Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1636 1687 2122 2124 2857

This examiner grants 12% of resolved cases

Analysis

Keenan Neil Anderson-Fears examines patent applications within Art Unit 1636 of Tech Center 2800. The examiner has a total of 25 resolved cases, which have resulted in a low allowance rate of 12.0 percent. This figure suggests a rigorous examination process where the majority of applications do not reach allowance. Furthermore, the median days to allowance is 1595, indicating a lengthy prosecution timeline for successful applications.

Despite the low overall allowance rate, the data shows a substantial interview lift of 41.3 percent. This indicates that conducting an interview is a highly effective tactic for applicants to improve their chances of success. Given the 12.0 percent baseline, the 41.3 percent lift represents a critical opportunity for practitioners to address examiner concerns directly. The 1595-day median pendency highlights the importance of early intervention through such interviews to potentially expedite or secure a positive outcome in Art Unit 1636.

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

Performance Statistics

12.0%
Allow Rate
-56.0% vs TC avg
72
Total Applications
+41.3%
Interview Lift
1595
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 25 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
40.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18023190 Computerized Tool For Prediction of Proteasomal Cleavage Non-Final OA NANTCELL, INC.
17521023 TRAIT PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, TRAIT PREDICTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRAIT PREDICTION MODEL Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18113252 CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18225098 COMPUTING AFFINITY FOR PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION Final Rejection ImmunityBio, Inc.
18253901 DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ELASTICITY IMAGING Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17624417 DIGITAL ASSISTANT TO SUPPORT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT Non-Final OA BASF SE
17518953 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MOLECULE BINDING SITE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18247776 INFERRING PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17402049 BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION USING ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) SIGNALS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17640771 METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING MONITORING RESULTS FROM AN ANALYTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM ARRANGED TO MONITOR MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS Final Rejection Cytiva Sweden AB
18356832 Rule-Based Hypothesis Refinement for Link Prediction Systems Non-Final OA Accenture Global Solutions Limited
17565282 METHOD FOR TRAINING COMPOUND PROPERTY PREDICTION MODEL AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING COMPOUND PROPERTY Final Rejection Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd.
18236374 MACHINE LEARNING BASED CLINICAL RESOURCE CONTROLLER Non-Final OA CAREFUSION 303, INC.
17491900 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CALCIMIMETIC DRUG ACTIVITY Final Rejection Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
18190623 AUTOMATED PLATFORM TO TREAT TRAUMA-INDUCED COAGULOPATHY WITH PERSONALIZED COAGULATION FACTOR CONCENTRATIONS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado
17344510 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE-LEARNING BASED TREATMENT MODELING FOR ONCOLOGY BASED ON INCONSISTENT RAS BIOMARKER DETECTION DATA RECORDS Final Rejection Optum, Inc.
17459743 COMPUTATIONAL DETECTION OF COPY NUMBER VARIATION AT A LOCUS IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF THE LOCUS Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
17621200 METHODS FOR GUIDING DIRECT DELIVERY OF DRUGS AND/OR ENERGY TO LESIONS USING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING Non-Final OA University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
17630385 METHOD FOR DETECTING GENETIC VARIATION IN HIGHLY HOMOLOGOUS SEQUENCES BY INDEPENDENT ALIGNMENT AND PAIRING OF SEQUENCE READS Non-Final OA MYRIAD WOMEN'S HEALTH, INC.
17473253 BRAIN CONNECTIVITY MARKER OF SUSTAINED PAIN AND METHOD OF DIAGNOSING SUSTAINED PAIN USING THE SAME Final Rejection INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
17439374 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY ANTIBODIES Non-Final OA ETH ZURICH
17805511 COMPUTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE FOR INTERPRETING AND VISUALIZING DATA Final Rejection Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17312107 PREDICTING AFFINITY USING STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING Final Rejection University of Notre Dame du Lac
18357829 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND CONFIGURABLE REPORT GENERATION Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18321044 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO PREDICT PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS Non-Final OA GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA

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