Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MELLER, MICHAEL V

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1655

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.8%
Allow Rate
-14.2% vs TC avg
806
Total Applications
+29.0%
Interview Lift
1126
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 733 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.1%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
42.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18360766 LIQUID DISPENSING SYSTEM, COMPONENTS AND FEATURES THEREOF, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18441653 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING LIVER FIBROSIS INCLUDING SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18262406 SPIDER MITE REPELLENT Non-Final OA RIKEN
18550728 USE OF A RED ALGA EXTRACT AS NEMATOSTATIC AND/OR NEMATICIDAL AGENT Non-Final OA AGRO INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL
18551393 METHODS OF USING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ICELAND MOSS EXTRACT Non-Final OA Kenvue Brands LLC
17828627 METHOD FOR IMPROVING DIGESTIVE HEALTH Final Rejection Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
18608731 EXTRACTS ENRICHED WITH POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection ATLAS365 INCORPORATED
18548003 USE OF CANNABIDIOL AND CLOBAZAM IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD-ONSET EPILEPSY SYNDROMES Non-Final OA Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited
18409518 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNE HEALTH Non-Final OA KARALLIEF INC
18532215 COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Provexis Natural Products Limited
18286095 Aristotelia chilensis EXTRACTS FOR TREATING FUNGAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA Institut Za Molekularnu Genetiku I Geneticko Inzenjerstvo Univerziteta E Beolgrade
18281782 PROCESS FOR PREPARING ABSOLUTES Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
18374301 FOOD SUPPLEMENT Non-Final OA MICROPHYT
18282890 THERAPEUTIC LENSES FOR USE AS OCULAR BANDAGE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EYE DROPS Non-Final OA EYE PHARMA SPA
18466003 METHOD FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING EDEMATOUS FIBROSCLEROTIC PANNICULOPATHY Non-Final OA CALIWAY BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
18244548 BIOACTIVE CONCENTRATES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Purple Mondo, Inc.
18549434 SCAFFOLD FOR TISSUE REGENERATION, PARTICULARLY FOR BONE REGENERATION, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA PHARMAEXCEED S.R.L.
18270687 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MACULAR DEGENERATION CONTAINING GINSENG BERRY EXTRACT Final Rejection HOLISTIC BIO CO., LTD.
18363793 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING HEMP EXTRACT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN NEED Non-Final OA Portland Technology Holdings LLC
17045945 HEMP EXTRACT FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN IN ANIMALS Final Rejection Portland Technology Holdings LLC
18262653 COMPOSITION COMPRISING COFFEE, COFFEE EXTRACT, AND BYPRODUCT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION OF CANCER METASTASIS OR FOR ALLEVIATION OR TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection DAEJEON UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18262344 TOPICAL HUMAN MILK FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA PROLACTA BIOSCIENCE, INC.
18260956 MODIFIED RELEASE FORMULATION COMPRISING WITHANOLIDES Final Rejection NUTRIVENTIA PRIVATE LIMITED
18219723 FEED ADDITIVE, LAYING HEN FEED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASTAXANTHIN EGGS Non-Final OA Algae Origin Inc.
18207448 ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT Non-Final OA DAMIT HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
18039690 SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE FEED COMPOSITION Final Rejection Chemovator GmbH
17928952 COMPOSITION CONTAINING CANNABINOIDS Non-Final OA HEALTHCANN SPÓLKA AKCYJNA
17919373 MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ACELLULAR BIOLOGICAL MATRIX AND AT LEAST ONE POLYMER Final Rejection PH TECH
17917545 JELLYFISH COLLAGEN USE Final Rejection JELLAGEN LIMITED
17911920 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING UROLITHIN PRODUCTION IN A HUMAN SUBJECT Final Rejection Migalis ApS

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