Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHAHNAN SHAH, KHATOL S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.6%
Allow Rate
+2.6% vs TC avg
492
Total Applications
+53.8%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 463 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
21.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17757441 METHOD FOR THE FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF GUANIDINOACETIC ACID Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
17912331 Attenuated Mycoplasma Bacteria Final Rejection INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS
17996013 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
18471276 New Core/Shell Materials of Nanowire/Graphene on Low-Cost RFID Tags for Rapidly Sensing Live Cell Metabolites at Single-Cell Sensitivity Final Rejection BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
18045599 MODIFIED NANOPORES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17426557 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST STRIP FOR EXTRACTING AND MEASURING SUGAR CHAIN ANTIGENS, CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIMEN BY IMPREGNATING HYDROPHILIC MATERIAL WITH NITRITE OR SOLID ACID REAGENT Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
18001551 Shigella-Tetravalent (Shigella4V) Bioconjugate Non-Final OA GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA
18008767 GBS FERRITIN NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18008777 BACTERIAL IMMUNIZATION USING NANOPARTICLE VACCINE Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
17588425 VACCINE Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18557471 COMBINATION PRODUCT AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING THE EMERGENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA UNDER ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT Non-Final OA ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE - HOPITAUX DE PARIS
18512470 METHOD OF REDUCING URIC ACID BY USING LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI LT12 Non-Final OA SHANGHAI LYTONE BIOCHEMICALS, LTD.
18498630 APPLICATION OF LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM IN PREPARING PRODUCTS FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING THROMBUS Non-Final OA Thankcome Biological Science and Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
17632449 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CULTURING HEMOGLOBIN-DEPENDENT BACTERIA Final Rejection Evelo Biosciences, Inc.
18550626 METHOD FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION Non-Final OA ORIGINAL G B.V.
17630841 MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK BIOSCIENCE CO., LTD.
18261598 BIOLOGICAL MARKER OF INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS, USEFUL FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE OF A CANCER PATIENT TO AN ANTI-PDI DRUG Non-Final OA EVERIMMUNE
17959546 TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2 AGONISTS AND VACCINES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars & the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy
17923346 METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A RESPIRATORY SAMPLE AND FOR THE SUBSEQUENT DETECTION OF RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN SAID SAMPLE Non-Final OA SERVEI DE SALUT DE LES ILLES BALEARS - IBSALUT
16933720 METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE LETHALITY AND THE LEVEL OF CROSS CONTAMINATION CONTROL OF A PROCESS NON-INVASIVELY Non-Final OA Fremonta Corporation
17312820 MULTIVALENT PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE VACCINE Non-Final OA Biological E Limited

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