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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

51 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
15
Final Rejections
36
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19346648 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF PROGRAMMED DEATH RECEPTOR 1 (PD-1) ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF GODDARD, LAURA B 1642 Non-Final OA Oct 01, 2025
19346638 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF PROGRAMMED DEATH RECEPTOR 1 (PD-1) ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF BALLARD, KIMBERLY 1675 Non-Final OA Oct 01, 2025
18577775 METHOD FOR ANALYZING TRACE LEVELS OF SEMI-VOLATILE NITROSAMINES IN SOLID SAMPLES SINGER, DAVID L 2855 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2024
18405772 HIGH CONCENTRATION SOLUTION ANTIBODY FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ANTI-IL-23p19 ANTIBODIES JIANG, DONG 1674 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2024
18564799 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12C MUTANT MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18557487 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12C MUTANT YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2023
18555640 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12D MUTANT OH, TAYLOR V 1625 Non-Final OA Oct 16, 2023
18484485 BLOW-FILL SEALING METHOD FOR FILLING AND PACKAGING LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2023
18553774 NOVEL FORMS OF CYCLIC DINUCLEOTIDE COMPOUNDS VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE 1636 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18550332 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18550348 A CLOSED-SYSTEM UPSTREAM MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR DENGUE VIRUS PRODUCTION TANG, JIANMING 1671 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18548640 REDUCING HIGH MANNOSE GLYCAN PROTEIN EXPRESSION USING GUANOSINE 5'-MONOPHOSPHATE HOLLAND, PAUL J 1656 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18263277 LIPID NANOPARTICLE ADJUVANT COMPOSITION FOR PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINES MORGAN, BAILEY MICHELLE 1645 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18348787 DENSIFIED CO-PRECIPITATED MATERIALS ISOLATED BY THIN FILM EVAPORATION GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2023
18346315 NOVEL SYNTHETIC PATHWAY TO BELZUTIFAN SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1657 Non-Final OA Jul 03, 2023
18258397 IL-2 MUTEINS FOR TREATING AUTOIMMUNE AND INFLAMMATORY DISEASES GURLEY, JAMI MICHELLE 1647 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18256943 MINI-TABLET DOSAGE FORM OF A VIRAL TERMINASE INHIBITOR AND USES THEREOF KASSA, TIGABU 1619 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2023
18256997 FUSED BICYCLIC PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPESVIRUSES JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 Final Rejection Jun 12, 2023
18317377 SYRINGES AND INJECTORS WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME SHAH, NILAY J 3783 Non-Final OA May 15, 2023
18252217 3-AMINO PYRROLIDINE AND PIPERIDINE MACROCYCLIC OREXIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1624 Final Rejection May 09, 2023
18251314 ANTI-RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) ANTIBODY CELL-BASED POTENCY ASSAY BURKHART, MICHAEL D 1638 Non-Final OA May 01, 2023
18251259 DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE CARBOXAMIDE INHIBITORS OF HPK1 WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 Final Rejection May 01, 2023
18250404 METHODS FOR TREATING HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES WITH AMINO-PYRROLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS OTTON, ALICIA L 1699 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18246467 STABLE FORMULATIONS OF PROGRAMMED DEATH RECEPTOR 1 (PD-1) ANTIBODIES AND HYALURONIDASE VARIANTS AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2023
18246408 CORONAVIRUS REPLICONS FOR ANTIVIRAL SCREENING AND TESTING KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2023
18043357 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2023
18041815 INSULIN RECEPTOR PARTIAL AGONISTS BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 Non-Final OA Feb 16, 2023
18021369 CO-STIMULATORY 4-1BBL ECTODOMAIN POLYPEPTIDES FOR IMMUNOMODULATION HELLMAN, KRISTINA M 1654 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2023
18015671 CYCLIC CYANOENONE DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF KEAP1 O DELL, DAVID K 1621 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2023
18015364 ADENOSINE A2A AND A2B RECEPTOR DUAL ANTAGONISTS FOR IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2023
18015387 ADENOSINE A2A AND A2B RECEPTOR DUAL ANTAGONISTS FOR IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2023
18007776 RIPK1 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Final Rejection Dec 02, 2022
17927222 PYRAZOLO[4,3-d]PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF CELLULAR PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2022
17920876 MODULAR BLENDER AND METHOD OF USING SAME SORKIN, DAVID L 1774 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2022
17935856 PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDES AND THEIR USE IN IMMUNOGENIC POLYSACCHARIDE-CARRIER PROTEIN CONJUGATES DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2022
17934396 PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDES AND THEIR USE IN IMMUNOGENIC POLYSACCHARIDE-CARRIER PROTEIN CONJUGATES DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2022
17934379 PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDES AND THEIR USE IN IMMUNOGENIC POLYSACCHARIDE-CARRIER PROTEIN CONJUGATES DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2022
17817382 HPV VACCINE ZOU, NIANXIANG 1671 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2022
17793583 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE DELIVERY OF STEROID TO VITREOUS CHAMBER OF THE EYE BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 Final Rejection Jul 18, 2022
17789374 ARGINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE WILSON, JERICA KATLYNN 1621 Non-Final OA Jun 27, 2022
17785750 NON-INVASIVE CONTINUOUS CAPACITANCE LEVEL DETECTOR DEVITO, ALEX T 2855 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2022
17785772 STAPLED OLEFIN CO-AGONISTS OF THE GLUCAGON AND GLP-1 RECEPTORS KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17785279 STAPLED LACTAM CO-AGONISTS OF THE GLUCAGON AND GLP-1 RECEPTORS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2022
17785287 STAPLED TRIAZOLE CO-AGONISTS OF THE GLUCAGON AND GLP-1 RECEPTORS BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2022
17784718 INDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPES VIRUSES YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2022
17783938 USE OF BIOMARKERS IN IDENTIFYING PATIENTS THAT WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENT WITH A PRMT5 INHIBITOR KONOPKA, CATHERINE ANNE 1635 Final Rejection Jun 09, 2022
17779427 IN VITRO CELL BASED POTENCY ASSAY TAKENAKA, RISA 1632 Final Rejection May 24, 2022
17642870 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ANTI-CTLA4 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY WITH REDUCED HOST CELL PROTEINS AND INCREASED POLYSORBATE-80 STABILITY DUFFY, BRADLEY 1643 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2022
17614865 AN IMMUNOGENIC SEROTYPE 35B PNEUMOCOCCAL POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATE AND CONJUGATION PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME KOLKER, DANIEL E 1645 Final Rejection Nov 29, 2021
17482650 Stable Formulations of Programmed Death Receptor 1 (PD-1) Antibodies and Hyaluronidase Variants and Fragments Thereof and Methods of Use Thereof BENAVIDES, JENNIFER ANN 1675 Final Rejection Sep 23, 2021
17093833 OXAZOLIDINONE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS PATEL, SAGAR S 1626 Non-Final OA Nov 10, 2020

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