Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ancestry.com DNA LLC

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (67%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
Double-patenting only1 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, JERRY 1 72.3% +15.0%
PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1 14.3% +44.1%
LUO, JAMMY NMN 1

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18057700 DETECTING IBD EFFICIENTLY USING A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN
17825220 IDENTIFICATION OF MATCHED SEGMENTED IN PAIRED DATASETS LUO, JAMMY NMN

Interview Candidates (2)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18207631 ESTIMATION OF PHENOTYPES USING DNA, PEDIGREE, AND HISTORICAL DATA LIN, JERRY
18057700 DETECTING IBD EFFICIENTLY USING A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1686 2
1671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18207631 ESTIMATION OF PHENOTYPES USING DNA, PEDIGREE, AND HISTORICAL DATA LIN, JERRY 1671 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18057700 DETECTING IBD EFFICIENTLY USING A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN 1686 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2022
17825220 IDENTIFICATION OF MATCHED SEGMENTED IN PAIRED DATASETS LUO, JAMMY NMN 1686 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2022

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