Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
101 pending office actions • 29 art units • 78 examiners • 0 of 101 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 73 patents granted in the last 365 days
10x Genomics Inc. has 102 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The docket spans 77 distinct examiners and 29 distinct art units, indicating substantial examiner dispersion and repeated activity within technical units. Portfolio management should therefore combine centralized tracking with technology-specific review.
CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner represents a small portion of the overall workload, so the central prosecution task is coordinating many separate examination relationships while preserving consistent treatment of related biotechnology claims.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 10 (10%) |
| §103 only | 25 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 12 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 14 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 3 | 53.3% | +17.2% |
| WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 3 | 61.0% | +20.3% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 3 | 12.5% | +18.2% |
| TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK | 3 | 4.0% | -5.0% |
| RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 3 | 40.0% | +47.7% |
| CROW, ROBERT THOMAS | 2 | 41.6% | +32.5% |
| HUTSON, RICHARD G | 2 | 65.1% | +52.9% |
| PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE | 2 | 75.0% | +33.5% |
| FLINDERS, JEREMY C | 2 | 63.5% | +17.0% |
| PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18120024 | CONCATEMERIC DETECTABLE PROBES AND RELATED METHODS | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 184d overdue |
| 17831835 | METHODS FOR ENRICHING NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES FOR TARGET MOLECULES THAT DO NOT PRODUCE ARTEFACTUAL ANTISENSE READS | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 147d overdue |
| 18132115 | SYSTEMS WITH A GASKET AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SAMPLES | MUI, CHRISTINE T | 118d overdue |
| 18131223 | BLISTER PACKS AND USES THEREOF | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 112d overdue |
| 17835796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 70d overdue |
| 18177562 | FLOW FOCUSING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT DROPLET FORMATION | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 19d overdue |
| 18344339 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | HANEY, AMANDA MARIE | 9d overdue |
| 18511481 | METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION PROBES | BENZION, GARY | 8d overdue |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18120024 | CONCATEMERIC DETECTABLE PROBES AND RELATED METHODS | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 184d overdue |
| 17831835 | METHODS FOR ENRICHING NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES FOR TARGET MOLECULES THAT DO NOT PRODUCE ARTEFACTUAL ANTISENSE READS | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 147d overdue |
| 17835796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 70d overdue |
| 17829072 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION AND PROBE RESOLUTION | RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD | 37d overdue |
| 18384537 | FUSION RT VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 34d |
| 18538539 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 57d |
| 18976515 | METHODS OF MEASURING MISLOCALIZATION OF AN ANALYTE | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| 18943775 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTEGRATED IN SITU SPATIAL ASSAY | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1682 | 17 |
| 1684 | 14 |
| 1681 | 11 |
| 1683 | 11 |
| 1687 | 6 |
| 1798 | 4 |
| 1796 | 4 |
| 1652 | 3 |
| 1758 | 3 |
| 2677 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19417711 | METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING RNA-TEMPLATED LIGATION | YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS | 1684 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 19326091 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING GENE EXPRESSION LIBRARIES | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19274378 | IN SITU CODE DESIGN METHODS FOR MINIMIZING OPTICAL CROWDING | RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M | 2677 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19054056 | ELECTROPHORETIC METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19047141 | SELF-TEST FOR IMAGING DEVICE | WILBURN, MOLLY K | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19022367 | REVERSIBLE FIXING REAGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | KIFLE, BRUCK | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18976515 | METHODS OF MEASURING MISLOCALIZATION OF AN ANALYTE | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18943775 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTEGRATED IN SITU SPATIAL ASSAY | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1681 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18920755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BINARY TISSUE CLASSIFICATION | ALFONSO, DENISE G | 2662 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18856856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 2662 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18907230 | FEATURE PYRAMIDING FOR IN SITU DATA VISUALIZATIONS (AKA DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF MOLECULAR INFORMATION DEPENDENT ON ZOOM LEVEL) | HUYNH, VAN D | 2665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18821083 | BI-DIRECTIONAL IN SITU ANALYSIS | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18775876 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TRANSILLUMINATION | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2800 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18745320 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR MULTIPLE BARCODING AND/OR HIGH-DENSITY SPATIAL BARCODING | PRIEST, AARON A | 1682 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18662431 | METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING DNA CAPTURE | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 1634 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18658702 | COVALENTLY LINKED BRANCHED DNA STRUCTURES AND USES THEREOF | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18653257 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU DETECTION USING IMMOBILIZABLE PROBES | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 1681 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18653613 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SPATIAL ASSAY | KIM, YOUNG J | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18643684 | METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION | MIANO, JOSEPH PAUL | 1631 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18628080 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND KITS FOR DUAL INDEXING NUCLEIC ACIDS | TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M | 1675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18606690 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURING PROBES AND/OR BARCODES | MYERS, CARLA J | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18606845 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLOW AND MAGNETIC MODULES | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18585357 | FLUID DELIVERY METHODS | CROW, ROBERT THOMAS | 1683 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18438896 | INCREASING CAPTURE EFFICIENCY OF SPATIAL ASSAYS | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18427317 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND RECOVERING DROPLETS | BORTOLI, JONATHAN | 1797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18405884 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS OF VARIANT SEQUENCES | SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH | 1683 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18404317 | SPATIAL ANALYSIS TO DETECT SEQUENCE VARIANTS | BROWN, MINDY G | 1683 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18542038 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSESSING PERFORMANCE | CROW, ROBERT THOMAS | 1682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18538539 | REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 1652 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18525142 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINEERING ANTIBODIES, AND ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENTS THEREOF, TO HAVE ALTERED CHARACTERISTICS | PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE | 1684 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18513046 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE VISION CALIBRATION | ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | 2677 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18511481 | METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION PROBES | BENZION, GARY | 1681 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18511791 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACIDS | PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE | 1634 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18507648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEAT EXCHANGE | ABEL, LENORA A | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18507360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF REAGENT WELL PLATES | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18503872 | SIMULTANEOUS SPATIO-TEMPORAL MEASUREMENT OF GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR ACTIVITY | ZEMAN, MARY K | 1632 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18387669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METABOLOME ANALYSIS | FLINDERS, JEREMY C | 1684 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18503949 | IMMOBILIZATION METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18496492 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK | 1682 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18384537 | FUSION RT VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | HUTSON, RICHARD G | 1652 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18488502 | MOLECULES COMPRISING BRANCHED LINKERS AND METHODS OF USE | RILEY, JEZIA | 1681 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18481673 | RECOMBINANT LIGASE COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF | LANDSMAN, ROBERT S | 1682 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18377068 | Methods and Systems for Processing Polynucleotides | PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN | 1684 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18478248 | TARGETED SHRINKING OR EXPANSION OF BIOMOLECULES | BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE | 1683 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18237268 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING DROPLETS IN AN EMULSION | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18236783 | SINGLE CELL GLYCAN PROFILING | WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C | 1651 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18453735 | METHOD FOR EPITOPE BINNING OF NOVEL MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES | STRIEGEL, THEODORE CHARLES | 1677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18452127 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND AFFINITY-MATURING AN ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULE | YU, DELPHINUS DOU YI | 1636 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18365684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE QUANTIFICATION | TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK | 1682 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18360137 | TADF EMITTERS FOR IN SITU DETECTION AND REDUCTION OF AUTOFLUORESCENCE | TAVERNINI, BREANNA MARIE | 1682 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial10x Genomics Inc. has 101 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 29 art units and 78 examiners.
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Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
