Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MELLER, MICHAEL V

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1655

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.1%
Allow Rate
-13.9% vs TC avg
814
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1179
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 739 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.4%
§102 Novelty
70.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§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
18262406 SPIDER MITE REPELLENT Non-Final OA RIKEN
18262344 TOPICAL HUMAN MILK FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA PROLACTA BIOSCIENCE, INC.
17828627 METHOD FOR IMPROVING DIGESTIVE HEALTH Final Rejection Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
18576170 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A PULMONARY SURFACTANT Non-Final OA CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.
18608731 EXTRACTS ENRICHED WITH POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection ATLAS365 INCORPORATED
17948007 COMPOSITION COMPRISING MITOCHONDRIA AND USE THEREOF FOR REPAIRING CARTILAGE DAMAGE OR IMPROVING OSTEOARTHRITIS Final Rejection TAIWAN MITOCHONDRION APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18532215 COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Provexis Natural Products Limited
18488736 CANNABIS OIL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Final Rejection Constance Therapeutics, Inc.
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
17806014 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING COVID-19 AND SYMPTOMS THEREOF Non-Final OA YUVA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18363793 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING HEMP EXTRACT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN NEED Non-Final OA 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
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
17920725 APPLICATION OF RADIX GENTIANAE MACROPHYLLAE AND MONOMER COMPOUND THEREOF IN KILLING MITES Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PROPERTY OPERATION LIMITED CORPORATION
17920734 USE OF DANDELION AND ISOLATED COMPOUNDS THEREOF FOR KILLING MITES Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PROPERTY OPERATION LIMITED CORPORATION
17911920 COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING UROLITHIN PRODUCTION IN A HUMAN SUBJECT Final Rejection Migalis ApS
17905646 BLOOD PREPARATION USEFUL FOR WOUND HEALING AND TISSUE REGENERATION Non-Final OA NOVYSTEM S.P.A.
17883618 BEE-INGESTIBLE COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF USING SAME FOR PRODUCING HONEY AND HONEY PRODUCED THEREBY Final Rejection Phytopharma International Ltd.
17847975 HIGH FIBER NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR BETTER DIET MANAGEMENT Final Rejection HAGE BT GLOBAL, LLC
17773765 COSMETIC USE OF AN AROMATIC RAW MATERIAL EXTRACT FOR PROTECTING SKIN FROM BLUE LIGHT Non-Final OA ROBERTET S.A.
17433505 MEDICAL ADHESIVE AND THE PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Stomatological Hospital of ChongQing Medical University

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