Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1671 1682

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

42.4%
Allow Rate
-17.6% vs TC avg
558
Total Applications
+53.8%
Interview Lift
1360
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 512 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.2%
§102 Novelty
22.3%
§103 Obviousness
32.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18411722 SUBTYPING PROSTATE CANCER TO PREDICT RESPONSE TO HORMONE THERAPY Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18210213 METHODS OF DETECTING SIGNATURES OF DISEASE OR CONDITIONS IN BODILY FLUIDS Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
18288765 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS AND PROGRESSION TO ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18303229 Rare Variants In Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) And Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells (HPC) Associated With Somatic Alterations Of The Blood Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17783997 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 Non-Final OA KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18606338 Methods of Using Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA to Distinguish Acute Rejection and Other Conditions in Liver Transplant Recipients Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18251536 RAPID IDENTIFICATION AND TYPING OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17904568 METHODS FOR DETECTING NTRK GENE FUSION USING RNA IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION Final Rejection THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
17720005 Methods and Systems for Labelling Nucleic Acids Non-Final OA IMEC VZW
17641650 NOVEL GENETIC MARKERS FOR POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THE SAME Final Rejection THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
18042434 LAMP DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 IN SALIVA FOR THE RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 Final Rejection CITY OF HOPE
18550083 METHODS FOR USING A HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT TO TREAT DISEASES AND DISORDERS BASED ON GENE MUTATION PROFILES Non-Final OA Celgene Corporation

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