Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DAUNER, JOSEPH G

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.7%
Allow Rate
-3.3% vs TC avg
788
Total Applications
+34.7%
Interview Lift
1241
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 712 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.4%
§102 Novelty
27.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18470187 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR QUANTIFYING IMMUNE CELL DNA Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18245183 ACTIVATORS OF TYPE III CAS PROTEINS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18026287 HYBRID PROTOCOLS AND BARCODING SCHEMES FOR MULTIPLE SEQUENCING TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18067192 Methods of Using Multi-Tissue Organoids Non-Final OA The University of Chicago
17811677 DETECTING GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18444227 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING AN IMMORTALIZED LIBRARY Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17908809 FIT-FLARES FOR DETECTION OF INTRACELLULAR ANALYTES IN LIVE CELLS Non-Final OA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
17630135 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS AND RELATED METHODS FOR NANOPORE READOUT AND SCALABLE DNA CIRCUIT REPORTING Final Rejection University of Washington
17792612 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18036215 Immunotherapy Response Signature Non-Final OA Caris MPI, Inc.
18261366 METHODS OF DETECTING HIGH RISK BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUS WITH DYSPLASIA, AND ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18496588 FACTORS FOR OPTIMIZING IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
17786397 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MONITORING AND DIAGNOSING HEALTHY AND DISEASE STATES Final Rejection Duke University
17774424 BIOMARKER COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING OR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF THYROID CANCER, COMPRISING PREPARATION CAPABLE OF DETECTING MUTATION IN PLEKHS1 GENE, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17783300 METHOD FOR WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF PICOGRAM QUANTITIES OF DNA Final Rejection Oxford University Innovation Limited
17783984 METHOD FOR ASSESSING RISK OF DEVELOPING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA FROM NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS Final Rejection KEIO UNIVERSITY
18629059 FLUIDICS SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENTIAL DELIVERY OF REAGENTS Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18806109 Unsupervised Machine Learning Methods Final Rejection AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC
17904741 DYNAMIC FRET-BASED SINGLE-MOLECULE SENSOR FOR ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
18549333 METHOD FOR DETECTING OR QUANTIFYING PHOTOAGED CELLS, APPLICATION OF SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING PHOTOAGED CELLS Non-Final OA Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18208140 METHODS FOR DETECTING MUTATIONS IN TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS USING DUAL PROBES Non-Final OA REVVITY HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
17393609 DETECTING CANCER, CANCER TISSUE OF ORIGIN, AND/OR A CANCER CELL TYPE Final Rejection GRAIL, LLC
18253803 ENCODED ASSAYS Non-Final OA PLENO, INC.
18488850 EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS OF CELL THERAPY AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
18010970 MARKERS FOR USE IN METHODS FOR TREATING CANCERS WITH ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES (ADC) Non-Final OA SEAGEN INC.
18130852 MARKER FOR RESPONSE TO PD-1/PD-L1 IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA TEL HASHOMER MEDICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES LTD.
18019470 CLASSIFYING TUMORS AND PREDICTING RESPONSIVENESS Non-Final OA Insight Molecular Diagnostics Inc.
17769173 REACTIVE AFFINITY PROBE-INTERACTION DISCOVERY PLATFORM Non-Final OA Jnana Therapeutics Inc.
17252619 SIALIC ACID TRANSPORTER PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS AND DRUG TARGETS Final Rejection Quadram Institute Bioscience
18252634 PANEL OF MIRNA BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER, METHOD FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER, USES OF PANEL OF MIRNA BIOMARKERS FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER AND TEST FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF OVARIAN CANCER Non-Final OA UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY W BIALYMSTOKU

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