Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PRIEST, AARON A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
826
Total Applications
+26.0%
Interview Lift
1163
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 797 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
12.3%
§102 Novelty
47.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17020041 DIGITAL ANALYTE ANALYSIS Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
17997696 QUANTITATIVE BLOCKER DISPLACEMENT AMPLIFICATION (QBDA) SEQUENCING FOR CALIBRATION-FREE AND MULTIPLEXED VARIANT ALLELE FREQUENCY QUANTITATION Non-Final OA William Marsh Rice University
18217575 DIAGNOSTIC USE OF CELL FREE DNA CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION Final Rejection YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
17305239 WORKFLOW FOR DETECTION OF LIGANDS USING NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18227224 METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL PLOIDY CALLING Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
18227219 METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL PLOIDY CALLING Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
18465952 METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
18450006 SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAID ANALYSIS Final Rejection ON-CHIP BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18023177 METHOD OF ASSESSING THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF A SUBJECT AND/OR ASSESSING AND PREDICTING THE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE OF SAID SUBJECT Non-Final OA MOREIRA BORRALHO RELÓGIO, Angela
18018398 DNA-METHYLATION-BASED QUALITY CONTROL OF THE ORIGIN OF ORGANISMS Final Rejection DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS
18146051 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACIDS USING INCREASED IFRET WITH MULTIPLE ACCEPTOR FLUOROPHORES Non-Final OA Co-Diagnostics, Inc.
17819610 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection CENTRILLION TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS CORPORATION

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