Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1677 1678 1682

This examiner grants 28% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.8%
Allow Rate
-32.2% vs TC avg
116
Total Applications
+19.6%
Interview Lift
1273
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 79 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.8%
§102 Novelty
37.6%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16925923 ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION USING NANOPARTICLES AND PRECIPITATION Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17982901 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITION AND TARGETING OF P97 Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
16646296 IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF ACID HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18452029 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17943776 NMASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED STRATEGY FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT SPECIES OF A BIOLOGIC Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
16724092 METAL-ANTIBODY TAGGING AND PLASMA-BASED DETECTION Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
17769601 COLORIMETRIC DETECTION OF TARGET MATERIAL BASED ON HYDROGEL PARTICLE Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18660434 BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC HIP DYSPLASIA AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA The Curators of the University of Missouri
16962246 PERIODONTAL DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS, USES AND KITS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18433865 ANALYSIS KIT AND ANALYSIS METHOD Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
18264526 NEW METHOD TO PRONOSTIC LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA ASTRAZENECA AB
17111946 DEGRADABLE CARBON NANOTUBE-CONTAINING BIOSENSORS AND METHODS FOR TARGET CLINICAL MARKER DETECTION Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17333189 Method for Diagnosing Intermittent Claudication and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Final Rejection McMaster University
16864672 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ABBOTT LABORATORIES
18153093 LABELED BINDING REAGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Quantum-Si Incorporated
17438412 INTEGRIN ALPHA V BETA 3 TARGETING PROBE FOR DIAGNOSING RETINOCHOROIDAL NEOVASCULAR DISEASES AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
17916251 A METHOD OF ASSESSING A FEMALE'S RISK OF HAVING PCOS AS WELL AS PRODUCTS AND USES RELATING THERETO Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18459107 ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND CANCER DETECTION METHOD USING DEOXYHYPUSINE SYNTHASE GENE AS INDICATOR Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
18278571 THIOL VARIANTS AND ANALYTICAL METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES LIMITED
17927703 METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ESSENTIAL PRIMARY HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
17999729 PREDICTING A SEPSIS CONDITION Non-Final OA Hermann Mascher
17608076 METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA Belgian Volition SPRL
17266243 PRO-ADM FOR PROGNOSING THE RISK OF A MEDICAL CONDITION REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Non-Final OA Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León
17266503 ANTIBODY OR APTAMER CONJUGATED-LIPID VESICLES AND DETECTION METHODS AND MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES USING SAME Final Rejection SENSOR-KINESIS CORPORATION
15419797 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ANALYTES IN SOLUTION Final Rejection Mara Nanotech New York, Inc.

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