Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: COUNTS, GARY W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1641 1677 1678 1758 1787 1796

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.0%
Allow Rate
-6.0% vs TC avg
869
Total Applications
+29.8%
Interview Lift
1150
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 832 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
31.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18251926 AUTOANTIBODIES AS BIOMARKERS FOR LIPODYSTROPHY Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18158768 Biomarkers for identifying e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury Non-Final OA University of Rochester
17595478 REAGENTS FOR SANDWICH IMMUNOASSAYS USING PARTICLE ENHANCED AGGLUTINATION DETECTION AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
18339108 NANO-LIGAND FOR PROMOTING CELL ADHESION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS AND METHOD OF PROMOTING CELL ADHESION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS BY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
17633720 METHODS FOR MONITORING OR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPIES FOR GYNECOLOGIC CANCER Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.

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