Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1639 1675 1684

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.1%
Allow Rate
-30.9% vs TC avg
563
Total Applications
+45.3%
Interview Lift
1422
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 499 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
36.4%
§103 Obviousness
27.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17911509 SINGLE-CELL COMBINATORIAL INDEXED CYTOMETRY SEQUENCING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17785762 NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS METHODS AND APPARATUS Final Rejection BASF SE
18374492 MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED STRATEGY FOR DETERMINING PRODUCT-RELATED VARIANTS OF A BIOLOGIC Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17938254 Polynucleotide Barcodes for Multiplexed Proteomics Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18297137 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
16936197 FUNCTIONALIZED SOLID SUPPORT Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18256877 METHODS FOR SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDE FRAGMENTS FROM BOTH ENDS Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18186449 IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS METHODS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18285329 NEXTGEN CHEMOMETRICS USING PROXIMITY LIGATION ASSAY (PLA) Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18550004 HIGH THROUGHOUT SCREENING IN DROPLETS Final Rejection Novartis AG
16625100 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOME LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND OF USING Final Rejection University of Washington
18035269 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DRIVERS OF IMMUNE RESPONSES USING MOLECULAR EXPRESSION SIGNATURES OF IMMUNOMODULATING AGENTS Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
18594993 STING MODULATOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE AND DETECTION THEREOF Non-Final OA University of South Florida
17782805 CELL PREPARATION WITH A SERIES OF DETECTION DEVICES Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18282206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BARCODES AND SCREENING IN SITU Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
18163405 Preparation of RNA and DNA Sequencing Libraries Using Bead-Linked Transposomes Non-Final OA Illumina Cambridge Limited
17165293 Affinity Reagent and Catalyst Discovery Through Fiber-Optic Array Scanning Technology Final Rejection SRI International
18052337 MODULAR NUCLEIC ACID ADAPTERS Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.

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