Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1634 1682 3791

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.9%
Allow Rate
-24.1% vs TC avg
878
Total Applications
+40.7%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 811 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.3%
§102 Novelty
19.8%
§103 Obviousness
27.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18020587 COMPOSITIONS, PANELS, AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18069550 DETECTING COLORECTAL NEOPLASIA Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17233199 SAMPLING DEVICE AND ANALYSIS OF METHYLATED DNA Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18187638 METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVELY MONITORING ORGAN HEALTH IN CROSS-SPECIES TRANSPLANTATION Final Rejection CareDx, Inc.
17932132 METHODS AND REAGENT FOR DIAGNOSING BIPOLAR DISORDER Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17402018 GENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIAS Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
17769864 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING CELL STATES Non-Final OA The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University
18740012 DETECTION OF TUMOR-DERIVED DNA IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17819908 USE OF GENOMIC SIGNATURES TO PREDICT RESPONSIVENESS OF PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER TO POST-OPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPY Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18215054 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SINGLE CELL PROCESSING AND ANALYSES Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
18416592 METHOD FOR PREPARING NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLE Final Rejection KAO Corporation
18015311 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
17922565 METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
18251528 MULTIPLEX DETECTION OF BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18542277 DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSING Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
18285876 ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION-BASED DETECTION OF SHRIMP PATHOGENS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17320739 NOVEL MRNA BASED PROGNOSTIC INDEX DERIVED FROM DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IMPROVES OVERALL SURVIVAL ESTIMATES IN GLIOBLASTOMA Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18174164 AMINO ACID COMPLEMENTARITY SCORING AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection University of South Florida
17631597 BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSING PANCREATIC CANCER, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG LIFE PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION
17399920 CLASSIFICATION OF SUBTYPES OF KIDNEY TUMORS USING DNA METHYLATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
17741305 METHYLATED CONTROL DNA Final Rejection Exact Sciences Corporation
17727128 DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS Final Rejection Exact Sciences Corporation
17759402 Method for Retaining Splicing RNAs in the Nucleus Based on Chemically Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18273389 A Method for Diagnosing Endometrial or Ovarian Carcinoma Non-Final OA Sorbonne Universite
17627254 AMPLIFICATION ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM Final Rejection THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
18481035 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER USING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE-MIRNA Non-Final OA University-Industry Foundation(UIF), Yonsei University
18007200 LONG NON-CODING RNA AS THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN CARDIAC DISORDERS AND CARDIAC REGENERATION Non-Final OA Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
18008146 TREATMENTS FOR A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS Non-Final OA CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
17607731 KITS FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE TARGET NUCLEIC ACID ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Final Rejection Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
18004788 SEX DETERMINATION MARKERS IN MULLETS AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF Non-Final OA THE STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

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