Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PLAYER, ROBERT AUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1684 1686 3791

This examiner grants 17% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

16.7%
Allow Rate
-53.3% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+90.9%
Interview Lift
1376
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
2.0%
§102 Novelty
62.0%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17830316 SELF-LEARNED BASE CALLER, TRAINED USING ORGANISM SEQUENCES Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17548977 ACID CORROSION INHIBITOR VIRTUAL LABORATORY Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17608441 Reagents and Methods for Alzheimer's Disease and CoMorbidities Thereof Final Rejection Ohio State Innovation Foundation
17398996 APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING FOR INFERRING PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION WITH LIMITED OBSERVATIONS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17698769 UTILIZATION OF SPARCE CODEBOOK IN MULTIPLEXED FLUORESCENT IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION IMAGING Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
17619289 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MISSED BOLUS DOSES Final Rejection Eli Lilly and Company
17710488 DETECTION METHOD FOR DETECTING OCCURRENCE OF NONSPECIFIC REACTION, ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYZER, AND DETECTION PROGRAM FOR DETECTING OCCURRENCE OF NONSPECIFIC REACTION Final Rejection SYSMEX CORPORATION
17439450 PROCESS CONTROL IN CELL BASED ASSAYS Final Rejection Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17050372 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING PATHOGEN NUCLEIC ACID LOAD TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SUBJECT HAS A CANCER CONDITION Non-Final OA GRAIL, LLC
17616421 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULE OR PROTEIN Non-Final OA CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17519813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HARVEST DETECTION OF LATENT INFECTION IN PLANTS Final Rejection Apeel Technology, Inc.
17749164 CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF RIBOSOMAL RNA DATABASE Final Rejection National Health Research Institutes
17782058 PRIORITISING BIOLOGICAL TARGETS Non-Final OA BenevolentAI Technology Limited
17792535 SCREENING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND PROCESSING GENOMIC INFORMATION FOR GENERATING GENE VARIANT INTERPRETATIONS Non-Final OA CONGENICA LTD.
17712593 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR PREDICTING EMBRYO VIABILITY BASED ON MICROSCOPY METHODS Non-Final OA Optiva Fertility, Inc.
17638276 Computer-implemented method and electronic system for predicting a delivery time Final Rejection WPMED GBR
17635863 METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PERITONEAL DIALYSIS SAMPLE Final Rejection Medizinische Universität Wien
17635567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A CHEMICAL OR BIOCHEMICAL METHOD Non-Final OA YF1

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