Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

19.7%
Allow Rate
-40.3% vs TC avg
785
Total Applications
+20.6%
Interview Lift
1587
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 747 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.2%
§102 Novelty
21.6%
§103 Obviousness
42.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18448941 SELECTIVE DEGRADATION OF WILD-TYPE DNA AND ENRICHMENT OF MUTANT ALLELES USING NUCLEASE Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18652258 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC.
18915941 PROXIMITY DETECTION OF BIOMOLECULE INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
19019374 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18342948 METHOD OF GENERATING ARRAYS USING MICROFLUIDICS AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17852250 PRIMER EXCHANGE REACTION IN A MATRIX-EMBEDDED SAMPLE Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17776769 GENERATING CAPTURE PROBES FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
16770889 MULTIPLEX LABELING OF MOLECULES BY SEQUENTIAL HYBRIDIZATION BARCODING WITH RAPID SWITCHING AND REHYBRIDIZATION OF PROBES Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17171629 ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING USING MICRODROPLETS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17511353 DETECTING MATERIALS IN A MIXTURE USING OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
17780833 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASURING APPARATUS, NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASURING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18530606 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING PHASING ERRORS WHEN SEQUENCING NUCLEICACIDS USING TERMINATION CHEMISTRY Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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