Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1639 1644 1675 1682 1684

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.7%
Allow Rate
+3.7% vs TC avg
650
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1380
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 601 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.3%
§101 Eligibility
25.2%
§102 Novelty
33.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19463001 DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
19463003 DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
18580283 ITERATIVE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE BARCODE EXPANSION FOR LABELING AND LOCALIZING MANY BIOMOLECULES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18015990 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A TISSUE SAMPLE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18653222 Methods of Generating Libraries of Nucleic Acid Sequences for Detection via Fluorescent in Situ Sequencing Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18162118 Oligonucleotide Paints Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17962338 B(EAD-BASED) A(TACSEQ) P(ROCESSING) Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18560003 STRUCTURE BASED ISOLATION OF PMHC-RESTRICTED ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17670350 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ASSEMBLY USING HAIRPINS AND INVADING STRANDS Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18387669 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR METABOLOME ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18063162 MULTIPLEXED DETECTION WITH ISOTOPE-CODED REPORTERS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17933051 METHODS OF ASSAYING PROTEINS Final Rejection NAUTILUS SUBSIDIARY, INC.
18578558 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED DNA TRANSFORMATION IN BACTERIA Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
17864655 PRE-TEMPLATED INSTANT PARTITIONING OF DNA-ENCODED LIBRARIES Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17451771 DNA SEQUENCING USING HYDROGEL BEADS Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18042385 Nanobody Compositions and Methods of Use of the Same Non-Final OA YALE UNIVERSITY
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING Final Rejection Yale University
18176062 CRISPR/Cas9 MULTIPLEX KNOCKOUT OF HOST CELL PROTEINS Final Rejection HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
17878458 SYSTEM, ASSAY AND METHOD FOR PARTITIONING PROTEINS Non-Final OA THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
17776748 METHOD FOR PREPARING SEQUENCING LIBRARY Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18173551 BIOMARKERS OF IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION IN RESPONSE TO CHRONIC STRESS, METHODS OF USE AND DIAGNOSTIC KITS Non-Final OA The Government of the United States, as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
18111220 REAGENTS FOR LABELING BIOMOLECULES Non-Final OA Ultima Genomics, Inc.

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