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160 applicationsfiled 2008 to 2026

Allowance rate

86%

+11 pts vs the USPTO range 78% to 92%

Rejections before allowance

2.4

+0.9 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.4 mo

+2.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

48%

+21 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids73 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes65 apps

G16B Bioinformatics14 apps

B01J 3 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials2 apps

B01L 2 apps

Art units

165227 apps

OPAP23 apps

168419 apps

163417 apps

168311 apps

16829 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central25 apps

n/a

Richard G Hutson12 apps

73%

Frank Wei Min Lu9 apps

75%

Kaijiang Zhang7 apps

100%

Amy M Bunker6 apps

60%

Stephanie Kane Mummert6 apps

100%

Brian Ellis Young5 apps

100%

Bradley L Sisson5 apps

75%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ILLUMINA, INC.70 apps

81%

Illumina Cambridge Limited41 apps

88%

Verinata Health, Inc.18 apps

92%

Illumina Singapore Pte. Ltd.7 apps

83%

BLUEGNOME LIMITED6 apps

80%

University of Washington6 apps

100%

Oregon Health & Science University3 apps

100%

University of Southern California3 apps

67%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19597026	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REDUCING GC BIAS	2026-06-15	Pending	0	0	n/a
19702259	METHODS FOR IMPROVING POLYNUCLEOTIDE CLUSTER CLONALITY	2026-06-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19529588	HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-NUCLEI AND SINGLE-CELL LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND O…	2026-02-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15303586	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15721203	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15455890	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15818849	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15684326	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15805556	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15835638	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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