Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BAUSCH, SARAE L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1699

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.0%
Allow Rate
-31.0% vs TC avg
654
Total Applications
+43.8%
Interview Lift
1385
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 596 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.7%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
39.1%
§103 Obviousness
17.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17906115 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING GLUTAMINASE INHIBITOR-SENSITIVE CANCERS Non-Final OA THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.
18005515 Systems and Methods to Enhance RNA Transcription and Uses Thereof Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17755519 Methods of Treatments Based Upon Molecular Response to Treatment Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18114198 TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE TAGS FOR FOOD ITEMS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18252185 METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS TO PLK1 INHIBITION Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
18266404 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
17928170 Compositions and Methods for Detecting Respiratory Viruses Including Coronaviruses Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
17618323 AN ENZYMATIC ASSAY TO MEASURE LONG-TERM ADHERENCE TO PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
17765679 BIOMARKER, METHOD, KIT AND ARRAY FOR PREDICTING THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF BCG INTRAVESICAL INFUSION THERAPY IN TREATING BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
18039563 PCR KIT FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DIAGNOSING ASTHMA OR ASTHMA EXACERBATION BY USING SAME Final Rejection SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17995246 NOVEL INSECTICIDAL TOXIN RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
17909500 DNA DAMAGE REPAIR GENES IN CANCER Final Rejection The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
18009936 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING BREAST CANCER Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD
17309348 DIFFERENTIAL METHYLATION Final Rejection UCL Business LTD
18490595 MULTI-MODAL METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISEASE DIAGNOSIS Final Rejection Universal Diagnostics, S.A
16765419 DIAGNOSTIC METHOD Final Rejection TOLREMO THERAPEUTICS AG
18324563 PHOSPHORYLATED TRISTETRAPROLIN AS A BIOMARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR ANTIAGING DRUGS Non-Final OA King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
18137040 COLORECTAL CANCER SUBTYPE IDENTIFIER Non-Final OA Indivumed GmbH
17746748 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ecDNA Non-Final OA Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd
18164395 GENES AND GENE SIGNATURES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MELANOMA Final Rejection MYRIAD MYPATH, LLC
17919118 cDNA, mRNA, PROTEIN, AND KIT AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING GLIOMA PROGNOSIS Final Rejection Beijing Neurosurgical Institute
17629545 CRISPR MULTI-TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND TEST KIT THEREFOR Non-Final OA SHANGHAI TOLO BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
17935281 REAGENT COMBINATION AND KIT FOR DETECTING LIVER CANCERS, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SANSURE BIOTECH INC.
17801724 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF ASPERGILLUS INFECTION Final Rejection THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
17795312 METHODS FOR IMPROVED CANCER TREATMENT Non-Final OA CELLPHENOMICS GMBH
17598324 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Nanovery Limited

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