Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SAOUD, CHRISTINE J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645 1647 1657

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
787
Total Applications
+37.8%
Interview Lift
1083
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 748 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.7%
§102 Novelty
19.6%
§103 Obviousness
41.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18609420 METHODS OF TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH LIPODYSTROPHIES AND DEFECTS IN INSULIN PRODUCTION OR SIGNALING Non-Final OA Novartis AG
17639862 TREATMENT OF LIVER DISEASE OR DISORDER COMPRISING ACTRII RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS Final Rejection Novartis AG
19299180 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION Non-Final OA Cavalry Biosciences, Inc.
18026546 POTENT BINDING AGENTS FOR ACTIVATION OF THE HEDGEHOG SIGNALING PATHWAY Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17428995 TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK OF RAPID PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH AN FGF-18 COMPOUND Non-Final OA MERCK PATENT GMBH
17920118 PAN-ELR+ CXC CHEMOKINE ANTIBODIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
16625118 PROMOTING LUNG GROWTH Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
18032479 NOVEL KLOTHO INTERACTION SITE IN THE C-TERMINUS OF FGF23 Non-Final OA INDIANA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
17287777 ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR GLYCOSYLATED APOJ AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Fundació Institut De Recerca De L'Hospital De La Santa Creu l Sant Pau
17794213 ANTI-ANGPTL3 ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18523811 Ligand Binding Molecules and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA VEGENICS PTY LIMITED
18496279 Compositions Comprising an Anti-Metallothionein Antibody and a Hepatic Cell Targeting Moiety Final Rejection JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER, INC.
18491616 LONG-ACTING FGF21 FUSION PROTEINS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA YUHAN CORPORATION
17999903 RHFGF21 FUSION PROTEIN, POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING RHFGF21 FUSION PROTEIN, COMPOSITION CONTAINING RHFGF21 FUSION PROTEIN, AND USE OF RHFGF21 FUSION PROTEIN Non-Final OA Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17788226 TUMOR-SPECIFIC CLAUDIN 18.2 ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA SOTIO BIOTECH A.S.
18256276 HALF-LIFE EXTENDING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Janux Therapeutics, Inc.
18319817 METHODS AND ANTIBODIES FOR MODULATION OF IMMUNORESPONSE Non-Final OA Ascendo Biotechnology, Inc.
18030089 METHOD OF TREATMENT OF FIBROSIS AND WOUND HEALING Non-Final OA RADBIO USA, Inc
17792386 A BISPECIFIC ANTI-PD-L1/VEGF ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection WUXI BIOLOGICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
18148633 TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S AN ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN (ADM) ANTIBODY OR AN ANTI-ADRENOMEDULLIN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT Non-Final OA SPHINGOTEC GMBH
16781226 ADRENOMEDULLIN TO GUIDE THERAPY OF BLOOD PRESSURE DECLINE Final Rejection SphingoTec GmbH
16315805 ADRENOMEDULLIN FOR ASSESSING CONGESTION IN A SUBJECT WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE Non-Final OA Sphingotec GmbH
16646495 PROADRENOMEDULLIN AS INDICATOR FOR RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS Final Rejection B.R.A.H.M.S GmbH
17905607 ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Scout Bio, Inc.
17905496 PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION COMPRISING BEVACIZUMAB Non-Final OA SHANGHAI HENLIUS BIOTECH, INC.
17837920 Heparin-Associated Polypeptides and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Juvena Therapeutics, Inc.
17606173 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ANGIOGENESIS WITH BEVACIZUMAB LINKED TO HEPARIN Final Rejection The University of Massachusetts

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