Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1626 1629

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.5%
Allow Rate
+2.5% vs TC avg
35
Total Applications
-14.3%
Interview Lift
1224
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
35.3%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18454315 BENZOTHIAZOLYL BICYCLO[1.1.1]PENTANE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17774002 SELECTIVE HISTONE DEACETYLASE (HDAC) DEGRADERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17599374 COMPOUNDS AND CONJUGATES THEREOF Final Rejection MedImmune Limited
17637773 STING MODULATORS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA University of South Florida
18042931 METHODS TO PREVENT HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVARIAN CANCER AND BREAST CANCER BY ADMINISTERING ANTIPROGESTINS Non-Final OA The Trustees of Indiana University
17914153 NOVEL PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND CANCER, COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
18263733 ANTI-VIRAL AGENT Non-Final OA NEZU LIFE SCIENCE CO., LTD.
18267664 MACROCYCLIC K-RAS G12C INHIBITOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd.
18327213 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS, SYNTHESIS METHODS, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ankh Life Sciences Limited
17764003 METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA Final Rejection PTC Therapeutics MP, Inc.
17638663 PHENOTHIAZINES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES FOR USE AS A MEDICAMENT Final Rejection Guangzhou Virotech Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17638669 A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CANCER USED FOR A PATIENT HAVING SPECIFIC GENETIC MARKER Final Rejection J-PHARMA CO., LTD.
17637372 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS Non-Final OA APPLIED BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES, INC.

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