Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1644 1646 1678 1783

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-7.5% vs TC avg
140
Total Applications
+42.4%
Interview Lift
1237
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 87 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
32.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17843247 Cancer Neoepitopes Non-Final OA Nant Holdings IP, LLC
16961026 Fusion Protein Extensions Final Rejection NantBio, Inc.
17168621 USE OF TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVES AND L-METHIONINE FOR PROTEIN FORMULATION Final Rejection Genentech, Inc.
17776131 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAYS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Michigan
18265661 FEATURES FOR DETERMINING DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU RECURRENCE AND PROGRESSION Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18025586 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (IHC) PROTOCOLS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
18180991 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING GRAFT DYSFUNCTION WITH EXOSOME PROTEINS Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
16980128 IMMUNO-EXOSOMES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
18057519 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR ALLEVIATING CELLULAR SENESCENCE Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17924748 DETECTION METHOD OF TARGET MOLECULE IN SPECIMEN AND DETECTION KIT FOR TARGET MOLECULE Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
17199195 CSF-1R ANTIBODY FORMULATION Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17801469 DETECTION METHOD OF CIRCULATING BMP10 (BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 10) Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18369273 BIOLOGICAL CONJUGATES HAVING AN PHOTOGENERATED ACIDIC OR BASIC RELEASABLE DETECTION MOIETY ON TOP OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES Non-Final OA Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
18024603 CONJUGATES HAVING AN ENZYMMATICALLY RELEASABLE DETECTION MOIETY AND A BARCODE MOIETY Non-Final OA Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG

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