Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1693

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.3%
Allow Rate
-7.7% vs TC avg
163
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1176
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
39.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18539559 OIL-RESISTANT AGENT Final Rejection DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18365835 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FAMILIAL HETEROZYGOUS AND HOMOZYGOUS HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA WITH CYCLODEXTRINS Non-Final OA Beren Therapeutics P.B.C.
18627239 DOSING REGIMENS FOR USE IN PREVENTING RELAPSE OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA FOLLOWING ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH VENETOCLAX IN COMBINATION WITH AZACITIDINE Non-Final OA ABBVIE INC.
19380466 4'-HALOGEN CONTAINING NUCLEOTIDE AND NUCLEOSIDE THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO Final Rejection EMORY UNIVERSITY
18031832 CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPHIC FORMS OF STING AGONISTS ASSOCIATED WITH METAL IONS CAPABLE OF MODULATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17616966 METHODS OF REJUVENATING AGED TISSUE BY INHIBITING 15-HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE (15-PGDH) Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18543979 DISULFIDE CONTAINING THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18255757 STABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITION FOR PRETERM TO PROMOTE EARLY POSTNAL GROWTH Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17265387 METHODS FOR REDUCING ABNORMAL SCAR FORMATION Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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