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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Carolyn Lee Greene, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GREENE, CAROLYN LEE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1637 1656 1681 1699 1758

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Carolyn Lee Greene is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 1700 and art unit 1637. The record includes 216 resolved cases, a 65.7% allowance rate, and a median of 1220 days to allowance. The interview lift is 46.1%, making the interview measure a significant feature of the profile relative to the allowance outcome. Practitioners may therefore consider interview preparation an important part of responding to prosecution issues, while accounting for the 1220-day median timing.

The company list includes the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, University of Washington, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. The leading firms are Casimir Jones, S.C., Johnson, Marcou, Isaacs & Nix, LLC, and Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP. Those organizations indicate a docket involving university and scientific applicants, with several established prosecution representatives.

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

Performance Statistics

65.7%
Allow Rate
+0.7% vs TC avg
268
Total Applications
+46.1%
Interview Lift
1220
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 216 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.8%
§102 Novelty
36.3%
§103 Obviousness
41.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18839303 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID CAPTURE AND BARCODING Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18680693 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DONOR-DERIVED CELL-FREE DNA Non-Final OA Natera, Inc.
17821424 SCREENING OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE VARIATIONS VIA RANDOM LOADING OF OPTICALLY-ENCODED PARTICLES Final Rejection MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18821083 BI-DIRECTIONAL IN SITU ANALYSIS Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc
18744995 DETECTION OF COLON NEOPLASIA BY ANALYSIS OF METHYLATED DNA Non-Final OA Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
17254886 CRISPR DOUBLE NICKASE BASED AMPLIFICATION COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17933753 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROCESSING BOTANICAL MATERIALS Final Rejection The Chinese University of Hong Kong
16969164 ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR VARIANTS Final Rejection Cornell University
18649007 METHODS FOR TARGETED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ENRICHMENT WITH APPLICATIONS TO ERROR CORRECTED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
18292665 MULTIPLEXED IN SITU SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION WITH SPLINT LIGATION EXTENSION (SLX) PROBES Non-Final OA University of Washington
18115335 ISOTHERMAL NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION ASSAYS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
18644807 DNA mapping and sequencing on linearized DNA molecules Non-Final OA Drexel University
17230315 MULTIPLEX REAL-TIME RT-PCR METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SARS-COV-2 BY TARGETING VIRAL E, RDRP AND HUMAN RP GENES OR VIRAL N2, RDRP AND HUMAN RP GENES Final Rejection Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Carolyn Lee Greene's allowance rate?

65.7% of resolved applications examined by Carolyn Lee Greene were allowed (216 resolved cases), compared with 45.4% across Art Unit 1637 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Carolyn Lee Greene?

This examiner's interview lift is +46.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Carolyn Lee Greene take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Carolyn Lee Greene took 1,220 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Carolyn Lee Greene work in?

Carolyn Lee Greene examines applications in Art Unit 1637 in Tech Center 1700 (Chemistry & Materials).

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