Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SEITZ, ANTHONY JOSEPH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1629

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
232
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
1342
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 158 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
25.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18266083 Sulfoximine Pesticides Non-Final OA BASF SE
17745621 DUAL ANDROGEN RECEPTOR/AKR1C3 INHIBITORS Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17618838 DIBENZYLAMINES AS AMINO ACID TRANSPORT INHIBITORS Final Rejection VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
18549127 COVALENT EGFR INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
17596466 HDAC3 CATALYTIC INHIBITOR DEVELOPMENT AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17702578 METHODS FOR REDUCING REWARDING EFFECTS OF MORPHINE WITHOUT AFFECTING ITS ANALGESIC EFFECTS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17599207 BRYOSTATIN COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17625976 TARGETING PTPN22 IN CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17290987 NOVEL SELECTIVE KAPPA OPIOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Final Rejection TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
18258746 SUBSTITUTED AMINOBENZYL HETEROARYL COMPOUNDS AS EGFR AND/OR PI3K INHIBITORS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18255655 METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING KIDNEY DISEASE Non-Final OA Washington University
17462872 ENDOCRINE THERAPY AND ABEMACICLIB COMBINATION FOR THE ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF NODE-POSITIVE, EARLY STAGE, HORMONE RECEPTOR-POSITIVE, HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER Final Rejection Eli Lilly and Company
18281480 COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF ANTICANCER AGENT-RESISTANT CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
18286379 THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR CACHEXIA ACCOMPANIED BY GHRELIN RESISTANCE Final Rejection Toray Industries, Inc.
17623761 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING CMV INFECTIONS Final Rejection University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18383708 PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA (PPARy) LIGANDS AND METHODS OF USE AS TREATMENTS FOR INSULIN RESISTANCE, OBESITY, FATTY LIVER DISEASE, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES Non-Final OA The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
18238687 Ferroptosis-HDAC Inhibitor Hybrid Anticancer Agents Non-Final OA The University of Toledo
18256650 SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLO PIPERIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS Final Rejection BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
18453163 CDK2 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
18036853 PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRAZINE DERIVATIVES AS BTK INHIBITORS Non-Final OA BIOGEN MA INC.
18344560 CD73 COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18215217 SOLID FORMS OF A NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Gilead Sciences, Inc.
18256982 Nitrogen Containing 2,3-Dihydroquinazolinone Compounds as Nav1.8 Inhibitors Non-Final OA GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
18479245 Donepezil delivery formulation Non-Final OA Davies Pharmaceuticals LLC
17924610 CIRCULATING B CELL SUBPOPULATIONS IN INDOLENT B CELL LYMPHOMA Non-Final OA Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18262534 SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLO[1,5-A]PYRIMIDINE-7-AMINE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS AND PHARMACEUTICAL USES THEREOF Non-Final OA YANGTZE RIVER PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP CO., LTD.
18263448 METHODS OF TREATING CHRONIC ACTIVE ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION USING BTK INHIBITORS Non-Final OA BeiGene Switzerland GmbH
17770704 USE OF IMIDAZOPYRIMIDINE OR IMIDAZOTRIAZINE COMPOUND FOR PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION, OR TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY Final Rejection SK BIOPHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.
18289970 INHIBITORS OF THE MENIN-MLL INTERACTION Non-Final OA Vitae Pharmaceuticals, LLC
17996427 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LEUKEMIA Non-Final OA Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.

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