Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: STEELE, AMBER D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1627 1639 1654 1658 1676

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-0.9% vs TC avg
862
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 809 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.4%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18265523 SCG2 NEUROPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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
18140681 POLYMERIC CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
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
18464285 PEPTIDE KINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD.
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
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
17279807 INJECTABLE COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
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.
18426877 Treatment of Homologous Recombination Deficient Cancers Final Rejection Sinai Health System
17169835 SEPARATION OF VWF AND VWF PROPEPTIDE BY CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
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.
18236085 USE OF GOJI GLYCOPEPTIDE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Non-Final OA NINGXIA QIPEPTIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18273336 INTRANASAL FORMULATIONS AND DELIVERY OF SOMATOSTATIN MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NBO PHARMA INC.
18271353 BICYCLIC PEPTIDE LIGANDS SPECIFIC FOR NK CELLS Non-Final OA BicycleTx Limited
17610844 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEUROTROPHIC KERATITIS WHICH CONTAINS PACAP PEPTIDE OR STABILIZED PACAP PEPTIDE Non-Final OA SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18044668 BISPECIFIC FUSION POLYPEPTIDE COMPOUND Non-Final OA SHAANXI MICOT PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18017669 USE OF PERLECAN AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF TO REDUCE THE RISK OF DEATH IN STROKE PATIENTS Non-Final OA STREAM BIOMEDICAL, INC.
17787979 A COMPOSITION COMPRISING S-ARRESTIN PEPTIDES Final Rejection WORG PHARMACEUTICALS (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD.
17757402 RETRO-INVERSO PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Herantis Pharma OYJ
17757350 TREATMENT OF ACUTE HEART FAILURE Non-Final OA AnaCardio R&D AB
17781653 SORTILIN BINDING CONJUGATE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection THERATECHNOLOGIES INC.

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