Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ZHANG, KAIJIANG

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1612 1639 1675 1684

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
706
Total Applications
+35.5%
Interview Lift
1061
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 678 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.3%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
26.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18184556 PAIRED-END SEQUENCING Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17511467 OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DIRECTED AND RECORDED COMBINITORIAL SYNTHESIS OF ENCODED PROBE MOLECULES Non-Final OA Insitro, Inc.
17820560 METHODS FOR PROCESSING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17694324 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE RETENTION Non-Final OA Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
17750213 EFFICIENT RANDOM ACCESS TO DNA-ENCODED DATA Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
19197756 METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF TISSUE SAMPLES AS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR CANCER Final Rejection Veracyte, Inc.
19085379 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MOLECULAR LABELING Non-Final OA Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
17356293 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING MUTATIONS Final Rejection Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
18089352 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PAIRED END SEQUENCING USING A SINGLE SURFACE PRIMER Non-Final OA Illumina Cambridge Limited
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.
17661123 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSEMBLY OF BIOLOGICAL NANOPORES Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17924425 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ARRAYS Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17502842 PROCESSES AND KITS FOR IDENTIFYING ANEUPLOIDY Non-Final OA SEQUENOM, INC.
17719362 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF MOLECULES AND COMPLEXES TO REACTION SITES Final Rejection Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17641493 POLYNUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS METHOD, KIT AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17290219 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IN VIVO SCREENING OF THERAPEUTICS Non-Final OA Gordian Biotechnology, Inc.
17825863 METHODS FOR SEAMLESS NUCLEIC ACID ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Twist Bioscience Corporation
17813364 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARY PREPARATION VIA TEMPLATE SWITCHING MECHANISM Non-Final OA Kapa Biosystems, Inc.
17913458 MODIFIED DNA-ENCODED CHEMICAL LIBRARY AND METHODS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DORTMUND
17688116 Reagents And Methods For The Analysis of Linked Nucleic Acids Non-Final OA CS Genetics Limited
17688072 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Personalis, Inc.
17545357 METHODS AND KITS FOR IMPROVING GLOBAL GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF HUMAN URINE DERIVED RNA Non-Final OA Norgen Biotek Corp.
17386594 Combination of Soybean Whole Genome SNP Loci, Gene Chip and Application Thereof Non-Final OA Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17286420 NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND METHODS FOR AAV VECTOR SELECTION Non-Final OA Children's Medical Research Institute

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