Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1683

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.6%
Allow Rate
-13.4% vs TC avg
791
Total Applications
+52.8%
Interview Lift
1377
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 729 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18051488 Association Of T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Protein 1A (TCL1A) With Clonal Hematopoiesis Of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17854283 Methods Of Treating Asthma With Solute Carrier Family 27 Member 3 (SLC27A3) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17854412 Methods Of Treating A Metabolic Disorder With Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 15 (MAP3K15) Inhibitors Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17372113 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO DIFFERENTIALLY METHYLATED DNA SEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH MONOALLELIC GENE EXPRESSION AND DISEASE Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
17776822 METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING RNA MOLECULES Non-Final OA BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
18007097 BIOMARKER FOR DIAGNOSING NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS USING MICRORNA COMBINATION Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18042167 BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER THERAPY USING MDM2 ANTAGONISTS Non-Final OA OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
17999137 PERSONALISED RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE FOR NUTRIENTS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RISK SCORES Final Rejection SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17794269 AN EPIGENETIC CLOCK FOR GALLIFORMES Final Rejection EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
17920652 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
18010878 CLEAVAGE-AMPLIFICATION BIOSENSOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA McMaster University
18168955 METHODS OF DETERMINING COVID-19 MORTALITY RISK Non-Final OA WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
17831103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL DRAIN FLUID USING INTERCHANGEABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE NUCLEIC ACID BASED TESTS Final Rejection Washington University
17926804 EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION OF SELECT GENES AS MARKERS OF HYPERSOMNOLENCE Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18340581 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF TARGET SEQUENCES IN MULTIPLEX REACTIONS Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
17811995 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY Final Rejection Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
17796293 Biomarkers for Risk Prediction of Parkinson's Disease Final Rejection SINGAPORE HEALTH SERVICES PTE LTD
17788476 Disease Detection in Liquid Biopsies Final Rejection KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U.LEUVEN R&D
18258485 IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY Non-Final OA Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research UK Limited
18593639 NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING AT EARLY STAGE OF PREGNANCY Final Rejection BillionToOne, Inc.
18245957 APPARATUS, KITS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEPSIS Non-Final OA The Secretary of State for Defence
17846157 DIAGNOSIS OF FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA Final Rejection UCL Business Ltd
17787433 NOVEL DRUGGABLE TARGETS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES SUCH AS SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT USING THE SAME Final Rejection THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
17905021 METHODS AND KITS FOR TREATING OR DIAGNOSING CANNABINOID HYPEREMESIS SYNDROME Non-Final OA CReDO Science, LLC
18009625 METHOD OF DIAGNOSING MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDERS USING STOOL SAMPLES Non-Final OA University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
17926306 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED BY PERFUSION SHORTAGE Non-Final OA Falcon BioScience, LLC
17898757 STIMULATION OF THE HEALING PROCESS ON THE RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM AFTER R:GEN WITH RTF TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA Lutronic Vision, Inc.
17801979 METHOD FOR SELECTING NORMALIZING GENES FOR COPY NUMBER VARIATION DETECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR DETECTING C-MET COPY NUMBER VARIATION SELECTED BY METHOD Non-Final OA ABION INC.
17874258 Method of Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease with Pharmacogenomics Support Final Rejection Machaon Diagnostics, Inc.
17782314 A BIOMARKER AND USES THEREFOR Non-Final OA Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science Limited

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