Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KOVACH, KARA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1681 1683

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+40.0% vs TC avg
16
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18340240 MULTI-SPECIES REFERENCE LADDER AND MULTI-PLEX PCR KIT AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
18324885 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE ACTIVITY BY DIGITAL ASSAY Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
18278864 MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18354652 COMPOSITE PRIMER SET AND KIT FOR IDENTIFYING POLYMORPHIC MARKERS OF CATTLE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Non-Final OA Fudan University
18340699 INFERRING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ACTIVITY FROM DNA METHYLATION AND ITS APPLICATION AS A BIOMARKER Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
18341277 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN FISH SPECIES Non-Final OA The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
18054982 METHODS FOR LIGATION-COUPLED-PCR Non-Final OA Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
18552083 METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING TARGET GENE HAVING SPECIFIC GC CONTENT Non-Final OA Toho University
18549736 AMPLIFICATION PRIMER KIT, A METHOD FOR DETECTING A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED BACTERIAL INFECTION, AND A KIT FOR DETECTING THE INFECTION Final Rejection GENOMTEC S.A.
18549884 CHEMICAL SAMPLE INDEXING FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA SINGLERON (NANJING) BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18204688 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS WITH PREAMPLIFICATION Final Rejection Saga Diagnostics AB
18326700 MARKERS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING HEATSTROKE Non-Final OA King Abdullah International Medical Research Center

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