Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1682

This examiner grants 5% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

4.8%
Allow Rate
-55.2% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
-5.9%
Interview Lift
1459
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.3%
§101 Eligibility
17.1%
§102 Novelty
31.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18173049 INTRA-INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS FOR PRESENCE OF HEALTH CONDITIONS Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17596916 METHOD FOR ASSESSING DIFFERENTIATION STATE OF CELLS AND GELATIN NANOPARTICLES Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18364849 COMPETITIVE METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AMPLIFYING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Singular Genomics Systems, Inc.
18038381 Targeted enrichment using nanopore selective sequencing Final Rejection KEYGENE N.V.
18246651 ELECTRIC FIELD AIDED SAMPLE PREPARATION Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18495414 ADRM1/RPN13 SPLICED VARIANT IN THE PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA Final Rejection The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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
17281157 TARGET CAPTURE AND BARCODING IN MONODISPERSE DROPLETS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.

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