Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1627

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
117
Total Applications
+51.1%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
11.8%
§102 Novelty
34.9%
§103 Obviousness
24.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18043357 PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18015364 ADENOSINE A2A AND A2B RECEPTOR DUAL ANTAGONISTS FOR IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18015387 ADENOSINE A2A AND A2B RECEPTOR DUAL ANTAGONISTS FOR IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18007776 RIPK1 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18022296 NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING MULTIPLE CLEAVABLE PRODUGS FOR CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection The University of Chicago
18022017 BIOINSPIRED LIPID DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18558766 IPTACOPAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18557241 RING CLOSURE OF BENZOQUINONES CONTAINING AN UNSATURATED SIDE CHAIN USING A BASIC CATALYST Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
17917538 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO INHIBIT FOULING OF AMMONIUM SALTS Non-Final OA ECOLAB USA INC.
18032724 THIOBENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18285650 METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER Non-Final OA Brown University
18035478 RAF INHIBITOR FOR TREATING LOW GRADE GLIOMA Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc.
18285915 METHOD FOR PREPARING DEUTERATED CHEMICAL BY MEANS OF DEUTERATION REACTION OF CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND WITH DEUTERIUM GAS UNDER CATALYSIS OF ALKALI Non-Final OA FUDAN UNIVERSITY
18557236 PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
18001074 SMALL-MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF THE FRS2-FGFR INTERACTION AND THEIR USE IN MEDICINE, IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection ETH ZÜRICH
18084092 BI-Heteroaryl Substitute 1,4-Benzodiazepines And Uses Thereof For The Treatment Of Cancer Final Rejection Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
18020025 THERAPEUTICALLY USEFUL CURE-PRO MOLECULES FOR E3 LIGASE MEDIATED DEGRADATION OF PROTEINS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18020019 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION OF CURE-PRO COMPOUNDS FOR TARGETED DEGRADATION OF BET DOMAIN PROTEINS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USAGE Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17769307 METHODS OF INHIBITING LIVER-TYPE GLUTAMINASE, GLS2 Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18265740 SMALL MOLECULES AS LARP1 LIGANDS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
18437733 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA MannKind Corporation
18015657 SUBSTITUTED 4-(3-AMINOPROP-1-YL)AMINOQUINOLINE ANALOGS AS MODULATORS OF MELANOMA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 11 UBIQUITIN LIGASE Non-Final OA ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC.
18019067 MODIFIED EZETIMIBE DRUG FOR CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA University of South Africa
17872533 SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH METALS Final Rejection The Queen's University of Belfast
18099113 COMBINATION THERAPIES USING CASPASE-1 DEPENDENT ANTICANCER AGENTS AND PGE2 ANTAGONISTS Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
17921369 Nutritional Composition Comprising Carnitine and Method for Treating or Preventing an Infection in a Mammal Non-Final OA Lonza Greenwood LLC
18033931 PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection Blueprint Medicines Corporation
18005165 ROCK INHIBITOR, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WUHAN LL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
18558806 POLO LIKE KINASE 4 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18558810 NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME-INHIBITING COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF Non-Final OA UNIVERSITA' DI PISA (40%)

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