Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1629

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
86
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1314
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
24.7%
§102 Novelty
29.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18557487 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF KRAS G12C MUTANT Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17784718 INDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF HERPES VIRUSES Non-Final OA Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
17917438 USE OF MASITINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
18550642 METHOD OF DECREASING THE POPULATION OF FUSOBACTERIA IN THE GUT MICROBIOME Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
18255212 STABLE ORAL FORMULATION CONTAINING 1-(3-CYANO-1-ISOPROPYL-INDOL-5-YL)PYRAZOLE-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
17768529 NOVEL ANTIPARASITIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS Final Rejection The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
18037732 THERAPIES FOR CANCER USING SMALL MOLECULES THAT BIND TO AND INHIBIT RAL INTERACTING PROTEINS Final Rejection Texas Tech University System
18266525 SMALL MOLECULES AND THEIR USE AS MALT1 INHIBITORS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Non-Final OA Merck Patent GmbH
18023009 NHE-1 INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS Final Rejection ARES TRADING S.A.
18542376 COMPOUNDS THAT SYNERGIZE WITH COPPER TO KILL STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17600817 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING TUMORS USING TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITION AND DNA DAMAGE Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18009072 THE PROCESS OF PREPARATION OF ANTHRANILAMIDES Final Rejection Adama Makhteshim Ltd.
18565530 NOVEL SQUARAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KOSIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION
18562917 COMPOSITION FOR TOPICAL TREATMENT OF MICROBIAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA HENNEPIN LIFE SCIENCES, LLC
17641665 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH CLEC16A DYSFUNCTION OR LOSS Final Rejection THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
18557580 PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU BAIYUNSHAN PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDINGS CO., LTD. BAIYUNSHAN PHARMACEUTICAL GENERAL FACTORY
18486463 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE FROM CAPROLACTAM Non-Final OA Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
18485010 SPIROCYCLIC IMIDAZOLIDINONES AND IMIDAZOLIDINEDIONES FOR TREATMENT OF LIGHT CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS Non-Final OA Protego Biopharma, Inc.
17441758 COMBINATIONS OF IADADEMSTAT FOR CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection ORYZON GENOMICS, S.A.
18248119 USE OF AN ERK INHIBITOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYELOFIBROSIS Non-Final OA University of Basel
18264671 DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Shanghai Visonpharma Co., Ltd.
18261899 FGFR KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA YA THERAPEUTICS INC
18266294 Novel Bifunctional Molecules For Targeted Protein Degradation Non-Final OA Amphista Therapeutics Limited
17908670 FOLATE COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection APROFOL AG
17786161 COMPOUNDS MODULATING PROTEIN RECRUITMENT AND/OR DEGRADATION Non-Final OA Orionis Biosciences, Inc.
17604801 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR POTENTIATING DERIVATIVES OF 4-AMINOPHENOLS Final Rejection SCISPARC LTD.

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