Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: OTTON, ALICIA L

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

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.0%
Allow Rate
+5.0% vs TC avg
1,311
Total Applications
+9.2%
Interview Lift
959
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1272 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.0%
§102 Novelty
25.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18287844 GluN2 Subunit Selective Antagonists of the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors Non-Final OA Emory University
18571768 HYDROGENATION OF ESTERS TO ALCOHOLS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN MN-PNN COMPLEX Non-Final OA BASF SE
18265827 POLYOXO NIOBATE COMPOUND DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
18725600 SMARCA2/4 INHIBITION AS A STRATEGY TO TREAT TUMORS THAT HARBOR ABERRANT BAF ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17998909 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SARS Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18426920 SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL CEREBLON E3 LIGASE LIGANDS, COMPOUNDS FORMED THEREBY, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18785078 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A HER2 INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17131312 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES IN CATS Non-Final OA Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
18266941 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
17928283 COLLAGEN 1 TRANSLATION INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Anima Biotech Inc.

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