Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1683

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.3%
Allow Rate
+3.3% vs TC avg
79
Total Applications
+51.1%
Interview Lift
1490
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.0%
§101 Eligibility
9.0%
§102 Novelty
29.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17915167 METHODS OF PROFILING TRANSLATION RATE Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17798506 IMAGING AND SEQUENCING PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS IN SINGLE CELLS USING INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDICS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17853256 METHODS FOR ANALYZING SPATIAL LOCATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
19240318 NEOANTIGEN IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection Gradalis, Inc.
17924640 METHOD FOR DETECTING PARKINSON'S DISEASE Final Rejection JUNTENDO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
17771772 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TREATING ESOPHAGEAL CANCER Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17535204 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENE AMPLIFICATION Final Rejection AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
17767784 USE OF SIMULTANEOUS MARKER DETECTION FOR ASSESSING DIFUSE GLIOMA AND RESPONSIVENESS TO TREATMENT Non-Final OA BioVentures, LLC
18332359 A MULTIPLEX CRISPR BASED ASSAY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
17923700 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH-FIDELITY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL LONG AND ULTRALONG NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Non-Final OA Northeastern University
18107877 Methods and Systems for Detecting Methylation of Fragile X Non-Final OA Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
17560724 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH BACTERIAL AND CANDIDA VAGINOSIS Non-Final OA Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17527997 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEQUENCING Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17631908 METHOD FOR SCREENING A SUBJECT FOR A CANCER Final Rejection Université de Montpellier
17770974 PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION METHODS Final Rejection Cancer Research Technology Limited
18361797 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS Non-Final OA GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
18289869 ENDOCRINE TREATMENT OF HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER TYPED AS HAVING A LOW RISK OF RECURRENCE Non-Final OA Agendia N.V.
17629895 COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF DNA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
17863808 METHOD FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY SEQUENCING SENSE STRAND AND ANTISENSE STRAND OF DNA Non-Final OA MGI TECH CO., LTD.
17767788 IMMUNE CELL QUANTIFICATION Final Rejection ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC)
18247806 ONE OR MORE KINDS OF HLA GENE PRIMERS Non-Final OA H.U. Group Research Institute G.K.
17762281 SOLUBLE MEDIATORS FOR PREDICTING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ACTIVITY EVENTS Final Rejection Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
17904394 METHODS OF BARCODING NUCLEIC ACID FOR DETECTION AND SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
17957643 SEQUENCING OF VIRAL DNA FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RELAPSE Final Rejection GRAIL, Inc.
17458194 Sample Validation for Cancer Classification Final Rejection GRAIL, Inc.
18054676 CELL-FREE DNA SIZE DETECTION Non-Final OA AccuraGen Holdings Limited
17995855 ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES FOR THE DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND PROGNOSIS OF CANCER Non-Final OA SunnyBay BioTech, Inc.
17634124 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER Final Rejection Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
17680931 Gene Expression Inflammatory Age and Its Uses Non-Final OA Edifice Health, Inc,
17621552 METHOD AND GENETIC SIGNATURE FOR DETECTING INCREASED TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN Non-Final OA Biocartis NV

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