Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 1672 1687 2187

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.8%
Allow Rate
-20.2% vs TC avg
121
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
1529
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 66 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.7%
§101 Eligibility
4.0%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17250814 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ORGAN HEALTH AND DISEASE Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17135826 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYSIS OF CTCF BINDING REGIONS IN CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
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
17078137 Systems and Methods for Auto-Inoculation in Seed Train and Production Processes Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17378651 ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK TO PREDICT PEPTIDE BINDING, PRESENTATION, AND IMMUNOGENICITY Non-Final OA GENENTECH, INC.
18583701 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE DIGITAL QUANTITATION OF TARGETS Final Rejection ENUMERIX, INC.
17790725 OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
17790869 METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO DESCRIBE DEFORMITY OF A BONE Non-Final OA Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
17028303 VARIANT CALLING USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection MYRIAD WOMEN'S HEALTH, INC.
18338488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCE DATA ALIGNMENT QUALITY ASSESSMENT Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17153491 INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD USING HEART AND LUNG SOUNDS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY COOPERATION
18747178 DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Final Rejection Natera, Inc.
18736229 PROTEIN STRUCTURE SEARCH Final Rejection EvolutionaryScale, PBC
17119606 CANCER CLASSIFICATION USING PATCH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA GRAIL, LLC
18387311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVING AND OPTIMIZING CLASSIFIERS FROM MULTIPLE DATASETS Non-Final OA Inflammatix, Inc.
17774464 METHODS OF DETERMINING ATTRIBUTES OF THERAPEUTIC T CELL COMPOSITIONS Non-Final OA Juno Therapeutics, Inc.
16968374 BIOPROCESSING METHODS FOR CELL THERAPY Final Rejection Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
18340816 SUBCUTANEOUS OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Aseko, Inc.
17776416 Computational Platform To Identify Therapeutic Treatments For Neurodevelopmental Conditions Non-Final OA STALICLA SA
17257660 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Bayer CropScience K.K.
17914731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING PATHOLOGICAL MUTATIONS FROM CLONAL HEMATOPOIETIC MUTATIONS IN PLASMA CELL-FREE DNA BY FRAGMENT SIZE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
17780404 MOLECULAR DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD.
16975823 Neoantigen Identification with Pan-Allele Models Non-Final OA Gritstone bio,Inc.
17514269 High-Capacity Storage of Digital Information in DNA Non-Final OA EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
16460051 High-Capacity Storage of Digital Information in DNA Final Rejection EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY
17796826 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING TO GENERATE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WITH DESIRED PROPERTIES Non-Final OA 99ANDBEYOND INC.
17860760 Antibody Competition Model Using Hidden Variable Affinities Non-Final OA AbCellera Biologics Inc.
17790183 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SELECT PHAGE THERAPY BASED ON TIME AND LOCATION Non-Final OA Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, LLC
17436970 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC PREDICTING OF CYCLIC LOADING FAILURE OF A CARDIAC IMPLANT Final Rejection FEops NV
17432067 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONDITION PARAMETERS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY APPARATUS Final Rejection OTSUKA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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