Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1645

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lakia J. Jackson-Tongue is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1645. She has 696 resolved cases. Her allowance rate is 69.0 percent, which is a favorable grant rate for applicants. This 69.0 percent figure indicates that more than two-thirds of the applications resolved by this examiner result in a patent grant, making it a productive environment for those seeking intellectual property protection.

The interview lift is 20.8 percent. This 20.8 percent lift indicates that interviews are a useful tool for increasing the probability of a grant. Practitioners should consider an interview to improve the 69.0 percent baseline allowance rate, as direct dialogue can help clarify technical issues and resolve disagreements more efficiently than written correspondence alone.

The median days to allowance is 1182. This 1182 day period is the median time to grant for successful applications. Applicants should expect a pendency of 1182 days for their cases, which reflects the typical duration of the prosecution cycle from the initial filing to the final issuance of a patent in this docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

69.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
722
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
1182
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 696 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
25.6%
§102 Novelty
24.8%
§103 Obviousness
31.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18255769 POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR ENCAPSULATION AND SUSTAINED RELEASE OF NEUROMODULATORS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18914188 TREATMENT OF AUTONOMIC DISORDERS WITH BOTULINUM TOXIN Non-Final OA IPSEN BIOPHARM LIMITED
18251657 NEW COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF SKIN CONDITIONS Final Rejection L'Oreal S.A
18042561 GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN CONJUGATES, METHODS FOR PRODUCING CONJUGATES, IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING CONJUGATES, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Pfizer Inc.
18708530 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PKC-DELTA INHIBITION AND CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
18670112 Synergistic Inhibition of eIF5A and Notch Signaling in Intermediate Tregs Non-Final OA The University of Toledo
17831012 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF BABESIOSIS Non-Final OA Tufts Medical Center, Inc.

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