Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KENNEDY, SARAH JANE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1682

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sarah Jane Kennedy is an examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1682. The data for this profile is limited, with 12 resolved cases. None of these cases resulted in an allowance, leading to a 0.0 percent allowance rate. The interview lift is also 0.0 percent. This figure reflects the fact that no cases have reached allowance, regardless of whether an interview was conducted. The median days to allowance is 1321. This 1321-day figure represents the timeline for cases in the record, although none have been successful.

Because there are only 12 resolved cases and a 0.0 percent allowance rate, practitioners should be prepared for a very challenging prosecution. The 1321-day median and 0.0 percent interview lift suggest that standard strategies have not yet been successful in Art Unit 1682 under this examiner. Applicants should consider alternative approaches given this difficult baseline and the lack of successful outcomes in the current data.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

0.0%
Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
62
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1321
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
45.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18271793 PREDICTION OF AN OUTCOME OF A COLORECTAL CANCER SUBJECT Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17633922 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18972277 IN SITU NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS USING PROBE PAIR LIGATION Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
17790293 IN SITU RNA ANALYSIS USING PROBE PAIR LIGATION Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18069078 PHASE PROTECTIVE REAGENT FLOW ORDERING Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18696031 METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY BY USING DNA METHYLATION ABERRATION IN LINE-1 Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17924832 METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS HAVING EARLY BREAST CANCER Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
17927491 ANALYTE DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
17907791 BIOMARKER COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING DIFFUSE TYPE GASTRIC CANCER, AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF Non-Final OA AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18009945 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING CANCER AND/OR CIN3 Final Rejection UCL Business Ltd
18008953 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING USING AT LEAST ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
17921711 DETECTING MELANOMA Non-Final OA Exact Sciences Corporation
18718992 METHOD FOR DETECTING INTEGRATION SITE Non-Final OA NANJING GENSCRIPT BIOTECH CO., LTD.

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