Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YOUTCHOM PENDIE, EMMANUEL LED

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1647

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.0%
Allow Rate
At TC average
31
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1318
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 5 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
60.4%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17923872 METHODS FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17821665 METHODS FOR TREATING ATOPIC DERMATITIS BY ADMINISTERING AN IL-4R ANTAGONIST Non-Final OA REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17767857 ONCOLYTIC VIRUS COMPRISING IMMUNOMODULATORY TRANSGENES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
18255808 APPLICATION OF NKG2D CAR-IMMUNOCYTE IN TREATMENT OF ANTI-AGING AND AGE-RELATED DISEASES Non-Final OA WEST CHINA HOSPITAL, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
18053325 BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO B7H3 AND NKG2D Non-Final OA Xencor, Inc.
18052131 IMMUNOSILENCING Fc VARIANTS Final Rejection VISTERRA, INC.
18323577 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST VARIOUS CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18314878 NOVEL PEPTIDES AND COMBINATION OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST LUNG CANCER, INCLUDING NSCLC, SCLC AND OTHER CANCERS Non-Final OA Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH
18173052 METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING POTENCY OF REGENERATIVE IMMUNOTHERAPIES Non-Final OA CREATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18312144 METHODS FOR IMPROVING T CELL EFFICACY Non-Final OA IMMATICS US, INC.
18073663 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND SUPPRESSING ALLERGIC RESPONSES Non-Final OA IgGenix, Inc.
18011605 MATERIALS AND METHODS OF TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA MONOPTEROS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17932057 CLEAVABLE LINKERS Non-Final OA Xilio Development, Inc.
17800405 NON-PROTEIN A PURIFICATION METHOD FOR ADALIMUMAB Final Rejection PRESTIGE BIOPHARMA PTE LTD.
17777828 METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS THERAPY AGAINST PNAG COMPRISING MICROBES Final Rejection ALOPEXX, INC.

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