Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SALMON, KATHERINE D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.6%
Allow Rate
-17.4% vs TC avg
885
Total Applications
+38.0%
Interview Lift
1470
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 787 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
51.3%
§103 Obviousness
15.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17489677 METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE THE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF DNA METHYLATION PARTITIONING ASSAYS Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18174491 BREAST CANCER-RESPONSE PREDICTION SUBTYPES Non-Final OA The Regents of The University of California
18261091 LAYERED ANALYSIS OF METHYLATED BIOMARKERS FOR USE IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
16848989 NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS BY SEQUENCING 5-HYDROXYMETHYLATED CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18023598 PREDICTION OF A RESPONSE OF A PROSTATE CANCER SUBJECT TO THERAPY OR PERSONALIZATION OF THERAPY OF A PROSTATE CANCER SUBJECT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18381126 Markers of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
17984444 SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS) BIOSENSOR FOR DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CANCER WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY Non-Final OA Korea University Research and Business Foundation
18009013 METHODS OF DETECTING METHYLATED CpG Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17634217 METHOD FOR ALTERING THERAPY OF ADVANCED NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PATIENTS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF ctDNA Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
19180820 CUSTOMIZED ASSAYS FOR PERSONALIZED CANCER MONITORING Non-Final OA Personalis, Inc.
18557747 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHIMERIC AMPLICON FORMATION Non-Final OA William Marsh Rice University
18463282 USE OF SDHA AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN UVEAL MELANOMA Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18977532 METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION OF TREATMENT RESPONSE AND PROGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA EG BIOMED CO., LTD.
18261874 METHODS FOR DETECTING utDNA Non-Final OA Washington University
18894793 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TARGETS FOR PRECISION CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Tampere University Foundation Sr
18540517 BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIATION OF MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17887727 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ONCOLOGY PRECISION ASSAYS Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17250610 REAGENTS, MIXTURES, KITS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17690817 B CELL-ENRICHED TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Cornell University
18013368 IDENTIFICATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE (ER+) BREAST CANCERS THAT WILL NOT DEVELOP TAMOXIFEN RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
16309271 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID MUTATIONS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
18269171 SELECTIVE LYSIS OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17914050 BIOMARKER PANELS FOR STRATIFICATION OF RESPONSE TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE IN CANCER Final Rejection CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
17596758 DETECTION OF RELB ACTIVATION FOR PREDICTING A PROGNOSTIC IN B-CELL LYMPHOMA Final Rejection INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
18015989 Methods for Classifying Cancer Non-Final OA Kingston Health Sciences Centre
18339106 USE OF CIRCULATING CELL-FREE RNA FOR DIAGNOSIS AND/OR MONITORING CANCER Non-Final OA Liquid Genomics, Inc.
18267732 Method for Evaluating Adapter Ligation Efficiency in Sequencing of DNA Sample Non-Final OA GENODIVE PHARMA INC.
17795848 COMPOSITION USING CPG METHYLATION CHANGES IN SPECIFIC GENES TO DIAGNOSE BLADDER CANCER, AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection GENCURIX INC.
18013178 METHOD FOR DETECTING COLORECTAL CANCER Non-Final OA ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS MAASTRICHT
18027425 METHOD OF PREDICTING CANCER RECURRENCE USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC PANEL Non-Final OA IMB Dx, Inc.

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