Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LUSI, ELLIS FOLLETT

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1677

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
96
Total Applications
+52.2%
Interview Lift
1424
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 63 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.5%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
33.7%
§103 Obviousness
29.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18029606 HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD FOR LP(A)-CHOLESTEROL QUANTITATION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18173002 ASSAYS AND REAGENTS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF MHCI PEPTIDE BINDING Non-Final OA GENENTECH, INC.
17389675 REAGENT KIT, MEASUREMENT KIT, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17782742 COMPANION DIAGNOSTICS FOR COMPLEMENT INHIBITORS Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17025664 HANDHELD SENSOR FOR RAPID, SENSITIVE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SARS-CoV-2 FROM SALIVA Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
17966435 INSULIN DETECTION METHOD AND INSULIN DETECTION KIT Final Rejection TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18247945 GDF3 AS BIOMARKER AND BIOTARGET IN POST-ISCHEMIC CARDIAC REMODELING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ
18061672 PLASMON-ENHANCED FLUORO-DOT ASSAYS Non-Final OA Washington University
16890372 LATERAL FLOW ASSAY AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HIGH CONCENTRATION ANALYTES Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17052569 POINT OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS BASED ON A CHANGE IN PARTICLE MOTION BEHAVIOR Final Rejection THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
17426563 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST KIT FOR EXTRACTING AND MEASURING SUGAR CHAIN ANTIGENS, CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING ANALYTE DEVELOPMENT Non-Final OA Denka Company Limited
18042730 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS Non-Final OA New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled, maintaining the Hospital for Special
17263667 METHODS FOR DEPLETION AND ENRICHMENT Non-Final OA Veravas, Inc.
17928188 MACHINE READABLE DIAGNOSTIC TEST DEVICES AND METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MAKE AND/OR PROCESS THE SAME Non-Final OA Abbott Rapid Diagnostics International Unlimited Company
17794750 DETECTING GUT BARRIER DYSFUNCTION AND/OR CIRRHOSIS Final Rejection MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH LIMITED
17598612 IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND IMMUNOASSAY METHOD Non-Final OA INVITROS CO., LTD.
17440677 APPARATUS, METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION OF VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR AND FACTOR VIII Non-Final OA INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

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