Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1635 1645 1682 1685
This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases
Francini Alvarenga Fonseca Lopez examines applications in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1635, with 27 resolved cases on record. The allowance rate of 29.6 percent suggests a restrictive environment for patent grants, requiring applicants to present strong evidence of patentability. This is paired with a long prosecution cycle, as the median days to allowance is 1457. Such a timeline requires applicants to be prepared for an extended commitment to secure their rights.
Despite the low 29.6 percent allowance rate, the interview lift of 37.1 percent indicates that direct engagement is highly productive. For the 27 resolved cases analyzed, interviews appear to be one of the most effective ways to overcome examiner objections and clarify technical nuances. Practitioners should anticipate a 1457-day median wait but use interviews to improve the likelihood of a positive outcome. In Art Unit 1635, the data suggests that verbal advocacy is a crucial supplement to written responses.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372565 | METHODS FOR ALLELE CALLING AND PLOIDY CALLING | Non-Final OA | Natera, 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 |
| 17780037 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING INTEGRATIVE MULTI-OMIC DATA ANALYSIS FOR EVALUATING THE FUNCTIONAL IMPACTS OF GENOMIC VARIANTS | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 17626782 | HYPERSPECTRAL COMPUTER VISION AIDED TIME SERIES FORECASTING FOR EVERY DAY BEST FLAVOR | Non-Final OA | Walmart Apollo, LLC |
| 18191723 | RNA SCAFFOLDED WIREFRAME ORIGAMI AND METHODS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 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. |
| 18182846 | RISK STRATIFICATION METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF CANCERS IN PRECANCEROUS TISSUES | Non-Final OA | The Curators of the University of Missouri |
| 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 |
| 18249028 | METHOD OF DESIGNING ADSORPTION COLUMNS | Non-Final OA | SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. |
| 18042285 | IDENTIFYING A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID | Non-Final OA | IMPERIAL COLLEGE INNOVATIONS LIMITED |
| 18113308 | DEEP-LEARNING-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A CONSENSUS SEQUENCE FROM MULTIPLE NOISY SEQUENCES | Non-Final OA | Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. |
| 18224308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PHARMACOKINETIC DRUG DOSING REGIMEN | Non-Final OA | TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED |
| 18279526 | NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO PREDICT PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS | Non-Final OA | GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA |
| 17937866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND DEPLOYING A PORTABLE FIELD-DEPLOYABLE BIOSURVEILLANCE KIT | Non-Final OA | NOBLIS, INC. |
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