Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1626 1699 4121

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
1292
Total Applications
+9.1%
Interview Lift
1025
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1260 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
24.5%
§103 Obviousness
28.8%
§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
17998909 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SARS Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18041193 PROTEASOME ENHANCERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
18281047 CHIRAL SYNTHONS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL PHOSPHOROTHIOATES Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
17908434 IONTOPHORETIC COMPOSITION FOR ADMINISTERING S-KETAMINE Final Rejection LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG
18444414 Substituted (4-Hydroxyphenyl)Cycloalkane and (4-Hydroxyphenyl)Cycloalkene Compounds and Uses Thereof as Selective Agonists of the Estrogen Receptor Beta Isoform for Enhanced Memory Consolidation Non-Final OA UWM Research Foundation, Inc.
17907324 NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS WITH AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-INTERFERON EFFECT Non-Final OA INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
17131312 ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST FOR THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES IN CATS Final Rejection Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
18213524 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTERFERING WITH EXTRACTION OR CONVERSION OF A DRUG SUSCEPTIBLE TO ABUSE Final Rejection Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18246979 Hexadeca Ammonium-Modified Phthalocyanine and Preparation Method and Use Thereof as Photodynamic Drug Non-Final OA Fuzhou University
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
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.
17923167 NAMPT MODULATORS Non-Final OA Cytokinetics, Inc.
17791760 INHIBITORS OF MICROBIALLY INDUCED AMYLOID Final Rejection Axial Therapeutics, Inc.

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