Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YU, TIAN NMN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1681 1699

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.3%
Allow Rate
-2.7% vs TC avg
125
Total Applications
+13.4%
Interview Lift
1380
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 75 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.8%
§101 Eligibility
16.7%
§102 Novelty
30.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17933833 NANOPORE SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18325759 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENRICHING METHYLATED POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
17285362 METHOD FOR MEASURING THE INFECTIVITY OF REPLICATION DEFECTIVE VIRAL VECTORS AND VIRUSES Non-Final OA REGENXBIO Inc.
18038454 GRAPHENE-BASED BIOSENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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
17118429 NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Keygene N.V.
17240865 EXPONENTIAL BASE-3 AND GREATER NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION WITH CYCLING PROBE Final Rejection Cepheid
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
18067247 AORTA-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLATION PATTERNS IN CELL-FREE DNA FROM PATIENTS WITH BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE-ASSOCIATED AORTOPATHY Non-Final OA UTI Limited Partnership
18536108 CANCER DETECTION METHOD, KIT, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA MIRONCOL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
18528750 USING DEEP RNA SEQUENCING DATA TO IDENTIFY ANTIMICROBIAL-RESISTANT BACTERIA Non-Final OA Rhode Island Hospital
18555657 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING AUTOFLUORESCENCE Non-Final OA Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc.
18477825 SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA QCDx LLC
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.
18000615 MULTI-SENSING OF NUCLEIC ACID AND SMALL MOLECULE MARKERS Non-Final OA LogicInk Corporation
18316080 TARGET-ENRICHED MULTIPLEXED PARALLEL ANALYSIS FOR ASSESSMENT OF FETAL DNA SAMPLES Non-Final OA NIPD GENETICS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
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
17589879 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RNA Non-Final OA CureVac Real Estate GmbH

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