Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: EMCH, GREGORY S

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1641 1644 1646 1649 1678 1699

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.0%
Allow Rate
-11.0% vs TC avg
662
Total Applications
+44.3%
Interview Lift
1307
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 623 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17913629 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED NUCLEIC ACIDS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
18019228 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREDICTING TIME TO ONSET OF LABOR Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17314376 SARS-COV-2 IMMUNOASSAY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR Final Rejection BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
18542382 METHOD FOR TESTING AND SCREENING P38 MAP KINASE MODIFIERS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
16302429 ACOUSTIC SEPARATION FOR BIOPROCESSING Final Rejection THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
18865369 METHODS FOR QUANTITATING VIRAL CAPSIDS Non-Final OA Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc.
17631598 ANALYTICAL METHOD AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
18734732 Capture Beads for Use in Assays Non-Final OA Zafrens Inc.
18041141 NANOPARTICLE-ENABLED ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACID IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
17257968 Methods for Multicolor Multiplex Imaging Non-Final OA Ultivue, Inc.
18025763 Methods of Determining Immune Response Non-Final OA The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
18248505 PROTEOME ANALYSIS IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Non-Final OA IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
18466187 COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF IBS SENSITIVITY TESTING Non-Final OA Biomerica, Inc.
18548043 METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF PROTEIN C AND ACTIVATED PROTEIN C Non-Final OA INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA INCLIVA
18259727 SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS FOR DETECTING ANALYTES Non-Final OA Johns Hopkins University
18265584 METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE FERTILITY POTENTIAL OF A FEMALE SUBJECT Non-Final OA Rigshospitalet
17605656 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ENDOMETRIOSIS, DISEASE STATE MONITORING METHOD, AND KIT Non-Final OA National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
18311895 METHODS OF ISOLATING AND DETECTING VIRUSES FROM LIQUID WITH POSSIBILITY OF CONTAINING VIRUSES Non-Final OA JNC CORPORATION
18068872 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO ACTIVATABLE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS Non-Final OA AMUNIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18058171 MULTIPLEXED FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION METHOD CAPABLE OF RAPID DETECTION OF BILLIONS OF TARGETS Non-Final OA Kanvas Biosciences, Inc.
17927187 METHOD FOR EVALUATING ALLERGEN INACTIVATORS AND KIT FOR EVALUATING ALLERGEN INACTIVATORS Non-Final OA ITEA INC.
17937251 SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED AFFINITY MEMBRANES Non-Final OA NANOPAREIL, LLC
17692804 COMPOSITION FOR DETECTING OR MEASURING ANALYTES Non-Final OA BERTIS CO., LTD.

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