Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1623 1673 1693 1773

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.9%
Allow Rate
-1.1% vs TC avg
1,084
Total Applications
-18.1%
Interview Lift
1107
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1048 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
36.4%
§103 Obviousness
27.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19443682 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING REACTION PRODUCTS OF SACCHARIDE POLYMERS AND FATTY ACIDS OR FATTY ESTERS FORMULATED WITH AN AMIDE-BASED NEUTRAL SURFACTANT Final Rejection INTEGRITY BIO-CHEMICALS, LLC
18285789 THIONUCLEOSIDES AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS Non-Final OA Emory University
18359435 4'-HALOGEN CONTAINING NUCLEOTIDE AND NUCLEOSIDE THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
18570695 ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE-MODIFIED CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND COSMETIC CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18573684 METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD) Non-Final OA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
18699983 SHORT AMORPHOUS CELLULOSE POLYMERS Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
18547932 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF OLEUROPEIN AND VITAMIN B6 Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18331536 Novel Synthesis of Phosphorodithioate Oligonucleotides Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18150553 Process for the preparation of oligonucleotides using modified oxidation protocol Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18542500 NUCLEOSIDE-5'-OLIGOPHOSPHATES HAVING A CATIONICALLY-MODIFIED NUCELOBASE Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18379047 VIRAL INHIBITORS, THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF, AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18482334 USE OF SGLT-2 INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DISEASES IN FELINES Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH

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