Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 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
1,528
Total Applications
+43.4%
Interview Lift
1025
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1487 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
43.9%
§103 Obviousness
11.0%
§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
18237360 METALLOENZYME MODULATORS Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
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
18300984 Compositions and Methods of Treating or Preventing Fibrotic Lung Diseases Final Rejection YALE UNIVERSITY
18265660 Method and Composition for Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis Non-Final OA MANNKIND CORPORATION
18283851 INDOLINE DERIVATIVES AS DDRS INHIBITORS Final Rejection CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.P.A.
18040515 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME Non-Final OA Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18571754 Strained bi-functionalized trans-cyclooctenes Non-Final OA Stichting Radboud Universiteit
18252760 METHODS OF TREATMENT OF LIVER FAILURE Non-Final OA GENFIT
18568160 EGFR INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER Non-Final OA NATCO PHARMA LIMITED
18019302 THERMO-SENSITIVE PERMEATION ENHANCING FORMULATIONS FOR DRUG DELIVERY Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
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.
18273575 TOPICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING PREGABALIN Final Rejection EGIS GYÓGYSZERGYÁR ZRT.
18038667 COMPOUND FOR USE IN AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF FIBROTIC DISEASES Non-Final OA Galapagos NV
18037405 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY FIBROSIS Final Rejection Pulmosim Therapeutics LLC
18247928 O-ACETYLSERINE FOR THE USE THEREOF IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE AND THE ASSOCIATED DISEASES Final Rejection UNIVCERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
18130943 TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASES Final Rejection Ichilov Tech Ltd.
18016262 DENDRIMER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO INJURED KIDNEY Non-Final OA Ashvattha Therapeutics, Inc.
18001487 TREATMENT METHODS AND FORMULATIONS Non-Final OA Curtin University

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