Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1623 1673 1693 1773

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.8%
Allow Rate
-1.2% vs TC avg
1,075
Total Applications
-18.5%
Interview Lift
1106
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1039 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18331536 Novel Synthesis of Phosphorodithioate Oligonucleotides Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18150553 Process for the preparation of oligonucleotides using modified oxidation protocol Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18317282 OSCILLATING FLUIDIZED BED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIZER Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18673752 METHODS OF MODIFYING CELLULOSE CRYSTALLINITY Non-Final OA Rowan University
18555206 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 1,1-GPM- AND/OR 1,6-GPS-ENRICHED ISOMALT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SÜDZUCKER AG
18614126 KIT FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FILOVIRUS AND FLAVIVIRUS DISEASES Final Rejection HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
18598608 MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF RHINOVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
18421551 DERIVATIZED CHITOSAN POLYMERS AND METHODS OF TREATING VASCULAR DISORDERS Final Rejection SYNEDGEN, INC.
18482334 USE OF SGLT-2 INHIBITORS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DISEASES IN FELINES Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
18379047 VIRAL INHIBITORS, THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF, AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
18250728 METHOD FOR PURIFYING SUCRALOSE Non-Final OA ANHUI JINHE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
18253431 Process for the treatment of biomass Non-Final OA Politecnico di Milano
18555180 FLUORESCENT NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES Non-Final OA STEALTH LABELS BIOTECH AB
18484831 COMPOSITION FOR EXTERNAL USE ON SKIN FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Non-Final OA NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
18285600 NOVEL POLYPHENOL COMPOUND Non-Final OA NABOCUL COSMETICS CO., LTD.
18353269 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA EVONETIX LTD
18261576 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING NAD+ METABOLOME IN HEALTHY MIDDLE-AGED POPULATION Non-Final OA Bioenergy Life Science, Inc.
18351905 MANNOSYLATED AMINE DEXTRAN DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES WITH DEGRADABLE DISULFIDE/CARBONATE LINKERS TARGETING PAYLOADS TO CD206 EXPRESSING CELLS Non-Final OA Cardinal Health 414, LLC
18148023 METHODS FOR THE CONJUGATION OF ANTHRACYCLINES TO CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERIC CARRIERS Non-Final OA Cardinal Health 414, LLC
17793516 USE OF ANTI-AGING GLYCOPEPTIDES FOR INHIBITION OF IMMUNE REJECTION OF A GRAFT Non-Final OA PROTOKINETIX INC.

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