Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758 1767 1777 1797

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.7%
Allow Rate
-19.3% vs TC avg
739
Total Applications
+36.1%
Interview Lift
1466
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 648 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
90.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17436218 IN VIVO REVERSIBILITY OF HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT SPECIES Non-Final OA AMGEN INC.
17079110 Genetic Determination of Hormone Levels and Applications Thereof Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
19187629 BIOMARKER-BASED TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR IL-17-DEPENDENT CONDITIONS Final Rejection MOONLAKE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS AG
17633917 BIOMARKERS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18027764 MARKERS FOR DETECTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17089448 Diagnostic Method Final Rejection Amazentis SA
17924958 A Method For Virus and Biomarker Detection Final Rejection National University of Singapore
17880676 TARGET MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17787015 ENDOTOXIN DETECTION Non-Final OA Eli Lilly and Company
18014582 ACQUISITION METHOD OF VALUE RELATING TO TRIGLYCERIDE METABOLIC CAPACITY, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPY EFFICACY INFORMATION, PRESENTATION METHOD OF THERAPEUTIC EFFECT INFORMATION, TEST REAGENT AND TEST KIT Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF OSAKA
18023483 METHODS FOR FINE NEEDLE SAMPLE ANALYSIS VIA MASS SPECTROMETRY Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17816076 MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF CELL THERAPY-INDUCED TOXICITIES Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
17680195 BIPHASIC COATINGS WITH CHEMICAL SENSING, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Final Rejection HRL Laboratories, LLC
17259264 SUGAR CHAIN SPECIFIC TO PROSTATE CANCER, AND TEST METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA JAPANESE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
18026088 METHODS OF DETECTING AND USING BIOMARKERS FOR GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASES Final Rejection Duke University
17673987 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER Final Rejection CHEMTREAT, INC.
18147094 USE OF BIOMARKERS TO DETERMINE SUB-ACUTE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) IN A SUBJECT HAVING RECEIVED A HEAD COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCAN THAT IS NEGATIVE FOR A TBI OR NO HEAD CT SCAN Non-Final OA Abbott Laboratories
17766155 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INDIVIDUAL ABILITY TO RESPOND TO A STIMULUS Final Rejection UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
17027206 CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR LOADING A DEVICE Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18763980 PARTICLES AND METHODS OF ASSAYING Non-Final OA Seer, Inc.
18306195 DETECTION OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST BY NANOESI MASS SPECTROMETRY Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
16979118 METHOD FOR ASSISTING DETERMINATION OF RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR THE LIKE Final Rejection Denka Company Limited
16978959 DETECTION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD), FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION (FTLD), AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCHLEROSIS (ALS), PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD), AND DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES (DLB) INDICATED BY PHOSPHORYLATION OF MARCKS Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18634737 Chronic Disease Management Test to Inform Clinical Care of Patients with Chronic Conditions Non-Final OA Aegis Sciences Corporation
16766956 DETECTION OF BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
17907395 PROGNOSTIC MARKERS OF DISEASE RECURRENCE IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS WITH HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Non-Final OA Universiteit Gent
16575909 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIPID QUANTIFICATION Final Rejection Waters Technologies Corporation
17760249 Detection of Lipid Markers Final Rejection The University of Manchester
18277424 IMMUNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS METHOD FOR TYPE-I COLLAGEN C-TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE Non-Final OA SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18011082 METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A SUBJECT HAS A DISEASE OR CONDITION OR IS AT RISK OF DEVELOPING A DISEASE OR CONDITION Non-Final OA Nightingale Health Oyj

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