Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CLOW, LORI A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1631 1671 1687 3781

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Analysis

Lori A Clow is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1631. She has 715 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 64.2 percent. This rate suggests the probability of success for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1544, which indicates the timeline for the prosecution process.

The interview lift is 28.5 percent. This lift shows that interviews are a tool for increasing the 64.2 percent allowance rate. In Tech Center 3700, the 28.5 percent lift can be used for overcoming rejections and moving toward an allowance.

With 715 resolved cases, the examiner's statistics are supported by the data. The 64.2 percent allowance rate and the 1544 days median to allowance are factors for practitioners in Art Unit 1631. Utilizing the 28.5 percent interview lift may help address the duration of the prosecution. The combination of these metrics defines the current prosecution landscape for this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

64.2%
Allow Rate
-5.8% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+28.5%
Interview Lift
1544
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 715 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
27.8%
§103 Obviousness
23.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17761628 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING A CARDIAC SYSTEM Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18124670 MITOCHONDRIAL PROBES FOR ENDOGENOUS CONTROL AND CONTAMINATION DETECTION Non-Final OA Helix, Inc.
17406948 IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF CIRCULATING NUCLEIC ACID TUMOR MARKERS Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17817631 BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE DISTANCE EXPLORER SYSTEM PROVIDING USER VISUALIZATION OF GENOMIC DISTANCE BETWEEN A SET OF GENOMES IN A DYNAMIC ZOOMABLE FASHION Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17821916 UTILIZING DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR DISCOVERING NEW COMPOUNDS Non-Final OA Accenture Global Solutions Limited
18192330 FORECASTING MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROMES Non-Final OA CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
17636079 OPTICAL BASED METHODS FOR DETERMINING ANTIMICROBIAL DOSING REGIMENS Non-Final OA University of Houston System
18342178 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING SENSITIVITY OF BLOOD FLOW CALCULATIONS TO CHANGES IN ANATOMICAL GEOMETRY Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
18325341 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO PREDICT LESIONS Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
18322214 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO PREDICT LESIONS Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
18168870 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT IMAGE PROCESSING TO EVALUATE TISSUE FUNCTION Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
17810735 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO MODEL NUTRIENT TRANSPORT Non-Final OA HeartFlow, Inc.
17655746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES TO DETERMINE PLAQUE PROGRESSION AND REGRESSION Final Rejection HeartFlow, Inc.
18243594 COMPUTE SCHEDULING FOR SEQUENCING ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17425384 NOVEL BIOMARKERS AND DIAGNOSTIC PROFILES FOR PROSTATE CANCER Non-Final OA UEA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
17691999 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID Final Rejection SEQUENOM, INC.
17855010 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS Non-Final OA Terra Quantum AG

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