Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: POHNERT, STEVEN C

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1655 1683

This examiner grants 12% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

12.2%
Allow Rate
-47.8% vs TC avg
960
Total Applications
+18.7%
Interview Lift
1534
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 869 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.5%
§102 Novelty
31.4%
§103 Obviousness
35.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18257233 Determining the Quantity and Quality of a DNA Library Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17268941 DNA AMPLIFICATION METHOD FOR PROBE GENERATION Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
16927641 Aldehyde Tags, Uses Thereof in Site-Specific Protein Modification Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18410439 MULTIPLEXED IMAGING USING MERFISH, EXPANSION MICROSCOPY, AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
17289889 NUCLEIC ACID-BASED BARCODING Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17525336 Synaptojanin 2 (SYNJ2) Variants And Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18357850 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AMPLIFYING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
17147151 METHODS OF DETECTING PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR AND OF DETECTING AN EXPRESSION LEVEL Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
18343108 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIGHT-CONTROLLED SURFACE PATTERNING USING PHOTOMASKS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18120024 CONCATEMERIC DETECTABLE PROBES AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18021625 PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA SIGNATURES AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
17513640 PREDICTING BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18758066 PROTECTING FULLY FUNCTIONAL NUCLEOTIDES FROM DEGRADATION Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18507414 DESIGNING PROBES FOR DEPLETING ABUNDANT TRANSCRIPTS Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18476031 MESOPHILIC COMPOSITIONS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18476151 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING COMPONENTS INCLUDING A GLYCOLIPID BI-LAYER Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18063581 PARALLEL SAMPLE AND INDEX SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18192147 METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPLEX, METHOD FOR DETERMINING MICROBIAL INCLUSION, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INCLUDED MICROORGANISM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18745908 Method and System of Augmenting Cancer Therapy Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
18040066 Characterising Macrophages and Methods Thereof Final Rejection Agency for Science, Technology and Research
18803758 Event-Based Sequencing of Nucleic Acids in Real Time Final Rejection Stream Genomics, Inc.
18272260 PROGNOSTIC METHODS FOR PLATINUM-BASED CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA The Jackson Laboratory
18035319 MODIFIED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES TARGETING SPLICING FACTORS Final Rejection The Jackson Laboratory
17820559 METHOD FOR IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION USING AN IMMOBILIZED RESTRICTION ENZYME Final Rejection CureVac AG

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