Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SITTON, JEHANNE SOUAYA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.7%
Allow Rate
-7.3% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+47.6%
Interview Lift
1428
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 660 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

24.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
22.6%
§103 Obviousness
29.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17998051 LIQUID BIOPSY PLATFORM IN PLASMA AND SALIVA Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18329972 THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR IL-33-MEDIATED DISORDERS Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17596821 Diagnostics and Treatments Based Upon Molecular Characterization of Colorectal Cancer Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17813193 ncRNA AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18025365 METHODS OF DETECTING AN INACTIVATING MUTATION OF PBRM1 IN MENINGIOMA Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
18534101 IMPROVED METHODS TO DIAGNOSE HEAD AND NECK CANCER AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17301187 BIOMARKERS FOR ASSESSING IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS Non-Final OA University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18631414 METHODS FOR PREDICTING RISK OF INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
17416988 BIOMARKERS, AND USES IN TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS, INFLAMMATIONS, OR CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
18538995 TISSUE-SPECIFIC METHYLATION MARKER Final Rejection GRAIL, LLC
16921287 METHODS OF PREDICTING PREDISPOSITION TO OR RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE Non-Final OA Wake Forest University Health Sciences
17325839 RAPID DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM USING TARGETED ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CAPPED PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA University of Maryland, Baltimore County
16864125 FRATAXIN-SENSITIVE MARKERS FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS OF FRATAXIN REPLACEMENT THERAPY Final Rejection Larimar Therapeutics, Inc.
16760522 CANCER DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, PROGNOSTICATION, THERAPY PREDICTION AND THERAPY MONITORING USING METHYLOME ANALYSIS Final Rejection SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM
17237789 QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF MICRO-RNAS Final Rejection GENFIT
18160366 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DIAGNOSING AND TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE AND SEIZURES Non-Final OA MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
18351274 PREDICTING PEPTIDE RECEPTOR RADIOTHERAPY USING A GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY Final Rejection Liquid Biopsy Research LLC
16990572 DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS OF POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION RISK Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
16562861 DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC LIQUID BIOPSY BIOMARKERS FOR ASTHMA Non-Final OA University of Sharjah
18030515 COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING COLORECTAL CANCER, RECTAL CANCER OR COLORECTAL ADENOMA BY USING CPG METHYLATION CHANGE OF LINC01798 GENE, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA GENCURIX INC.
18247840 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING STROKE UTILIZING GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURES Non-Final OA Ischemia Care LLC
18004030 METHYLATED MARKERS FOR ACCURATE DETECTION OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SYSTEMIC DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA Non-Final OA RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY
18014053 IMMUNE PROFILING AND METHODS OF USING SAME TO PREDICT RESPONSIVENESS TO AN IMMUNOTHERAPY AND TREAT CANCER Non-Final OA GoPath Laboratories LLC
18088405 METHOD FOR SORTING COLORECTAL CANCER AND ADVANCED ADENOMA AND USE OF THE SAME Non-Final OA INOGENIX Inc.
17290061 Bispecific CD123 x CD3 Diabodies for the Treatment of Hematologic Malignancies Non-Final OA Nottingham Trent University
18008100 COMBINATION OF GENE MARKERS AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA CREATIVE, BIOSCIENCES (GUANGZHOU)CO., LTD.
17996267 FMT PERFORMANCE PREDICTION TEST TO GUIDE AND OPTIMIZE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF GVHD PATIENTS Non-Final OA MaaT PHARMA
16284963 PROSTATE CANCER ASSOCIATED CIRCULATING NUCLEIC ACID BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA CHRONIX BIOMEDICAL
17929881 CANCER BIOMARKERS AND CLASSIFIERS AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection Veracyte SD, Inc.
17773273 METHODS OF ANALYZING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Final Rejection Wallac Oy

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