Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1644 1646 1678 1783

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.5%
Allow Rate
-3.5% vs TC avg
125
Total Applications
+37.3%
Interview Lift
1140
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 78 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
34.1%
§103 Obviousness
31.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17427222 METHOD FOR DETECTING CELLS Final Rejection TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED
16980128 IMMUNO-EXOSOMES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17776131 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAYS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
17924748 DETECTION METHOD OF TARGET MOLECULE IN SPECIMEN AND DETECTION KIT FOR TARGET MOLECULE Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
17423133 METHOD FOR SELECTING CELLS HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO TARGET SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONCENTRATION OF TARGET SUBSTANCE WITH UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION IN SPECIMEN Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18625703 NOVEL PD-1 BINDING DOMAINS Final Rejection INCYTE CORPORATION
18024603 CONJUGATES HAVING AN ENZYMMATICALLY RELEASABLE DETECTION MOIETY AND A BARCODE MOIETY Non-Final OA Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG
18065736 MEASURING FREQUENCY OF PATHOGEN-SPECIFIC T CELLS IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD Non-Final OA Thomas Jefferson University
18032597 IMPROVED DETECTION OF LYMPHOCYTE - TARGET CELL INTERACTION Non-Final OA LUMICKS CA HOLDING B.V.
18447623 Use of Anti-Il-6 Antibody, e.g., Clazakizumab for Desensitization of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and/or for Preventing, Stabilizing or Reducing Antibody Mediated Rejection (ABMR) Non-Final OA CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
16961026 Fusion Protein Extensions Final Rejection NantBio, Inc.
17128599 BISPECIFIC SIGNALING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Universiteit Gent
17056626 Composition of Concentrated Human Immunoglobulins Final Rejection Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies
17294327 METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR MULTIPLEX BINDING EXPERIMENTS Non-Final OA BIOASTER
18277237 Immunoassay for Detecting Eosinophilic Esophagitis Non-Final OA Nordic Bioscience A/S
17925999 HYPER-SIALYLATED IMMUNOGLOBULIN Final Rejection Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17292588 METHOD FOR PREVENTING IRREGULAR DETECTION IN IMMUNOASSAY IN AUTOMATIC ANALYZER, AND IMMUNOASSAY REAGENT Non-Final OA SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18112527 ANTIBODY COMBINATION FOR SUBSTITUTING SIDE SCATTER SIGNAL IN MASS CYTOMETRY HEMATOLOGIC TUMOR IMMUNOPHENOTYPING AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection Zhejiang Puluoting Health Technology Co., Ltd.
18109628 IMMUNOSTAINING USING PROTEIN CONJUGATES Non-Final OA Advanced Biosystems, Inc.
17759742 MACROMOLECULES ENGINEERED FOR NANOELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
18008155 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING KINETIC PARAMETERS OF A REACTION Final Rejection Creoptix AG
17964053 NITROGEN-SULFUR CO-DOPED TI3C2-MXENE NANOSHEET AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA Civil Aviation University of China
17819810 TUMOR SUPPRESSION BY MODULATION OF NON-CANONICAL AUTOPHAGY (LAP) IN MYELOID CELLS Non-Final OA St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
17618004 BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOP. GROUP, KYUNG HEE UNIV.
17607333 Screening Methods and Assays for Use with Transmembrane Proteins, in Particular with GPCRs Final Rejection CONFO THERAPEUTICS N.V.

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