Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1626 1699 4121

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.0%
Allow Rate
+5.0% vs TC avg
1,297
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
957
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1264 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
24.4%
§102 Novelty
34.5%
§103 Obviousness
13.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18250404 METHODS FOR TREATING HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES WITH AMINO-PYRROLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
18137151 RIFABUTIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII Final Rejection University of Southern California
18041241 QUORUM SENSING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection The Trustees of Indiana University
18312418 PHOTOACTIVATABLE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Promega Corporation
18041193 PROTEASOME ENHANCERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
18221140 MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETING PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.
17908434 IONTOPHORETIC COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTERING S-KETAMINE Final Rejection LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
17131312 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES IN CATS Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
18565204 SMALL MOLECULAR INHIBITORS OF STING SIGNALING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA STINGINN INC.
18549767 ALPHA V BETA 6 AND ALPHA V BETA 1 INTEGRIN INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA DiCE Molecules SV, Inc.
18273878 USE OF INDOLE, 6- AND 7-AZAINDOLE DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF FERROPTOSIS REGULATED CELL DEATH Non-Final OA Universite de Rennes 1
18268950 METHODS FOR DELAY OF EJACULATION IN HUMAN MALES Non-Final OA Kanna Health Limited
18265915 EGANELISIB FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF PD-L1 NEGATIVE CANCER Non-Final OA Twelve Therapeutics, Inc
18318192 APPLICATION OF N1-DIHYDROCAFFEOYL-N10-CAFFEOYLSPERMIDINE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG, HEALTH PRODUCT OR FUNCTIONAL FOOD Final Rejection NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18246979 Hexadeca Ammonium-Modified Phthalocyanine and Preparation Method and Use Thereof as Photodynamic Drug Non-Final OA Fuzhou University
18192094 USE OF NERIDRONIC ACID OR OF ITS SALT FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHROSIS Final Rejection ABIOGEN PHARMA S.P.A.
18020966 USE OF SORAFENIB IN TREATMENT OF TYPE 1 DIABETES Non-Final OA THE SECOND XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY
18001427 METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Final Rejection Arthrosi Therapeutics, Inc.

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