Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1622 1623 1627

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

30.4%
Allow Rate
-29.6% vs TC avg
1008
Total Applications
+37.5%
Interview Lift
1294
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 953 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
46.0%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17198023 METHODS OF TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND FOR PREDICTING THE RESPONSE TO METHOTREXATE Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18105030 BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ORAL DELIVERY OF KETONE BODIES Final Rejection AXCESS GLOBAL SCIENCES, LLC
19315081 THYMOL AND CITRIC ACID DISINFECTANT WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY Final Rejection ROCKDALE RESEARCH AND IP HOLDINGS, LLC
18411245 COMBINATION THERAPY USING A CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 2 (CCR2) ANTAGONIST AND A PD-1/PD-L1 INHIBITOR Final Rejection CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
19253088 BIPHENYL SULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF KIDNEY DISEASES OR DISORDERS Non-Final OA Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
19253120 BIPHENYL SULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF KIDNEY DISEASES OR DISORDERS Final Rejection Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
17274950 ALKYNYL NICOTINAMIDE COMPOUNDS AS KINASE INHIBITORS Final Rejection PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17332431 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTO THE COLON Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17766728 External Preparation for Treating Epilepsy or Autism Spectrum Disorder Final Rejection OSAKA UNIVERSITY
18826821 TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION AND PAIN RELIEF PRODUCTS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection Ready Mix Naturals, LLC
17513383 PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT FOR TREATING AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS OR SUPPRESSING DISEASE PROGRESS THEREOF Final Rejection Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
17885498 METHODS OF TREATING MIXED DYSLIPIDEMIA AND HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA Final Rejection Kowa Company, Ltd.
18429719 ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITORS FOR TREATING SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY Non-Final OA APPLIED THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17715401 ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF PHOSPHOMANNOMUTASE 2 DEFICIENCY Final Rejection Applied Therapeutics, Inc.
18022982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF SINGLE DOSAGE FORM FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING HYPERTENSION AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA Final Rejection Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17603886 QUINOLINE COMPOUND OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF FOR TREATING EWING'S SARCOMA Non-Final OA CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
18284941 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR GAIT DISTURBANCE Non-Final OA NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
18257325 USE OF NK1 ANTAGONIST PRODRUG COMPOUND IN COMBINATION WITH 5-HT3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST Non-Final OA Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
18285021 ORAL GEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA DR. KURT WOLFF GMBH & CO. KG
17996272 TREATMENT OF HYPOTHALAMIC OBESITY Final Rejection Saniona A/S
18130261 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS Non-Final OA Ojai Energetics PBC
17427104 IMMUNOMODULATOR Non-Final OA HITGEN INC.
17319882 Compositions And Methods For Reducing Food Cravings Final Rejection Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC
17911429 OPHTHALMIC CHLOROPROCAINE GEL HAVING IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection SINTETICA S.A.
17632841 CHOLECALCIFEROL FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF CELIAC DISEASE Final Rejection ABIOGEN PHARMA S.P.A.
18189741 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR THE TREATMENT OF TISSUE INJURY Final Rejection MedRegen, LLC
18005976 PDE3 inhibitors for treating viral infections Non-Final OA Breakthrough Medical Research B.V.
17917175 COMPOUNDS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME Non-Final OA SERVICIO ANDALUZ DE SALUD
17786937 USE OF ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL AND STRUCTURAL ANALOG THEREOF FOR TREATING PSEUDORABIES VIRUS Final Rejection YANG SHENG TANG COMPANY, LTD.
17435592 NEW AGENT FOR PROMOTING PHOSPHORYLATION OF eIF2a Non-Final OA ER Stress Research Institute, Inc.

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