Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHONG, YONG SOO

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1623 1627

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.9%
Allow Rate
-16.1% vs TC avg
928
Total Applications
+40.1%
Interview Lift
1335
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 862 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
18.5%
§102 Novelty
44.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17760090 ELONGATION FACTOR 1-ALPHA INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18134539 METHOD OF PREVENTING KIDNEY INJURY DISRUPTION OF INTESTINAL LYMPHATICS Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
19198257 FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Fera Diagnostics and Biologicals Corp.
19177206 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNE-MEDIATED CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection Teclison, Inc.
17583526 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
19062916 METHODS FOR TREATING ABERRANT BEHAVIOR AND MOTOR ACTIVITY Non-Final OA LAPKO INC, dba AFECTA PHARMACEUTICALS
18285409 COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING RED BLOOD CELLS AND/OR HEMOGLOBIN Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
16433298 TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE Final Rejection Allergan Pharmaceuticals International Limited
18845088 THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND PRODUCING ENTACTOGENIC MINDSTATES Non-Final OA Mindstate Design Labs, Inc.
18038821 SIRTUIN 6 ACTIVATOR Non-Final OA KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
17058046 METHODS FOR TREATING SPINAL CORD INJURY Final Rejection THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
18567435 FORMULATION CONTAINING DIHYDROPYRIDAZINE-3,5-DIONE DERIVATIVE Non-Final OA CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18581224 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CANNABINOIDS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Schedule 1 Therapeutics, Inc.
17871152 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION ADMINISTERED IN COMBINATION WITH SUBSTITUTED DIHYDROPYRROLOPYRAZOLE COMPOUND AND IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT Final Rejection UBE CORPORATION
18549622 BELVARAFENIB FOR USE IN TREATMENT OF BRAIN CANCERS Non-Final OA Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd.
18568899 UREA DERIVATIVES WHICH CAN BE USED TO TREAT CANCER Non-Final OA Scorpion Therapeutics, Inc.
18006817 Products for Treating the JNCL Disease Non-Final OA University College Cardiff Consultants Limited
18287096 FORMULATIONS OF CANNABINOIDS Non-Final OA ADD Advanced Drug Delivery Technologies LTD.
16967824 Treatment Of Patients With Classic Fabry Disease Final Rejection Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
18034245 Lipid Prophylactic Brain Injury Treatment Final Rejection The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
18275965 Dosing Protocols for Administering Deuterated Arachidonic Acid or a Prodrug Thereof Non-Final OA BioJiva LLC
17786175 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT Non-Final OA AGENEBIO, INC.
18277746 SALT AND CRYSTAL FORMS OF AN HMOX1 INDUCER Non-Final OA MITOBRIDGE INC.
18273418 PHENOL DERIVATIVE AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MEDICAMENTS Non-Final OA HINYE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18265525 CYCLOBENZAPRINE TREATMENT FOR FIBROMYALGIA Non-Final OA Tonix Pharma Limited
18268190 SYNERGISTIC MODULATORS OF ALPHA-DICARBONYL DETOXIFICATION AND THEIR USE FOR INDUCING WEIGHT LOSS AND THE TREATMENT OF DIABETIC PATHOLOGIES Final Rejection Buck Institute for Research on Aging
18256721 MASITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Final Rejection AB SCIENCE
18328682 ADJUNCTIVE THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION Non-Final OA ANeuroTech BV
17790408 COGNITIVE DISORDER PREVENTION AND THERAPY Non-Final OA ANeuroTech BV
18038401 METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER Non-Final OA Crestone, Inc.

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