Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BURKETT, DANIEL JOHN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1624

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
+8.0% vs TC avg
124
Total Applications
+28.2%
Interview Lift
1266
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 75 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.3%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
20.1%
§103 Obviousness
39.2%
§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.
18262429 METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OR SUPPRESSION OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA Non-Final OA SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG
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
18283264 ENAMINE N-OXIDES: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION TO HYPOXIA-RESPONSIVE PRODRUGS AND IMAGING AGENTS Non-Final OA DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17906580 FARNESOID X RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE Final Rejection ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
18176877 INHIBITION OF URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLASE IN THE OPEN CONFORMATION Final Rejection 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
18035429 APPLICATION OF ISOQUINOLINE COMPOUND IN TUMOR TREATMENT Final Rejection TONGJI UNIVERSITY
17597166 IRAK DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
17768003 ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
18010735 ORAL FORMULATIONS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection INVENTISBIO CO., LTD.
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.
18568448 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR TREATING CHEMOTHERAPY-RELATED GASTROINTESTINAL SIDE EFFECTS Non-Final OA ONQUALITY PHARMACEUTICALS CHINA LTD.
18568498 INTERMEDIATE FOR PREPARING FULVESTRANT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHANGHAI BEST-LINK BIOSCIENCE, LLC
18568686 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LIPID FORMULATION OF LIPOPHILIC SMALL MOLECULE THERAPIES OF THE HETEROCYCLIC TYPE Non-Final OA Neuronascent, Inc.
18568761 COMPOUND AS CDK KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TYK MEDICINES, INC.
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
18251501 Compounds Final Rejection University Court of the University of St Andrews
18041617 OSIMERTINIB AND SELPERCATINIB COMBINATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF EGFR- AND RET-ASSOCIATED CANCERS Non-Final OA Loxo Oncology, Inc.
18373906 TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA GH Research Ireland Limited
18039644 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS SYNTHESIZED ON INTERCONNECTING LINKER CHAINS Non-Final OA VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
18453324 Cosmetic Skin and Medical Cream Non-Final OA Protecta-Skincare, Inc.
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

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