Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 1634 1682 1683 1699 4100 4144 4152

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.2%
Allow Rate
-18.8% vs TC avg
742
Total Applications
+31.9%
Interview Lift
1406
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 708 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18467770 NANOPARTICLE WITH POLYNUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC
18302193 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING LIGANDS ON ARRAYS USING INDEXES AND BARCODES Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18176761 FUNCTIONALIZED NANOSTRUCTURES AND FLOW CELL DEPRESSIONS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18089867 METHODS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING USING SURFACE-BOUND PRIMERS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17783750 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR LIGHT-DIRECTED BIOMOLECULAR BARCODING Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17631167 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED TO TARGET ANALYSIS Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17909844 Heteromultivalent Spherical Nucleic Acids and Uses in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications Non-Final OA Emory University
19322495 DETECTION AND DIGITAL QUANTITATION OF MULTIPLE TARGETS Non-Final OA Countable Labs, Inc.
18021248 LIQUID CRYSTAL BIOSENSOR WITH ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY AND SELECTIVITY Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
17929809 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING TIME-RESOLVED SIGNAL INTENSITY DATA Non-Final OA The Regents of The University of Michigan
17946862 APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT GENETIC MODIFICATION OF CELLS Non-Final OA THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
18223765 OPTOELECTRONIC CARTRIDGE FOR CANCER BIOMARKER DETECTION UTILIZING SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS Non-Final OA University of Iowa Research Foundation
18453947 HYBRIDIZATION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
17988622 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MOLECULES AND COMPLEXES TO REACTION SITES Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
18010826 METHOD Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17789161 ELECTROCHEMICAL PROXIMITY ASSAY Non-Final OA AUBURN UNIVERSITY
17621958 COMPOSITIONS FOR THE STABILIZATION OF CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA ZYMO RESEARCH CORPORATION
17737788 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR POSITIONING A TARGET Non-Final OA Flambeau Diagnostics, LLC
18336201 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISTINGUISHING GENETIC SAMPLES Non-Final OA Revere BioSensors, LLC
18161723 METHOD FOR ULTRAHIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS Non-Final OA SHEMYAKIN-OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
18097058 BLOODSTREAM INFECTION DETECTION METHODS AND KITS Non-Final OA Suzhou Precigenome Ltd. Co.
18011317 ANTI-CONTAMINATION TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAPID TESTING OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION PRODUCT, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA JIANGSU MICRODING BIOMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
17928252 MICROPARTICLE PROBES FOR ISOLATING AND DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA EZDIATECH INC.
17907095 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET VIRUSES Non-Final OA Visby Medical, Inc.
17252375 METHODS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MICROBIOME CHARACTERISATION Non-Final OA MICROBA IP PTY LIMITED

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