Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1653 1758 1772 1797 1798

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-7.5% vs TC avg
837
Total Applications
+48.5%
Interview Lift
1139
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 817 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
31.3%
§102 Novelty
44.7%
§103 Obviousness
15.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18286682 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR DETECTING MISFOLDED POLYPEPTIDES Non-Final OA Regents of the University of Minnesota
18252813 REFINED USES OF GABA A RECEPTOR MODULATORS IN TREATMENT OF FRAGILE X SYNDROME Non-Final OA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
18056601 AUTOMATED ANALYTICAL SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17996815 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PLASMONIC PARTICLE-ASSISTED ELISA TEST Non-Final OA NICOYA LIFESCIENCES INC.
17921952 DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
18356491 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF VARIOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA VOCNomics, LLC
17793629 CHOLESTEROL ASSAYS FOR QUANTIFYING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES Non-Final OA LONZA SALES AG
17555236 ASSAYS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Mammoth Biosciences, Inc.
18249091 Method for Correction for Sample Volume Non-Final OA BioMEMS Diagnostics, Inc.
17907334 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF VIRUSES BY XRF Final Rejection SECURITY MATTERS LTD.
18009435 SALIVA TREATMENT DEVICES Non-Final OA SALIGNOSTICS LTD.
17924844 A POINT OF CARE DEVICE Non-Final OA Abacuslabs Ltd.
17787052 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING FATTY ACIDS Non-Final OA Nutrasource Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Services Inc.

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