Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RONEY, CELESTE A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.5%
Allow Rate
+2.5% vs TC avg
791
Total Applications
+18.8%
Interview Lift
1094
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 723 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
54.0%
§103 Obviousness
19.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17917233 MANUFACTURING OF SYNTHETIC EXOSOMES FOR CNS AND NON-CNS DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18279004 LIPOSOMAL FORMULATIONS OF BORONIC ACID CONTAINING ACTIVE AGENTS Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18041811 NANODRUGS FOR TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
18102623 GOLD MOLECULAR CLUSTERS AND METHODS OF USING SAME FOR NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18540656 NEUROPROTECTIVE LIPOSOME COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF STROKE Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
19179554 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF WEAK ACID DRUGS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Pharmosa Biopharm Inc.
18690391 MAKEUP KIT COMPRISING AN AQUEOUS MAKEUP COMPOSITION AND A CONTINUOUS OILY-PHASE FIXING COMPOSITION WITH A HYDROPHOBIC FILM-FORMING POLYMER Non-Final OA L'OREAL
17620946 ANHYDROUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE AMINO SILICONE, AT LEAST ONE ALKOXYSILANE AND AT LEAST ONE COLORING AGENT Non-Final OA L'OREAL
18314688 IMMUNOTHERAPY OF SKIN CANCER USING MPLA-LOADED HPG NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection Yale University
19055601 Deodorant Non-Final OA Java Beard, LLC
17610334 INSTRINSICALLY LUBRICATING DRUG-LOADED HYDROGELS FOR USE AS PROPHYLACTIC MEDICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18264347 PARTICLES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
17497517 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH SEROTONIN RECEPTOR DEFICIENCIES Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17549959 Composition For The Remineralization Of Teeth Final Rejection Ivoclar Vivadent AG
17751959 INHIBITION OF UNDESIRED SENSORY EFFECTS BY THE COMPOUND CAMPHOR Non-Final OA Philip Morris USA Inc.
18278750 NEW CONTRAST AGENT FOR USE IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18698130 VERATRALDEHYDE, PIPERONYL ALCOHOL, ETHYL 2-AMINO BENZOATE, ISOAMYL CINNAMATE, OR DIETHYL MALONATE AS FOOD ADDITIVES WITH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, MAYNOOTH
17801777 CHELATOR COMPOSITIONS FOR RADIOMETALS AND METHODS OF USING SAME Non-Final OA The University of British Columbia
18612062 KITS FOR PREPARING A REACTIVE GRAFT MATERIAL AND INJECTING THE GRAFT MATERIAL INTO A PATIENT Non-Final OA Agnovos Healthcare, LLC
18608350 INJECTABLE COMPOSITIONS OF TRITERPENOID ANTIFUNGALS ENCAPSULATED IN LIPOSOMES Non-Final OA Scynexis, Inc.
18691121 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING ANTI-TNFAlpha ANTIBODY Non-Final OA APROGEN Inc.
18683531 LOW-DOSE LYOPHILIZED RNA VACCINES AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA
18078649 CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA Spruce Biosciences, Inc.
18291710 PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PAYLOAD MOLECULES TO AIRWAY EPITHELIUM Non-Final OA ModernaTX, Inc.
18575019 COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MRNA Non-Final OA TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
18292042 METHODS OF TREATING COPPER METABOLISM-ASSOCIATED DISEASES OR DISORDERS Non-Final OA Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18291721 PRESERVATIVES FOR COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA SACHEM, INC.
18250942 LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE PARTICLE Final Rejection ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18024459 LIPOSOME FORMULATION CONTAINING ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT Non-Final OA Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
18372339 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING NON-TUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL LUNG DISEASE Final Rejection Insmed Incorporated

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