Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SABILA, MERCY HELLEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1654

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-0.9% vs TC avg
313
Total Applications
+45.7%
Interview Lift
984
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 257 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
20.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17784075 CYCLOPHILIN D INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
16631879 NOVEL TYPE VI CRISPR ORTHOLOGS AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18491958 INSECT NEUROPEPTIDES 5 Final Rejection Solasta Bio Limited
17269037 RUBBERY, COMPLIANT, AND SUTURABLE COLLAGEN-BASED SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18028376 METHODS FOR TARGET RELEASE FROM INTEIN COMPLEXES Non-Final OA MERCK PATENT GMBH
18149982 METHODS OF USING AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING DULAGLUTIDE Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18995038 USE OF COLLAGEN HYDROLYSATE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN AMELIORATING SLEEP Final Rejection ROUSSELOT B.V.
17416584 NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING A FEELING OF SATIETY, A BETTER SLEEP AND/OR LIMITING NOCTURNAL AWAKING IN INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17311088 HEPARANASE INHIBITORS AND THEIR USE AS ANTI-CANCER COMPOUNDS Final Rejection University of Iowa Research Foundation
16650696 METHODS OF ISOLATING T CELLS HAVING ANTIGENIC SPECIFICITY FOR A P53 CANCER-SPECIFIC MUTATION Non-Final OA The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services
17630628 ALGINATE-BASED MICROCAPSULATION FOR THE DELIVERY OF ALPHA-CGRP IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Final Rejection University of South Carolina
17532578 NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING NON-CLASSICAL MHC AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA UTI Limited Partnership
17760024 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF CANCER DISEASE BY TARGETING AN EPIGENETIC FACTOR Non-Final OA CENTRE LEON BERARD
16762058 Silk Alcohol Formulations Non-Final OA GIVAUDAN SA
18032680 NOVEL CXCR4-TARGETING COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
17773733 CYCLIC PEPTIDE COMPOUND HAVING KRAS INHIBITORY ACTION Non-Final OA CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17788488 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING METABOLIC BONE DISEASES, COMPRISING GLP-2 OR CONJUGATE THEREOF Non-Final OA HANMI PHARM. CO., LTD.
17416880 A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING INSULIN AND TRIGONAL GLUCAGON/GLP-1/GIP RECEPTOR AGONIST Final Rejection HANMI PHARM, CO., LTD.
17550702 EDIBLE COMPOSITION FOR PROMOTING HAIR GROWTH AND DELAYING HAIR GRAYING Final Rejection Shanghai Lytone Biochemicals, Ltd.
18028634 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF TYPE 1 DIABETES Non-Final OA Saint Louis University
18038349 PEPTIDE COMPOUND PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
18038196 RAS MUTANT EPITOPE PEPTIDE AND T CELL RECEPTOR RECOGNIZING RAS MUTANT Non-Final OA SHANGHAI GENBASE BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18273962 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PEDF-DERIVED SHORT PEPTIDES (PDSP) AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BRIM Biotechnology, Inc.
17311014 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIVER DISORDERS Final Rejection Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
18335673 ORAL OCTREOTIDE THERAPY IN COMBINATION WITH DIGOXIN OR LISINOPRIL Final Rejection Amryt Endo, Inc.
18034407 SITE-SELECTIVE MODIFICATION OF PROTEINS Non-Final OA Rigshospitalet
17015500 GLP-1 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OBESITY AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT Final Rejection SHANGHAI BENEMAE PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
18303346 COPPER COMPLEXES FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Final Rejection ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
18191556 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COMBINATIONS OF COLLAGEN OR ELASTIN POLYPEPTIDES WITH ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA Geltor, Inc.
18027331 METHODS OF TREATING EYE DISORDERS Non-Final OA Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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