Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DEKARSKE, MADELINE MCGUIRE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1622 1634 1674 1675

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Analysis

Madeline Mcguire Dekarske is an examiner in Art Unit 1622 of Tech Center 1600. She has 2 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 0.0 percent. This rate provides a baseline for applicants to evaluate the probability of a grant when their case is assigned to her. The 2 resolved cases represent the volume of historical data available for this examiner in Tech Center 1600.

The median time to allowance for applications in her portfolio is 1099 days. Practitioners should also note the interview lift of 0.0 percent. This figure shows that applications involving an interview have not demonstrated a change in the likelihood of allowance compared to those that do not. Within the 1099-day median pendency, practitioners can monitor how the allowance rate develops as more cases reach a final disposition in Art Unit 1622.

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

Performance Statistics

0.0%
Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1099
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 2 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.8%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18540310 EGFR INHIBITOR AND PERK ACTIVATOR IN COMBINATION THERAPY AND THEIR USE FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18684280 PYRAZINE COMPOUNDS FOR THE CONTROL OF INVERTEBRATE PESTS Non-Final OA BASF SE
18290478 NEW SUBSTITUTED QUINOLINES AS FUNGICIDES Non-Final OA BASF SE
18703105 COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18412362 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18578195 PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE, AND PHARMACEUTIAL COMPOSITION THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
18359651 SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX 15N-LABELED MOLECULES Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18227122 SETDB1-MICROTUBULE INTERACTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ARIEL SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS LTD.
18550500 ANTIVIRAL PRODRUGS OF ETV AND FORMULATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18692064 COMPOSITION FOR TREATING, PREVENTING, OR AMELIORATING MELANOMA AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Thomas Jefferson University
18349606 FUSED TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12V MUTANTS Final Rejection INCYTE CORPORATION
18546071 SMTP-7 DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
18550474 IMIDAZOPYRIDINYL INHIBITORS OF PLASMA KALLIKREIN Final Rejection TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
18373903 TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS Final Rejection GH Research Ireland Limited
18347233 BENZOTHIA(DI)AZEPINE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS BILE ACID MODULATORS Final Rejection Albireo AB
18691644 CARYOPHYLLENE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA SUNSHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18560206 PSILOCYBIN AND PSILOCIN CONJUGATES FOR TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESSES Non-Final OA LONDON PHARMACEUTICALS AND RESEARCH CORPORATION
18546300 COMBINATION OF A SERCA2 INHIBITOR AND A STING ACTIVATOR FOR USE IN TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING CANCER Non-Final OA Université de Montpellier
18329539 COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SYNERGISTICALLY - ENHANCED SUPPLEMENTATION Non-Final OA Xygenyx Inc.

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