Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHMITT, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1629

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.7%
Allow Rate
-3.3% vs TC avg
674
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
1033
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 640 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.6%
§102 Novelty
36.7%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18560113 SELECTIVE, PARTIAL, AND ARRESTIN-BIASED 5-HT2A AGONISTS WITH UTILITY IN VARIOUS DISORDERS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18241355 METHODS FOR TREATING IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) Non-Final OA Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
19275631 R-TRIHEXYPHENIDYL FOR TREATMENT OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS Final Rejection The Children's Mercy Hospital
18289409 CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION FOR DISEASE TREATMENT Non-Final OA VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
18446296 Bi-functional Molecules To Degrade Circulating Proteins Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
17756212 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY AND/OR LUNG INJURY Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
18972566 NEW USE Final Rejection Kancera AB
18266179 TREATMENT OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW BH4 BIOAVAILABILITY Non-Final OA OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
18039897 METHOD OF TREATING POLYAMINE IMBALANCE-RELATED DISORDERS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
17412070 NON PEPTIDIC HETEROBIVALENT MOLECULES FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES Final Rejection GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
18560280 ETHACRYNIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS INHIBITORS OF MPRO PROTEASE AND SARS-COV-2 REPLICATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE EUROMEDITERRANEENNE DE FES
18289453 METHODS OF USING NMDA RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA GLD Debt Acquisition 2025-1, Inc.
18228672 NOVEL ACID SECRETION INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17881302 METHODS OF TREATING ABC-DLBCL USING INHIBITORS OF BRUTONS TYROSINE KINASE Non-Final OA Pharmacyclics LLC
18271991 APPLICATION OF CILOSTAZOL-CONTAINING COMPOSITION IN PREPARING DRUG FOR TREATING CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Non-Final OA NEURODAWN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17831843 THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR DISEASES RELATED TO ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM CELL DEATH IN CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM Final Rejection Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
17516313 Hematocrit Modulation Through Needle Assisted Jet Injection of Testosterone Non-Final OA Antares Pharma, Inc.
17560549 USE OF ARIMOCLOMOL IN THE TREATMENT OF NIEMANN PICK DISEASE Final Rejection Zevra Denmark A/S
18317195 ENHANCED ERYTHROPOIESIS AND IRON METABOLISM Non-Final OA FibroGen, Inc.
17739910 Methods for Treating Visceral Fat Conditions Final Rejection Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC
17925750 DRUG FOR ENHANCING FIBRINOLYTIC SYSTEM, AND USE THEREFOR Final Rejection RENASCIENCE INC.
18108320 METHOD OF TREATING RNA REPEAT MEDIATED DISEASES WITH RNA REPEAT BINDING COMPOUND Non-Final OA AMO Pharma Ltd.
17967255 TREPROSTINIL ADMINISTRATION BY INHALATION Non-Final OA United Therapeutics Corporation
17786154 TREATING HEART DISEASE IN MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PATIENTS Final Rejection Children`s Medical Center Corporation
17685138 USING GENO- OR PHENOTYPING TO ADJUST LSD DOSING Final Rejection Universitätsspital Basel
17588273 Treatment of cholangiopathies Final Rejection CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc.
17337046 PROGNOSTIC TUMOR BIOMARKERS Final Rejection M2Gen, Corp.
16773094 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING METASTATIC TUMORS Final Rejection IMMUNE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
16099035 NANO-SYSTEMS FOR THERAPY AND/OR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR THERAPY MONITORING AND/OR THERANOSTICS OF DISEASE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND

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