Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1685

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.0%
Allow Rate
-8.0% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+69.5%
Interview Lift
1515
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 25 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.0%
§101 Eligibility
12.2%
§102 Novelty
24.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17765929 STRESS ANALYSIS APPARATUS, STRESS ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18067982 Methods Of Identifying And Evaluating Liver Inflammation And Liver Fibrosis In A Subject By Determining A Stratified Score Based On Gene Expression Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
16278611 GAN-CNN FOR MHC PEPTIDE BINDING PREDICTION Non-Final OA REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
19236435 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR AGE DETERMINATION Final Rejection Thomas J.C. Matzen GmbH
17283775 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR AGE DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Thomas J.C. Matzen GMBH
17510882 PEPTIDE-BASED VACCINE GENERATION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
17799621 PANOMIC GENOMIC PREVALENCE SCORE Non-Final OA Caris MPI, Inc.
17421653 GENOMIC PROFILING SIMILARITY Final Rejection CARIS MPI, INC.
18096868 Estimation of Admixture Generation Final Rejection 23andMe, Inc.
19077065 DIFFUSION-BASED GENERATIVE AI METHODS FOR PROTEIN AND DRUG DESIGN Non-Final OA DEEP EIGENMATICS, INC.
17608548 SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON KERNEL MODULE IN GENOMIC MODULE NETWORK Final Rejection Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
19040239 PREDICTION METHOD AND PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR MRKH SYNDROM, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, CHINESE ACAEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
17439900 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF REAGENTS FOR DETECTION OF TARGET NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
18089565 IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM OF CIRCULATING BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DETECTION, DEVELOPMENT METHOD OF CIRCULATING BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DETECTION, CANCER DETECTION METHOD AND KIT Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
17304547 TUMOR CLASSIFICATION BASED ON PREDICTED TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17804895 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING MUTATIONS IN RIBONUCLEIC ACID STRAINS Non-Final OA Wipro Limited
17472899 Artificial Intelligence Assisted Medical Diagnosis Method For Sepsis And System Thereof Non-Final OA China Medical University
17859599 MOLECULAR RESPONSE AND PROGRESSION DETECTION FROM CIRCULATING CELL FREE DNA Final Rejection Tempus Al, Inc
17644339 SYSTEM FOR PATHOGENICITY PREDICTION OF GENOMIC VARIANT USING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Final Rejection 3BILLION
17617667 METHOD FOR DETECTING GUT DYSBIOSIS OF INFANT Non-Final OA CJ Bioscience. Inc
17766018 Biomarker Panels for Guiding Dysregulated Host Response Therapy Non-Final OA Endpoint Health Inc.
17629766 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS AND PROGENITOR CELLS Non-Final OA Aspen Neuroscience, Inc.
17860169 PET GENOME-BASED MATCHMAKING SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PET GENOME-BASED MATCHMAKING INFORMATION Non-Final OA CLINOMICS INC.
17438462 METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CHARACTERIZING MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Sophia Genetics S.A.
17629091 A METHOD TO ASSIST IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÀ CAMPUS BIO-MEDICO DI ROMA
17556493 LIFECYCLE ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL PRODUCTION Non-Final OA Low Carbon Technologies, LLC
17500766 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM USING DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF IN VITRO SAMPLES Non-Final OA Arion Diagnostics, Inc.
17497652 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SEX HORMONE DISORDERS Final Rejection Function Promoting Therapies LLC
17442840 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KARYOTYPING BY SEQUENCING Final Rejection PHASE GENOMICS, INC.
17378404 NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES FOR LINKING BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE VARIANTS BASED ON MOLECULAR PHENOTYPE, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREFOR Final Rejection Deep Genomics Incorporated

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