Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MARTIN, KEVIN STEPHEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1624

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.9%
Allow Rate
+15.9% vs TC avg
169
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
1239
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 141 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
33.6%
§103 Obviousness
38.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
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
18320470 REPOSITIONING THE ANTI-LEPROSY DRUG CLOFAZIMINE AGAINST DRUG-RESISTANT MYELOMA AND PUTATIVE STEM-CELL SUBCLONES Final Rejection Auburn University
17906742 AMINOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR MODULATORS Final Rejection DONG-A ST CO., LTD.
18289476 NOVEL TRYPTAMINES AND METHODS OF TREATING MOOD DISORDERS Non-Final OA GILGAMESH PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
18556309 FATTY ACID LACTYLATES FOR USE IN TREATING RUMINANT ANIMALS Non-Final OA PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.
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
17790835 AURISTATIN-RELATED COMPOUNDS, CONJUGATED AURISTATIN-RELATED COMPOUNDS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection CYTOMX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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
18060323 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-A INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Southwestern Oklahoma State University
17996028 CRYSTALLINE RET INHIBITOR Final Rejection Loxo Oncology, Inc.
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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