Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: COOK, LISA V

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1641 1642 1677 1678

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.3%
Allow Rate
+7.3% vs TC avg
662
Total Applications
+9.6%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 640 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
27.1%
§103 Obviousness
28.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17469533 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS Final Rejection GENENTECH, INC.
17945398 METHOD TO PREVENT SAMPLE PREPARATION-INDUCED DISULFIDE SCRAMBLING IN NON-REDUCED PEPTIDE MAPPING Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc
17934950 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF STABLE PROTEIN SOLUTION Final Rejection KASHIV BIOSCIENCES, LLC
18460254 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ASSAYING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Final Rejection THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
17901294 SYSTEM AND SENSOR ARRAY Non-Final OA THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
17769533 MULTIPLE ANALYTE FECAL ANTIGEN TESTING Final Rejection Exact Sciences Corporation
17442782 BIOMARKER WITH THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS FOR PERITONEAL CARCINOMATOSIS Final Rejection SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD
18473207 PROTEIN SEQUENCING METHOD AND REAGENTS Final Rejection The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
17914282 REAGENT COMPRISING ANTIBODY FROM WHICH PART OF Fc REGION IS DELETED Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
18256516 Biomarkers for Detecting Cancer Non-Final OA University of Cape Town
17620186 ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN CORRELATION WITH NEU5GC INGESTED IN FOOD Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18153965 VEGF and TIE2-Binding Fusion Protein and Uses Thereof Non-Final OA INGENIA Therapeutics Inc.
18002114 Methods For Identification of Cognate Pairs of Ligands and Receptors Non-Final OA HiFiBio (HK) Limited
17921275 BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN)
17789163 Method for Purifying Biologically Active Peptide by Using Protein A Affinity Chromatography Non-Final OA ABL BIO INC.
17788632 PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKER OF CANCER Final Rejection Yuko HASHIMOTO

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