Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
810
Total Applications
+56.3%
Interview Lift
1173
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 787 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
4.6%
§102 Novelty
71.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19326445 USE OF LABELED INHIBITORS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA), AS AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
17622060 PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN (PSMA) LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
16870484 Compositions And Methods For Imaging Immune Cells Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17574963 ONE STEP 64Cu-BaBaSar-RGD2 PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA University of Southern California
17495009 X-RAY AND MRI VISIBLE SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER BIOPSY SEALING DEVICE Non-Final OA Shape Memory Medical, Inc.
18418018 BIOLOGICS LABELING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA VisiCELL Medical Inc.
18556646 ENHANCEMENT OF TREATMENT WITH IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS Final Rejection ACT THERAPEUTICS LTD
18226169 CHEMICAL TISSUE ABLATION WITH HYDROGEL MATRIX AND CORRESPONDING MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Pramand LLC
17039409 COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR BLOCKING OFF-TARGET LOCALIZATION OF MANNOSYLATED DEXTRANS AND OTHER CD206 LIGANDS Non-Final OA Cardinal Health 414, LLC
17979367 NEW GADOLINIUM CHELATE COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING Non-Final OA BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
16627872 TREATMENTS FOR A HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCY Non-Final OA Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18009702 PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE FROM HIGH-PURITY TETRAXETAN (DOTA) AND ITS USE IN THE PREPARATION OF INJECTABLE GALENICAL FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA JUSTESA IMAGEN S.A.U.

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