Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

10x Genomics Inc.

83 pending office actions • 20 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 83 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 81 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

83
Total Pending OAs
59
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

23
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (23)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

38
Hard (46%)
29
Medium (35%)
16
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other7 (8%)
§103 only20 (24%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only11 (13%)
Double-patenting only5 (6%)
Double-patenting + other6 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (36%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

68
Life Sciences
82% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
12
Business / Other
14% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

830 h
Manual time on pending OAs
166 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
290 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SISSON, BRADLEY L 4 19.7% +20.6%
PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 3 77.1% +32.4%
KIM, YOUNG J 3 64.8% +18.0%
PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 3 0.0% +0.0%
GUSSOW, ANNE 3 57.3% +43.0%
CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 3 27.8% +58.3%
RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 3 35.7% +55.0%
GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 2 37.0% +55.9%
GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 2 64.9% +49.7%
TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 2 4.8% -5.9%

Hard Cases (44)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19082018 ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 219d overdue
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
18478392 REDUCING SPATIAL OCCUPANCY OF MOLECULES IN A SAMPLE THROUGH SAMPLE CROSSLINKING JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 73d overdue
17835796 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 70d overdue
17271866 Methods for Generating Spatially Barcoded Arrays GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (23)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19082018 ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 219d 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
17271866 Methods for Generating Spatially Barcoded Arrays GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 36d overdue
18213214 METHOD FOR ENZYMATIC DISSOCIATION OF HYBRIDIZED PROBES IN SITU GUSSOW, ANNE 16d overdue
17801078 METHODS TO COMBINE FIRST AND SECOND STRAND cDNA SYNTHESIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 15d overdue
19019374 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES SISSON, BRADLEY L 9d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1682 13
1683 12
1681 11
1684 10
1652 3
1758 3
1797 2
1798 2
1796 2
1678 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
19082018 ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 1684 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 219d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
19019374 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18976515 METHODS OF MEASURING MISLOCALIZATION OF AN ANALYTE CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA 1681 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18653613 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SPATIAL ASSAY KIM, YOUNG J §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18606845 METHODS AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLOW AND MAGNETIC MODULES HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18594566 SOLID STATE SINGLE CELL METHOD FOR ANALYZING FIXED BIOLOGICAL CELLS PRIEST, AARON A DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18444024 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENZYME OPTIMIZATION GREENE, CAROLYN LEE §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18438896 INCREASING CAPTURE EFFICIENCY OF SPATIAL ASSAYS WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18431779 IN SITU ANALYSIS OF VARIANT SEQUENCES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18427317 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND RECOVERING DROPLETS BORTOLI, JONATHAN 1797 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18418967 METHODS OF MAKING GENE EXPRESSION LIBRARIES KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18404317 SPATIAL ANALYSIS TO DETECT SEQUENCE VARIANTS BROWN, MINDY G DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18545941 PHI29 POLYMERASE FUSION PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD 1652 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 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 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 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 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
18387669 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METABOLOME ANALYSIS FLINDERS, JEREMY C §102DP 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
18488502 MOLECULES COMPRISING BRANCHED LINKERS AND METHODS OF USE RILEY, JEZIA 1681 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2023
18486918 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE QUALITY PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18483280 METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING RNA-TEMPLATED LIGATION YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 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 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18478392 REDUCING SPATIAL OCCUPANCY OF MOLECULES IN A SAMPLE THROUGH SAMPLE CROSSLINKING JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 29, 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
18233606 METHODS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS USING RNA-TEMPLATED LIGATION MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18362074 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING SINGLE STRAND ANNEALING PROTEINS BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18360135 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS USING TIME-GATED DETECTION GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §103DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18342948 METHOD OF GENERATING ARRAYS USING MICROFLUIDICS AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2023
18342905 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REFINING FEATURE BOUNDARIES IN MOLECULAR ARRAYS OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 1684 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2023
18342891 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PATTERNED MOLECULAR ARRAY GENERATION BY DIRECTED BEAD DELIVERY BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18343108 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIGHT-CONTROLLED SURFACE PATTERNING USING PHOTOMASKS POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2023
