Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VANN-OJUEKAIYE, KENDRA RAYCHELL

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1682 1693

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

%
Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
69
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17922930 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ORGAN HEALTH AND DISEASE Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
18269593 METHODS FOR ANALYTE CAPTURE DETERMINATION Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17923007 SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMIC TRANSFER MODES Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17877760 ONE STEP IN SITU ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION ASSAY Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17724977 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF RNA QUALITY Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17620077 DIGITAL PCR MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
17687276 SINGLE-CELL LEVEL CONNECTOMICS USING A DNA-SYNTHESIS BASED BARCODING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection Northwestern University
17413802 TILED ASSAYS USING CRISPR-CAS BASED DETECTION Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18296915 TRANSMEMBRANE SENSORS AND MOLECULAR AMPLIFIERS FOR LYSIS-FREE DETECTION OF INTRACELLULAR TARGETS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17908279 PREDICTION OF RADIOTHERAPY RESPONSE FOR PROSTATE CANCER SUBJECT BASED ON T-CELL RECEPTOR SIGNALING GENES Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18044289 IMPROVED HIGH EFFICIENCY TARGETED IN SITU GENOME-WIDE PROFILING Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17995058 Methods, Compositions, and Kits for Identifying Regions of Genomic DNA Bound to a Protein Final Rejection The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
17486936 METHODS FOR MODIFYING TRANSLATION Final Rejection RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD.
17775932 Methods and Kits using Internal Standards to Control for Complexity of Next Generation Sequencing(NGS) Libraries Final Rejection The University of Toledo
17612635 METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING AND DETECTING RIBONUCLEIC ACID (RNA) FRAGMENTS Final Rejection ACADEMIA SINICA
17556774 Rehydration Buffer Solutions and Methods Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18037693 ASSESSING RISK FOR COLORECTAL ADENOMA RECURRENCE BY NONINVASIVE MEANS Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18250899 PROGNOSTIC GENE SIGNATURE AND METHOD FOR DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT Non-Final OA The Children’s Mercy Hospital
17925297 Methods, Systems, and Compositions for the Analysis of Cell-Free Nucleic Acids Non-Final OA Sequenom, Inc.
18046896 DNA RECOMBINASE MEDIATED ASSEMBLY OF DNA LONG ADAPTER SINGLE STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE (LASSO) PROBES Final Rejection Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
17859770 PAIRED-END SEQUENCING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17778598 SMALL UNANNOTATED, NON-CODING RNAS FOR THE DETECTION OF LIVER CANCER Final Rejection Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
18073397 3 FLAP OKAZAKI FRAGMENTS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA City of Hope
17806238 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION OR MANAGEMENT IN COMPANION ANIMALS Non-Final OA Zoetis Services LLC
17561408 MOLECULAR SUBTYPING, PROGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF BLADDER CANCER Final Rejection The University of British Columbia
18010873 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN SITU SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS USING ENZYMATIC NUCLEIC ACID EXTENSION Final Rejection Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc.
18253272 DETECTING METHYLATION CHANGES IN DNA SAMPLES USING RESTRICTION ENZYMES AND HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING Non-Final OA NUCLEIX LTD.
17998113 METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS AND A KIT THEREOF Final Rejection ADVANCED CELL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
18486005 SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Karius, Inc.
18334327 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PERFORMING A DETECTION ASSAY Non-Final OA Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.

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