Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1615 1619

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.5%
Allow Rate
-23.5% vs TC avg
777
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1561
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 709 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
82.5%
§103 Obviousness
2.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18256943 MINI-TABLET DOSAGE FORM OF A VIRAL TERMINASE INHIBITOR AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18538022 BIODEGRADABLE COMPACTED FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18516295 Softgel Capsule and Method of Marking a Softgel Capsule Non-Final OA R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
18315330 BIOMIMETIC ARTIFICIAL CELLS: ANISOTROPIC SUPPORTED LIPID BILAYERS ON BIODEGRADABLE MICRO AND NANOPARTICLES FOR SPATIALLY DYNAMIC SURFACE BIOMOLECULE PRESENTATION Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18187526 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
19173475 METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF N-ACETYL CYSTEINE AMIDE, DERIVATIVES AND TABLETS THEREOF Final Rejection NACUITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
19169817 USE OF VARENICLINE FOR TREATING OCULAR CONDITIONS Final Rejection Oyster Point Pharma, Inc.
18399465 ENHANCED NITRATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA ThermoLife International, LLC
18399664 ENHANCED NITRATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA ThermoLife International, LLC
18399668 ENHANCED NITRATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA ThermoLife International, LLC
18399677 ENHANCED NITRATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA ThermoLife International, LLC
19018403 Soft Chews with Low Water Activity and Methods of Manufacturing Same Non-Final OA Florida Research Group, LLC
18009095 MICROENCAPSULATED ORAL STERNE VACCINE Non-Final OA THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
17941129 FILM-COATED GRANULE, PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA SAWAI PHARMACEUTICAL Co., Ltd.
18552211 COATED FAMOTIDINE PARTICLE Final Rejection Kenvue Brands LLC
17530559 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORM, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, METHODS FOR TREATING AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18691949 ANTI-AGING AGENT, COSMETIC PRODUCT, WET TOWEL, AND HYGIENE PRODUCT Non-Final OA VB JAPAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18588829 PUTRESCINE SLOW-RELEASE TOPICAL FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA VIVIER CANADA INC.
18686305 IRON COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM Non-Final OA American Regent, Inc.
18195239 REACTIVE GRANULATION OF CALCIUM CITRATE MALATE, DICALCIUM MALATE, AND DIMAGNESIUM MALATE Final Rejection Balchem Corporation
18557535 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection QILU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17340132 Consumer Products with Improved Aesthetics Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
18264506 UTIDELONE LIPOSOME COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Chengdu Biostar Pharmaceuticals, LTD.
18256752 SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF CRYSTALLINE DRUGS Non-Final OA QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
17555908 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF HAIR Final Rejection Gelest, Inc.
18030541 STABLE ORAL DISPERSIBLE FORMULATION FOR EPINEPHRINE Final Rejection Catalent U.K. Swindon Zydis Limited
17796218 PROCESS FOR PREPARING SOLID FORMULATIONS COMPRISING A HYDROPHOBIC COMPOUND DISPERSIBLE IN A COLD LIQUID AND RELATIVE SOLID FORMULATIONS Final Rejection BIOFARMA S.R.L.
17623576 LEVODOPA POLYMERIC CONJUGATES, FORMULATIONS THEREOF, AND THEIR USES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE Final Rejection DYNAMIC BIOLOGICS INC.
17995768 Compositions and Methods For Blood-Brain Barrier Delivery Non-Final OA Aliada Therapeutics, Inc.
16628399 IMPLANTABLE DEVICE Final Rejection Biotyx Medical (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

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