Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PIHONAK, SARAH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1617 1627

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
1524
Total Applications
+43.7%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1477 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
39.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17428505 METHODS FOR TREATING SYMPTOMS AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES Final Rejection GENZYME CORPORATION
19347686 PHYSIOLOGICALLY BALANCED INJECTABLE FORMULATIONS OF FOSNETUPITANT Final Rejection Helsinn Healthcare SA
18603065 AURIS FORMULATIONS FOR TREATING OTIC DISEASES AND CONDITIONS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17691745 HETEROAROMATIC ELECTROPHILES AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Final Rejection OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
18548797 METHOD OF INCREASING THE POPULATION OF BLAUTIA SPP. IN THE GUT MICROBIOME Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
17998433 METHODS OF TREATING SJÖGRENS SYNDROME Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
18370558 TREATMENTS FOR BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER DYSFUNCTION AND RECURRENT SEIZURES USING NOX/LOX/COX INHIBITORS Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
18278904 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17769893 Lipid Nanoparticles and Formulations Thereof for CAR mRNA Delivery Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
18237360 METALLOENZYME MODULATORS Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
18019302 THERMO-SENSITIVE PERMEATION ENHANCING FORMULATIONS FOR DRUG DELIVERY Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
16967441 METHODS FOR TREATING FIBROSIS Final Rejection CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
18571817 PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION OF (S)-2-(4-CHLORO-2-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-((3 -METHOXY-5-(M ETHYLSULFONYL)PHENYL)AMINO)-1 -(1H-INDOL-3-YL)ETHENONE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18915730 METHODS OF TREATMENT USING A STATIN AND A CANNABINOID Final Rejection Indication BioScience LLC
18111316 STEREOSELECTIVE MANUFACTURE OF SELECTED PURINE PHOSPHORAMIDATES Non-Final OA Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17981739 TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS WITH TRADIPITANT Final Rejection VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
18040515 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME Non-Final OA Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18390368 WEE1 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Boundless Bio, Inc.
18571754 Strained bi-functionalized trans-cyclooctenes Non-Final OA Stichting Radboud Universiteit
18568160 EGFR INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER Non-Final OA NATCO PHARMA LIMITED
17990068 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS Non-Final OA Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18261467 SMALL MOLECULE REGULATORS OF ALVEOLAR TYPE 2 CELL PROLIFERATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY DISEASES Non-Final OA THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18287489 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMPOUND SMTP-7 Non-Final OA Corxel Pharmaceuticals Hong Kong Limited
18455767 PYRAZOLYLSULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN THERAPY Non-Final OA HOTSPOT THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18018885 MULTI-EFFICACY PYRAZINE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN OLIVE BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD
18276120 AMISELIMOD FOR PREVENTING, TREATING OR AMELIORATING ULCERATIVE COLITIS Non-Final OA Bausch Health Ireland Limited
18259184 NOVEL DERIVATIVE COMPOUND HAVING BIPHENYL GROUP INTRODUCED INTO AMINO-ALKANOIC ACID AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA AMTIXBIO CO., LTD.
18275190 INHIBITORS OF cGAS ACTIVITY AS THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Non-Final OA BELLBROOK LABS, LLC
18262591 Clinical Dosing Schedule of Inositol Phosphate Oligo(Ethylene Glycol) Compounds Non-Final OA VIFOR (INTERNATIONAL) AG
18273575 TOPICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PREGABALIN Non-Final OA EGIS GYÓGYSZERGYÁR ZRT.

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