Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1623 1625 1626 1629 1699 4121

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alicia L. Otton works in Art Unit 1623 of Tech Center 4100 and has a volume of 1276 resolved cases. Her allowance rate stands at 65.0 percent, which provides a baseline for understanding her approach to patent examination. This 65.0 percent rate indicates a standard of review across a number of applications. The 1276 resolved cases provide a data set for understanding her approach to patent examination in Art Unit 1623.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 959, which is a metric for planning prosecution timelines. While the 65.0 percent allowance rate is stable, the interview lift of 9.3 percent suggests a positive benefit from conducting interviews. This 9.3 percent lift indicates that verbal advocacy can help clarify technical points and potentially speed up the 959-day process. Applicants should consider these figures when deciding whether to pursue an interview or rely on written responses. The data from 1276 resolved cases suggests that Art Unit 1623 offers a predictable path to patent issuance.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

64.9%
Allow Rate
+4.9% vs TC avg
1,319
Total Applications
+9.4%
Interview Lift
959
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1278 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.2%
§102 Novelty
25.7%
§103 Obviousness
30.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18038511 ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
18426920 SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL CEREBLON E3 LIGASE LIGANDS, COMPOUNDS FORMED THEREBY, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18688195 CONTROLLED LONG-TERM DRUG DELIVERY AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18250404 METHODS FOR TREATING HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES WITH AMINO-PYRROLOPYRIMIDINONE COMPOUNDS Final Rejection Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17998909 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SARS Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18705065 PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Japan Tobacco Inc.
18041241 QUORUM SENSING INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The Trustees of Indiana University
17826660 SULFUR (VI) FLUORIDE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF Final Rejection THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18785078 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A HER2 INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
18865278 NEW INDAZOLE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18875513 TRIAZINANE COMPOUND AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18729910 TRICYCLIC COMPOUND, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN MOLECULAR CELL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
18221140 MITOCHONDRIA-TARGETING PEPTIDES Non-Final OA Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.
18687111 SUBSTITUTED TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS PARP INHIBITORS AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection IMPACT THERAPEUTICS (SHANGHAI), INC.

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