Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1671 1682

This examiner grants 4% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

4.0%
Allow Rate
-56.0% vs TC avg
84
Total Applications
-5.0%
Interview Lift
1458
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 25 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.9%
§102 Novelty
33.8%
§103 Obviousness
26.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18702323 LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID-MODIFIED MOLECULAR BARCODE, REVERSE PRIMER, PRIMER SET, KIT, METHOD FOR INHIBITING NON-SPECIFIC AMPLIFICATION, AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18496492 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18365684 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE QUANTIFICATION Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17992772 METHOD OF DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17596916 METHOD FOR ASSESSING DIFFERENTIATION STATE OF CELLS AND GELATIN NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18033754 TRANSCRIPTOMICS WITH ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECORDING Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17770943 GENOME-SCALE IMAGING OF THE 3D ORGANIZATION AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY OF CHROMATIN Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18782100 LOCKED APTAMER HAIRPIN INTEGRATED HYBRIDIZATION CHAIN REACTION FOR RAPID, INSTRUMENT-FREE BIOMARKER DETECTION Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
17416399 RATIOMETRIC FLUORESCENCE CODING METHOD FOR MULTIPLEX NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18246651 ELECTRIC FIELD AIDED SAMPLE PREPARATION Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18001425 MOLECULAR MARKERS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS VIA MASS SPECTROMETRY Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17621295 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO POLLUTION Non-Final OA L’OREAL
18717367 METHOD FOR DETECTING MUTATION IN TARGET BASE SEQUENCE OF NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY INHIBITING AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID, AND KITS FOR PERFORMING SAME Non-Final OA NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD.
18033054 METHODS FOR TREATING A SUBJECT WITH LOCAL INVASIVE BREAST CANCER BASED ON PDGFRB LEVELS Final Rejection PRELUDE CORPORATION
17281157 TARGET CAPTURE AND BARCODING IN MONODISPERSE DROPLETS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18023261 IMMUNE GENE SIGNATURES IN MUSCLE INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.
17791706 TAP63 REGULATED ONCOGENIC LONG NON-CODING RNAS Final Rejection H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18412450 SEQUENCING CONTROLS Final Rejection Garvan Institute of Medical Research
17127159 SEQUENCING CONTROLS Final Rejection GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

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