Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HAVLIN, ROBERT H

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1622 1626 1639 1675 1692

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.6%
Allow Rate
-7.4% vs TC avg
1115
Total Applications
+27.2%
Interview Lift
1078
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1016 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.8%
§102 Novelty
30.8%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17749462 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18236462 METHODS FOR TREATING RECEPTOR-INTERACTING PROTEIN KINASE 1-MEDIATED DISEASES Non-Final OA Genzyme Corporation
18082799 LIQUID PREPARATIONS OF AMINES AND ORGANIC ACIDS STABILIZED BY SALTS Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
14407174 LIQUID PREPARATIONS OF AMINES AND ORGANIC ACIDS STABILIZED BY SALTS Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17918084 METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF COVID-19 ILLNESS REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION Non-Final OA OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
17916843 Synthesis of vinylic alcohol intermediates Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18261182 PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF INTERMEDIATES Final Rejection DSM IP Assets B.V.
18318947 2-PHENYLBENZOTRIAZOL-5-AMINE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT AND PROPHYLAXIS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) INFECTION Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18258711 CRYSTALLINE FORM I OF MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18258717 CRYSTALLINE FORM II OF MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
19216139 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES Final Rejection University of Washington
18455152 METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES Non-Final OA University of Washington
19190210 METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AGING Final Rejection BIOVIE INC.
18001832 TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS WITH ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS Final Rejection THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
18058216 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR COMBINATORIAL BARCODING Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18286510 Combination Comprising Ribociclib and Amcenestrant Non-Final OA Sanofi
17927642 Gasdermin D (GSDMD) Succination for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease Final Rejection University of Massachusetts
17999581 METHODS FOR TREATING DEPRESSION Non-Final OA JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
18556969 METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS OF KABUKI SYNDROME Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
17934517 Methods for Identifying Multiple Epitopes in Selected Sub-Populations of Cells Final Rejection Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18147251 REFINING METHOD Final Rejection NGK Insulators, Ltd.
18173386 NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION AND AMPLIFICATION CONTROLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18066103 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DRUG COMBINATION VIA A BLOCKING MODEL OF A MULTI-SITE-TARGETED PROTEIN AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection National Tsing Hua University
17787952 WATER-SOLUBLE CONJUGATED POLYMER FOR PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY, POLYMERIZED MONOMER THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18001333 ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION OBTAINED THROUGH DRUG REPOSITIONING Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
17996302 INHIBITION OF BAX-MEDIATED CELL DEATH BY ELTROMBOPAG Final Rejection Albert Einstein College of Medicine
18530255 SOLID FORMS OF A SGC ACTIVATOR Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18735600 OCULAR FORMULATIONS FOR DRUG-DELIVERY TO THE POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF THE EYE Non-Final OA PanOptica, Inc.
17890782 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS Final Rejection Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
18340824 METHODS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR AMPLIFYING A TARGET POLYNUCLEOTIDE Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC

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