Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZHANG, KAIJIANG

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1639 1675 1682 1684

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+16.5% vs TC avg
713
Total Applications
+35.3%
Interview Lift
982
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 686 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
10.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184556 PAIRED-END SEQUENCING Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17750213 EFFICIENT RANDOM ACCESS TO DNA-ENCODED DATA Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18361068 SCALABLE MULTIPLEX DETECTION OF SOMATIC MUTATIONS Non-Final OA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
19197756 METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF TISSUE SAMPLES AS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR CANCER Final Rejection Veracyte, Inc.
17688072 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Personalis, Inc.
17820560 METHODS FOR PROCESSING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
19085379 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MOLECULAR LABELING Non-Final OA Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
17563718 SYNTHETIC LONG READ DNA SEQUENCING Final Rejection UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
17825346 Method for Removing and/or Detecting Nucleic Acids Having Mismatched Nucleotides Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
17924425 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ARRAYS Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17641493 POLYNUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS METHOD, KIT AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17719362 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MOLECULES AND COMPLEXES TO REACTION SITES Final Rejection Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17464341 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING MUTATIONS Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17412105 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING MUTATIONS Non-Final OA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17825863 METHODS FOR SEAMLESS NUCLEIC ACID ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Twist Bioscience Corporation
17913458 MODIFIED DNA-ENCODED CHEMICAL LIBRARY AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DORTMUND
17813364 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARY PREPARATION VIA TEMPLATE SWITCHING MECHANISM Non-Final OA Kapa Biosystems, Inc.

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