Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HORTH, LISA ANNE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
+30.4%
Interview Lift
1146
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
27.7%
§103 Obviousness
46.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17992674 BLOOD DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKER DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS Non-Final OA Emory University
17439328 POOLED KNOCK-IN SCREENING AND HETEROLOGOUS POLYPEPTIDES CO-EXPRESSED UNDER THE CONTROL OF ENDOGENOUS LOCI Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17264734 ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MICROORGANISMS AND RELATED MARKERS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17657120 AUTHENTICATION ASSAY USING EMBEDDED DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID TAGGANTS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18818523 METHODS OF DETECTING ONCOGENIC FUSIONS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Washington University
17568854 DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
17806932 METHOD AND BIOMARKER FOR DETECTION OR DIAGNOSIS OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION Final Rejection ACADEMIA SINICA
18065151 MODEL EDITING SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME Non-Final OA Pairwise Plants Services, Inc.
18797835 METHOD FOR SCREENING MULTIPLEX REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PRIMER COMBINATIONS FOR QUANTIFYING MULTIPLE MIRNAS Non-Final OA MIRACLE BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
17427014 METHODS FOR DETECTING LEGIONELLA Final Rejection Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
17428749 METHODS FOR TARGETED TREATMENT AND PREDICTION OF PATIENT SURVIVAL IN CANCER Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18678376 DNA-BASED ADAPTOME PROFILING FOR MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE QUANTIFICATION IN LYMPHOID MALIGNANCIES Final Rejection MILABORATORIES INC.
17800718 Medicine Containing USAG-1-Targeting RNA Molecule for Tooth Regeneration Therapy Non-Final OA Aichi Prefecture
17028839 MICROFLUIDIC SIPHONING ARRAY FOR NUCLEIC ACID QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA Combinati Incorporated
17419329 STRUCTURE AND APPLICATION OF DOUBLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEIC ACID PROBE Non-Final OA ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCES
18156775 MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED KIT FOR ERYTHROCYTE BLOOD GROUP GENOTYPING Non-Final OA Shanghai Blood Center
17996276 USE OF AN ORPHAN MOTIF TO INCREASE EXPRESSION OF A HETEROLOGOUS TRANSGENE Non-Final OA FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
17891034 COMPOSITION, KIT FOR DETECTING MUTATIONS OF 2019 NOVELCORONAVIRUS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SANSURE BIOTECH INC.
17432721 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND IMPROVING T CELL MULTIPOTENCY Final Rejection St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
17790385 METHOD FOR OBTAINING A MAMMALIAN CELL LINE THAT EXPRESSES A RECOMBINANT EQUINE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (RECG), THE RECOMBINANT CELL LINES PRODUCING RECG, LARGE-SCALE RECG PRODUCTION METHOD, RECG, FORMULATIONS CONTAINING RECG, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING FOR RECG AND USES Non-Final OA Natalia CEAGLIO
17781480 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MICROBES IN A CLINICAL AND NON-CLINICAL SETTING Non-Final OA Biomiris Capital Group B.V.
17769721 METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID-BINDING MOLECULE, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING NUCLEIC ACID-BINDING ABILITY Non-Final OA EPIGENERON, INC.
17609294 EXOSOME MICRORNA AS SCHIZOPHRENIA MARKER AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Minzu University of China
17281071 SECOND GENERATION SEQUENCING-BASED METHOD FOR DETECTING MICROSATELLITE STABILITY AND GENOME CHANGES BY MEANS OF PLASMA Non-Final OA Guangzhou Burning Rock DX Co., Ltd.

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