Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641 1644

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.5%
Allow Rate
+0.5% vs TC avg
771
Total Applications
+23.2%
Interview Lift
1272
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 739 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
26.1%
§102 Novelty
38.3%
§103 Obviousness
28.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18311075 SONOGENETIC MODULATION OF CELLS EXPRESSING BACTERIALLY-DERIVED MECHANOSENSITIVE PROTEINS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17633912 Immunomodulatory Compounds Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17905520 MULTISPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS AND METHODS OF DEVELOPING THE SAME Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18333223 TOPICAL TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE USING ANTIBODIES AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF Final Rejection University College London
18754670 NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ARAVAX PTY LTD
17797540 METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND/OR ENRICHING RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
18592425 ANTI-PD-L1 AND IL-2 CYTOKINES Non-Final OA KYMAB LIMITED
18432126 VARIABLE REGIONS FOR NKP46 BINDING PROTEINS Final Rejection INNATE PHARMA
18543874 ANTI-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.
18310649 KSHV ONCOPROTEIN ANTIGENS AND EPITOPES FOR EXPANDING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
18452346 FCRN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18334820 TISSUE-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA BioNTech US Inc.
18034134 ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIGEN ANTIBODIES AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
18028039 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
18006591 FUSION PROTEIN AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SUPERMAB (BEIJING) BIOTECH CO., LTD.

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