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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Jonathan P. O'Brien, Ph.D.

49 pending office actions • 23 clients

Portfolio Summary

49
Total Pending OAs
9
Final Rejections
40
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (23 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited 5
Neogen Corporation 5
Noxy Health Products, Inc. 4
Vestaron Corporation 4
Apnimed, Inc. (Delaware) 4
Sola Biosciences LLC 4
Ionic Water Technologies, LLC 3
Woodward Specialty LLC 3
Sakata Seed Corporation 2
Guangzhou Healthquest Pharma Co., Ltd. 2
Kimberlyte Holdings, LLC 1
William Beaumont Hospital 1
Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. 1
Innobm Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. 1
Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1
Fprin, LLC 1
L. Perrigo Company 1
BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE 1
Christopher Turski 1
The University of Utah Research Foundation 1
Institute Of Zoology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences 1
Bnillux GmbH & Co., Kg 1
Metten Technologies GmbH & Co. Kg 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19213363 COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING KIDNEY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited WEN, SHARON X 1641 Final Rejection May 20, 2025
18975458 Electronic Metering Rod Actuator for Carburetor Kimberlyte Holdings, LLC LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 Non-Final OA Dec 10, 2024
18783546 METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME TYPE 1 Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2024
18736145 NITRIC OXIDE FORMULATION DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Noxy Health Products, Inc. KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI 1615 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2024
18667467 Topical Pharmaceutical Skin Composition for the Delivery of Nitric Oxide in Combination with Other Topical Dermatologic Agents Noxy Health Products, Inc. EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA 1616 Non-Final OA May 17, 2024
18705369 SPINACH PLANT HAVING NOVEL DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE GENE Sakata Seed Corporation STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV 1662 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18642377 AV3 MUTANT INSECTICIDAL POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING SAME Vestaron Corporation IBRAHIM, MEDINA AHMED 1662 Non-Final OA Apr 22, 2024
18695069 Sample Preparation and Detection Methods Using Enzymatic Digestion Neogen Corporation ARIANI, KADE 1651 Non-Final OA Mar 25, 2024
18595778 REGENERATABLE SYSTEM FOR CONTAMINANT REMOVAL Ionic Water Technologies, LLC PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18683852 Systems and Methods for Image Processing to Identify Patients with Pulmonary Embolism William Beaumont Hospital MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 2663 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2024
18435285 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE ANALOGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NAFLD AND METABOLIC DISEASES Cirius Therapeutics, Inc. SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2024
18571847 5-HT2C AGONIST FOR USE IN TREATING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL HYPOVENTILATION Apnimed, Inc. (Delaware) MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18570673 NOREPINEPHRINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA Apnimed, Inc. (Delaware) RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1691 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18538917 In-Line Nasal Delivery Device Woodward Specialty LLC WOLFF, ARIELLE R 3785 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2023
18567058 MODIFIED BACTERIUM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Innobm Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. JACKSON-TONGUE, LAKIA J 1645 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18562560 METHODS OF TREATING MITOCHONDRIA-RELATED DISORDERS Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VALENROD, YEVGENY 1628 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18560069 SPINACH PLANT HAVING NOVEL DOWNY MILDEW-RESISTANT GENE Sakata Seed Corporation DELEO, VICTORIA LYNN 1662 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18289126 SOLID FORMS OF (R)-OXYBUTYNIN D-MALATE Apnimed, Inc. (Delaware) BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18479259 Detecting Listeria Monocytogenes with Helicase-Dependent Amplification Assay Neogen Corporation HORLICK, KENNETH R 1681 Non-Final OA Oct 02, 2023
18478492 DETECTING CRONOBACTER WITH HELICASE-DEPENDENT AMPLIFICATION ASSAY Neogen Corporation KIM, YOUNG J 1681 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2023
18552621 LIPOSOME FORMULATIONS FOR PESTICIDE DELIVERY AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME Vestaron Corporation BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2023
18548604 COMBINATION OF REBOXETINE AND A MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST (MRA) FOR USE IN TREATING SLEEP APNEA Apnimed, Inc. (Delaware) ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18346244 NASAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Woodward Specialty LLC DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA 3785 Non-Final OA Jul 02, 2023
18259999 DAMPED AUTOINJECTORS Fprin, LLC RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW 3783 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18258325 ELECTROCHEMICAL DESTRUCTION OF PERFLUORO COMPOUNDS Ionic Water Technologies, LLC CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 Non-Final OA Jun 19, 2023
18210977 FLAVOR BANDING OF CAPSULES L. Perrigo Company PACKARD, BENJAMIN J 1612 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2023
17997142 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TDP-43 PROTEINOPATHIES Sola Biosciences LLC BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 Non-Final OA May 12, 2023
18033454 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Sola Biosciences LLC AEDER, SEAN E 1642 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2023
18249590 Methods of Detecting Listeria from an Environmental Sample Neogen Corporation OYEYEMI, OLAYINKA A 1681 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2023
18298800 Combination Therapies for Treating Cancer Guangzhou Healthquest Pharma Co., Ltd. CHENG, KAREN 1623 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2023
18028712 MU-DIGUETOXIN-DC1A VARIANT POLYPEPTIDES FOR PEST CONTROL Vestaron Corporation KOMATSU, LI N 1658 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2023
18021685 EXPANSION CULTURE MEDIUM AND CULTURE METHOD FOR NEURAL CELLS BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE EBBINGHAUS, BRIANA NOEL 1632 Non-Final OA Feb 16, 2023
18101713 NITRIC OXIDE NASAL DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHODS Noxy Health Products, Inc. GONG, KRIS HANYU 3785 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2023
18101820 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A NITRIC OXIDE BATH AND METHODS OF USE Noxy Health Products, Inc. PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2023
18012496 LOW-DOSE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF GHRH ANALOGS AND USES THEREOF Woodward Specialty LLC BRADLEY, CHRISTINA 1654 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2022
18001978 REGENERATABLE SYSTEM FOR CONTAMINANT REMOVAL Ionic Water Technologies, LLC PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2022
18007978 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Synucleinopathies Sola Biosciences LLC JOHANSEN, PETER N. 1644 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2022
17978442 NEUTRAL ENDOPEPTIDASE (NEP) AND HUMAN SOLUBLE ENDOPEPTIDASE (hSEP) INHIBITORS FOR PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES Christopher Turski WELLS, LAUREN QUINLAN 1622 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2022
17922469 INSECTICIDAL COMBINATIONS Vestaron Corporation KOMATSU, LI N 1658 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2022
17976606 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING KIDNEY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 Final Rejection Oct 28, 2022
17968327 Hypodermic Interface Assembly Neogen Corporation SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 Final Rejection Oct 18, 2022
17995901 Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Protein Aggregation Disorders Sola Biosciences LLC LIEB, JEANETTE M 1654 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2022
17778664 Methods for Treating Coronavirus Infections Guangzhou Healthquest Pharma Co., Ltd. JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 Final Rejection May 20, 2022
17776580 Antimicrobial Compounds and Methods The University of Utah Research Foundation MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 Non-Final OA May 12, 2022
17761990 PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Institute Of Zoology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 Final Rejection Mar 18, 2022
17587442 METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME TYPE 1 Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 Final Rejection Jan 28, 2022
17604394 GRANULATE AND COATING AGENT PRODUCED THEREFROM Bnillux GmbH & Co., Kg ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 Final Rejection Oct 15, 2021
17340765 METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS WITH HEPATORENAL SYNDROME TYPE 1 Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2021
17030609 Method for Producing Concrete Elements Metten Technologies GmbH & Co. Kg CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 Final Rejection Sep 24, 2020

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