Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1636 1639 1675 1684

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.5%
Allow Rate
+4.5% vs TC avg
634
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
1375
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 586 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
26.1%
§102 Novelty
33.2%
§103 Obviousness
21.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
17791319 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PROVENANCE Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17465090 MICROBIAL MICROFLUIDIC BIOSENSOR Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
16628348 MULTIPLEXED RECEPTOR-LIGAND INTERACTION SCREENS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
19323753 METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING POLYPEPTIDES Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
19240418 METHODS OF ASSAYING PROTEINS Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
17881387 ASSAY COMPOUND SCREENING Non-Final OA University of Connecticut
18176062 CRISPR/Cas9 MULTIPLEX KNOCKOUT OF HOST CELL PROTEINS Non-Final OA HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
18063162 MULTIPLEXED DETECTION WITH ISOTOPE-CODED REPORTERS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17894833 METHODS FOR USING PROTEIN BIOMARKERS IN IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17999619 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ADAPTERS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Cambridge Enterprise Limited
18015990 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A TISSUE SAMPLE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17997467 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ZINC FINGERS Non-Final OA New York University
17764804 DETERMINISTIC BARCODING FOR SPATIAL OMICS SEQUENCING Final Rejection Yale University
17784645 High Performance Platform for Combinatorial Genetic Screening Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
19028506 DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
17992727 ANTIGEN DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ANTIBODY RESPONSES Non-Final OA Duke University
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
17977733 METHODS FOR DETECTING CYSTIC FIBROSIS MUTATIONS USING MITRA TIP EXTRACTION Non-Final OA Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
17942927 METHODS FOR DETECTING DNA MUTATIONS USING MITRA TIP EXTRACTION Final Rejection Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
17695073 STRUCTURED SUBSTRATES FOR OPTICAL SURFACE PROFILING Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
17575094 SURFACE STRUCTURING WITH COLLOIDAL ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17845949 Chemically Encoded Spatially Addressed Library Screening Platforms Final Rejection City of Hope
18252143 CROSSLINKED POROUS PROTEIN CRYSTALS WITH GUEST BARCODE DNA Non-Final OA COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17109187 PROTEIN DEGRADATION INDUCING TAG AND USAGE THEREOF Non-Final OA Tokyo University of Science Foundation
17423950 MICROBEAD Non-Final OA BGI SHENZHEN
17758048 Method For Constructing Gene Mutation Library Final Rejection Nanjing GenScript Biotech Co., Ltd.
17757411 Method For Constructing A Gene Mutation Library Non-Final OA Nanjing GenScript Biotech Co., Ltd.
18304993 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES COMPRISING UNNATURAL NUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA The Scripps Research Institute

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