Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Steven William Bailey, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1671 1672 1687 2122 2128 2187 3682

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Analysis

BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3600 and art unit 1671. The examiner has 79 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 31.6%, and a median of 1541 days to allowance. The reported interview lift is 15.2%.

The listed companies are 10x Genomics Inc., Koninklijke Philips N.V., and Illumina Inc. The leading firms are GOODWIN PROCTER LLP, Keller Preece PLLC, and SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. Practitioners can account for the recorded timing and allowance outcomes when setting prosecution expectations, while interview preparation and review of the listed participants may inform response strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

31.6%
Allow Rate
-20.4% vs TC avg
143
Total Applications
+15.2%
Interview Lift
1541
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 79 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

39.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
24.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17954340 INCISION SIMULATION DEVICE, INCISION SIMULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
17260965 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Corporation
17987530 REPRESENTING ATOMIC STRUCTURES AS A GAUSSIAN PROCESS Final Rejection TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
18282018 METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL DATA, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
16979444 SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LOCAL UNIQUE FEATURES TO INTERPRET TRANSCRIPT EXPRESSION LEVELS FOR RNA SEQUENCING DATA Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
16485670 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE COMPACT REPRESENTATION OF BIOINFORMATICS DATA USING MULTIPLE GENOMIC DESCRIPTORS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18090903 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF LOW-ABUNDANCE MOLECULAR BARCODES FROM A SEQUENCING LIBRARY Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18090814 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CELL-ASSOCIATED BARCODES FROM SINGLE-CELL PARTITIONS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17898755 System and method for optimizing general purpose biological network for drug response prediction using meta-reinforcement learning agent Final Rejection KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17927042 AI-SYSTEM FOR FLOW CHEMISTRY Final Rejection BASF SE
17376096 METHODS, CIRCUITS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR SEARCHING WITHIN A GENOMIC REFERENCE SEQUENCE FOR QUERIED TARGET SEQUENCE USING HYPER-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTING TECHNIQUES Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17901032 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION
18338488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCE DATA ALIGNMENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Steven William Bailey's allowance rate?

31.6% of resolved applications examined by Steven William Bailey were allowed (79 resolved cases), compared with 39.7% across Art Unit 1671 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Steven William Bailey?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Steven William Bailey take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Steven William Bailey took 1,541 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Steven William Bailey work in?

Steven William Bailey examines applications in Art Unit 1671 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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