Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CASH, KAILEY ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1683

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

28.6%
Allow Rate
-31.4% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+48.9%
Interview Lift
1419
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
34.5%
§103 Obviousness
32.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17864930 DECENTRALIZED WORKFLOWS FOR SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
18008989 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DNA METHYLATION ANALYSIS Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18163819 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS FOR LYMPHOMA Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18300814 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROBE DETECTION AND READOUT SIGNAL GENERATION Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17801078 METHODS TO COMBINE FIRST AND SECOND STRAND cDNA SYNTHESIS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18564478 MASSIVE GENERATION OF CHEMICALLY LIGATEABLE PROBES FOR MULTIPLEXED FISH Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17634908 CONTROLLING THE DNA HYBRIDIZATION CHAIN REACTION Final Rejection NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
18157587 Methods Of Improving Health With Apolipoprotein E (APOE) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18264741 A CONTINUOUS METRIC TO MEASURE ENDOTYPE AND CORTICOSTEROID INTERACTION IN SEPTIC SHOCK Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
18324828 L-DNA ENCRYPTED TRACERS Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
17484067 ENGINEERED MULTI-OMIC DISPLAY CONSTRUCTS AND DISPLAY SYSTEMS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17629571 METHODS FOR DETERMINING RISK OF DEVELOPING INSULIN RESISTANCE Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18926340 GENE SEQUENCING METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SALUS BIOMED CO., LTD
17642640 DETECTION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA USING DOUBLE STRANDED HYBRID CAPTURE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
17907482 Compositions and Methods for Detecting Molecular Targets on Chromosomal DNA Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
17771591 COLOR AND BARCODED BEADS FOR SINGLE CELL INDEXING Non-Final OA Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
17995323 A METHOD OF DETECTING STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENTS IN A GENOME Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18352040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TARGETING S100A10 FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER CANCER Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
17921582 PSEUDO-COMPLEMENTARY BASES IN GENOTYPING AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Final Rejection Cepheid
18195049 HIGH THROUGHPUT SINGLE CELL BASED ASSAY FOR CAPTURING GENOMIC INFORMATION FOR FUNCTIONAL AND IMAGING ANALYSIS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Zafrens, Inc.
17740072 DNA AMPLIFICATION BUFFER REPLENISHMENT DURING ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17702708 FRAGMENT ANALYSIS FOR QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSTICS OF BIOLOGICAL TARGETS Non-Final OA BillionToOne, Inc.
17641048 METHOD FOR SEQUENCING RNA OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA CeMM - Forschungszentrum für Molekulare Medizin GmbH
17744231 METHODS FOR DISEASE DETECTION Non-Final OA Universal Diagnostics, S.A.
17063136 DNA-METHYLATION TEST FOR PROSTATE CANCER Final Rejection UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
18204037 ELECTROPHORESIS-MEDIATED CHARACTERIZATION OF DNA CONTENT OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS CAPSIDS Non-Final OA PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc.
17768601 COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING LIVER CANCER BY USING CPG METHYLATION CHANGES IN SPECIFIC GENES, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection GENCURIX INC.
17799496 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT, AND THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR MISMATCH REPAIR DEFICIENT CANCERS COMPRISING NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCT Non-Final OA PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY
17661813 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED SELF-CONTAINED BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Final Rejection Co-Diagnostics, Inc.
17631558 MULTIPLEX LIGATION-DEPENDENT PROBE MICROARRAY DETECTION Non-Final OA FLASHDX SHENZHEN INC.

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