Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: COUNTS, GARY W

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

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.9%
Allow Rate
-6.1% vs TC avg
860
Total Applications
+29.3%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 820 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.8%
§101 Eligibility
3.3%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18096464 METHODS OF ASSESSING RISK OF AND TREATING PREECLAMPSIA AND SUBTYPES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17904873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
18279624 BIOMARKER Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18474826 BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MILD AND SUPERMILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Non-Final OA Abbott Laboratories
17595478 REAGENTS FOR SANDWICH IMMUNOASSAYS USING PARTICLE ENHANCED AGGLUTINATION DETECTION AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
18158768 Biomarkers for identifying e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury Non-Final OA University of Rochester
18561621 sFRP4 AS BLOOD BIOMARKER FOR THE NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADENOMYOSIS Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17821951 TnT BASED DIAGNOSIS OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17772959 SEPSIS MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
18557941 Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Disease Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
18257697 USE OF ALARMINS AS BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY SEVERITY AFTER SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
17602757 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PATIENT BEING RESPONSIVE TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
18551454 DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BY DETECTING AUTO-ANTIBODIES AGAINST Y-BOX BINDING PROTEIN-1 (YB-1) Non-Final OA CELLTREND GMBH
18243034 RAPID QUANTITATIVE ASSAY TO ASSESS DURATION OF INFECTION Non-Final OA SEDIA BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
18033222 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TREATING ANTIBODY-MEDIATED ACQUIRED PRIMARY OR RECURRENT IDIOPATHIC NEPHROTIC SYNDROME Non-Final OA Boston Medical Center Corporation
18276218 MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Non-Final OA BREXOGEN INC.
18155299 Methods for Middle Down Antibody Characterization Non-Final OA Universiteit Utrecht Holding B.V.
18256453 USE OF THE EMM ANTIGEN AS A BIOMARKER OF INHERITED GPI DEFICIENCIES Non-Final OA ETABLISSEMENT FRAN¿AIS DU SANG (EFS)
18037592 BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING IMMUNOGENICITY AND THERAPEUTIC RESPONSES TO ADALIMUMAB IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS Non-Final OA CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
18194151 Pregnancy clock proteins for predicting due date and time to birth Final Rejection Sera Prognostics, Inc.
18016384 METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) PATIENT IS UNDERGOING A PRE-FLARE EVENT Non-Final OA Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
18092290 Compositions, Devices, and Methods For Performing Agglutination Assays Final Rejection Nanospot.ai, Inc.
17635265 A METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING OR MONITORING KIDNEY FUNCTION OR DIAGNOSING KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS Non-Final OA SPHINGOTEC GMBH
17131008 METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF GETTING CANCER OR DIAGNOSING CANCER IN A FEMALE SUBJECT Non-Final OA SPHINGOTEC GMBH
15382367 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POINT-OF-CARE HDL AND LDL PARTICLE ASSAY Non-Final OA Polymer Technology Systems, Inc.
17627904 ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO WRS PROTEIN, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CUREBIO THERAPEUTICS. CO., LTD.
17595830 COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR GLOBO-H RELATED CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Ming-Tain LAI

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