Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1672 1682 1685

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

26.9%
Allow Rate
-33.1% vs TC avg
208
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1585
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 160 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
23.6%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18118528 Classifying User Activity Using Multiple Sensors Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19341734 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATHWAY OPTIMIZATION FOR PROCESS BOTTLENECKS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Final Rejection X Development LLC
17629327 DETECTING NEURALLY PROGRAMMED TUMORS USING EXPRESSION DATA Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
17745399 NANOPORE SENSOR FOR ENZYME-MEDIATED PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18555972 ANALYSIS METHOD OF BASE SEQUENCE AND GENE ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17762097 Systems and Methods for the Efficient Identification and Extraction of Sequence Paths in Genome Graphs Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
15926977 SYNTHETIC MULTIPLETS FOR MULTIPLETS DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson And Company
18401532 DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17773031 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPLANT DONORS FOR A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT Final Rejection CareDx, Inc.
17842893 CELL-FREE DNA FOR ASSESSING AND/OR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17590659 System, Method and Computer Simulation Environment For In Silico Trials in Pre-Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Final Rejection University of Virginia Patent Foundation
17186816 METHOD FOR VERIFYING CULTIVATION DEVICE PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17502661 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE PHENOTYPES FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGE Final Rejection LUNIT Inc.

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