Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

19.6%
Allow Rate
-40.4% vs TC avg
825
Total Applications
+21.0%
Interview Lift
1584
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 746 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.0%
§101 Eligibility
5.6%
§102 Novelty
38.6%
§103 Obviousness
32.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17511353 DETECTING MATERIALS IN A MIXTURE USING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
17439063 CRISPR EFFECTOR SYSTEM BASED MULTIPLEX DIAGNOSTICS Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17419641 DNA METHYLATION BASED ESTIMATOR OF TELOMERE LENGTH Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17416510 Optimizing Detection of Transplant Injury by Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17352162 SENSITIVE AND MULTIPLEXED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS FOR LARGE SCALE SEROLOGICAL TESTING Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
19236732 METHODS, COMPOSITONS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION Final Rejection Stellaromics, Inc.
18193886 EPOXIDES FOR MULTIMODAL DETECTION OF BIOMOLECULES Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
19087021 METHODS, KITS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SPATIAL DETECTION OF GENETIC VARIANTS Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
19019374 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18344339 METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18313251 ANALYSIS OF ANTIGEN AND ANTIGEN RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18165226 METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17877664 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS USING NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND BLOCKING SEQUENCES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17165808 PROBES AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17780833 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASURING APPARATUS, NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASURING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
14904170 DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BY PTO CLEAVAGE AND EXTENSION-DEPENDENT IMMOBILIZED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE HYBRIDIZATION Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
17171629 ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING USING MICRODROPLETS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17151058 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SINGLE CELL SECRETOMICS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17428475 METHODS FOR CANCER SCREENING AND MONITORING BY CANCER MASTER REGULATORS MARKERS IN LIQUID BIOPSY Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18020915 AMINO-MODIFIED CHIP, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection GeneMind Biosciences Co., Ltd.
18873220 NUCLEIC ACID AND GENE SYNTHESIS Final Rejection NunaBio Limited
18915941 PROXIMITY DETECTION OF BIOMOLECULE INTERACTIONS Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18309128 MANIPULATING AND DETECTING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18157170 SEQUENCING COMPLEMENTARY POLYNUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18050688 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
16646598 SINGLE-MOLECULE PHENOTYPING AND SEQUENCING OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18530606 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING PHASING ERRORS WHEN SEQUENCING NUCLEICACIDS USING TERMINATION CHEMISTRY Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17932816 NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION CHIP AND THE METHOD AND DETECTION EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME Non-Final OA NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
18019375 NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE Final Rejection THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
16279203 DETECTION OF MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.

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