Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1621 1624 3646

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
128
Total Applications
+24.5%
Interview Lift
1216
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 81 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.1%
§102 Novelty
26.9%
§103 Obviousness
26.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17911022 3-(2-(Aminoethyl)-Indol-4-ol Derivatives, Methods of Preparation Thereof, and the Use as 5-HT2 Receptor Modulators Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17497633 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE (MAGL) Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18251101 CRYSTALLINE FORM II OF MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection LG CHEM, LTD.
18022962 MODULATORS OF MYB-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTION AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18559017 N-ACYL FOSMIDOMYCIN PRODRUG ANALOGS AS NOVEL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENTS Non-Final OA THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
17906580 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE Non-Final OA ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
18262429 METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OR SUPPRESSION OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
18546322 RADIOLABELED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18035429 APPLICATION OF ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND IN TUMOR TREATMENT Non-Final OA TONGJI UNIVERSITY
17597166 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
18577261 COMPOUND USED AS SHP2 INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TYK MEDICINES (ZHENGZHOU), INC.
18256091 COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA Erasca, Inc.
18027313 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection Erasca, Inc.
18568761 COMPOUND AS CDK KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TYK MEDICINES, INC.
18568686 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LIPID FORMULATION OF LIPOPHILIC SMALL MOLECULE THERAPIES OF THE HETEROCYCLIC TYPE Non-Final OA Neuronascent, Inc.
18568448 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR TREATING CHEMOTHERAPY-RELATED GASTROINTESTINAL SIDE EFFECTS Non-Final OA ONQUALITY PHARMACEUTICALS CHINA LTD.
18563275 INSECT REPELLANT FORMULATION AND METHOD OF USING SAME Non-Final OA ROSS LIFESCIENCE PRIVATE LIMITED
18559020 COMPOSITION COMPRISING PPAR-MODULATOR AND AN UROLITHIN DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM
18373906 TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA GH Research Ireland Limited
17641813 DNA-PK INHIBITING COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Provincial Health Services Authority
18039644 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS SYNTHESIZED ON INTERCONNECTING LINKER CHAINS Non-Final OA VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
18452606 AGAROFURAN COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA BEIJING CHY PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO, LTD.
18015445 POLYMORPHS OF A GABAA ALPHA5 AGONIST AND METHODS OF USING IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Non-Final OA AGENEBIO, INC.
18042485 COMBINATION OF CABOTEGRAVIR AND LEVONORGESTREL Non-Final OA ViiV Healthcare Company
18275382 SULFONAMIDE SUBSTITUTED N-(1H-INDOL-7-YL)BENZENESULFONAMIDES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Triana Biomedicines, Inc.
18263059 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION INCLUDING BENZENE DERIVATIVE AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT Final Rejection PROVIBIO CO., LTD.
18266199 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH STING ACTIVITY Non-Final OA NOVARTIS PHARMA AG
18255205 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION OF A CORTICOSTEROID AND AN ANTIHISTAMINE FOR THE TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF THE INFLAMMATORY COMPONENT OF ALLERGIC PROCESSES Final Rejection LABORATORIOS SILANES S.A. DE C.V.
18311850 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Kumquat Biosciences Inc.
18251501 Compounds Final Rejection University Court of the University of St Andrews

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