Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 1656 1684 1685 1699 2125 2188

This examiner grants 100% of resolved cases

Analysis

Gracelyn Markham Hill is an examiner in Art Unit 1656 of Tech Center 2100. The profile shows 1 resolved case with an allowance rate of 100.0 percent. The interview lift is 0.0 percent. The median time to allowance is 1795 days. With only 1 resolved case, these figures are not yet statistically robust. The 100.0 percent allowance rate and 1795 days median are based on a single outcome.

Practitioners should monitor how these metrics change as more cases are resolved. The 0.0 percent interview lift also reflects this limited data set. In Tech Center 2100, the 1795 days timeline for this single case provides a preliminary data point for prosecution duration. As the number of resolved cases grows beyond 1, the statistical reliability of the 100.0 percent rate and 1795 days median will increase. In Art Unit 1656, this preliminary information should be monitored as the examiner's portfolio grows.

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

Performance Statistics

100.0%
Allow Rate
+45.0% vs TC avg
19
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1795
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.3%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
41.2%
§103 Obviousness
16.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18027521 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING FUSION GENE, DEVICE, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18152862 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAIRED END SEQUENCING Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18257380 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17839937 Deciphering Multi-Way Interactions In The Human Genome With Use Of Hypergraphs Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17996183 LOCAL-ANCESTRY INFERENCE WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18316294 METHODS OF DETECTING RESIDUAL DISEASE AND TREATMENT THEREOF Non-Final OA WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
18095707 Molecule Selection Using Simulation and Ranking Based on Binding Matrices Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18116114 PRECISION COMBINATION THERAPY USING TUMOR CLONE RESPONSE PREDICTION FROM CELL DATA Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18332001 METHOD FOR ANALYSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Non-Final OA LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
17931993 CARRY-OVER MONITORING Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18531173 METHOD OF PREDICTING LITHIUM ION CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLID ELECTROLYTE Non-Final OA Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University

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