK FIBROIN-CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Georgetown University
17620467 COMPOSITES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
17631072 COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING GROWTH OR SUPPRESSING DECREASE OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS Final Rejection OSAKA UNIVERSITY
16198019 CARDIAC FIBROBLAST-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX AND INJECTABLE FORMULATIONS THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC DISEASE OR INJURY Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18259092 METHODS OF TREATING, DIAGNOSING AND PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF SEPSIS Non-Final OA University of Rochester
18269716 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIPIDIC PEPTIDE Non-Final OA NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
17606174 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE COMPOUND Final Rejection NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
17282883 METHODS OF REDUCING TYPE 2 CYTOKINE-MEDIATED INFLAMMATION USING NEUROMEDIN PEPTIDES Final Rejection Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18272549 DUAL-ADMINISTRATION METHODS FOR TREATING RESPIRATORY DISTRESS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17251079 NON-VITAL WHEAT PROTEIN AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS Final Rejection ROQUETTE FRERES
18612989 PHARMACEUTICAL USE Final Rejection ENLITISA (SHANGHAI) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17788506 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING PEPTIDE COMPOUND Final Rejection CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18386904 MICRONEEDLE SYSTEM FOR APPLYING GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE ANALOGUES Final Rejection LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
17608463 PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection The University of Sydney
18432185 TREATMENT OF HYPOPARATHYROIDISM Final Rejection Entera Bio Ltd.
15549425 TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS Final Rejection Entera Bio Ltd.
15549418 TREATMENT OF BONE FRACTURES AND DEFECTS Final Rejection Entera Bio Ltd.

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