Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1626 1673 1693

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.1%
Allow Rate
-7.9% vs TC avg
1150
Total Applications
+0.5%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1087 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
38.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18281202 NOVEL COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, AND ANTITUMOR ACTIVATOR CONTAINING SAME AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18563804 MACROLIDE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
18562025 Process for Purifying Nucleic Acids, in particular in a Microfluidic Apparatus Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17908069 Method for Treating a Biological Sample, and Device for Isolating Cells from a Transport Medium Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
19196130 METHOD FOR ISOLATING HIGHLY PURE NUCLEIC ACID WITH MAGNETIC PARTICLES Final Rejection QIAGEN GMBH
17785251 METHOD FOR ENRICHING VESICULAR RNA Non-Final OA QIAGEN GmbH
18452831 POLYMER THIN FILM FOR CAPTURING AND RELEASING NUCLEIC ACID WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING NUCLEIC ACID USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
18050706 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING HIGH AMOUNTS OF HYDROXYPROPYL TETRAHYDROPYRANTRIOL Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17753103 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AMPS POLYMER AND POLYSACCHARIDE Final Rejection L'OREAL
18796218 USE OF IGF-2 RECEPTOR AGONIST LIGANDS FOR TREATMENT OF ANGELMAN SYNDROME AND AUTISM Non-Final OA New York University
18378404 OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID AND VITAMIN D LEVELS TO IDENTIFY AND ATTENUATE COGNITIVE AGING IN INDIVIDUALS Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
16980064 BETA GLUCAN AND CD40 AGONIST COMBINATION IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18334456 LIQUID COMPOSITION COMPRISING HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE AND ORGANIC SOLVENT Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
17799546 SMALL MOLECULES FOR TREATING AGE-RELATED RETINAL DISEASES Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18471821 COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING THE SOLUBILITY OF POORLY SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES, COMPLEX FORMULATION AND LIQUID FORMULATION OF AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17996117 COMPOSITION CONTAINING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
17790186 METHODS OF MAKING NON-WOVEN MATERIALS FROM MYCELIUM Final Rejection TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
16907592 PHENOL-FREE ACID-FAST BACTERIA SOLUTION Non-Final OA Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
18779835 NUCLEIC ACID PREPARATION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA SEQUENOM, INC.
17864828 Delivery of Active Agents Non-Final OA MannKind Corporation
18548711 PURIFICATION METHODS FOR OLIGOMERIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18284614 COMBINATION THERAPIES INCLUDING MYT1 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Sinai Health System
18084954 METHODS OF MAINTAINING OR INCREASING GROWTH OR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Non-Final OA Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited
18563005 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE Non-Final OA Cerdia International GmbH
18562696 METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING ALLERGIES AND CHRONIC NASAL CONGESTION Non-Final OA Revelation Biosciences, Inc.
18561644 METHODS OF TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND INHIBITING LINE1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE USING A SUBSTITUTED 4-FLUORO-2,5-DIHYDROFURANYL PHOSPHONIC ACID OR RELATED COMPOUND Non-Final OA ROME Therapeutics, Inc.
18560536 ORAL SOLUTION BASED ON CITICOLINE AND NICOTINAMIDE FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA Non-Final OA Omikron Italia S.r.l.
18495033 DISSOLUTION OF CHITOSAN IN APROTIC AQUEOUS MEDIUM COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHODS AND BIOMEDICAL USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Oligo Médic inc
18379685 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING LONG COVID-19 Non-Final OA Intrinsic Medicine, Inc.
18553278 INHIBITORS OF NICOTINAMIDE N-METHYL TRANSFERASE (NNMT) Non-Final OA UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

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