Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1671 1681 1682

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Analysis

Francesca Filippa Giammona, in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1637, has resolved 80 cases with an allowance rate of 37.5%. The median days to allowance is 1469, indicating a challenging and lengthy prosecution process. This 1469-day figure and the 37.5% allowance rate are the primary metrics for practitioners to consider. The 80 resolved cases provide a basis for understanding the examiner's typical requirements in this art unit.

However, the interview lift is 57.4%, which is exceptionally high compared to the 37.5% allowance rate. This 57.4% lift suggests that interviews are the most critical factor for success with this examiner. Practitioners should use interviews early to overcome the difficulties reflected in the 1469-day median pendency. The 57.4% lift provides a strong incentive for oral advocacy to improve the probability of success beyond the 37.5% baseline. These figures are essential for strategic planning.

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

Performance Statistics

37.5%
Allow Rate
-22.5% vs TC avg
141
Total Applications
+57.4%
Interview Lift
1469
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 80 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.7%
§102 Novelty
43.6%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
18294322 COMPOSITIONS, KITS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE LOADS Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
18027087 RANDOM INSERTION GENOME RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
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 Non-Final OA KANEKA CORPORATION
18629922 Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus gene function Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17926441 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF A NUCLEASE CHAIN REACTION FOR NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION 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
17765620 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THYROID CANCER Non-Final OA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
17421677 RAPID REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION Final Rejection Northwestern University
17580425 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HUMAN PARVOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID AND FOR DETECTING HEPATITIS A VIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS IN SINGLE-PLEX OR MULTIPLEX ASSAYS Final Rejection GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
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
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
18248285 METHODS AND MEANS FOR AMPLIFICATION-BASED QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Imperial College Innovations Limited
17905784 NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID TEMPLATE STRUCTURE FOR SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
18190809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18000666 SELECTING APTAMERS USING SEQUENCING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
18037222 COMPOSITION FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID USING SAME Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
17374691 NUCLEASE-ASSOCIATED END SIGNATURE ANALYSIS FOR CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection GRAIL, Inc.
18417800 METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS IN URINE Non-Final OA GRAIL, LLC
18066953 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF VARIANTS Non-Final OA Twist Bioscience Corporation

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