Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHACHERMEYER, SAMANTHA LYNN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1693

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

37.0%
Allow Rate
-23.0% vs TC avg
73
Total Applications
+71.7%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 27 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
17.7%
§102 Novelty
41.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18276397 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF CD38 AS IMMUNOSUPPRESSANTS Non-Final OA OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
18011832 ANTIVIRAL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18494749 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17960972 BIOCOMPATIBLE SCAFFOLD AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
18002301 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MYO-INOSITOL AND THEIR USE IN THE PREVENTION OF POST PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE (PPH) Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
18028627 OAT DERIVED BETA-(1-3)-(1-4)-GLUCAN PREPARATIONS AND THERE USE IN TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17775213 CERAMIDE ANALOG SACLAC MODULATES SPHINGOLIPID LEVELS AND MCL-1 SPLICING TO INDUCE APOPTOSIS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18181016 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERGLYCEMIA IN TYPE-2 DIABETES Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of the university of Oklahoma
18252793 ANTI-CANCER COMPOSITION CONTAINING AURANOFIN AND MERCAPTO COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
17776760 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH PROTEIN KINASE B ACTIVATION INHIBITOR TO TREAT CANCER Non-Final OA H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
17791754 METHODS TO ALTER LATENCY IN EBV+ MALIGNANCIES Final Rejection Cornell University
18261296 IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE Non-Final OA NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 1, LLC
18279517 THE USE OF EMPAGLIFLOZIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND CROHN'S DISEASE Non-Final OA The Governors of the University of Alberta
18557304 Galactooligosaccharides for improving immune response Non-Final OA N.V. Nutricia
18254401 A METHOD OF TREATING FOOT ROT Final Rejection Intervet Inc.
18269147 HYALURONAN IS A DRIVER OF COVID-19 SEVERITY Non-Final OA The University of Manchester
18564287 NOVEL ISOFLAVONE COMPOUND Non-Final OA NABOCUL COSMETICS CO., LTD.
18261592 METHODS FOR PREVENTING VIRAL INFECTION Non-Final OA THERAPEUTIKOS, INC.
18352220 DINUCLEOTIDES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA MAIA Biotechnology, Inc.
18031447 LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION OR REDUCTION OF SKIN IRRITATION, ALLERGY AND/OR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE Final Rejection Medoderm GMBH
18246213 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A VEGETABLE CHONDROITIN OR AN ANALOGUE THEREOF AND THE USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE ORAL, PHARYNGO-LARYNGEAL AND/OR GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL TRACT Non-Final OA SOFAR SWISS SA
18019580 ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THEREOF Final Rejection Harrow IP LLC
18113370 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINT HEALTH Non-Final OA Unigen, Inc.
17910779 CROSS-LINKED MEDICATION FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRAL INFECTION AND METHOD OF TREATMENT Final Rejection 1GLOBE HEALTH INSTITUTE, NANJING
17782654 COMPOUNDS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF DYSBIOSIS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ANTIDOTES FOR MICROBIOME-PROTECTION Non-Final OA EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
17624595 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF EDOXABAN Non-Final OA Glenmark Life Sciences Limited

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