Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LU, FRANK WEI MIN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1683

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.6%
Allow Rate
+2.6% vs TC avg
763
Total Applications
+67.6%
Interview Lift
1498
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 704 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
24.3%
§103 Obviousness
52.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16739866 FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CANCER CELLS Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
19344246 METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems Inc.
18132298 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LIGATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17812075 METHODS FOR SAMPLE TRANSFER FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18074369 METHOD OF MAPPING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF CELLULAR COMPONENTS Final Rejection CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17297859 TARGETED ENRICHMENT BY ENDONUCLEASE PROTECTION Final Rejection KEYGENE N.V.
17821449 MEASUREMENT OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION USING REAGENTS WITH BARCODED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17207040 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ARRHYTHMIAS Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
17905724 MAGNETIC SENSOR ARRAYS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEM Final Rejection Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17344535 METHODS FOR PURIFICATION OF MESSENGER RNA Non-Final OA Translate Bio, Inc.
17917826 RESPONSIVE, CATALYTIC NUCLEIC NANOSTRUCTURES Final Rejection Agency for Science, Technology and Research
17636582 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFICATION OF STR LOCI Final Rejection QIAGEN GMBH
13703309 METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF TARGET CELLS OR TISSUE FOR EXTRACTION OF BIOMOLECULES FROM FIXED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Final Rejection QIAGEN GMBH
18059370 METHODS OF CAPTURING CELL-FREE METHYLATED DNA AND USES OF SAME Non-Final OA Sinai Health System
17564592 METHOD AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING DISTINGUISHABLE POLYMERASES FOR DETECTING TERNARY COMPLEXES AND IDENTIFYING COGNATE NUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection ILLUMNA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED

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