Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
856
Total Applications
+28.9%
Interview Lift
1180
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 813 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.6%
§102 Novelty
32.8%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17851215 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17904873 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
18096464 METHODS OF ASSESSING RISK OF AND TREATING PREECLAMPSIA AND SUBTYPES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
18557941 Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Disease Non-Final OA Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
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
18157250 METHOD OF ASSISTING DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Non-Final OA OSAKA UNIVERSITY
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.
18276218 MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE Non-Final OA BREXOGEN INC.
17773896 METHODS AND KITS FOR QUANTITATING RADIATION EXPOSURE Non-Final OA MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
18257697 USE OF ALARMINS AS BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY SEVERITY AFTER SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS
17802290 ANTIGEN FOR 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS AND DETECTION USE THEREOF Non-Final OA XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
18164679 METHOD OF DETECTING TB IN BLOOD SAMPLE Non-Final OA The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
17789823 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF PATHOGENIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES AND FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INHIBITORS Non-Final OA THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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
17735555 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF HOST CELL PROTEINS Final Rejection LONZA LTD.
18261392 METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA Belgian Volition SRL (GB/GB)
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)
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
18111613 MEASURING TRAIL BY LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY Final Rejection MeMed Diagnostics Ltd.
18018121 NOVEL CANCER BIOMARKER IN PANCREATIC CANCER OR MALIGNANT INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION GUNMA UNIVERSITY

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