Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ADAMS, MICHELLE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1777 1797

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michelle Adams operates in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1777. The examiner has resolved 569 cases with an allowance rate of 58.5 percent. The median time to reach an allowance is 1314 days. The interview lift is 40.5 percent, indicating that interviews are associated with a higher probability of allowance than the 58.5 percent baseline. These 569 cases provide a view of the examiner's prosecution patterns.

The 40.5 percent interview lift is a critical factor for practitioners in Art Unit 1777. It suggests that oral advocacy is a tool for overcoming rejections. Applicants should also prepare for the 1314-day median pendency when filing in Tech Center 1700. With 569 cases resolved, the 58.5 percent allowance rate serves as a reliable starting point for strategy. Utilizing the 40.5 percent lift may help manage the 1314-day timeline more effectively.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

58.6%
Allow Rate
-6.4% vs TC avg
592
Total Applications
+40.5%
Interview Lift
1314
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 570 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.5%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
29.7%
§103 Obviousness
40.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18505869 PROTEIN MELT ANALYSIS USING DIPYRROMETHENEBORON DIFLUORIDE COMPOUNDS Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
16556397 Colorimetric Detection of Organic Amines Using Metal-Organic Frameworks Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18432898 METHOD FOR ANALYZING BY-PRODUCTS OF RNA IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION Final Rejection CureVac Manufacturing GmbH
18149866 FLUORESCENT PROBE FOR DETECTION OF JASMONIC ACID (JA) AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DETECTION METHOD OF JA Non-Final OA Zhejiang University
17990903 REAGENT FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17759820 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CHARACTERIZING NANOVESICLES AND BOUND OR ASSOCIATED TARGETS THEREOF Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
18183369 METHOD FOR MEASURING STEROL IN LIPOPROTEIN Non-Final OA SYSMEX CORPORATION
17212021 Nanopore Method for Identifying Single Amino Acid in Oligopeptides Non-Final OA University of South Carolina
17280936 POLYMERIC CHROMOPHORES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF PREPARING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
17282747 USE OF A SUBSTITUTED OR UNSUBSTITUTED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON COMPOUND FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY Final Rejection Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V
17762664 FLUORESCENT PROBE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON
17769353 METHOD OF DIAGNOSING EARLY-STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER Final Rejection BIOMARK CANCER SYSTEMS INC.

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