Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GREENE, CAROLYN LEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1656 1681 1699

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.9%
Allow Rate
+4.9% vs TC avg
251
Total Applications
+49.7%
Interview Lift
1213
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 202 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
2.4%
§102 Novelty
58.3%
§103 Obviousness
28.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17254886 CRISPR DOUBLE NICKASE BASED AMPLIFICATION COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
18016776 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18813886 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
17933753 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROCESSING BOTANICAL MATERIALS Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18324552 SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID APTAMERS SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO CRONOBACTER AND KIT FOR DETECTING CRONOBACTER USING THE SAME Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18115335 ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION ASSAYS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
18301565 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18317484 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNE REPERTOIRE MONITORING Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
18137956 Methods and Kits to Detect Viral Particle Heterogeneity Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17928702 METHODS OF DETERMINING BACTERIA AND MANUFACTURING A FIBROUS WEB AND TOOLS AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA KEMIRA OYJ
18122657 MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES WITH HIGH THERMAL STABILITY Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17999023 METHODS FOR PAIRED-END SEQUENCING LIBRARY PREPARATION Non-Final OA Element Biosciences, Inc.
16757297 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF UNBIASED RNA Final Rejection ZYMO RESEARCH CORPORATION
18395034 VIABLE CELL DETECTION AND PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Non-Final OA Trace-Ability, Inc.
18485867 SINGLE END DUPLEX DNA SEQUENCING Non-Final OA QIAGEN SCIENCES, LLC
18132703 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Non-Final OA ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC.
18349394 COMPOSITION AND THE USE OF CELL LYSIS REAGENTS Non-Final OA Vilnius University
18236022 BIOMARKERS OF RISK FOR INFECTION Final Rejection University of Chicago
17639399 SKIN MICROBIOME MONITORING FOR IMPROVING SYSTEMIC HEALTH Final Rejection MY-OR DIAGNOSTICS LTD.
18204703 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA Saga Diagnostics AB
18060421 MODIFIED PRIMERS FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection 1DROP INC.
17964798 NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Prognosys Biosciences, Inc.
17774249 BIVALENT REVERSE PRIMER Non-Final OA MIRNAX BIOSENS, S.L.
17614892 Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Non-Final OA STRECK, INC.
17293085 MULTIMER FOR SEQUENCING AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND ANALYZING THE SAME Non-Final OA FORESEE GENOMICS, LTD.

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