Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1622 1623 1627

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

30.6%
Allow Rate
-29.4% vs TC avg
1,024
Total Applications
+37.9%
Interview Lift
1338
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 958 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
84.5%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17513383 PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT FOR TREATING AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS OR SUPPRESSING DISEASE PROGRESS THEREOF Final Rejection Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
17332431 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTO THE COLON Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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
17616248 NOVEL SPIROBICYCLIC INTERMEDIATES Non-Final OA Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
18458702 PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
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 Non-Final OA Ready Mix Naturals, LLC
17772374 COMPOSITION FOR SLEEP IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING ERGOTHIONEINE OR SALT THEREOF Non-Final OA SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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.
18365019 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ANTI-ALLERGEN AND A REDNESS REDUCTION AGENT Non-Final OA Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
17783220 PARASITE CONTROL IN RUMINANTS Non-Final OA Intervet Inc.
18411245 COMBINATION THERAPY USING A CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 2 (CCR2) ANTAGONIST AND A PD-1/PD-L1 INHIBITOR Final Rejection CHEMOCENTRYX, INC.
18022982 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF SINGLE DOSAGE FORM FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING HYPERTENSION AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA Final Rejection Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
18568590 USE OF THYROID HORMONE T4 IN A HIGH VERSATILITY TREATMENT IN PATIENTS TAKING PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS Non-Final OA IBSA INSTITUT BIOCHIMIQUE SA
18284941 THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR GAIT DISTURBANCE Non-Final OA NIPPON SHINYAKU CO., LTD.
17996272 TREATMENT OF HYPOTHALAMIC OBESITY Final Rejection Saniona A/S
18285021 ORAL GEL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA DR. KURT WOLFF GMBH & CO. KG
18284367 SELECTIVE MTORC2 INHIBITOR AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA ALIAD BIOPHARMA
17603886 QUINOLINE COMPOUND OR PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF FOR TREATING EWING'S SARCOMA Non-Final OA CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
17530402 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CANCER EXPRESSING PDE3A OR SLFN12 Final Rejection Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
18130261 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING OXIDATIVE STRESS Non-Final OA Ojai Energetics PBC
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
18020202 INHIBITORS OF SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY FOR TREATING NEURODEGENERATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
18019219 PROFILIN1:ACTIN INHIBITOR AS AN ANTI-ANGIOGENIC COMPOUND Non-Final OA INSERM(Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
18005976 PDE3 inhibitors for treating viral infections Non-Final OA Breakthrough Medical Research B.V.

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