Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YU, TIAN NMN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681 1682 1699

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.1%
Allow Rate
-4.9% vs TC avg
134
Total Applications
+13.6%
Interview Lift
1422
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 78 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
53.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18325759 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENRICHING METHYLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18489441 ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 Non-Final OA Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
17285362 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE INFECTIVITY OF REPLICATION DEFECTIVE VIRAL VECTORS AND VIRUSES Non-Final OA REGENXBIO Inc.
18499328 DNA UNFOLDING USING A FREE-END TAG FLOW MODIFIER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17466309 DISTINGUISHING RARE VARIATIONS IN A NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE FROM A SAMPLE Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
17619154 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY AGEING OF THE SKIN Final Rejection L'OREAL
17373653 cDNA SPIKE-IN CONTROL FOR SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17637642 KIT FOR EVALUATING A GENE MUTATION RELATED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS Non-Final OA TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD.
17615271 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A YEAST HAVING EXTRACELLULAR GLUCOAMYLASE STA1p ACTIVITY IN A SAMPLE AND TOOLS AND USES RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
18318402 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMMUNE REPERTOIRE MONITORING Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
18006200 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER Non-Final OA WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
18145735 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ASSAY MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
17260611 POLYNUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS METHOD, KIT AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
18536108 CANCER DETECTION METHOD, KIT, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA MIRONCOL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
18564121 RNA APTAMERS SPECIFIC FOR A-SYNUCLEIN PROTEIN FIBER CONFORMERS Non-Final OA CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
18477825 SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA QCDx LLC
18282017 METHODS AND USES FOR DETERMINING THE EFFICIENCY OF GENETIC-EDITING PROCEDURES Non-Final OA COUNTAGEN AB
18546431 DNA FRAGMENT JOINING DETECTING METHOD AND KIT THEREOF Non-Final OA ACT GENOMICS (IP) LIMITED
18274453 SYNTHETIC POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY AMPLIFYING ALLELES Non-Final OA RHODX, Inc.
18259433 LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM DETECTION PRIMER SET, AND DETECTION METHOD USING SAID PRIMER SET Non-Final OA NIHON BERUMU CO., LTD.
17240865 EXPONENTIAL BASE-3 AND GREATER NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION WITH CYCLING PROBE Final Rejection Cepheid
18000615 MULTI-SENSING OF NUCLEIC ACID AND SMALL MOLECULE MARKERS Non-Final OA LogicInk Corporation
18252489 LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) USING LNA-MODIFIED PRIMERS AND A METAL-BASED COLORIMETRIC METHOD FOR DETECTING AN AMPLIFICATION PRODUCT Non-Final OA MULTIPLEXDX, S.R.O.
17850599 DIAGNOSIS OF FETAL ABNORMALITIES USING POLYMORPHISMS INCLUDING SHORT TANDEM REPEATS Final Rejection GPB Scientific, LLC
18158396 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES TO PREDICT BREAST CANCER OUTCOMES Final Rejection British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch
17923562 MULTIPLEX DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS USING MIXED REPORTERS Final Rejection SpeeDx Pty Ltd
17276771 Methods of Preparing and Analyzing Nucleic Acid Libraries Non-Final OA Takara Bio USA, Inc.
17605097 Methods and Compositions for Isothermal DNA Amplification Non-Final OA Synvolux IP B.V.
17602577 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEOTIDE MODIFICATION-BASED DEPLETION Non-Final OA ARC BIO, LLC
17276718 METHOD AND KIT FOR PREPARING COMPLEMENTARY DNA Non-Final OA Omid FARIDANI

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