Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VOLKOV, ALEXANDER ALEXANDROVIC

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1677 1678 1682

This examiner grants 28% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.7%
Allow Rate
-32.3% vs TC avg
118
Total Applications
+22.9%
Interview Lift
1403
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 83 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
5.7%
§102 Novelty
67.5%
§103 Obviousness
9.5%
§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
17943776 NMASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED STRATEGY FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT SPECIES OF A BIOLOGIC Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
16646296 IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING OF ACID HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18451352 METHOD FOR RESOLVING COMPLEX, MULTISTEP ANTIBODY INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
16962246 PERIODONTAL DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS, USES AND KITS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18452029 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
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
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
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.
17314452 METHODS FOR PEPTIDE MAPPING OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS (AAV) PROTEINS Non-Final OA Waters Technologies Corporation
17626515 ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING COLONY-FORMING CELLS Non-Final OA Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
17263809 METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA Veravas, Inc.
17999729 PREDICTING A SEPSIS CONDITION Non-Final OA Hermann Mascher
17608076 METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA Belgian Volition SPRL
15419797 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ANALYTES IN SOLUTION Final Rejection Mara Nanotech New York, Inc.

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