Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1626

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.3%
Allow Rate
+11.3% vs TC avg
1,038
Total Applications
+11.8%
Interview Lift
882
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 985 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
36.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18375697 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OCULAR CHEMICAL BURNS Non-Final OA OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
18039188 COMPOUND, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
18455029 PYRIMIDIN-2-YL SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18030935 Antibacterial And Deodorizing Composition, And Preparation Method Therefor Non-Final OA LG Chem, Ltd.
18123018 Circularly Recyclable Polymers Featuring Topochemically Elongated Carbon-Carbon Bonds Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
17840633 METAL-PHOSPHORIZED CATALYST FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID USING THE SAME Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18015746 MONOTERPENOID AND PHENYLPROPANOID CARBONATE ESTERS AND METHODS OF THEIR MAKING AND USE AS REPELLENTS Non-Final OA IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
18325264 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FURFURAL FROM BIOMASS Non-Final OA UOP LLC
18279815 PYRIMIDINE OR PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS HCN2 MODULATORS Non-Final OA King's College London
18555112 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF CANCER Non-Final OA Yale University
18626788 PROCESS FOR PREPARING SUBSTITUTED CYCLOHEXANE AMINO ACID ESTERS AND SPIROKETAL-SUBSTITUTED CYCLIC KETO-ENOLS Final Rejection Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18113206 TRIFUNCTIONAL CONSTRUCTS WITH TUNABLE PHARMACOKINETICS USEFUL IN IMAGING AND ANTI-TUMOR THERAPIES Non-Final OA Cornell University
18758924 Compositions And Methods Targeting G12 Signaling For Bronchodilator Therapy Non-Final OA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18036095 PHENOTHIAZINE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER AGE-RELATED AND NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES Non-Final OA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
18552715 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING OR SUPPRESSING DECLINE OF KIDNEY FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
18569867 BENZOXAZINONE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA MEDSHINE DISCOVERY INC.
18519533 COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA FOGHORN THERAPEUTICS INC.
18557449 SYNTHESIS OF CBN AND CBNV Non-Final OA TEEWINOT LIFE SCIENCES CORPORATION
18275929 GLOBODERA PALLIDA CONTROL AGENT Non-Final OA Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
18458420 BIOACTIVE EXTRACTION METHOD Non-Final OA Performance Labs Pte. Ltd.
17776870 A CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF AZO DYES INVOLVING IN-SITU GENERATION OF DIAZONIUM SALTS Non-Final OA Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
17802827 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SPLICING Final Rejection REMIX THERAPEUTICS INC.
18027005 COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS AS MODULATORS OF TLR SIGNALING Non-Final OA Neuropore Therapies, Inc.
18007199 Novel Compounds for Treating Fibrosis and Inflammatory Conditions Non-Final OA MAKScientific, LLC
17390064 CONJUGATION OF A CYTOTOXIC DRUG WITH BIS-LINKAGE Final Rejection Hangzhou DAC Biotech Co., Ltd.
17593380 CAPTURE OF MICROVESICLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES Non-Final OA CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BORDEAUX
17190177 PROANGIOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA University of North Dakota

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