Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SALMON, KATHERINE D

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.4%
Allow Rate
-17.6% vs TC avg
881
Total Applications
+38.0%
Interview Lift
1451
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 776 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
27.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18568366 DETECTING METHYLCYTOSINE USING A MODIFIED BASE OPPOSITE TO THE METHYLCYTOSINE Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17185730 KITS FOR GENOTYPING Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
18050855 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING PATIENT MONITORING AFTER SURGERY Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
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
18563676 LINKED AMPLIFICATION TETHERED WITH EXPONENTIAL RADIANCE Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17924765 METHODS OF DETECTING THE EFFICACY OF ANTICANCER AGENTS Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18152346 Triggering Receptor Expressed On Myeloid Cells 2 (TREM2) Variants And Uses Thereof Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18381126 Markers of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and Uses Thereof Final Rejection Vanderbilt University
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.
18463282 USE OF SDHA AS A PROGNOSTIC MARKER AND THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN UVEAL MELANOMA Final Rejection Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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
17613892 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MULTIPLE-PARAMETER SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS USING SPECTRALLY ENCODED MICROBEADS Final Rejection 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.
18557747 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHIMERIC AMPLICON FORMATION Non-Final OA William Marsh Rice University
18261874 METHODS FOR DETECTING utDNA Non-Final OA Washington University
16309271 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID MUTATIONS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
17810823 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING COLORECTAL CANCER BY DETECTING INTRAGENIC METHYLATION Final Rejection Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
18977532 METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION OF TREATMENT RESPONSE AND PROGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER Non-Final OA EG BIOMED CO., LTD.
17997490 METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION OF TREATMENT RESPONSE AND PROGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER Non-Final OA EG BIOMED CO., LTD.
18562953 An Isothermal Diagnostic Test that Utilizes a Cas Protein and a Polymerase Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
18009013 METHODS OF DETECTING METHYLATED CpG Final Rejection Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17587963 DETECTING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF CANCER Final Rejection Exact Sciences Corporation
18894793 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TARGETS FOR PRECISION CANCER THERAPY Non-Final OA Tampere University Foundation Sr
18269171 SELECTIVE LYSIS OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18153615 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CANDIDA AURIS Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17961200 MULTIPLEX PCR DETECTION OF ALK, RET, AND ROS FUSIONS Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18540517 BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND DIFFERENTIATION OF MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
17816214 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING IMMUNE RESPONSE Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation

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