Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 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
17938254 Polynucleotide Barcodes for Multiplexed Proteomics Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, 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
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
17642250 USE OF ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR INHIBITOR FOR INHIBITING EXOSOME SECRETION OR INHIBITING PD-L1 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17136178 Chemically Fused Membrane for Analyte Sensing Final Rejection NVMCO GROUP LLC, DBA OVAL

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