Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: COPPINS, JANET L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1625 1626 1628 1657 1672

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Janet L. Coppins is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1621. She has reached a final disposition in 933 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 72.6%. The median days to allowance is 848 days. This 848-day period provides a specific timeline for the duration of the examination process in her portfolio.

The interview lift for this examiner is 26.1%. This metric indicates that conducting an interview is associated with an increase in the probability of an allowance compared to cases without such engagement. With 933 resolved cases, the 72.6% allowance rate represents the frequency of grants in her portfolio. Practitioners in Tech Center 1600 can use the 26.1% lift to assess the impact of direct communication. The 848-day median pendency is a factor for managing expectations in Art Unit 1621.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

72.6%
Allow Rate
+12.6% vs TC avg
1,003
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
848
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 933 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.9%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
35.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17712527 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND KIT CONTAINING NOVEL PENAM DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF AND ONE OR MORE COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM beta-LACTAMASE INHIBITORY COMPOUND AND ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUND OR SALTS THEREOF Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18438385 BIFUNCTIONAL CHEMICAL EPIGENENTIC MODIFIERS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18501175 AHR AGONISTS Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18685357 C-LINKED ISOQUINOLINE AMIDES AS LRRK2 INHIBITORS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17252771 COMPOSITION COMPRISING FLT3 INHIBITOR AS EFFECTIVE INGREDIENT FOR INHIBITING DRUG RESISTANCE IN CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA Final Rejection INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18608354 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE INJURY Final Rejection CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18428639 Methods for Restoring Sensitivity to TTFields in TTFields-Resistant Cancer Cells with PTGER3 Inhibitors Final Rejection Novocure GmbH
17432158 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND THERAPEUTIC METHOD FOR TREATING FGFR1 VARIANT-POSITIVE BRAIN TUMOR Final Rejection TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18570727 (R)-N-ETHYL-5-FLUORO-N-ISOPROPYL-2-((5-(2-(6-((2-METHOXYETHYL)(METHYL)AMINO)-2-METHYLHEXAN-3-YL)-2,6-DIAZASPIRO[3.4]OCTAN-6-YL)-1,2,4-TRIAZIN-6-YL)OXY)BENZAMIDE BESYLATE SALT Non-Final OA Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
17659274 TREATING NEURAL DISEASE WITH TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS Final Rejection GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
17059761 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE Final Rejection Purdue Pharma L.P.
17253828 NOVEL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING KETAMINE Non-Final OA Neurocentrx Pharma Ltd.
18099654 ANIMAL STERILIZATION BY ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Insigna Inc.
16498813 STATIN FOR PREVENTION/REDUCTION OF ISCHEMIA-RELATED DAMAGE Final Rejection Gendiag, S.L.

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