Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DAUNER, JOSEPH G

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682 1699

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.8%
Allow Rate
-3.2% vs TC avg
800
Total Applications
+35.6%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 731 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.8%
§102 Novelty
28.4%
§103 Obviousness
32.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18444227 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING AN IMMORTALIZED LIBRARY Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18474060 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING AN IMMORTALIZED LIBRARY Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17811677 DETECTING GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS Final Rejection Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18272184 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING NEUROENDOCRINE PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
17792612 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18707525 METHOD FOR PREDICTING REACTIVITY TO ANTICANCER DRUGS BY ANALYZING GENOMIC DNA METHYLATION STATUS Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18629059 FLUIDICS SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENTIAL DELIVERY OF REAGENTS Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17942887 ARRAY-BASED METHODS FOR ANALYSING MIXED SAMPLES USING DIFFERENTLY LABELLED ALLELE-SPECIFIC PROBES Final Rejection AFFYMETRIX, INC.

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