Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 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.
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.
16340738 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DETERMINATION OF NODE INFLUENCE IN A NETWORK Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
17453705 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR GENOMIC PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Optum, 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
16096114 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL VARIANTS Non-Final OA Arc Bio, LLC

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