Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LEWIS, PATRICK T

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1623 1672 1673 1691 1693

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.3%
Allow Rate
+14.3% vs TC avg
1,176
Total Applications
+14.5%
Interview Lift
841
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1146 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
55.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18510836 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA NOVARTIS AG
18279687 Synthesis of Gamma Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomers and Oligomers, and Applications Therefor Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
18285778 NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES ANALOGS AS ANTIVIRAL AGENTS Non-Final OA Emory University
18246393 METHOD FOR PRODUCING NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMER Final Rejection SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18270009 METHODS AND MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDES FOR TREATING CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS Non-Final OA SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
17636532 DIAGNOSTICS AND METHODS FOR PROGNOSING RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY BASED ON THE METHYLATION STATUS OF IMMUNE SYNAPSE GENE SIGNATURE Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17769483 METHOD FOR PRODUCING BICYCLIC PHOSPHORAMIDITE Non-Final OA DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
18243812 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18598617 METHODS OF PREPARING REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Queen's University of Belfast
18284395 SYNTHESIS OF TRINUCLEOTIDE AND TETRANUCLEOTIDE CAPS FOR MRNA PRODUCTION Non-Final OA ModernaTX, Inc.
18509872 AMINO ACID COMPOUNDS WITH UNBRANCHED LINKERS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.
18287143 TREATMENT FOR VIRAL INFECTION WITH POLYENE MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTIC Non-Final OA PANNONPHARMA GYÓGYSZERGYÁRTÓ KFT.
18551834 UNIVERSAL LINKER REAGENTS FOR DNA SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA CustomArray, Inc.
18257986 BIOMASS REMOVAL BY CENTRIFUGATION Non-Final OA Glycom A/S
18258656 NOVEL GALACTOSIDE INHIBITOR OF GALECTINS Non-Final OA GALECTO BIOTECH AB
18327429 METHODS OF MOBILIZING MARROW INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Crescent Biopharma, Inc.
18026568 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS WITH DOUBLE AND TRIPLE COMBINATIONS OF ANTIVIRAL AND IMMUNE MODULATING COMPOUNDS Final Rejection IATERION, INC.
17906194 COENZYME Q PRODUCTION ACCELERATOR AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING COENZYME Q PRODUCTION Final Rejection Tsunemaru Tanaka
17055591 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATION OF G-PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS Non-Final OA PRIMETIME LIFE SCIENCES, LLC

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