Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: JOHANNSEN, DIANA B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.3%
Allow Rate
-6.7% vs TC avg
543
Total Applications
+42.5%
Interview Lift
1485
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 505 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
25.4%
§103 Obviousness
37.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18434556 NOVEL IMMUNOPROBE-BASED METHOD TO ASSESS ORGAN INJURY STATUS THROUGH A BIOFLUID-BASED CELL-FREE DNA (CFDNA) ASSAY Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17783263 TARGETED PHAGE THERAPY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18120714 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING PROGESTERONE-RESISTANT INFERTILITY Final Rejection The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
17576503 ASSAYING OVARIAN CYST FLUID Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18037309 COMPREHENSIVE GENOMIC PROFILING (CGP) OF METASTATIC INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMAS REVEALS HETEROGENEITY Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
17822332 TARGETED MEASURE OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO HORMONE RECEPTORS Final Rejection Yale University
18557660 METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF GASTRIC CANCER Non-Final OA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18158732 GENE FUSIONS AND GENE VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation

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