Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1624

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+14.4% vs TC avg
165
Total Applications
+23.0%
Interview Lift
1297
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 129 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
16.2%
§102 Novelty
23.6%
§103 Obviousness
40.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18629562 HETEROCYCLIC FLAVONE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA EMORY UNIVERSITY
18251111 CRYSTALLINE FORM IV OF MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18018207 ARYL SUBSTITUTED PYRROLO-PYRIDINONES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18255767 COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE FOR TREATING NEUROPATHIC PAIN Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17617546 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17430077 MONONUCLEAR IRIDIUM COMPLEXES CONTAINING THREE ORTHO-METALLATED BIDENTATE LIGANDS AND OPTICAL ORIENTATING ANISTROPHY Non-Final OA UDC IRELAND LIMITED
18268102 METHODS OF TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS AND STAT3-LINKED CANCERS USING SUPPRESSORS OF ELECTRON LEAK Non-Final OA Cornell University
17596491 TARGETING DNA REPAIR IN TUMOR CELLS VIA INHIBITION OF ERCC1-XPF Non-Final OA The Governors of the University of Alberta
17906742 AMINOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR MODULATORS Final Rejection DONG-A ST CO., LTD.
17919402 SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE RIVER PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
17909260 IMIDAZOLE-BASED SYNTHETIC LIPIDOIDS FOR IN VIVO MRNA DELIVERY INTO IMMUNE CELLS Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
17790835 AURISTATIN-RELATED COMPOUNDS, CONJUGATED AURISTATIN-RELATED COMPOUNDS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18289476 NOVEL TRYPTAMINES AND METHODS OF TREATING MOOD DISORDERS Non-Final OA GILGAMESH PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
17996028 CRYSTALLINE RET INHIBITOR Final Rejection Loxo Oncology, Inc.
18246566 SIPONIMOD SALTS AND COCRYSTALS Non-Final OA Synthon B.V.
18272162 PYRAZOLO[3,4-D]PYRIMIDIN-6-YL-SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE INHIBITION OF SGK-1 Non-Final OA THRYV THERAPEUTICS INC.
18270288 Anti-Tumor Compositions and Methods Non-Final OA Evrys Bio, LLC
18269783 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE TRILITHIUM SALT NONAHYDRATE COMPOUND, CAPSULE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHANGHAI RAISING PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
18028286 METTL3 INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Storm Therapeutics Limited
17605676 NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING INFLAMMATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection WEST CHINA HOSPITAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
18155281 METHODS OF EXTENDING LIFESPAN BY ADMINISTERING FERROPTOSIS INHIBITORS Non-Final OA COLLABORATIVE MEDICINAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC
17438158 Heteroaromatic and Heterobicyclic Aromatic Derivatives for the Treatment of Ferroptosis-Related Disorders Non-Final OA COLLABORATIVE MEDICINAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC
17792027 Cell Surface Receptor Binding Compounds and Conjugates Final Rejection Lycia Therapeutics, Inc.
18060323 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-A INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Southwestern Oklahoma State University
17802558 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 2-[(4S)-8-fluoro-2-[4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl]-3-[2-methoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4H-quinazolin-4-yl]acetate and sodium ions Final Rejection AIC246 AG & Co. KG
17309450 METHODS OF MODULATING LEUKOCYTES ACTIVATION AND THROMBOCYTE CLEARANCE WITH INHIBITORS OF SPECIFIC NEURAMINIDASE ISOENZYMES Final Rejection Valorisation HSJ, Limited Partnership

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