Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1672 1685

This examiner grants 27% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

27.2%
Allow Rate
-32.8% vs TC avg
203
Total Applications
+20.9%
Interview Lift
1636
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 151 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.9%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
22.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19341734 PLATFORMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATHWAY OPTIMIZATION FOR PROCESS BOTTLENECKS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Non-Final OA X Development LLC
17745399 NANOPORE SENSOR FOR ENZYME-MEDIATED PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
16803768 UNSUPERVISED PROTEIN SEQUENCE GENERATION Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17629327 DETECTING NEURALLY PROGRAMMED TUMORS USING EXPRESSION DATA Final Rejection Genentech, Inc.
16504469 HIGHLY SENSITIVE SURVEILLANCE USING DETECTION OF CELL FREE DNA Non-Final OA The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
17735117 METHOD AND PROCESS FOR PREDICTING AND ANALYZING PATIENT COHORT RESPONSE, PROGRESSION, AND SURVIVAL Final Rejection Tempus AI, Inc.
17571412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT LOW-COVERAGE WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING AND WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING INFERENCE OF COPY NUMBER VARIATION FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Tempus AI, Inc.
16888357 PAN-CANCER MODEL TO PREDICT THE PD-L1 STATUS OF A CANCER CELL SAMPLE USING RNA EXPRESSION DATA AND OTHER PATIENT DATA Final Rejection TEMPUS AI, INC.
16732229 TRANSCRIPTOME DECONVOLUTION OF METASTATIC TISSUE SAMPLES Final Rejection TEMPUS AI, INC.
17762097 Systems and Methods for the Efficient Identification and Extraction of Sequence Paths in Genome Graphs Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17204892 CELL-FREE DNA FOR ASSESSING AND/OR TREATING CANCER Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
17188737 PEAK-PRESERVING AND ENHANCING BASELINE CORRECTION METHODS FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Final Rejection Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
17502661 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNE PHENOTYPES FOR PATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGE Non-Final OA LUNIT Inc.
17725354 Genome Feature Extraction Method, Disease Prediction Method, Apparatus and Device Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.
16794696 ALIGNMENT USING HOMOPOLYMER-COLLAPSED SEQUENCING READS Final Rejection Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17838115 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC DISEASES Non-Final OA Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17726250 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENE EDITING CASSETTE DESIGN Non-Final OA Inscripta, Inc.
18369788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING PROTEIN ACTIVITY Final Rejection Aether Biomachines, Inc.
15489658 METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES USING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY SIGNATURES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
15028253 METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES USING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY SIGNATURES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, Baltimore
18118024 FRAGMENTATION FOR MEASURING METHYLATION AND DISEASE Final Rejection Centre for Novostics Limited
16721619 CELL-FREE DNA END CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA GRAIL, Inc.
17860782 SOIL HEALTH INDICATORS USING MICROBIAL FUNCTIONAL GENES Final Rejection MIRATERRA INC.
17613966 SIMULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE BODY Final Rejection ELMEDIX NV
17184505 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCE DESIGN Final Rejection Baidu USA, LLC
17709614 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING REPRODUCED ORDER- DEPENDENT REPRESENTATIONS OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND Final Rejection Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc.
17639723 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREDICTING TREATMENT MANAGEMENT FACTOR CHARACTERISTICS OF DISEASE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA PHIL RIVERS TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
17587195 WEB-BASED PHARMACOGENOMICS TOOL Final Rejection DASMAN DIABETES INSTITUTE
17575894 DYNAMICALLY RESIZED SLIDING WINDOW FOR VARIANT ANALYSIS Final Rejection Helix OpCo, LLC
17556068 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET GENES Final Rejection Algen Biotechnologies, Inc.

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