Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1683 1684

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+13.3% vs TC avg
56
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1260
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 30 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
16.4%
§102 Novelty
35.3%
§103 Obviousness
28.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18885481 METHODS OF PREPARING LOOP FORK LIBRARIES Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17518135 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SEQUENCING LIBRARIES Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17272033 RESOLVING SPATIAL ARRAYS Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17616521 METHODS FOR PRODUCING A LIBRARY OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
17561626 INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE EPITOPES IN CELLS Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17622032 FRAGMENT-BASED SCREENING TO IDENTIFY SMALL MOLECULES THAT SELECTIVELY BIND RNA Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17631067 GENETIC MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS Final Rejection St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
17616459 METHOD FOR RNA SELECTION AND/OR ENRICHMENT, RNA MOLECULE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
17570073 CONVERSION OF STRAND DISPLACEMENT APTAMERS INTO MOLECULAR BEACONS Non-Final OA GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS, LLC
17788984 A METHOD OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA INVIVOSCRIBE, INC.
18246959 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR BIOLUMINESCENCE-BASED SEQUENCING Non-Final OA BGI Shenzhen Co., Ltd.
17596182 Methods of Barcoding Nucleic Acid for Detection and Sequencing Final Rejection Universal Sequencing Technology Corporation
18001080 LYMPHOCYTE CLONALITY DETERMINATION Non-Final OA SiMsen Diagnostics AB
17674128 METHOD TO CONSTRUCT WHOLE-GENOME HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING LIBRARY AND TEST KIT THEREOF Non-Final OA BERRY GENOMICS CO., LTD.
17598021 METHODS FOR LIBRARY PREPARATION TO ENRICH INFORMATIVE DNA FRAGMENTS USING ENZYMATIC DIGESTION Final Rejection EarlyDiagnostics, Inc.

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