Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: PRIEST, AARON A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681 1682

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.1%
Allow Rate
+1.1% vs TC avg
836
Total Applications
+25.7%
Interview Lift
1165
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 802 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
22.1%
§102 Novelty
33.0%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17781469 METHOD OF CHARACTERISING A TARGET POLYPEPTIDE USING A NANOPORE Final Rejection Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
18594566 SOLID STATE SINGLE CELL METHOD FOR ANALYZING FIXED BIOLOGICAL CELLS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17798248 FIELD DEPLOYABLE CRISPR-CAS DIAGNOSTICS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17157872 COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR MOLECULAR COUNTING Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
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
18754715 METHODS FOR THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18620915 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES USING TETHERS ANCHORED TO POLYMERASES ADJACENT TO NANOPORES Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18356261 PREDICTION TOOL FOR JUDGING DRUG SENSITIVITY AND LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS OF LIVER CANCER BASED ON GENE DETECTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
17305239 WORKFLOW FOR DETECTION OF LIGANDS USING NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18109795 EXPONENTIAL BASE-GREATER-THAN-BASE 2 NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION USING HIGH- AND LOW-Tm PRIMERS Non-Final OA Cepheid

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