Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GUSSOW, ANNE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1600 1636 1643 1683

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.1%
Allow Rate
-1.9% vs TC avg
388
Total Applications
+44.1%
Interview Lift
1305
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 320 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
28.2%
§103 Obviousness
34.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19018456 METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
17938273 MULTIPLEXED SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17891641 METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17517287 PARTITIONING AND PROCESSING OF ANALYTES AND OTHER SPECIES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17523489 METHODS OF SEQUENCING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN MIXTURES AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17968446 SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR DETECTION Non-Final OA BATTELLE SAVANNAH RIVER ALLIANCE, LLC
18943512 FECAL SAMPLE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS COMPRISING DETECTION OF BLOOD Final Rejection Exact Sciences Corporation
17999154 EFFICIENT ANTIBODY DNA-BARCODING REAGENTS FOR MULTIPLEXED MOLECULAR IMAGING Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17835719 Methods for Purification of Messenger RNA Final Rejection Translate Bio, Inc.
17930815 MEMBRANE-SPANNING NANOPORES Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD
16964062 COMBINATION THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD
17672004 USE OF 12-LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 Final Rejection New York Medical College
17968155 DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS USING NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA GRAIL, Inc.
17989925 NUCLEIC ACID SECURITY AND AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA CATALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17937724 COLOCALIZATION-BY-LINKAGE SANDWICH ASSAYS Non-Final OA Nomic Bio Inc.
17856072 METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY SUPPRESSING NON-TARGET SEQUENCES Non-Final OA Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.
17750567 METHODS OF PERFORMING NUCLEIC ACID STABILIZATION AND SEPARATION Non-Final OA QVELLA CORPORTATION
17309424 SECURITY MARKERS Final Rejection CRIME SOLUTIONS LIMITED

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