Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STEELE, AMBER D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1639 1654 1658 1676

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-0.9% vs TC avg
853
Total Applications
+8.9%
Interview Lift
1174
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 797 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
26.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18265523 SCG2 NEUROPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17169835 SEPARATION OF VWF AND VWF PROPEPTIDE BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18105658 PEPTIDES FOR ANGIOGENIC THERAPY Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17768537 Bi-Peptide with Affinity to Extracellular Matrix Proteins or Cells and to Growth Factors for Tissue Healing and Regeneration Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17296795 PEPTIDE LIGANDS FOR CAPTURE OF HOST CELL PROTEINS Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
17292265 SELF-ASSEMBLING VEGF NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17778306 POLYPEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
17433009 CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHATASE-1 FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF LIVER INJURY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17279807 INJECTABLE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
16632226 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDE-POLYMER NANOFIBERS FOR SUBLINGUAL IMMUNIZATION Final Rejection Duke University
18037098 VIBRIO TOXIN BINDING PROTEINS IN SHRIMP AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18872790 PREVENTING ALU SINES-MEDIATED PATHOLOGIES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
17408582 PHOTOACTIVATED CROSSLINKING OF A PROTEIN OR PEPTIDE Final Rejection Cook Medical Technologies LLC
18140681 POLYMERIC CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
18265883 METHODS OF MAKING WATER-SOLUBLE PROTEIN FORMED IN A BACTERIAL EXPRESSION SYSTEM, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
18037372 HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID FOR INDUCING GENERATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
17396304 Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Antagonists and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA University of Miami
17781571 PEPTIDES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION Non-Final OA ENLITISA (SHANGHAI) PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18439838 FUNTIONALLY MODIFIED POLYPEPTIDES AND RADIOBIOSYNTHESIS Non-Final OA IKARIA INC.
18432983 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HEART DISEASE BY INHIBITING THE ACTION OF mAKAP-beta Non-Final OA Anchored RSK3 Inhibitors, LLC
18426877 Treatment of Homologous Recombination Deficient Cancers Final Rejection Sinai Health System
18392074 Methods and Compositions for Treating NAFLD, Hepatic Steatosis, and Sequelae Thereof Non-Final OA ORAMED LTD.
18530002 MODIFIED SERPINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRADYKININ-MEDIATED DISEASE Final Rejection PRECLINICS GESELLSCHAFT FÜR PRÄKLINISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH
18042001 HEMOSTATIC ELASTIN-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
17916295 BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIVIRAL PEPTIDES Non-Final OA The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
18288796 PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF POLYPEPTIDE Non-Final OA GUANGDONG RAYNOVENT BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18067991 NITRIC OXIDE HYDROGEL FOR PROMOTING TUMOR VASCULAR NORMALIZATION AND RADIOSENSITIZATION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Nankai University
17989817 TARGETING G3BP AGGREGATION TO PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION Non-Final OA Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrastructure and Services Ltd.
17610844 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEUROTROPHIC KERATITIS WHICH CONTAINS PACAP PEPTIDE OR STABILIZED PACAP PEPTIDE Non-Final OA SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18245226 A SYSTEM TO IMPROVE HAEMOSTATIC CONTROL Non-Final OA Tissue-Link ApS

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