Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KANE, TREVOR LOGAN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1651 1657

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.7%
Allow Rate
+9.7% vs TC avg
132
Total Applications
+50.4%
Interview Lift
1211
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
69.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.0%
§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
17229800 ULTRA-HIGH-THROUGHPUT MICROFLUIDIC ENZYME SCREENING PLATFORM FOR ENZYME DEVELOPMENT Final Rejection National University of Singapore
17738799 METHODS FOR ENGINEERING THERAPEUTICS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University In The City of New York
18286138 MODIFIED FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN USING SAME Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
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
18554463 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAGATOSE BY IMMOBILIZING MULTIPLE ENZYMES BY USING ARTIFICIAL OIL BODY Non-Final OA TIANJIN YEAHE BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18573368 LACCASE Non-Final OA AMANO ENZYME INC.
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
18185231 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING URIC ACID CONCENTRATION USING NANOCAPSULE-BASED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Final Rejection VL Biotech Inc.
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.
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
16426409 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND DOSAGE FORMS, AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DolCas Biotech, LLC

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