Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LIU, GUOZHEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1672 1686

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.5%
Allow Rate
-11.5% vs TC avg
137
Total Applications
+26.5%
Interview Lift
1579
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

38.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.4%
§102 Novelty
28.2%
§103 Obviousness
19.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17983152 METHOD OF PREDICTING CONCRETE CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17587760 PREDICTION OF SIDE-CHAIN DEGRADATION IN POLYMERS THROUGH PHYSICS BASED SIMULATIONS Final Rejection Genentech, Inc.
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
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.
16992569 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF HAPLOTYPES TO DETERMINE A BIOLOGICAL CONDITION Final Rejection 10X Genomics, Inc.
16340738 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DETERMINATION OF NODE INFLUENCE IN A NETWORK Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
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
17453705 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR GENOMIC PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Optum, Inc.
18545231 PREDICTING NEO-ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY RESPONSE FROM PRE-TREATMENT BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HER2 STATUS Non-Final OA Case Western Reserve University
17874203 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE GENOME EDITS AND PREDICTING THE AGGREGATE EFFECTS OF THE IDENTIFIED GENOME EDITS Final Rejection MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
18021377 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED VARIANT EFFECT ASSESSMENT AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Inari Agriculture Technology, Inc.
18664975 VALIDATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENCE VARIANT CALLS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18441967 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR DETECTION OF TANDEM DUPLICATION Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17443124 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT PATHOGEN TESTING Non-Final OA Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
16096114 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL VARIANTS Non-Final OA Arc Bio, LLC

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