Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1623 1673 1693 1773

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.6%
Allow Rate
-1.4% vs TC avg
1069
Total Applications
-18.8%
Interview Lift
1100
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1028 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
40.1%
§103 Obviousness
22.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18379047 VIRAL INHIBITORS, THE SYNTHESIS THEREOF, AND INTERMEDIATES THERETO Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
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
18547932 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING A COMBINATION OF OLEUROPEIN AND VITAMIN B6 Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18287015 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING OBESITY OR NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER CONTAINING POLYGALIN C AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
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
18256658 METHOD FOR PRODUCING STARCH COMPOSITION Non-Final OA J-OIL MILLS, INC.
18598608 MEDICAMENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF RHINOVIRUS INFECTION Non-Final OA MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
18566013 CHIMERIC NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER INCLUDING PHOSPHOROTHIOATE AND BORANOPHOSPHATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
18421551 DERIVATIZED CHITOSAN POLYMERS AND METHODS OF TREATING VASCULAR DISORDERS Final Rejection SYNEDGEN, INC.
18529271 METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER WITH A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MODIFIER Non-Final OA Elion Oncology, Inc.
18566383 THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF BARTONELLOSIS Non-Final OA THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
18565787 PREVENTIVE AND THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTION CONTAINING 1-DEOXYMANNOSE Non-Final OA SUNUS CO., LTD.
18285600 NOVEL POLYPHENOL COMPOUND Non-Final OA NABOCUL COSMETICS CO., LTD.
18250728 METHOD FOR PURIFYING SUCRALOSE Non-Final OA ANHUI JINHE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
18247066 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.
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.
18029340 CYCLODEXTRIN DERIVATIVES IN THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF LYSOSOMAL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Final Rejection CYCLOLAB CYCLODEXTRIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY LTD.
18148023 METHODS FOR THE CONJUGATION OF ANTHRACYCLINES TO CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERIC CARRIERS Non-Final OA Cardinal Health 414, LLC
18025591 CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS Non-Final OA WOOL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED
18004023 SALT OF CURCUMIN MONOGLUCURONIDE Final Rejection THERABIOPHARMA INC.
17793516 USE OF ANTI-AGING GLYCOPEPTIDES FOR INHIBITION OF IMMUNE REJECTION OF A GRAFT Non-Final OA PROTOKINETIX INC.
17633953 COMBINATION PRODUCT CONTAINING LIMONOID COMPOUND AND SULFONYLUREA COMPOUND Final Rejection ZHEJIANG YANGSHENGTANG INSTITUTE OF NATURAL MEDICATION CO., LTD.

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