Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HORLICK, KENNETH R

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1637 1677 1681

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.9%
Allow Rate
+18.9% vs TC avg
1,065
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
897
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1038 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
5.5%
§102 Novelty
46.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19362169 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT RARE MUTATIONS AND COPY NUMBER VARIATION Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18110785 SYSTEM AND METHODS OF DETECTION OF ONCRNAS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18364809 PCR DETECTION OF SMALL FRAGMENTS OF A KNOWN NUCLEIC ACID TARGET Non-Final OA Vanderbilt University
18494072 METHODS FOR FAST NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION Non-Final OA University of Utah Research Foundation
18504006 MUTATION DETECTION ASSAY Non-Final OA Exact Sciences Corporation
18510487 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PAIRWISE SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Element Biosciences, Inc.
18176909 Methods of Differentiating a Malignant Tumor from a Non-Malignant Tumor Non-Final OA The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
18493324 FLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF AN INFECTION OR OTHER CONDITION Non-Final OA Inflammatix, Inc.
18023793 METHOD FOR PREPARING TEST SOLUTION FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION PURPOSE,SYSTEM, KIT, DETECTION PRIMER AND METHOD THEREBY Non-Final OA TONGLI BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD
18029408 PATHOGEN DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Qiagen GmbH
18252684 PATHOGEN INACTIVATING AND NUCLEIC ACID STABILIZATION MEDIA FOR MICROORGANISM COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT Non-Final OA Plus Therapeutics, Inc.
17773895 METHOD FOR ISOLATING NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection NASASBIOTECH, S.L.

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