Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Robert Austin Player, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1672 1684 1686 3791

This examiner grants 14% of resolved cases

Analysis

PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN is assigned to technology center 3700 and art unit 1672. The profile contains 22 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 13.6%. The limited record requires substantial caution, but the available outcomes indicate a difficult allowance environment.

The median time to allowance is 1516 days. Interview lift is 34.1%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance. Direct examiner engagement may therefore be useful, although the small case base limits the confidence of any general prediction.

The recurring companies are Illumina Inc., Grail LLC, and Protillion Biosciences Inc. The listed firms are Keller Preece PLLC, CANTOR COLBURN LLP - UCONN, and Casimir Jones, S.C. Counsel should prepare for extended prosecution and use interviews alongside carefully supported claim amendments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

13.6%
Allow Rate
-56.4% vs TC avg
74
Total Applications
+34.1%
Interview Lift
1516
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.4%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
31.6%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18066585 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18185760 PHASELESS AUXILIARY-FIELD QUANTUM MONTE CARLO WITH DIRECT PRODUCT MULTI-SLATER DETERMINANTS TRIAL Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18184600 Systems and Methods for Generating Ligand Compounds Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17398996 APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING FOR INFERRING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION WITH LIMITED OBSERVATIONS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
17346498 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ANALYZING SIMULATED SOLVENT-MEDIATED MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
18258489 METHOD OF SELECTING A GILT FOR BREEDING Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
17616421 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULE OR PROTEIN Final Rejection CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18017551 BIOMEDICAL BIG DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
17609622 ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND ANALYTICAL METHOD Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18008410 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTINGUISHING SOMATIC GENOMIC SEQUENCES FROM GERMLINE GENOMIC SEQUENCES Final Rejection Foundation Medicine, Inc.
18183514 SINGLE-PASS METHYLATION MAPPING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17947049 DEEP LEARNING NETWORK FOR EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
17821410 AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING FAILURE SOURCES IN NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING FROM BASE-CALL-ERROR PATTERNS Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18045279 Methods for Non-Invasive Assessment of Genomic Instability Non-Final OA Sequenom, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Robert Austin Player's allowance rate?

13.6% of resolved applications examined by Robert Austin Player were allowed (22 resolved cases), compared with 38.3% across Art Unit 1672 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Robert Austin Player?

This examiner's interview lift is +34.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Robert Austin Player take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Robert Austin Player took 1,516 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Robert Austin Player work in?

Robert Austin Player examines applications in Art Unit 1672 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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