Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WESTERBERG, NISSA M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618

This examiner grants 23% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

23.4%
Allow Rate
-36.6% vs TC avg
969
Total Applications
+36.9%
Interview Lift
1570
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 899 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
67.7%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19345876 IMPROVED LOCAL ANESTHETIC SOLUTION FOR DENTAL AND/OR CONTRAST MEDIA USE Non-Final OA Neocaine, LLC
17308599 CATIONIC MUCIC ACID POLYMER-BASED DELIVERY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA California Institute Of Technology
19273752 ORAL FORMULATIONS OF DEURUXOLITINIB Final Rejection Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.
17445285 ENHANCING SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION AND TARGET TISSUE ACCUMULATION OF NANOPARTICLES VIA CO-ADMINISTRATION WITH MACROPINOCYTOSIS INHIBITORY NANOPARTICLES (MINP) Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17403157 COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18904575 Compositions and Methods for Targeting Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutics to Stem Cells Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
17908766 Radionuclide Tracers of 1-Amino-3,4-Difluorocyclopentane-1-Carboxylic Acid, Derivatives, and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Emory University
19005427 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MDMA AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection LYKOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
19005409 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MDMA AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection LYKOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
18611564 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MDMA AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection LYKOS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
17437417 INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY AND MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING BY FLUORINATION Final Rejection The Texas A&M University System
18166390 METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYE-BASED ENCODING AND QUANTIFICATION Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17622117 IRON(III) AND GALLIUM(III) METAL ORGANIC POLYHEDRA, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
18424697 STEREOCOMPLEX OF OLIGOLACTIC ACID CONJUGATES IN MICELLES FOR IMPROVED PHYSICAL STABILITY AND ENHANCED ANTITUMOR EFFICACY Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18772309 Ophthalmic dye composition Non-Final OA Vitreq B.V.
18766083 TMEM-MCD IN THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE ACTIVITY STATUS OF TMEM IN ITS DISSEMINATION OF TUMOR CELLS Final Rejection Montefiore Medical Center
18445604 Formulated and/or Co-Formulated Liposome Compositions Containing Toll-Like Receptor ("TLR") Agonist Prodrugs Useful In The Treatment of Cancer and Methods Thereof C Non-Final OA Nammi Therapeutics, Inc.
18640861 ANTIMICROBIAL AND DRUG-NEUTRALIZING COMPOSITION Non-Final OA Aseptic Health, LLC
15516407 LIPOSOMES-CONTAINING ANTIFOULING COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
18031760 PROCESSES FOR SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-EMITTING RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17536193 Composition and A Method For Diagnosing And Treating Bacterial Infection Final Rejection Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-Cardiovascular Health Engineering Limited
18415412 CHITOSAN SUPERFINE FIBER SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Tricol Biomedical, Inc.
17753312 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING AND ANALYSIS OF DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS IN VITRO Non-Final OA Trustees of Tufts College
17554823 FAP-ACTIVATED RADIOTHERANOSTICS AND USES RELATED THERETO Final Rejection Trustees of Tufts College
17614753 MACROPHAGE IMAGING AGENT Non-Final OA JSR CORPORATION
17801057 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ESOMEPRAZOLE AND SODIUM BICARBONATE HAVING EXCELLENT RELEASE PROPERTIES Final Rejection Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp.
17282447 AROMATIC RING SUBSTITUTED AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS AS DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
16494568 NON-VIRAL, NON-CATIONIC NANOPARTICLES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
17298884 COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE NANOBOMB SUITABLE FOR ALTERING A BIOLOGICAL BARRIER Non-Final OA Trince BV
17118224 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING MACROPHAGE-RELATED DISORDERS USING CARBOHYDRATE-BASED MACROMOLECULAR CARRIER Non-Final OA Cardinal Health 414, LLC

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