Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1613 1629

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

24.9%
Allow Rate
-35.1% vs TC avg
431
Total Applications
+48.0%
Interview Lift
1477
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 381 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.7%
§102 Novelty
40.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18006894 HETEROARYL SUBSTITUTED 3-(1-OXOISOINDOLIN-2-YL)PIPERIDINE-2,6-DIONE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Novartis AG
18018148 SUBSTITUTED PYRROLO-PYRIDINONE DERIVATIVES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18247014 COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA AstraZeneca AB
18269854 COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Non-Final OA UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
18179838 SOLID FORMS, SALTS, AND PROCESSES OF PREPARATION OF A CDK2 INHIBITOR Non-Final OA Incyte Corporation
18245594 PYRIDO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDIN-4-AMINES AS SOS1 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
18248278 PHARMACEUTICALS FOR COVID19 TREATMENT Final Rejection NANTCELL, INC.
18032648 METHOD FOR TREATING ALS/FTD THROUGH DEGRADATION OF RNA REPEAT EXPANSION Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18246100 NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA Auckland UniServices Limited
18031688 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING KIT- AND PDGFRA-MEDIATED DISEASES Non-Final OA Blueprint Medicines Corporation
18006493 COMPOUND USEFUL AS CDK7 KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection TYK MEDICINES, INC.
18560991 DOSAGE REGIMENS FOR ECUBECTEDIN Non-Final OA PHARMA MAR S.A.
18229662 QUINAZOLINE PAN-KRas INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.
17998561 MONO- AND COMBINATION THERAPIES Non-Final OA Recurium IP Holdings, LLC
18552289 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR SUPPRESSING TMPRSS2 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA SBI Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
18005961 USE OF CANNABIDIOL IN THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH RARE EPILEPSY SYNDROMES RELATED TO GENETIC ABNORMALITIES Non-Final OA GW Research Limited
18005960 USE OF CANNABIDIOL IN THE TREATMENT OF SEIZURES ASSOCIATED WITH RARE EPILEPSY SYNDROMES RELATED TO GENETIC ABNORMALITIES Non-Final OA GW Research Limited
18264424 PYRIDOPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Wuhan Humanwell Innovative Drug Research and Development Center Limited Company
18351439 COMBINATION THERAPIES OF WDR-5 INHIBITORS AND PD-1 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA HUYABIO International, LLC
18260670 MODULATORS OF TRPML, THEIR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Caraway Therapeutics, Inc.
18259509 EFINACONAZOLE ORAL COMPOSITION Non-Final OA DAEBONG LS CO., LTD.
18253252 SUBSTITUTED PYRROLO [2, 3-b] PYRIDINE AND PYRAZOLO [3, 4-b] PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AS PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Fochon Biosciences, Ltd.
18034634 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING CDK9 ACTIVITY Non-Final OA KRONOS BIO, INC.
18140863 COMPOUNDS FOR DEGRADING TAU PROTEIN AGGREGATES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Aprinoia Therapeutics Limited
18032758 HETEROBIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS AS DEGRADERS OF ENL Non-Final OA VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18031077 PIPERIDINYL SMALL MOLECULE DEGRADERS OF HELIOS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection NEOMORPH, INC.
18248129 PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF A CORONAVIRUS INFECTION SUCH AS COVID-19 Non-Final OA MEDETIA
18028157 CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPH FORM A OF A JAK INHIBITORAND METHODS FOR ITS PREPARATION Non-Final OA ACLARIS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18188973 COMPOSITION AND MEDICAMENT OF PALBOCICLIB ISETHIONATE Final Rejection NANJING GRITPHARMA CO., LTD.
17969587 IMMUNE SUPPRESSING NANOPARTICLES FOR ROBUST SENSITIZATION OF DRUG-RESISTANT CANCER Non-Final OA King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology ( KACST)

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