Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1645 1682 1685

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-26.7% vs TC avg
81
Total Applications
+44.4%
Interview Lift
1414
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

30.3%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
34.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18014420 FINE-PARTICLE SORTING APPARATUS, FINE-PARTICLE SORTING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND FINE PARTICLE-SORTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18058110 PREDICTION OF PEPTIDE CLEAVAGE IN POLYPEPTIDES THROUGH PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATIONS Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17626782 HYPERSPECTRAL COMPUTER VISION AIDED TIME SERIES FORECASTING FOR EVERY DAY BEST FLAVOR Non-Final OA Walmart Apollo, LLC
17806075 TRANSFORMER-BASED GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED WITH STRUCTURAL INFORMATION ENCODING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17832252 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENOME SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT ACCELERATION Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17644385 NUTRIENT AMOUNT DETERMINATION DEVICE, NUTRIENT AMOUNT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING NUTRIENT AMOUNT DETERMINATION PROGRAM Final Rejection Rakuten Group, Inc.
18191723 RNA SCAFFOLDED WIREFRAME ORIGAMI AND METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17634949 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
18027571 PREDICTING SYMMETRICAL PROTEIN STRUCTURES USING SYMMETRICAL EXPANSION TRANSFORMATIONS Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited
17849269 DETERMINING A DISTRIBUTION OF ATOM COORDINATES OF A MACROMOLECULE FROM IMAGES USING AUTO-ENCODERS Final Rejection DeepMind Technologies Limited
18113308 DEEP-LEARNING-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A CONSENSUS SEQUENCE FROM MULTIPLE NOISY SEQUENCES Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18118630 INTERACTIVE AMINO ACID SEQUENCE GUIDE Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17553295 System and Method for Control of Sequencing Process Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17634080 FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION TONALITY DETERMINATION METHOD, FRAGRANCE COMPOSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS Final Rejection FIRMENICH SA
18025603 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENCE AND VARIANT CALLING Non-Final OA Ultima Genomics, Inc.
17937866 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING A PORTABLE FIELD-DEPLOYABLE BIOSURVEILLANCE KIT Non-Final OA NOBLIS, INC.

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