Listed by the USPTO as LIU, GUOZHEN
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1672 1686
This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases
LIU, GUOZHEN is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 1600 and Art Unit 1631. The record includes 106 resolved cases, a 48.1% allowance rate, and a median of 1595 days to allowance. The allowance result reflects a mixed record, while the median timing indicates a lengthy prosecution path for matters reaching allowance.
The interview lift is 26.0%, showing a meaningful association between interviews and allowance outcomes. The listed companies are Grail, NantWorks, and Inocras Korea. The listed firms are Banner & Witcoff, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, and Novick Kim & Lee. Practitioners may benefit from early issue identification, focused interview preparation, and careful management of extended response timelines.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16340738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DETERMINATION OF NODE INFLUENCE IN A NETWORK | Final Rejection | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED |
| 18397262 | METHOD FOR CREATING CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL, CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL CREATION PROGRAM, CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL CREATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL, CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND CELL MATHEMATICAL MODEL DETERMINATION APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 17204836 | COUPLED MATRIX-MATRIX AND COUPLED TENSOR-MATRIX COMPLETION METHODS FOR PREDICTING DRUG-TARGET INTERACTIONS | Non-Final OA | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN |
| 18474797 | Cancer Score for Assessment and Response Prediction from Biological Fluids | Non-Final OA | Nantomics LLC |
| 18465868 | Cancer Score for Assessment and Response Prediction from Biological Fluids | Non-Final OA | Nantomics, LLC |
| 18027260 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING SOURCE PRIMER OF NONSPECIFIC AMPLICATION SEQUENCE | Non-Final OA | BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. |
| 16341368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPACT REPRESENTATION OF BIOINFORMATICS DATA | Final Rejection | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 18655208 | EFFICIENT CLUSTERING OF NOISY POLYNUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE READS | Final Rejection | MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC |
| 17449952 | DATA SIFTING METHOD AND APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. |
| 18298690 | Denoising ATAC-Seq Data With Deep Learning | Final Rejection | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18264055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING PERSONALIZED THERAPEUTICS AND DIET BASED ON FUNCTIONS OF MICROBIOME | Non-Final OA | Tata Consultancy Services Limited |
| 18021377 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED VARIANT EFFECT ASSESSMENT AND USES THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc. |
| 17557691 | AFFINITY PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING AFFINITY PREDICTION MODEL, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. |
| 17313449 | RESOLUTION INDICES FOR DETECTING HETEROGENEITY IN DATA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Final Rejection | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 17092975 | BACTERIAL CAPTURE SEQUENCING PLATFORM AND METHODS OF DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING AND USING | Final Rejection | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK |
| 17289882 | Quantitative Algorithm for Endometriosis | Final Rejection | YALE UNIVERSITY |
| 18670687 | METHODS FOR DETECTING VARIANTS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING GENOMIC DATA | Non-Final OA | Sophia Genetics S.A. |
| 18300343 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING DATA | Final Rejection | ILLUMINA, INC. |
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Build Your Strategy48.1% of resolved applications examined by Guozhen Liu were allowed (106 resolved cases), compared with 28.4% across Art Unit 1631 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +26.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Guozhen Liu took 1,595 days on average from filing to allowance.
Guozhen Liu examines applications in Art Unit 1631 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).
