Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CREWS, JARET JAMES

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1623 1691 1693

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Crews presents a challenging path in Art Unit 1623, with an allowance rate of 44.7% across 94 resolved cases. This suggests a rigorous examination process in Tech Center 1600. The median days to allowance of 1227 further highlights the difficulty, showing a long timeline. These metrics, based on 94 resolved cases, indicate that securing a patent requires both persistence and a high level of technical justification.

However, the interview lift of 70.3% is among the highest recorded. This suggests that for the 94 resolved cases, an interview was almost always necessary to achieve an allowance. Given the low 44.7% baseline allowance rate and the long 1227-day median pendency, an interview is an essential and highly effective tool for any applicant assigned to this examiner. The 70.3% lift is a clear signal that the examiner is extremely responsive to verbal arguments and collaborative problem-solving. Utilizing this tool is the most effective way to navigate the 1227-day timeline and improve the probability of success in this rigorous art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

44.7%
Allow Rate
-15.3% vs TC avg
145
Total Applications
+70.3%
Interview Lift
1227
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 94 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
40.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18256401 REDUCTION OF RANCIDITY OF VEGETABLE OILS Final Rejection DSM IP Assets B.V.
18665849 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER, INCLUDING TUMOR-TARGETED LIPOSOMES CONTAINING PLATYCODIN D2 Non-Final OA RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
18032149 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DRUG DELIVERY Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
17431462 Methods for purifying bacterial polysaccharides Final Rejection Pfizer Inc.
18109021 CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD Final Rejection University of Tennessee Research Foundation
17415735 NA+/K+ ATPASE INHIBITORS FOR USE IN THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF METASTASIS Final Rejection UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
18561470 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID COMPLEX FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASE Final Rejection AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17422638 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING OR SUPPLEMENTING SOCS3 TO ABROGATE TUMOR GROWTH AND PROLIFERATIVE RETINOPATHY Final Rejection Children's Medical Center Corporation
18192291 NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES WITH 3' VINYL BLOCKING GROUP Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
17779706 SYNTHESIS OF 3 -RNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
17612056 AMIDE-SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZO COMPOUNDS AS SELECTIVE INHIBITORS OF INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASES Non-Final OA BEIGENE, LTD.
17597878 ANTICANCER AGENTS Final Rejection Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
18039107 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR CANCER Final Rejection THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOL
18012694 SAPONIN DERIVATIVES FOR USE IN MEDICINE Final Rejection SAPREME TECHNOLOGIES B.V.

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