Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GREENE, CAROLYN LEE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1656 1681

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
248
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1207
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 195 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
34.7%
§103 Obviousness
40.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18314437 SPATIALLY DISTINGUISHED, MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
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
19251040 SYNTHESIS OF DNA MOLECULES IN IN VITRO ENZYMATIC SYSTEMS Final Rejection THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
18813886 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BINDING INTERACTIONS UNDER EQUILIBRIUM OR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
18251596 METHODS FOR FULL-LENGTH REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR OF LONG RNAs CONTAINING MODIFIED RIBONUCLEOSIDES USING A THERMOSTABLE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17821424 SCREENING OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE VARIATIONS VIA RANDOM LOADING OF OPTICALLY-ENCODED PARTICLES Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
16611799 QUANTITATIVE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF TARGET DNA WITH COLORIMETRIC RT-QLAMP Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18433015 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLEXED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CELL LINEAGES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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
18122657 MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES WITH HIGH THERMAL STABILITY Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, 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
16497143 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADAPTERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17933753 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROCESSING BOTANICAL MATERIALS Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17928702 METHODS OF DETERMINING BACTERIA AND MANUFACTURING A FIBROUS WEB AND TOOLS AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA KEMIRA OYJ
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.
18132703 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Non-Final OA ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC.
17311263 CONTROLLING DNA CONCENTRATION FOR STR ANALYSIS Final Rejection Integenx, Inc.
18349394 COMPOSITION AND THE USE OF CELL LYSIS REAGENTS Non-Final OA Vilnius University
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.
17632705 METHODS FOR THE MULTIPLEXED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES Final Rejection DNAE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
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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