Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1624

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.1%
Allow Rate
+13.1% vs TC avg
105
Total Applications
-1.9%
Interview Lift
1167
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 67 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
22.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17927222 PYRAZOLO[4,3-d]PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF CELLULAR PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17761162 BIAMINOQUINOLINES AND NANOFORMULATIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18157286 HETEROARYL-METHYL SUBSTITUTED TRIAZOLES Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18047506 BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVES AS GABA A GAMMA1 PAM Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17786239 SUBSTITUTED QUINOLINONYL PIPERAZINE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS T CELL ACTIVATORS Final Rejection BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
18029057 MULTI-COORDINATE GOLD-PHOSPHINE COMPOUNDS AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
18498472 METHOD OF INHIBITING LIPOGENESIS WITH UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PEPTIDASE 24 INHIBITOR COMPOSITION Non-Final OA NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
18012561 MMP-9 AND MMP-12 INHIBITION FOR TREATING SPINAL CORD INJURY OR RELATED INJURY TO NEUROLOGICAL TISSUE Final Rejection The University of Birmingham
17709358 USE OF COMPOSITION OF IMATINIB OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR PREVENTING, TREATING, AND CONTROLLING ADDICTION RELAPSE Final Rejection Wuhan University
18011288 METHOTREXATE ANALOGS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept of Health and Human Services
17889062 COMPOUNDS FOR INHIBITING OR DEGRADING TARGET PROTEINS, COMPOSITIONS, COMPRISING THE SAME, METHODS OF THEIR MAKING, AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Final Rejection NURIX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18573359 NALTREXONE FOR IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 5-HT RECEPTOR SUBTYPE 2A, 2B or 2C AGONISTS Non-Final OA LDN Pharma Limited
18545582 SULFOXIMIDE SUBSTITUTED INDAZOLE IRAK4 KINASE INHIBITOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Shanghai Xunhe Pharmaceutical Technology Co. Ltd.
18560696 APPLICATION OF HYDRONIDONE IN PREPARATION OF DRUG FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CHRONIC HEPATITIS B WITH LIVER FIBROSIS Non-Final OA BEIJING CONTINENT PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
17907463 COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Foghorn Therapeutics Inc.
18563568 THIADIAZOLIDINONES FOR THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Non-Final OA ADMINISTRACIÓN GENERAL DE LA COMUNIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE EUSKADI
18551059 TASIPIMIDINE FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ORION CORPORATION
18373904 TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDERS Non-Final OA GH Research Ireland Limited
18255476 SUBSTITUTED FUSED BICYCLIC COMPOUND AS KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA IMPACT THERAPEUTICS (SHANGHAI), INC
18283121 COMPOUND HAVING SULFONATE GROUP AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT USING SAME Non-Final OA HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18550958 New 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydropyrido[4',3':4,5]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one Derivatives as Sigma Ligands Non-Final OA ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE
18550907 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING EYE DISEASES Non-Final OA JENIVISION INC.
18011741 Crystalline Form of Compound Non-Final OA Shenzhen Forward Pharmaceuticals Co., Limited
18043419 COMPOUND FOR INHIBITING MUTANT EGFR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA East China University of Science and Technology
18131979 USE OF HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR AMIDOXIMES AS ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE AGENTS Non-Final OA Texas Woman’s University
17941854 THERAPEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR METHODS OF USE Final Rejection SERVIER PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
18124519 THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITIONS, COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Unique Flower LLC
18246034 NOVEL N-HETEROCYCLIC BET BROMODOMAIN INHIBITOR, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Chengdu Easton Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
18173349 STABILIZATION OF ACETAMINOPHEN IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION Non-Final OA Nostrum Pharmaceuticals, LLC
17906650 PHD INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND USE Final Rejection Akebia Therapeutics, Inc.

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