Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CLARKE, TRENT R

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1657

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.1%
Allow Rate
-18.9% vs TC avg
472
Total Applications
+25.3%
Interview Lift
1383
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 433 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18190660 Using Water Ponds for Capturing Dioxide and Growing Algae Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18657413 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18727210 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS OF QUANTIFYING PROTEIN STABILITY AND MISFOLDING Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17905875 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN SS18-SSX FUSION ONCOPROTEIN AND NUCLEOSOMES Final Rejection The Trustees of Princeton University
18039583 A TUNABLE PHOSPHORYLATION-BASED FEEDBACK CONTROLLER OF MAMMALIAN GENE EXPRESSION Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18593410 Antimicrobial and Antiviral Agent, Antimicrobial and Antiviral Member, and Method for Producing Antimicrobial and Antiviral Agent Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18889325 Methods and Compositions for Preserving Tissues and Organs Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17930234 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, MODELS AND USES FOR SIMIAN VARICELLA VIRUS (SVV) CHIMERIC CONSTRUCTS IN HUMAN HEALTH CONDITIONS Non-Final OA RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
17923679 FUNCTIONALIZED POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE)S AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17904683 PEI IMMOBILIZED ENZYME, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ASYMCHEM LIFE SCIENCE (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.

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