Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1626 1627

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.8%
Allow Rate
-7.2% vs TC avg
123
Total Applications
+51.5%
Interview Lift
1192
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 36 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
36.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18007776 RIPK1 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18028311 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMELIORATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18022017 BIOINSPIRED LIPID DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18558766 IPTACOPAN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME Final Rejection Novartis AG
18035478 RAF INHIBITOR FOR TREATING LOW GRADE GLIOMA Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc.
18532710 NOVEL CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 1-(4-{[6-AMINO-5-(4-PHENOXY-PHENYL)-PYRIMIDIN-4-YLAMINO]-METHYL}-4-FLUORO-PIPERIDIN-1-YL)-PROPENONE, SALT FORMS THEREOF, AND PROCESSES TO OBTAIN Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
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
18880793 SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD, SEQUENCING METHOD, AND KIT Non-Final OA GeneMind Biosciences Co., Ltd.
18084092 BI-Heteroaryl Substitute 1,4-Benzodiazepines And Uses Thereof For The Treatment Of Cancer Final Rejection Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
17917538 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO INHIBIT FOULING OF AMMONIUM SALTS Non-Final OA ECOLAB USA INC.
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
18285650 METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER Non-Final OA Brown University
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.
17872533 SEPARATION OF RARE EARTH METALS Final Rejection The Queen's University of Belfast
18468907 C19 SCAFFOLDS AND STEROIDS AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA Trustees of Dartmouth College
18268688 DOSING REGIMENS FOR ORAL ALK2 KINASE INHIBITORS Final Rejection BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17921369 Nutritional Composition Comprising Carnitine and Method for Treating or Preventing an Infection in a Mammal Non-Final OA Lonza Greenwood LLC
18021784 BICYCLIC COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
18522917 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
18004532 SULFONYLBENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND CONJUGATE THEREOF, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
18251729 COMPOUND USED AS KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA TYK MEDICINES, INC.
18005165 ROCK INHIBITOR, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WUHAN LL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
18015616 PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND-CONTAINING COMBINATION TO BE USED IN TUMOR TREATMENT Non-Final OA TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18561797 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PROTEINOSIS RELATED TO MARS MUTATIONS Non-Final OA ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HÔPITAUX DE PARIS (APHP)
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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