Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641 1644

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.3%
Allow Rate
At TC average
765
Total Applications
+23.4%
Interview Lift
1326
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 736 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.8%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
22.0%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§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
18592425 ANTI-PD-L1 AND IL-2 CYTOKINES Non-Final OA KYMAB LIMITED
18614199 VARIANT IgG FC POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Seismic Therapeutic, Inc.
17797540 METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND/OR ENRICHING RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
18443701 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCIBLE EXTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE CAPTURE OF MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS SECRETED BY HYBRIDOMAS Non-Final OA Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
18432126 VARIABLE REGIONS FOR NKP46 BINDING PROTEINS Final Rejection INNATE PHARMA
17608002 LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR POLYPEPTIDES FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
18543874 ANTI-KIT ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.
18452346 FCRN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18217095 ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA Allergy Therapeutics (UK) Limited
18334820 TISSUE-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA BioNTech US Inc.
18028039 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA EISAI R&D MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
18034134 ANTI-SARS-COV-2 ANTIGEN ANTIBODIES AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation
18117559 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING DERMAL AND TRANSDERMAL IMMUNOTHERAPY TOPICAL APPLICATION COMPOUNDS TO ANIMALS Non-Final OA Allibre Animal LLC
17631259 Immunoconjugate Non-Final OA DendroCyte BioTech Pty Ltd

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