Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WILDER, CYNTHIA B

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681 1683

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.7%
Allow Rate
+10.7% vs TC avg
940
Total Applications
+26.6%
Interview Lift
1130
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 891 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
16.3%
§102 Novelty
36.2%
§103 Obviousness
26.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18013788 A METHOD TO CALIBRATE NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARY SEEDING EFFICIENCY IN FLOWCELLS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
17618836 METHODS FOR SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18339116 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING METHYLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18055024 Multiplex End-Tagging Amplification of Nucleic Acids Non-Final OA President and Fellows of Harvard College
18468971 Methods for Microbial Identification in Clinical Specimens by Differential Ribosomal RNA Probe Hybridization Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18064196 Barcoded Solid Supports and Methods of Making and Using Same Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17941270 EXTRACELLULAR REPETITIVE RNA BIOMARKERS OF MUTANT KRAS CANCERS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18282467 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR IDENTIFYING MYELOMA STAGE AND DRUG SENSITIVITY AND TREATING MYELOMA Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
18282138 PREECLAMPSIA DIAGNOSIS Non-Final OA Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
18252711 ASSAYS, KITS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX-ASSOCIATED PATHOGENS Final Rejection PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17792812 METHOD FOR SURVEYING ECOSYSTEM IN WATER ENVIRONMENT BY USING ENVIRONMENTAL RNA Final Rejection Kao Corporation
17957386 SELECTIVE EXTENSION IN SINGLE CELL WHOLE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18492065 Methods of Nucleic Acid Sequencing Non-Final OA Illumina Cambridge Limited
17686083 METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR SMALL RNA CAPTURE, DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18267769 PREPARATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR SEQUENCING Non-Final OA GRAIL, LLC
18498328 METHODS OF MRNA POLY(A) TAIL LENGTH AND HETEROGENEITY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Waters Technologies Corporation
18162652 CRISPR-BASED ASSAY FOR DETECTING TB IN BODILY FLUIDS Non-Final OA The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
18561984 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING LUNG CANCER WITH METHYLATION BIOMARKER GENES AND RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC Non-Final OA Excellen Medical Technology Co., Ltd
18372695 METHOD FOR MEDIUM-THROUGHPUT MULTI-SINGLE-CELL REPRESENTATIVE DNA METHYLATION LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Guangzhou SequMed Biology Technology Co., Ltd.
18282760 Method and Kit for Identifying Bacteria that Cause Sepsis Non-Final OA Toho University
17905364 ANALYTIC METHOD AND KIT FOR DIAGNOSING RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE Final Rejection CHA UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18352722 Method and Kit of Detecting the Absence of Micro-Organisms Non-Final OA Momentum Bioscience Limited
18029415 NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Chang Gung University
17776997 Sensitive Detection Method for Undifferentiated Marker Genes Non-Final OA Eiken Kagaku Kabushiki Kaisha
18309753 DETECTING AN ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA 454 Corporation
18249131 METHODS AND KITS FOR NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION Non-Final OA PROTONDX LIMITED
18044377 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING PATHOGENS Non-Final OA SNAPDNA
18171810 AMPLIFICATION PRIMER DESIGN AND LIGATION METHOD FOR DNA MOLECULES Non-Final OA BGI TECH SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
17914933 METHODS FOR PRECISE AND BIAS-FREE QUANTIFICATION OF CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA Chronix Biomedical

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