Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1639 1675 1684

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.2%
Allow Rate
-30.8% vs TC avg
554
Total Applications
+46.5%
Interview Lift
1414
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 489 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
69.6%
§103 Obviousness
11.3%
§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
17750844 AFFINITY PURIFICATION SEQUENCING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
16735628 SOLID-PHASE POLYMER SYNTHESIS ON REUSABLE SUBSTRATES Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
16936197 FUNCTIONALIZED SOLID SUPPORT Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18297137 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17843758 METHODS TO GENERATE CIRCULARIZABLE PROBES IN SITU Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17476395 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BARCODE DESIGN AND DECODING Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
16625100 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-CELL TRANSCRIPTOME LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND OF USING Non-Final OA University of Washington
17782805 CELL PREPARATION WITH A SERIES OF DETECTION DEVICES Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17165293 Affinity Reagent and Catalyst Discovery Through Fiber-Optic Array Scanning Technology Final Rejection SRI International
18033002 COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHODS OF CO-ANALYZING CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ALONG WITH TRANSCRIPTION OUTPUT Non-Final OA Duke University
17178210 PRECISION DRUG SCREENING FOR PERSONALIZED CANCER THERAPY Final Rejection Duke University
17928690 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IN VITRO AFFINITY MATURATION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA University of Southern California
18074790 SINGLE CELL WHOLE GENOME LIBRARIES AND COMBINATORIAL INDEXING METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection Oregon Health & Science University
17938254 Polynucleotide Barcodes for Multiplexed Proteomics Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
17913189 IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND METHODS FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
18195763 METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF FETAL GENETIC VARIATIONS THAT FACTOR EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Sequenom, Inc.
18305932 COMPARTMENTALISED COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY BY MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL Non-Final OA UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
17922685 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NANOBODIES AND NANOBODY AFFINITIES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
18021456 FUNCTIONAL SCREENING USING DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS Non-Final OA Nankai University
17919481 Immune Cell Redirecting Compositions and Therapeutic Uses Thereof Final Rejection Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
18052337 MODULAR NUCLEIC ACID ADAPTERS Final Rejection Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18250423 METHODS AND KITS FOR ENRICHING FOR POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Eclipse Bioinnovations, Inc.
18296375 RNA PROBE FOR MUTATION PROFILING AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA xFOREST THERAPEUTICS CO., LTD.
16919947 BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PREECLAMPSIA Final Rejection Sera Prognostics, Inc.
16982349 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING DNA SEQUENCING ARRAYS Final Rejection CENTRILLION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION
15563015 METHODS FOR PERFORMING SPATIAL PROFILING OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES Final Rejection CENTRILLION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION
17881962 NONINVASIVE DETECTION OF FETAL ANEUPLOIDY IN EGG DONOR PREGNANCIES Final Rejection Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.
17739029 METHODS FOR STUDYING OR IDENTIFYING A BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENT USING SAPOSIN LIPOPROTEIN PARTICLE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Salipro Biotech AB
17602254 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCREENING USING MICROCAPILLARY ARRAYS Final Rejection xCella Biosciences, Inc.

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