Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NESTOR, DONNA MICHELLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1622 1626 1627

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
102
Total Applications
+43.9%
Interview Lift
1167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 73 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
4.3%
§102 Novelty
39.6%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18258903 AMIDO-SUBSTITUTED PYRIDYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPESVIRUSES Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17995806 PI3 KINASE INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
17623060 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING LIVER CANCERS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
17996550 2-(HET)ARYL-SUBSTITUTED CONDENSED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVES AS PEST CONTROL AGENTS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18262053 ARTEMISININ-PROTEASOME INHIBITOR CONJUGATES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17997594 CD73 COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18286944 METHODS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN VMAT2 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
18533622 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A BRAF INHIBITOR AND A MEK INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
17999185 MEK-INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS AND/OR COVID-19 CYTOKINE STORM Final Rejection ATRIVA THERAPEUTICS GMBH
17867294 ARYLMETHOXY ISOINDOLINE DERIVATIVES AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection Celgene Corporation
18570244 INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA NeoPhore Limited
18534576 USE OF COLCHICINE TO INHIBIT TUMOR GROWTH AND METASTASES Non-Final OA Murray and Poole Enterprises, LTD.
18289805 NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND Non-Final OA Evopoint Biosciences Co., Ltd.
18256153 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION Final Rejection FUJIFILM TOYAMA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
17769416 DIHYDROIMIDAZO PYRIMIDO PYRIMIDINONE COMPOUND Final Rejection IMPACT THERAPEUTICS (SHANGHAI), INC
18255262 LUMINOL FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND THE TREATMENT OF SEQUELAE OF A SARS-COV-2 INFECTION Final Rejection METRIOPHARM AG
18250402 CYP11B2 BETA HYDROXYLASE INHIBITORS FOR HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA MINERALYS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17917729 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING SPLICING Final Rejection REMIX THERAPEUTICS INC.
17614826 METHODS OF ALTERING CARDIAC REMODELING USING COMPOUNDS THAT PROMOTE GLUCOSE OXIDATION Non-Final OA IMBRIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17920703 THERAPEUTIC AND/OR PREVENTIVE AGENT FOR CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) Final Rejection NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY
17639401 METHODS OF TREATING EPILEPSY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Trevena, Inc.

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