Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.1%
Allow Rate
-17.9% vs TC avg
656
Total Applications
+39.0%
Interview Lift
1489
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 589 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18026759 FLUOROCARBON NANOEMULSIONS AND USES THEREOF IN IMAGING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17742390 COMPOUND AND FLUORESCENTLY LABELED BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17761508 FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN (FAP)-TARGETED IMAGING AND THERAPY OF CANCERS AND OTHER FIBROTIC AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18257974 ISOCYCLOSERAM FORMULATION Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
19232774 METHOD FOR PREPARING AN [18F] RADIOLABELLED COMPOUND WITH LOW WATER CONTENT DURING LABELLING STEP Final Rejection GE HealthCare, Inc.
19232766 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION Final Rejection GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
18056349 HYPOXIA-TARGETING CONTRAST AGENT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17774136 PET IMAGING OF CANCEROUS CELLS USING 18F-FLUOROACETATE Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18381930 POLYMERIC PERFLUOROCARBON NANOEMULSIONS FOR ULTRASONIC DRUG UNCAGING Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17641417 ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO BRAIN AND OTHER CELLS AND TISSUE Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18026300 COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND METHODS OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18151246 SMALL HIGHLY UNIFORM NANOMEDICINE COMPOSITIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC, IMAGING AND THERANOSTIC APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Regents of The University of Michigan
18863312 Nanoparticles for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Cargos Non-Final OA 4BASEBIO UK LTD
17659953 IRON NITRIDE NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
18940433 Albumin Conjugates and Process for Preparation thereof Final Rejection Jubilant Draximage Inc.
17927917 NON-INVASIVE AND LONGITUDINAL MONITORING OF MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION IN RAT BRAIN WITH SUPERMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE ENHANCED MR IMAGING Non-Final OA UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
17253307 TRIAZAMACROCYCLE-DERIVED CHELATOR COMPOSITIONS FOR COORDINATION OF IMAGING AND THERAPY METAL IONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
17912313 SCREENING METHODS TO IDENTIFY SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUNDS THAT PROMOTE OR INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18241277 SURGICAL VISUALIZATION AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS USING NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT POLYMERS Final Rejection University of Rochester
17998712 NUCLIDE LABELLED H-TETRAZINES AND USE THEREOF FOR PET AND SPECT PRETARGETED IMAGING AND RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
17574790 Methods and Compositions for Two-Stage Microbubble Delivery of Active Agents Non-Final OA Virginia Commonwealth University
17764708 METAL CHELATING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection City of Hope
18348811 Ophthalmic Implant Non-Final OA Evonik Corporation
16876109 METHOD OF DELIVERING DRUGS TO INNER EAR FACILITATED BY MICROBUBBLES Final Rejection National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
18246706 CONJUGATE OR ITS SALT COMPRISING A GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ORANO MED
18158427 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIALLY IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL CELLS Non-Final OA Lumicell, Inc.
18216888 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS BASED ON BETA-SUBSTITUTED BETA-AMINO ACID DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA QUADRIGA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
16998587 TARGETED FLUORESCENT MARKERS IN COMBINATION WITH A FLEXIBLE PROBE Final Rejection On Target Laboratories, LLC
18116976 Methods and Apparatuses for the Synthesis of Drug-Loaded Magnetic Micelle Aggregates Non-Final OA Imagion Biosystems, Inc.
18023526 TUMOR CONTRAST COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN TUMOR DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING Non-Final OA Zhejiang Haibo Biotech, Co., Ltd.

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