Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SIMMONS, CHRIS E

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1622 1629

This examiner grants 34% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.4%
Allow Rate
-25.6% vs TC avg
710
Total Applications
+18.9%
Interview Lift
1408
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 665 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
46.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17608452 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATING INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17437643 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS FOR REGULATING UTERINE, PLACENTAL GROWTH Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
19308893 ARSINOTHRICIN AND METHODS OF TREATING INFECTIONS USING ARSINOTHRICIN Non-Final OA THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
17899272 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING ARTHRITIS Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
19281019 SYNTHESIS OF KEY INTERMEDIATE OF KRAS G12C INHIBITOR COMPOUND Non-Final OA Amgen Inc.
19276294 USE OF VITAMIN E TPGS AS A TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR BITTER DRUGS Non-Final OA Hyloris Developments SA
17518846 MDMA PRODRUGS TO ASSIST PSYCHOTHERAPY Final Rejection Mind Medicine, Inc.
19237417 IMPROVED MIRDAMETINIB TREATMENT Non-Final OA SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.
19081912 POTENT ASGPR-BINDING COMPOUNDS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND OTHER PROTEINS Non-Final OA AVILAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17597339 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS USING TRIGONELLINE TO PRODUCE INTRACELLULAR NAD+ Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17309435 ANTIVIRAL PRODRUGS AND NANOFORMULATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
18757228 METHODS OF INHIBITING FOXO1 FOR TREATMENT OF LYMPHATIC DISORDERS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
18638133 BLOCKADE OF CHEMOKINE (C-C MOTIF) RECEPTOR 2 DURING FLUID RESUSCITATION Final Rejection University of South Florida
17881038 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ION CHANNELS IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17681560 OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION Final Rejection Sydnexis, Inc.
17311633 METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR TREATING FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY AND MORNING SICKNESS Non-Final OA Aphios Corporation
17387129 INHIBITION OF MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN Final Rejection Southwest Research Institute
17860498 GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISORDERS Non-Final OA JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED
16617720 TREATMENT OF DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH A DYSREGULATION OF THE mTOR PATHWAY Final Rejection BIOCODEX
17993868 COMBINATION OF AN ANTIMUSCARINIC OR AN ANTICHOLINERGIC AGENT AND LIPOIC ACID AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Cellix Bio Private Limited
17378839 METHOD FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING SKIN DISORDERS AND CONDITIONS Final Rejection BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION
17795076 MASITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF A MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENT SUBPOPULATION Final Rejection AB SCIENCE
18188716 EZH2 INHIBITORS FOR TREATING LYMPHOMA Non-Final OA Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.
17797448 USE OF A SOLUBLE GUANYLATE CYCLASE (sGC) STIMULATOR OR OF A COMBINATION OF A sGC STIMULATOR AND AN sGC ACTIVATOR FOR CONDITIONS WHEREIN THE HEME GROUP OF sGC IS OXIDIZED OR WHEREIN sGC IS DEFICIENT IN HEME Non-Final OA Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
18185935 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING INFLAMMATION AND PAIN Non-Final OA Olatec Therapeutics LLC
17917337 USE OF BROMODOMAIN INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE Final Rejection RUMI SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS, INC.
17806689 ASCORBIC ACID AND QUINONE COMPOUND FOR CANCER TREATMENT Final Rejection IC-MedTech Corp.
17630692 DOSING REGIMENS FOR ORAL COMPLEMENT FACTOR D INHIBITORS Final Rejection BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17614437 A NEUROPILIN ANTAGONIST IN COMBINATION WITH A P38ALPHA-KINASE INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
17517879 INHIBITING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE MEDIATED BY ONE OR MORE OF TLR2, RAGE, CCR5, CXCR4 AND CD4 Non-Final OA Cassava Sciences, Inc.

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