Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MERCIER, MELISSA S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1615 1626

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.9%
Allow Rate
+11.9% vs TC avg
1,236
Total Applications
+5.9%
Interview Lift
1033
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1190 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18495023 DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS WITH NATURAL WAX Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
17961089 ANTIPERSPIRANT AND DEODORANT COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18036209 DELAYED RELEASE SOFTGEL CAPSULES Non-Final OA R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC
18547596 ANTIMICROBIAL WET WIPES Final Rejection Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
18347181 COMPOSITIONS AND DEVICES INCORPORATING WATER-INSOLUBLE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND METHODS OF THE USE THEREOF Non-Final OA COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18563327 HARD-SHELL CAPSULE WITH INFLUX PREVENTION OF GASTRIC FLUIDS Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18485737 PHOTOTRIGGERABLE NITRIC OXIDE-RELEASING COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
18251428 Oral Hydrogel Compositions and Uses Non-Final OA Colgate-Palmolive Company
18139195 PARENTERAL NUTRITION FORMULATION Final Rejection BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
18036141 TALAZOPARIB SOFT GELATIN CAPSULE DOSAGE FORM Final Rejection PFIZER INC.
18649055 METAL (HYDR) OXIDE COMPOSITE COMPRISING POORLY SOLUBLE DRUG, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection CNPHARM CO., LTD.
18624478 BIOABSORBABLE POLYMERIC COMPOSITION FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL PTE. LTD.
17599811 LONG-LASTING COSMETIC COMPOSITION Non-Final OA ROQUETTE FRERES
17310238 SUNSCREEN COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection BEIERSDORF AG
17760866 BIOACTIVE IMPLANTS FOR DRUG DELIVERY Non-Final OA The Queen's University of Belfast
18005843 USE OF CANNABIDIOL IN THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH RARE EPILEPSY SYNDROMES RELATED TO GENETIC ABNORMALITIES Final Rejection Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited
18317625 MULTI-PARTICULATE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF QUETIAPINE Non-Final OA Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited
18131908 PLANT-BASED HARD CAPSULE FOR RAPID DISINTEGRATION AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY
18568694 NON-NANOPARTICULATE APPLICATION FORMS OF MACROLIDES Non-Final OA Nucleus Medical GmbH
18246582 GASTRO RETENTIVE DOSAGE FORMS COMPRISING DEUTETRABENAZINE Final Rejection AUSPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18539830 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELF-REGULATED RELEASE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT Final Rejection Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18556142 Drug Delivery System for Medical Devices Non-Final OA Rontis Hellas S.A.
18286433 COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA VITUX GROUP AS
18370572 RESCUE COMPOSITIONS FOR HYPOGLYCEMIA Non-Final OA Empire Drying Services LLC
18240284 DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-LOW DOSE ESTROGEN COMBINATIONS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection LUPIN INC.
18454139 BORONATED NANOSCALE SUBSTRATE AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18265987 SELF-SUSTAINED RELEASE IMMUNE ADJUVANT SUSPENSION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA INNOBM PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
17794886 TRANSDERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM COMPRISING THE INGREDIENT ROTIGOTINE AND AT LEAST ONE NON-AMINE-RESISTANT SILICONE ADHESIVE Non-Final OA Luye Pharma Switzerland AG
17971462 COMPOSITION, ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR AFFECTING A MAMMAL Non-Final OA COOLHOUSE SOURCING LLC
17614076 METHOD FOR PREPARING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AMPHIPHILIC ACTIVE INGREDIENTS Non-Final OA PHARMADEV SA

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