Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HANEY, AMANDA MARIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682 1693

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

36.6%
Allow Rate
-23.4% vs TC avg
763
Total Applications
+44.1%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 708 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.9%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
25.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17682759 DETERMINING CELL TYPE ORIGIN OF CIRCULATING CELL-FREE DNA WITH MOLECULAR COUNTING Non-Final OA Guardant Health Inc.
17776943 STRUCTURE-BASED DESIGN OF THERAPEUTICS TARGETING RNA HAIRPIN LOOPS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17652172 METHOD OF POOLING BLOOD SAMPLES Final Rejection Gen-Probe Incorporated
18404829 METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK USING TOTAL AND SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17493230 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
16623725 TRANSPLANT PATIENT MONITORING WITH CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
16623719 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17433542 MULTIPLEXED SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION METHODS USING ENZYMATIC BASED CHEMICAL DEPOSITION Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17733762 METHODS FOR DETECTING, MONITORING, AND GUIDING TREATMENT OF ALLOGRAFT REJECTION USING DISCRIMINATING GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES Final Rejection CareDx, Inc.
17787499 PRIMERS FOR DETECTING TRACE AMOUNT OF RARE SINGLE- NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT AND METHOD FOR SPECIFICALLY AND SENSITIVELY DETECTING TRACE AMOUNT OF RARE SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT BY USING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
17047006 NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
16809496 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING RISK FOR AUTISM Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
19088496 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION DEFICIENCY Non-Final OA Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17353279 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION DEFICIENCY Non-Final OA Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17905129 METHODS OF USING A MULTI-ANALYTE APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING A DISEASE Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
19012392 METHODS OF IMPROVING SURVIVAL AND ELIMINATING TREATMENT-LIMITING TOXICITIES OF DICHLOROACETATE IN PATIENTS WITH PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX DEFICIENCY Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18353647 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ZDHHC1 DNA Non-Final OA Exact Sciences Corporation
18038915 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
16764496 METHODS TO MEASURE FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY AMONG SINGLE CELLS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18346973 Quantum Dot-Nucleotide Based Ratiometric Fluorescent Molecular Beacon for Quantitative CRISPR/Cas Activity Detection Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18254202 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MARKER FOR PREDICTING RISK OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, CHOSUN UNIVERSITY
17904348 NUCLEIC ACID PROBES Final Rejection Agency for Science, Technology and Research
18176152 TESTING ASSAY FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF USHER, PENDRED, JERVELL, AND LANGE-NIELSEN SYNDROMES Non-Final OA Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Doing Business as Boys Town National Research Hospital
18448868 METHOD OF TREATMENT WITH TRADIPITANT Final Rejection Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
17005858 B-CELL MATURATION COMPLEX CAR T CONSTRUCT AND PRIMERS Non-Final OA Janssen Biotech, Inc.
17617183 METHOD OF SIGNAL ENCODING OF ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE Final Rejection RESOLVE BIOSCIENCES GMBH
17781646 Multi-Biomarker Prediction Models for Multiple Infection Episodes Following Blunt Trauma Non-Final OA Shriners Hospitals for Children
17999616 A GENETIC TEST TO PREDICT ANTI-TNF DRUG RESPONSE Final Rejection University of Ulster
17193907 PERSONALIZED MEDICINE APPROACH FOR TREATING COGNITIVE LOSS Non-Final OA University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
18254242 METHOD FOR PREDICTING PATIENT RESPONSE TO CD40-TARGETED THERAPIES Non-Final OA Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Medical Center

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