Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HANEY, AMANDA MARIE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1682 1693

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Analysis

Amanda Marie Haney is an examiner in Art Unit 1634 within Tech Center 1600. The examiner has 719 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 36.4 percent. This allowance rate is relatively low, suggesting that applicants may face a rigorous examination process in this biotechnology or organic chemistry area. The 719 resolved cases provide a substantial dataset for understanding the examiner's approach to patentability.

The median time to allowance for these cases is 1275 days. This figure indicates a lengthy prosecution timeline, which practitioners should factor into their overall strategy. The 1275-day duration represents the typical path for applications that successfully overcome rejections. Managing client expectations around this 1275-day benchmark is essential for those navigating the 1600 Tech Center and Art Unit 1634.

The data shows a significant interview lift of 44.8 percent. This suggests that conducting an interview is a highly effective way to improve the odds of success, potentially moving an application from the baseline toward a grant. The 44.8 percent lift is a critical metric for this examiner, indicating that direct communication is a vital tool for resolving outstanding issues. Practitioners should prioritize scheduling a formal discussion to navigate the challenges reflected in the 36.4 percent allowance rate.

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

Performance Statistics

36.4%
Allow Rate
-23.6% vs TC avg
782
Total Applications
+44.9%
Interview Lift
1276
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 720 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.1%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
23.6%
§103 Obviousness
32.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17612610 PROTOCOL FOR DETECTING INTERACTIONS WITHIN ONE OR MORE DNA MOLECULES WITHIN A CELL Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
17416510 Optimizing Detection of Transplant Injury by Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17047006 NON-INVASIVE DETECTION OF RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
16809496 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING RISK FOR AUTISM Final Rejection The Johns Hopkins University
18422276 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN A SUBJECT Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
17493230 ASSESSING CONDITIONS IN TRANSPLANT SUBJECTS USING DONOR-SPECIFIC CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
16623725 TRANSPLANT PATIENT MONITORING WITH CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
18548972 ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION OF PATHOGENS Non-Final OA BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
18548865 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION, AND TREATMENT OF SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND OTHER HIGH-GRADE NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMAS Final Rejection BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17353279 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION DEFICIENCY Non-Final OA Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17787499 PRIMERS FOR DETECTING TRACE AMOUNT OF RARE SINGLE- NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT AND METHOD FOR SPECIFICALLY AND SENSITIVELY DETECTING TRACE AMOUNT OF RARE SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE VARIANT BY USING SAME Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
18251654 CIRCULATING miRNA AND PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL DYSTROPHY Non-Final OA CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
17905129 METHODS OF USING A MULTI-ANALYTE APPROACH FOR DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING A DISEASE Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
18038915 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS Final Rejection KAO CORPORATION
17904348 NUCLEIC ACID PROBES Non-Final OA Agency for Science, Technology and Research
17196631 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF HPV DNA AND DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF HPV-ASSOCIATED CANCERS Non-Final OA MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
18353647 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING ZDHHC1 DNA Non-Final OA Exact Sciences Corporation
18557446 METHODS FOR MEASURING POLY A TAIL LENGTH Final Rejection TRANSLATE BIO, INC.
18560569 NOVEL PREDICTIVE BIOMARKERS FOR SECONDARY AUTOIMMUNITY AFTER LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETING THERAPY Non-Final OA GENZYME CORPORATION
18176152 TESTING ASSAY FOR SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS OF USHER, PENDRED, JERVELL, AND LANGE-NIELSEN SYNDROMES Non-Final OA Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Doing Business as Boys Town National Research Hospital
17251359 PREDICTIVE 7-GENE ASSAY AND PROGNOSTIC PROTEIN BIOMARKER FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER Final Rejection West Virginia University

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