Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1687

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.3%
Allow Rate
+23.3% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1709
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
29.9%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17662022 CLOSED LOOP CONTINUOUS APTAMER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA X Development LLC
17948911 KINETIC LEARNING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17763089 METHOD OF CREATING ZERO-BURDEN DIGITAL BIOMARKERS FOR AUTISM, AND EXPLOITING CO-MORBIDITY PATTERNS TO DRIVE EARLY INTERVENTION Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
17776566 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
17349785 METHODS FOR DESIGNING ANTIBODY SMALL-MOLECULE CONJUGATES Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
17792639 MOLECULE DESIGN Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17945689 CALCULATION METHOD FOR BASE METHYLATION DEGREE AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17884852 CELL CULTURE PROCESS SEARCH METHOD, CELL CULTURE PROCESS SEARCH PROGRAM, CELL CULTURE PROCESS SEARCH DEVICE, AND LEARNED MODEL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17670299 METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROCESS VARIABLES IN CELL CULTIVATION PROCESSES Final Rejection Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
17775187 MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS AND A PROCESS TO DISCOVER NEW NATURAL PRODUCTS BY LINKING GENOMES AND METABOLOMES IN FUNGI Non-Final OA Northwestern University
17723939 COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A BIOPOLYMER PROPERTY OF A BIOPOLYMER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17910556 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FOR PREDICTING DISEASE RISK BASED ON MULTIMODAL FUSION Non-Final OA SHANDONG UNIVERSITY
17746712 PRECISION ENRICHMENT OF PATHOLOGY SPECIMENS Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
17490425 ESTIMATING CARDIAC PARAMETERS WHEN PERFORMING AN ACTIVITY USING A PERSONALIZED CARDIOVASCULAR HEMODYNAMIC MODEL Final Rejection Tata Consultancy Services Limited
17795091 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING CONDITION FOR POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN COMPOSITE Non-Final OA National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
17407013 SPECIFICALLY-SHAPED CRYSTAL OF COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA The University of Tokyo
17614510 Adhesive Selection Method, Adhesion Complex, and Production Method for Adhesion Complex Non-Final OA SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
17598923 DETERMINING HEMATOLOGIC TOXICITY RISK FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY Non-Final OA Elekta, Inc.
17531868 MULTIPLEXED ASSAY KITS FOR EVALUATION OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Final Rejection Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
17502064 AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION RISK WARNING MOLECULE AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection OIL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
17623396 ESTIMATING A QUANTITY OF MOLECULES IN A SAMPLE Final Rejection BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
17696197 SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO DETERMINE FOOD ITEM RIPENESS Non-Final OA Apeel Technology, Inc.
17627066 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF A SAMPLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING NUCLEIC ACID, SUCH AS RNA, AND OPTIONALLY PARTICLES Final Rejection BioNTech SE
17904911 SELECTING A CELL LINE FOR AN ASSAY Non-Final OA BenevolentAI Technology Limited
17796425 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CHROMATIN STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC FROM A HI-C MATRIX, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING A CHROMATIN STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC FROM A HI-C MATRIX, AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING A MEDICAL CONDITION OR DISEASE Non-Final OA CHROMATINTECH BEIJING CO, LTD
17746359 HTP GENOMIC ENGINEERING PLATFORM Non-Final OA Gingko Bioworks, Inc.
17769727 CLINICAL VARIANT CLASSIFIER MODELS, MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA NemaMetrix, Inc
17698909 UNIFIED PORTAL FOR REGULATORY AND SPLICING ELEMENTS FOR GENOME ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Genome International Corporation
17562589 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FEATURE OF ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLECTUAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection DAEJIN ADVANCED MATERIALS Inc.
17601060 CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA FLASKWORKS, LLC

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