Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1629

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.6%
Allow Rate
-6.4% vs TC avg
115
Total Applications
+51.6%
Interview Lift
1337
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 69 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
34.3%
§103 Obviousness
32.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17995761 SUBSTITUTED {1,2,4,} TRIAZOLO{1,5-A} PYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AND USE IN STABILIZING MICROTUBULES Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18266508 Compositions and Methods for Inhibiting Fibrosis, Inflammation and Cancer Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18042503 CRYSTALLINE FORM OF HETEROBICYCLIC COMPOUND Final Rejection OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18134064 METHOD OF TREATING MYELOID MALIGNANCIES Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
17814911 LOW-CONCENTRATION ATROPINE FOR MYOPIA PREVENTION (LAMP-2) STUDY Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
16908426 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection SYDNEXIS, INC.
16785411 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection SYDNEXIS, INC.
18043959 NOVEL SALTS, CRYSTALS, AND CO-CRYSTALS Final Rejection INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
17275893 ANTICANCER FORMULATION Non-Final OA University of Mississippi
18566534 BENZIMIDAZOLE COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, CANINE FILARIASIS CONTROL AGENT CONTAINING SAME, AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD.
18566584 METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A INHIBITOR Non-Final OA NANJING CHIA TAI TIANQING PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18269123 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF MULTI-TARGET PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CSPC Zhongqi Pharmaceutical Technology (Shijiazhuang) Co., Ltd
18506625 MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18009194 4-ARYLQUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AS METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A INHIBITORS Final Rejection IDEAYA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18555468 HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE INHIBITOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Jiangsu Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
18483703 METHODS OF TREATING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA INFECTIONS Non-Final OA Basilea Pharmaceutica International AG, Allschwil
18549061 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT THEREOF Non-Final OA LifeMine Therapeutics
18548804 MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA PZA INNOVATION LLC
18024159 STAT INIHIBITORY COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA CENTESSA PHARMACEUTICALS (UK) LIMITED
18255855 HETEROARYL-ACETYLENES, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Eubulus Biotherapeutics Inc.
17796157 TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIAS AND LYMPHOMAS WITH COMBINATIONS OF BCL-2 INHIBITORS AND PLK1 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Cardiff Oncology, Inc.
18246977 METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION, STRATIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF CNS DISEASES Non-Final OA Xianlin HAN
17943558 NEUROPROTECTIVE PEPTIDE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CARDIFF CONSULTANTS LTD
18066883 METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH S1P RECEPTOR MODULATORS Non-Final OA PRIOTHERA LIMITED
17923215 COMBINATION TREATMENT FOR FUMARATE-RELATED DISEASES Non-Final OA IMCYSE SA
17360303 PYRIDAZINONES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Goldfinch Bio, Inc.
17754321 Preparation of Drug for Treating Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Non-Final OA Plantarx Limited
17635106 ABIRATERONE PRODRUGS Non-Final OA ASTELLAS US LLC
17572896 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BASAL FOREBRAIN DISEASE Non-Final OA EIP Pharma, Inc.

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