Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARSKY, JARED

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1628 1629

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.4%
Allow Rate
-9.6% vs TC avg
1003
Total Applications
+23.0%
Interview Lift
975
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 915 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
16.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18555104 RETINOL FORMULATION (I) Non-Final OA DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
17442968 Tip60 Inhibitors and Methods of Use for Cardiovascular Disease Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
18179196 BUPROPION AS A MODULATOR OF DRUG ACTIVITY Final Rejection ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
17571110 BUPROPION AS A MODULATOR OF DRUG ACTIVITY Non-Final OA ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
17541461 BUPROPION AS A MODULATOR OF DRUG ACTIVITY Final Rejection ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
18570552 ORAL FORMULATION CONTAINING 1-(3-CYANO-1-ISOPROPYL-INDOL-5-YL)PYRAZOLE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18555215 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR AGONIST WITH CONTROLLED PARTICLE SIZE Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
17928765 USE OF 2-HOBA TO TREAT ATHEROSCLEROSIS Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18553480 FORMULATION Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18426706 ANTICANCER DRUG-CONTAINING PLANT VIRUS PARTICLES Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17397911 AMELIORATING AGENT FOR FEMALE-SPECIFIC PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL UNPLEASANT SYMPTOM Non-Final OA OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18556564 PROTEASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
19026003 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING GENITAL HERPES AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Non-Final OA PAGARI LIFE SCIENCE CORP
17910613 METABOLITES RELEASED FROM APOPTOTIC CELLS ACT AS NOVEL TISSUE MESSENGERS Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18269390 CLATHRATE IN WHICH EQUOL IS INCLUDED IN CYCLODEXTRIN, EQUOL-ABSORBENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAID CLATHRATE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection DAICEL CORPORATION
18548641 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARMFUL ARTHROPODS OR HARMFUL NEMATODES USING ZOANTHAMINE Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18018924 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
18138058 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION Non-Final OA Georgetown University
18824121 TREATMENT OF CHRONIC COUGH, BREATHLESSNESS AND DYSPNEA Non-Final OA Trevi Therapeutics, Inc.
18138375 SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF AN ASBT INHIBITOR Final Rejection Albireo AB
18493126 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING STING Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18105511 USE OF DELTA-8-THC TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
14903114 DRUG FOR TREATMENT OF NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Final Rejection KOWA COMPANY, LTD.
18417748 METHOD OF INITIATING AND ESCALATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING Non-Final OA AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC
18324703 METHODS OF INTRAVENOUSLY ADMINISTERING SOTALOL Non-Final OA AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC
18322111 METHOD OF INITIATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING Non-Final OA AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC
17861226 METHOD OF INITIATING AND ESCALATING SOTALOL HYDROCHLORIDE DOSING Final Rejection AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLC
17913585 THE USE OF MENTHOL FOR THE PREPARATION OF A TOPICAL COMPOSITION TO IMPROVE NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND STROKE Non-Final OA CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18367416 SUSTAINED-RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF COLCHICINE AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection MURRAY AND POOLE ENTERPRISES LTD
17385734 COLCHICINE SALICYLATE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT Non-Final OA Murray and Poole Enterprises, LTD.

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