Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1683 1684

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.2%
Allow Rate
+14.2% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+17.9%
Interview Lift
1364
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
56.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§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.
17062375 High-throughput method to screen cognate T cell and epitope reactivities in primary human cells Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17594367 SMALL MOLECULE SCREENING CELLULAR ASSAY USING MODIFIED BEADS Non-Final OA HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
17626598 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SCALABLE POOLED RNA SCREENS WITH SINGLE CELL CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITY PROFILING Final Rejection New York University
17616521 METHODS FOR PRODUCING A LIBRARY OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES Final Rejection REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
17622032 FRAGMENT-BASED SCREENING TO IDENTIFY SMALL MOLECULES THAT SELECTIVELY BIND RNA Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
17326475 METHODS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARY FORMATION Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
17570073 CONVERSION OF STRAND DISPLACEMENT APTAMERS INTO MOLECULAR BEACONS Non-Final OA GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS, LLC
17616459 METHOD FOR RNA SELECTION AND/OR ENRICHMENT, RNA MOLECULE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI
17561626 INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE EPITOPES IN CELLS Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, 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
17788984 A METHOD OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA INVIVOSCRIBE, INC.
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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