Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KENNEDY, SARAH JANE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1682

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

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
17761040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF A POOR PROGNOSIS SUBTYPE OF COLORECTAL CANCER Final Rejection DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17639532 RAPID PREDICTION OF DRUG RESPONSIVENESS Final Rejection DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
17633922 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18069078 PHASE PROTECTIVE REAGENT FLOW ORDERING Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18271793 PREDICTION OF AN OUTCOME OF A COLORECTAL CANCER SUBJECT Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
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
18651023 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID CAPTURE Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
17924832 METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS HAVING EARLY BREAST CANCER Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
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
18008953 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING USING AT LEAST ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18009945 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING CANCER AND/OR CIN3 Final Rejection UCL Business Ltd

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