Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1611 1612 1628

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.8%
Allow Rate
-23.2% vs TC avg
1309
Total Applications
+16.1%
Interview Lift
1213
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1253 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
38.8%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18007433 METHODS FOR REDUCING GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID CONCENTRATION IN BRAIN TISSUE AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES INVOLVING THE SAME Non-Final OA GENZYME CORPORATION
17824552 GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITORS Non-Final OA GENZYME CORPORATION
18028618 USE OF SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR AGONIST Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
19253364 ROCK INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
17999299 GRANULES FOR 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17420252 PI4-Kinase Inhibitors with Anti-Cancer Activity Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19187713 TREATMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS USING COMBINATIONS OF RXR AGONISTS AND THYROID HORMONES Non-Final OA Io Therapeutics, Inc.
18415139 METHODS FOR TREATING PAIN Non-Final OA Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
18245970 COMBINATION COMPOSITIONS HAVING ANTI-VIRAL ACTIVITIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18361073 SPHINGOSINE PATHWAY MODULATING COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERS Non-Final OA ENZO BIOCHEM, INC.
17912802 USE OF A COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN INHIBITOR OF NLRP1 INFLAMMASOME ACTIVATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN AIRWAY INFLAMMATION Non-Final OA Agency for Science, Technology and Research
18452885 Use of Histamine Antagonists and Glucocorticoid for Treating and Preventing Neurodegenerative Diseases Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
17772856 THERAPEUTIC METHODS USING VADADUSTAT Final Rejection Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
18265595 SMARCA DEGRADERS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Kymera Therapeutics, Inc.
17343965 ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18251670 CXCR1/CXCR2 INHIBITORS FOR USE IN TREATING MYELOFIBROSIS Non-Final OA Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
18329957 METHODS OF TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCIUM ION SIGNALING Non-Final OA Temple University-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18263211 ANTIPARASITIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Intervet Inc.
17737626 CHANGING COGNITIVE FUNCTION WITH FENFLURAMINE Non-Final OA ZOGENIX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18560968 NEW FORMULATION FOR INJECTION COMPRISING 1-(5-(2,4-DIFLUOROPHENYL)-1-((3-FLUOROPHENYL)SULFONYL)-4-METHOXY-1H-PYRROL-3-YL)-N-METHYLMETHANAMINE Non-Final OA DAEWOONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17417557 R-KETAMINE AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF AS PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER Non-Final OA National University Corporation Chiba University
18031899 METHODS FOR TREATING CHOLESTATIC PRURITUS Non-Final OA GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No.2) Limited
18478261 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL OR MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES Non-Final OA MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
17925166 SUBSTITUTED PYRAZOLYL COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NOVARTIS PHARMA AG
17789399 D-SERINE TRANSPORT MODIFIER AND SCREENING METHOD THEREOF, AND SCREENING METHOD OF D-SERINE TRANSPORTER PROTEIN Non-Final OA National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
18137949 METHOD OF TREATING ACUTE MIGRAINE WITH CGRP-ACTIVE COMPOUND Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
18191440 METHOD FOR TREATING CEREBRAL APOPLEXY AND HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA BY COMPOUND FOR INHIBITING COMBINATION OF BILIRUBIN AND TRPM2 CHANNEL Final Rejection SHANGHAI SIXTH PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL
18040569 SENSORY STIMULATING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG Non-Final OA SCENT SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL INC.
18102268 EXTENDED RELEASE 5-HT RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Diamond Therapeutics Inc.
17927780 MONO- AND BIS-NITROSYLATED ALKYL POLYOLS FOR THERAPEUTIC USE Non-Final OA ATTGENO AB

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