Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEE, JAE W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1632 1654 1656 1678 1759

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner JAE W LEE is assigned to Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1632. The examiner has reached a final resolution on 420 cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 65.7 percent, which represents the proportion of applications that result in a patent grant rather than an abandonment. This rate provides a primary indicator of the likelihood of success for an application assigned to this examiner in Art Unit 1632.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1222. This figure represents the middle point of the time distribution for applications that successfully result in a patent grant. A median of 1222 days offers a specific timeline for practitioners to consider when managing client expectations and filing strategies. Understanding this duration is essential for navigating the procedural requirements of Tech Center 1700.

The interview lift is 39.0 percent. This figure quantifies the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during the prosecution process. A lift of 39.0 percent suggests that verbal communication with the examiner may influence the final outcome of a case. For the 420 resolved cases analyzed, this statistic serves as a tool for determining whether to request a formal interview.

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

Performance Statistics

65.8%
Allow Rate
+0.8% vs TC avg
453
Total Applications
+38.6%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 421 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.8%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
33.2%
§103 Obviousness
30.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18267024 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR TREATING PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18021693 SHANK3 GENE THERAPY APPROACHES Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17786168 GENOME EDITING USING REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE ENABLED AND FULLY ACTIVE CRISPR COMPLEXES Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17816637 TRANSFORMATIONAL IMMUNE DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
18696730 MR-PROADM MARKER PANELS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17997453 ALBUMIN DRUG CONJUGATES AND USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18507493 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTION Non-Final OA TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED
18124822 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE BINDING OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS BY BETA ROLL PEPTIDES Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
17905583 IN VIVO mRNA DISPLAY: LARGE-SCALE PROTEOMICS BY NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18601534 ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17927164 SUBTILASE VARIANTS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection Novozymes A/S
18040810 CELLULOSE BINDING DOMAIN (CBD) CELL EFFECTOR PROTEIN (CEP) CHIMERA, FOR THE TISSUE ENGINEERING Non-Final OA Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.
18065810 NOVEL MICROORGANISM FOR POLYSTYRENE BIODEGRADATION Non-Final OA INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

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