Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.2%
Allow Rate
-17.8% vs TC avg
659
Total Applications
+38.8%
Interview Lift
1552
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 592 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
82.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18381930 POLYMERIC PERFLUOROCARBON NANOEMULSIONS FOR ULTRASONIC DRUG UNCAGING Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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
19232766 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION Final Rejection GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
19232774 METHOD FOR PREPARING AN [18F] RADIOLABELLED COMPOUND WITH LOW WATER CONTENT DURING LABELLING STEP Final Rejection GE HealthCare, Inc.
17641417 ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO BRAIN AND OTHER CELLS AND TISSUE Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18257974 ISOCYCLOSERAM FORMULATION Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17927917 NON-INVASIVE AND LONGITUDINAL MONITORING OF MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION IN RAT BRAIN WITH SUPERMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE ENHANCED MR IMAGING Non-Final OA UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
17588458 MAGNETIC RESONANCE CONTRAST AGENTS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
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
17627673 THERANOSTIC CONJUGATES Final Rejection Ariel Scientific Innovations Ltd.
18241277 SURGICAL VISUALIZATION AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICES AND METHODS USING NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENT POLYMERS Final Rejection University of Rochester
16876109 METHOD OF DELIVERING DRUGS TO INNER EAR FACILITATED BY MICROBUBBLES Final Rejection National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
18041827 EXTRACORPOREAL CLEARING TRAPS BASED ON INVERSE ELECTRON DEMAND DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION FOR (PRE)-TARGETED THERAPY AND DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
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
17632438 ADDITIONAL MASS TAG POLYMERS FOR MASS CYTOMETRY Final Rejection THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
18246706 CONJUGATE OR ITS SALT COMPRISING A GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection ORANO MED
18254565 NERVE TARGETING PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA ALUME 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.
18040011 COMPOSITION COMPRISING A RAPALOG AND A RADIOLABELLED GASTRIN ANALOGUE, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT AND/OR DIAGNOSIS OF CCKB RECEPTOR POSITIVE CANCER OR TUMORS Non-Final OA Paul Scherrer Institut
18158427 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIALLY IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL CELLS Non-Final OA Lumicell, Inc.
17995963 COMPOUND, CONTRAST AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND Final Rejection SOPHIA SCHOOL CORPORATION
17935084 MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN MEDICAL IMAGING AND THERAPY Final Rejection Antelope Surgical Solutions, Inc.
17892739 RADIOIMMUNOCONJUGATE FOR USE IN TREATING BONE MARROW ASSOCIATED DISEASES Non-Final OA TheraPharm GmbH
17280137 CD8 IMAGING CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ImaginAb, Inc.
17752104 COMPOSITION FOR ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT, ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Nanjing Leapsonics Technology Co., Ltd.
17769693 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR BINDING CONJUGATE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF USE AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection Manzanita Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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