Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CLARKE, TRENT R

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.2%
Allow Rate
-18.8% vs TC avg
464
Total Applications
+26.0%
Interview Lift
1388
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 422 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
69.3%
§103 Obviousness
6.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18190660 Using Water Ponds for Capturing Dioxide and Growing Algae Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17425039 MICROCARRIER FOR CELL CULTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CELL CULTURE METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection LG CHEM, LTD.
18067901 Method and Apparatus for Electroporation of Acoustically-Aligned Cells Final Rejection The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
18368888 METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN A SUBJECT Non-Final OA Macularity, Inc.
18486269 INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE CULTIVATIONS OF A BIOLOGICAL AGENT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
17905875 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SS18-SSX FUSION ONCOPROTEIN AND NUCLEOSOMES Final Rejection The Trustees of Princeton University
17906818 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SERRATED COLORECTAL CANCER Non-Final OA SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
16488149 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN TYPE 9 (PCSK9)-RELATED DISORDERS Final Rejection CRISPR Therapeutics AG
18424552 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOGENEIC OR XENOGENEIC USE OF ALPHA 2M MOLECULES IN TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA REVIVAL ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
18535841 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATION AND AUTOLOGOUS USE OF ALPHA 2M MOLECULES TO TREAT RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS Non-Final OA REVIVAL ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
18575683 NANOPARTICLES FOR THE CONTROL OF ONE-POT MULTI-ENZYMATIC REACTIONS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DELL'INSUBRIA
18044453 METHOD OF PRODUCING PROCESSED PROTEIN Final Rejection AMANO ENZYME INC.
18572258 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INVASIVE SPECIES IN ALGAL BIOREACTORS Non-Final OA The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research
18534083 BALANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF MICROBIAL OUTPUT Non-Final OA Tenfold Technologies, LLC
18288010 USE OF PLASMODIUM IN PREPARATION OF ANTI-TUMOR PREPARATION FOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH RADIOTHERAPY Non-Final OA CAS Lamvac (Guangzhou) Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd.
18288012 Glycosylated Opioids Non-Final OA River Stone Biotech ApS
18556496 MARKERS OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES Non-Final OA ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE – HOPITAUX DE PARIS
18380230 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE SUBTYPE OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WITH KMT2A GENE REARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi
18460688 METHOD FOR EVALUATING CYSTINE UPTAKE ABILITY OF CELL, KIT FOR EVALUATING CYSTINE UPTAKE ABILITY OF CELL, METHOD FOR DETERMINING SELENOCYSTEINE, AND KIT FOR DETERMINING SELENOCYSTEINE Non-Final OA DOJINDO LABORATORIES
17594440 COMPOSITIONS OF EXOSOMES AND AAV Final Rejection Evox Therapeutics Ltd.
18265659 EXPRESSION VECTORS COMPOSITION Non-Final OA MAAVRX LTD
17494690 MODULATING ISCHEMIC INJURY Final Rejection Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
18312292 URATE OXIDASE PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection HANGZHOU GRAND BIOLOGIC PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
17604169 EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ACTIVATED CAR-T CELLS Non-Final OA ICHILOV TECH LTD.
18009057 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STEROID DERIVATIVES Final Rejection SANDHILL ONE, LLC
17905083 DEVICES AND COMPONENTS FOR AUTOMATED TISSUE PROCESSING AND STAINING AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA GUIZHOU MEIXINDA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17409962 METHOD AND COMPOSITION AGAINST VIRUS INFECTIONS WITH ACTIVATED INNATE LYMPHOID CELLS (ILCS) Final Rejection The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of HHS
17286449 ADAPTATION AND PROCESS OPTIMIZATION OF MICROORGANISMS FOR GROWTH IN HEMICELLULOSIC DERIVED CARBOHYDRATES Non-Final OA MARA RENEWABLES CORPORATION
17017469 METHODS OF TREATING OCULAR NEOVASCULAR DISEASES USING AAV2 VARIANTS ENCODING AFLIBERCEPT Final Rejection Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.

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