Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KANE, TREVOR LOGAN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1657

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.8%
Allow Rate
+8.8% vs TC avg
129
Total Applications
+49.9%
Interview Lift
1188
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 96 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
43.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18477973 Method to Verify the Effectiveness of a Sterilization Process Based on the Presence of Volatile Organic Compounds Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17749555 Non-Transgenic Functional Rescue of Neuropeptides Final Rejection Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18028398 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18286138 MODIFIED FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN USING SAME Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18299324 Reverse Transcriptase and Methods of Use Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
17229800 ULTRA-HIGH-THROUGHPUT MICROFLUIDIC ENZYME SCREENING PLATFORM FOR ENZYME DEVELOPMENT Final Rejection National University of Singapore
17775404 FUNGUS AND MICROBIAL AGENT FOR TREATING MERCURY CONTAMINATION, USE THEREOF, MERCURY REMOVAL METHOD, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING FUNGUS CAPABLE OF TREATING MERCURY CONTAMINATION Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
17909867 METHODS AND KITS FOR MEASURING PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN FEED Final Rejection NOVOZYMES A/S
17614837 Lipolytic Polymer Particles For Esterification And Interesterification Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
18573368 LACCASE Non-Final OA AMANO ENZYME INC.
18366035 ENGINEERED PROTEASES WITH ENHANCED AUTOLYSIS RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Waters Technologies Corporation
18495900 TRICHODERMA-BASED BIOENHANCER FOR FOLIAR APPLICATION IN PLANTS Non-Final OA YPF TECNOLOGÍA S.A.
18488639 METHOD OF GENERATING MULTIFUNCTIONAL MYCELIUM PRODUCTS Non-Final OA Mushrooms Inc.
18552468 VARIANTS OF RHIZOMUCOR MIEHEI LIPASE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA WILMAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18031610 Method for Semisynthesis of NMN Involving Adenosine Final Rejection RUBYBERRIES BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
17604345 METHOD FOR PREPARING A BIOMASS OF STABLE FREEZE-DRIED BACTERIAL CELLS AND DETERMINING THE STABILITY THEREOF BY MEANS OF A CYTOFLUOROMETRY METHOD Non-Final OA PROBIOTICAL S.P.A.
18063846 METHOD FOR IMPROVING PREPARATION OF FERMENTED BLACK GINSENG CONTAINING HIGH CONTENT OF FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS BASED ON SAFETY BY APPLYING LED Non-Final OA NATURE BIO PHARMA CO
17912181 POLYPEPTIDE FOR THE THERAPY OF GLOMERULAR KIDNEY DISEASE AND ANALYSIS OF THE COURSE AND PROGNOSIS OF DEPENDENT SYN-DROMES Final Rejection FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT
17585952 BIO-STIMULANT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA Farment Bio Solutions Ltd.
16426409 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND DOSAGE FORMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DolCas Biotech, LLC

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