Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

19.5%
Allow Rate
-40.5% vs TC avg
820
Total Applications
+21.1%
Interview Lift
1998
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 743 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.4%
§102 Novelty
20.2%
§103 Obviousness
45.8%
§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
17773535 METHODS FOR DETECTING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17419641 DNA METHYLATION BASED ESTIMATOR OF TELOMERE LENGTH Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
19330958 COMPOSITION AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE (5-hmC) Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
16713657 COMPOSITION AND METHODS RELATED TO MODIFICATION OF 5 HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE (5-hmC) Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
18915941 PROXIMITY DETECTION OF BIOMOLECULE INTERACTIONS 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.
19087021 METHODS, KITS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SPATIAL DETECTION OF GENETIC VARIANTS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
19019374 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18745320 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR MULTIPLE BARCODING AND/OR HIGH-DENSITY SPATIAL BARCODING Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18344339 METHODS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18342948 METHOD OF GENERATING ARRAYS USING MICROFLUIDICS AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18196333 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN SITU SEQUENCING Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18174357 METHODS OF RELEASING AN EXTENDED CAPTURE PROBE FROM A SUBSTRATE AND USES OF THE SAME Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17877664 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS USING NUCLEIC ACID PROBES AND BLOCKING SEQUENCES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17852250 PRIMER EXCHANGE REACTION IN A MATRIX-EMBEDDED SAMPLE Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17165808 PROBES AND METHODS OF USING SAME Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17352162 SENSITIVE AND MULTIPLEXED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS FOR LARGE SCALE SEROLOGICAL TESTING Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
15713597 RECORDING AND MAPPING LINEAGE INFORMATION AND MOLECULAR EVENTS IN INDIVIDUAL CELLS 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
18315022 MOLECULAR TAGGING SYSTEM WITH NANOPORE-ORTHOGONAL DNA BARCODES Final Rejection University of Washington
17344792 METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLY(A) NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA QIAGEN GmbH
19177742 METHOD FOR GENERATING PROBES ON CARRIER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE IN SAMPLE Final Rejection SHENZHEN SALUS BIOMED CO., LTD
18972277 IN SITU NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS USING PROBE PAIR LIGATION Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18449422 SURFACE-BASED DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID IN A CONVECTION FLOW FLUIDIC DEVICE Final Rejection William Marsh Rice University
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.

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