Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCDOWELL, BRIAN E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1624

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.3%
Allow Rate
+14.3% vs TC avg
1,169
Total Applications
+30.6%
Interview Lift
805
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
23.5%
§103 Obviousness
51.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18117966 NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17869755 NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17997013 Small Molecule Inhibitors That Block the Budding of Enveloped Viruses Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17387883 PSILOCIN DERIVATIVES AS SEROTONERGIC PSYCHEDELIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CNS DISORDERS Non-Final OA Mindset Pharma Inc.
16948467 TLR7/8 ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
18322445 SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF THE BROMODOMAIN AND PHD FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
17308555 ARTICLE INCLUDING PHTHALOCYANINE DYES Final Rejection VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
18230392 SUBSTITUTED POLYCYCLIC CARBAMOYL PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE PRODRUG Final Rejection Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
18468885 HETEROAROMATIC CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS PLASMA KALLIKREIN INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17016158 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTERING PROSTAGLANDINS Non-Final OA MannKind Corporation
18271523 NOVEL BENZOAZEPINE COMPOUND, AND COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY
18021760 A PRECIPITATION PROCESS FOR AMORPHOUS LETERMOVIR Non-Final OA Lupin Limited
18414198 MORPHIC FORMS OF HEXADECYLOXYPROPYL-PHOSPHONATE ESTERS AND METHODS OF SYNTHESIS THEREOF Non-Final OA EMERGENT BIODEFENSE OPERATIONS LANSING LLC
18577856 NEW SELECTIVE ANGIOTENSIN II COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA VICORE PHARMA AB
18561152 FORMULATIONS OF PSILOCYBIN Non-Final OA CYBIN IRL LIMITED
18036549 KINASE MODULATORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NEURON23, INC.
18463112 COMPOUNDS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME Non-Final OA NANJING GRITPHARMACO., LTD.
18461179 INHIBITORS OF CYSTEINE PROTEASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Pardes Biosciences, Inc.
17779522 1,2,4-TRIAZINE-3,5-DIONE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Final Rejection SHANGHAI KUNHENG PHARMA-TECH CO., LTD
18210068 INTERMEDIATE OF BILIVERDIN, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA WUHAN JIANMIN DAPENG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18256114 BENZOPYRAZOLE INHIBITORS OF SARM1 Non-Final OA Disarm Therapeutics, Inc.
18001695 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Final Rejection Tenvie Therapeutics, Inc.
18252737 TYROSINE KINASE 2 (TYK2) DEGRADATION COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA CULLGEN (SHANGHAI), INC.
18316994 MODULATORS OF NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Neumora Therapeutics, Inc.
18014059 2-(INDAZOL-5-YL)-6-(PIPERIDIN-4-YL)-1,7-NAPHTHYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS AS MODULATORS FOR SPLICING NUCLEIC ACIDS AND FOR THE TRE Non-Final OA REMIX THERAPEUTICS INC.
18023405 PREPARATION METHOD FOR NOVEL RHO-RELATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR AND INTERMEDIATE IN PREPARATION METHOD Non-Final OA BEIJING TIDE PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18003200 PREPARATION METHOD FOR FUSED PYRAZOLE-TYPE COMPOUND Non-Final OA WUHAN CREATERNA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17777027 IMIDAZOPYRIDINE-BASED ARYLAMINE COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection GUANGDONG AGLAIA OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS CO., LTD
17910838 COLLAGEN 1 TRANSLATION INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Anima Biotech Inc.
17780891 PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONE DERIVATIVES WHICH BIND TO CEREBLON, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Captor Therapeutics S.A.

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