Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1600 1621 1624 1626 3646

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.2%
Allow Rate
+13.2% vs TC avg
134
Total Applications
+30.6%
Interview Lift
1225
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 92 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
19.6%
§103 Obviousness
42.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18263059 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION INCLUDING BENZENE DERIVATIVE AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT Final Rejection PROVIBIO CO., LTD.
18251101 CRYSTALLINE FORM II OF MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18017732 METHOD FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED AROMATIC COMPOUND AND DEUTERATED REACTION COMPOSITION Final Rejection LG CHEM, LTD.
18283264 ENAMINE N-OXIDES: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION TO HYPOXIA-RESPONSIVE PRODRUGS AND IMAGING AGENTS Final Rejection DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
18262429 METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OR SUPPRESSION OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA Final Rejection SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
17906580 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE Non-Final OA ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
18228422 SELECTIVE BRD4-DEGRADER MOLECULES Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
18022962 MODULATORS OF MYB-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTION AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18176877 INHIBITION OF URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLASE IN THE OPEN CONFORMATION Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18546322 RADIOLABELED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
17597166 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
18683361 IMPROVED METHODS FOR PREPARING CYTOTOXIC BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA IMMUNOGEN, INC.

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