Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCANANY, JOHN D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1625

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.3%
Allow Rate
+7.3% vs TC avg
88
Total Applications
+51.0%
Interview Lift
1161
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 49 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
30.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17271981 METHODS OF DETERMINING TREATMENT CONSISTING OF RADIATION THERAPY AND/OR ALKYLATING CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CANCER Non-Final OA MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17833095 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CANCER Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18210992 MACROPHAGES/MICROGLIA IN NEURO-INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18037751 INHIBITORS OF IGF2BP1-RNA BINDING Non-Final OA THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18249321 STRUCTURED SURFACTANT BLEND AND SULFATE-FREE AQUEOUS PERSONAL CLEANSING COMPOSITION PREPARED THEREOF Final Rejection RHODIA OPERATIONS
18489722 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SOLID CANCERS, WHICH COMPRISES AXL INHIBITOR AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18030865 STAT DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
17263135 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT COMPOUND AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KOREA LTD.
18272419 INDUCERS OF SENESCENCE, IN COMBINATION WITH A SELECTIVE DEATH RECEPTOR 5 (DR5) AGONIST, FOR USE IN A METHOD OF TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Stichting Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
18548678 USE OF DIHYDROOROTATE DEHYDROGENASE (DHODH) INHIBITORS TO TARGET FERROPTOSIS IN CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA KADMON CORPORATION LLC
17904404 DRG-MDM2-5 FOR USE AS A NOVEL MOUSE DOUBLE MINUTE 2 (MDM2) INHIBITOR Final Rejection ISTANBUL TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
18253503 2,3-DIHYDRO-1H-PYRROLO[3,2-B]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Abbisko Therapeutics Co., Ltd.
18552326 PREPARATION OF 2-CHLORO-4-FLUORO-5-NITROBENZOIC ACID Non-Final OA ADAMA AGAN LTD.
18287170 BENZOTHIAZOLE AND QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN TREATING KAWASAKI DISEASE Non-Final OA Shanghai Yao Yuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
18549412 METHOD FOR PREPARING AMIDINES Non-Final OA VERSALIS S.P.A.
18548798 METHODS FOR TREATING FAMILIAL CHYLOMICRONEMIA SYNDROME Non-Final OA AMRYT PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
17639279 PERK INHIBITING PYRROLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS Final Rejection HiberCell, Inc.
17771391 PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS AND USE THEREOF FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Non-Final OA Xavier University of Louisiana
18033608 METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SYNTHESIZING 3,6'-DITHIOPOMALIDOMIDE FROM POMALIDOMIDE Final Rejection Aevis Bio, Inc.
18250012 PYRROLIDINE-3-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED USES Non-Final OA Chulalongkorn University
17790038 PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATION FOR TREATING TUMORS AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA FUKANG (SHANGHAI) HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
17735271 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING NMDAR INHIBITORS AND KINASE INHIBITORS TO TREAT LIVER CANCER Final Rejection Centre for Oncology and Immunology Limited
17274948 PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1 (PAI-1) INHIBITORS AND USES THEREFOR Final Rejection Eirion Therapeutics, Inc.
17430210 METHODS FOR TREATING CHOLESTASIS Non-Final OA MIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17421980 ANTI-CANCER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection University of New Orleans

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