Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1639 1675 1684

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.3%
Allow Rate
-30.7% vs TC avg
547
Total Applications
+46.5%
Interview Lift
1591
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 484 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.4%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
28.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.9%
§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
17785762 NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS METHODS AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA BASF SE
17938254 Polynucleotide Barcodes for Multiplexed Proteomics Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18550004 HIGH THROUGHOUT SCREENING IN DROPLETS Non-Final OA Novartis AG
17843758 METHODS TO GENERATE CIRCULARIZABLE PROBES IN SITU Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17716134 METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17476395 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BARCODE DESIGN AND DECODING Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18181465 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE PREPARATION Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
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
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.
18305932 COMPARTMENTALISED COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY BY MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL Non-Final OA UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
18186449 IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS METHODS Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
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
18052337 MODULAR NUCLEIC ACID ADAPTERS Final Rejection Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17884594 METHOD FOR ANALYZING CELL CLUSTERS Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
18074790 SINGLE CELL WHOLE GENOME LIBRARIES AND COMBINATORIAL INDEXING METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF Final Rejection Oregon Health & Science University
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.
17922685 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NANOBODIES AND NANOBODY AFFINITIES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
17912315 METHODS OF ISOLATING T-CELLS AND T-CELL RECEPTORS FROM TUMOR BY SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services
17919481 Immune Cell Redirecting Compositions and Therapeutic Uses Thereof Final Rejection Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.
18591921 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ISOLATING HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS Final Rejection THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
18173821 NOVEL ANTIBODY LIBRARY PREPARATION METHOD AND LIBRARY PREPARED THEREBY Non-Final OA EWHA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
18021456 FUNCTIONAL SCREENING USING DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS Non-Final OA Nankai University
18269625 BIOCHIP FOR SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Celligent Biotechnology Limited

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