Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SWITZER, JULIET CAROLINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.7%
Allow Rate
-18.3% vs TC avg
544
Total Applications
+53.0%
Interview Lift
1416
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.7%
§101 Eligibility
17.9%
§102 Novelty
23.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17280746 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL SAMPLES BY RAPID INCUBATION AND NUCLEIC ACID ENRICHMENT Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18210213 METHODS OF DETECTING SIGNATURES OF DISEASE OR CONDITIONS IN BODILY FLUIDS Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17482765 Method of Determining Secondary Structure of a Nucleic Acid Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18029087 Primers, Probes and Kits for Multiplex Detection of Respiratory Pathogen Target Nucleic Acids, and Methods of Use Thereof Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18037361 SENSITIVE QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF SARS-CoV-2 USING DIGITAL WARM-START CRISPR ASSAY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
17675589 BIOMARKER COMPOSITION, DIAGNOSTIC KIT, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION Non-Final OA KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18245048 METHODS OF PATHOGEN IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17336180 BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING RISK OF ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18251277 DIGITAL CRISPR-BASED METHOD FOR THE RAPID DETECTION AND ABSOLUTE QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
17590986 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASIAS AND/OR METAPLASIAS IN THE ESOPHAGUS Non-Final OA Case Western Reserve University
17904568 METHODS FOR DETECTING NTRK GENE FUSION USING RNA IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION Non-Final OA THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
17760868 METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENT MONITORING OF ADNP-DEFICIENT PATIENTS Non-Final OA RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
18467927 METHODS OF SPECIFICALLY LABELING NUCLEIC ACIDS USING CRISPR/CAS Non-Final OA Drexel University
18007114 POLYNUCLEOTIDE, POLYNUCLEOTIDE SET, METHOD FOR DETECTING PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS, METHOD FOR ASSESSING PERIODONTAL DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY, PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS DETECTION KIT, AND PERIODONTAL DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT KIT Non-Final OA MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
17783997 ENHANCED DISEASE RESISTANCE OF MAIZE TO NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT BY A QTL ON CHROMOSOME 4 Final Rejection KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
18042434 LAMP DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 IN SALIVA FOR THE RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 Non-Final OA CITY OF HOPE
18267743 METHOD FOR IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF MUCOSITIS IN CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANTITUMOR THERAPY Non-Final OA ISTITUTI FISIOTERAPICI OSPITALIERI
18163936 TARGET RNA DETECTION METHOD BASED ON DCAS9/GRNA COMPLEX Final Rejection BIONANO HEALTH GUARD RESEARCH CENTER
18111996 DETECTION OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS Final Rejection The University of Liverpool
18359920 HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC AND MODULAR EXTRAGENIC (H.P.M.E.) MARKERS WITHIN SPECIFIC TAXA OF MICROORGANISMS AND USE THEREOF FOR THEIR DIFFERENTIATION, IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA MICROBION S.R.L.
17906315 7-Gene Prognostic and Predictive Assay for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Formalin Fixed and Paraffin Embedded Samples Non-Final OA West Virginia University
18035239 USE OF TORQUE TENO VIRUS (TTV) AS A MARKER TO DETERMINE THE PROLIFERATIVE CAPACITY OF T LYMPHOCYTES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
18148039 METHODS FOR DETECTING RNA TRANSLATION Final Rejection Eclipse Bioinnovations, Inc.
18193073 Methods for Salmonella Serovar Analysis and Differentiation Non-Final OA PathogenDx, Inc.
18041495 KIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI EPIPROBE BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18106394 METHODS OF DETECTING TRICHOMONAS TENAX Non-Final OA Adtalem Global Education Inc.
18101052 Differential Methylation Level of CpG Loci That Are Determinative of a Biochemical Reoccurrence of Prostate Cancer Final Rejection Board of Directors of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18015912 METHODS FOR DETECTING LIVER CANCER Non-Final OA New Day Diagnostics LLC
18149681 PRIMER PAIR FOR IDENTIFYING GENE SEGMENT OF MALE-SPECIFIC MOLECULAR MARKER OF AMERICAN SHAD AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Suzhou Fishseeds Bio-Technology Co., Ltd.
18093092 Composition and method for predicting preterm birth using microbiome analysis of vaginal fluid of pregnant women Final Rejection EWHA University Industry Collaboration Foundation

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