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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Francesca Filippa Giammona, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1671 1681 1682

This examiner grants 37% of resolved cases

Analysis

GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA works in Technology Center 1600 and Art Unit 1637. The profile contains 83 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 37.3% and a median of 1482 days to allowance. The interview lift is 58.8%, making interviews a prominent feature of the observed allowance pattern.

The principal companies are Natera Inc., GEN-PROBE Incorporated, and Illumina Inc. The leading firms are WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, PABST PATENT GROUP LLP, and BIOTECH BEACH LAW PC. The combination of a lower allowance rate, extended median timeline, and substantial interview lift suggests that practitioners should give particular attention to interview preparation and claim-development strategy. The company and firm affiliations identify the biotechnology contexts most represented in the record.

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

Performance Statistics

37.3%
Allow Rate
-22.7% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+58.8%
Interview Lift
1482
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 83 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.8%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18027087 RANDOM INSERTION GENOME RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
17925693 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DONOR-DERIVED CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
17413464 METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING CELLS Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
19326091 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING GENE EXPRESSION LIBRARIES Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17789131 PRIMER SET AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING SAME Final Rejection KANEKA CORPORATION
18629922 Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus gene function Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18248121 MASSIVELY SCALABLE VIRAL TESTING AND ASYMPTOMATIC SURVEILLANCE Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17421677 RAPID REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION Final Rejection Northwestern University
18027561 METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF RECURRENCE OR PROGNOSIS OF DIABETIC FOOT ULCER BY USING SPECIFIC METHYLATION OF GENE Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
17905784 NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID TEMPLATE STRUCTURE FOR SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
17619116 DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENT Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17441526 Compositions and Methods for Detecting Group A Streptococcus Non-Final OA Gen-Probe Incorporated
17382568 DETECTION OF DRUG-RESISTANT MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM Non-Final OA GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
18248285 METHODS AND MEANS FOR AMPLIFICATION-BASED QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Imperial College Innovations Limited
18190809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18000666 SELECTING APTAMERS USING SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Francesca Filippa Giammona's allowance rate?

37.3% of resolved applications examined by Francesca Filippa Giammona were allowed (83 resolved cases), compared with 45.4% across Art Unit 1637 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Francesca Filippa Giammona?

This examiner's interview lift is +58.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Francesca Filippa Giammona take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Francesca Filippa Giammona took 1,482 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Francesca Filippa Giammona work in?

Francesca Filippa Giammona examines applications in Art Unit 1637 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).

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