18342952 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR OLIGONUCLEOTIDE INVERSION ON ARRAYS KOVACH, KARA NICOLE 1681 §102§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18213088 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING EXOGENOUS NUCLEIC ACIDS PHAM, KHAI QUYNH TIEN 1684 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18213214 METHOD FOR ENZYMATIC DISSOCIATION OF HYBRIDIZED PROBES IN SITU GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18328200 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR SAMPLE INTERFACE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328295 ASSEMBLY FOR FORMING A SEALED CHAMBER RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2023
18319864 ENGINEERED THERMOPHILIC REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE FRONDA, CHRISTIAN L 1652 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18300814 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROBE DETECTION AND READOUT SIGNAL GENERATION CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103Other Final Rejection 42d Pending Apr 14, 2023
18299593 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES FROM SINGLE CELLS HAQ, SHAFIQUL 1678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2023
18132298 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LIGATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18297137 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §102§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18132115 SYSTEMS WITH A GASKET AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SAMPLES MUI, CHRISTINE T 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18131223 BLISTER PACKS AND USES THEREOF IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §103§112 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18120024 CONCATEMERIC DETECTABLE PROBES AND RELATED METHODS POHNERT, STEVEN C 1683 §103§112 Non-Final OA 184d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18177504 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT DROPLET FORMATION NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18023963 METHODS OF DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE USING A PLURALITY OF WELLS OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 1684 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2023
18175885 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18018101 DE-CROSSLINKING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS GRAY, JESSICA 1682 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2023
18090814 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CELL-ASSOCIATED BARCODES FROM SINGLE-CELL PARTITIONS BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2022
18090903 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF LOW-ABUNDANCE MOLECULAR BARCODES FROM A SEQUENCING LIBRARY BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM §101§102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2022
18070887 FLOW CELLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1682 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17993330 METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR AUTOMATED IN SITU ANALYSIS NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 23, 2022
17992772 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2022
17960037 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES RIGGS II, LARRY D 1686 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2022
17956596 METHODS AND KITS FOR IDENTIFYING, DIAGNOSING AND TREATING PROSTATE CARCINOMAS KIM, YOUNG J 1681 §103Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17898240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ADAPTIVE IMMUNE CELL CLONOTYPES LEVERETT, MARY CHANG 1687 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 29, 2022
17891641 METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE GUSSOW, ANNE 1683 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17801078 METHODS TO COMBINE FIRST AND SECOND STRAND cDNA SYNTHESIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17820560 METHODS FOR PROCESSING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES ZHANG, KAIJIANG 1684 §102Other Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 17, 2022
17889025 DE-CROSSLINKING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS HAQ, SHAFIQUL 1678 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17873788 MULTIPLEXED SPATIAL CAPTURE OF ANALYTES DAUNER, JOSEPH G 1682 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2022
17812082 METHODS FOR PREPARING POLYMERIZED MATRIX WITH CONTROLLABLE THICKNESS SINES, BRIAN J 1758 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2022
17812075 METHODS FOR SAMPLE TRANSFER FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS LU, FRANK WEI MIN 1683 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17852250 PRIMER EXCHANGE REACTION IN A MATRIX-EMBEDDED SAMPLE SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2022
17835796 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 §102§112Other Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022
17831835 METHODS FOR ENRICHING NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES FOR TARGET MOLECULES THAT DO NOT PRODUCE ARTEFACTUAL ANTISENSE READS RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 §103§112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17829072 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION AND PROBE RESOLUTION RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17776769 GENERATING CAPTURE PROBES FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS SISSON, BRADLEY L 1682 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2022
17687376 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BARCODING CELLS AND CELL BEADS CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH 1683 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2022
17685033 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING PRIMARY PROBES IN SITU BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2022
17559511 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2021
17438038 METHODS FOR USING SPATIAL ARRAYS FOR SINGLE CELL SEQUENCING YU, TIAN NMN 1681 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2021
17411889 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ASSEMBLY WOITACH, JOSEPH T DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2021
17279025 HIGH THROUGHPUT EPITOPE IDENTIFICATION AND T CELL RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY DETERMINATION USING LOADABLE DETECTION MOLECULES LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Mar 23, 2021
17271866 Methods for Generating Spatially Barcoded Arrays GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2021
17187096 METHOD FOR ISOLATING NUCLEI AND CELLS FROM TISSUES BUCHANAN, BAILEY CHEYENNE 1682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2021
16992569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HAPLOTYPES TO DETERMINE A BIOLOGICAL CONDITION LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 §101 Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 13, 2020

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