Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Janna Nicole Schultzhaus, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1671 1682 1685 1796

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Analysis

SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE works in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1631. Across 96 resolved cases, the allowance rate is 35.4%, the interview lift is 38.2%, and the median time to allowance is 1733 days. The record combines a relatively low allowance level with a strong interview measure and the longest reported median in this profile set.

The principal companies are Illumina Inc., Sony Group Corporation, and Micron Technology Inc. The leading firms are Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI, MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP, and Arch & Lake LLP. Practitioners may want to address prosecution risk early through focused claim drafting and well-prepared interviews.

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

Performance Statistics

35.4%
Allow Rate
-29.6% vs TC avg
144
Total Applications
+38.2%
Interview Lift
1733
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 96 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.0%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
24.4%
§103 Obviousness
26.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17876493 Designing Chemical or Genetic Perturbations using Artificial Intelligence Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18428160 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SORTING SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17915391 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING RNA-PROTEIN INTERACTION, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17793968 METHODS OF FUNCTIONALLY SCREENING BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE FRAGMENTS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18136072 QUANTIFYING THE RESPONSE-SPECIFICITY OF MONONUCLEAR CELLS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17328167 METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERACTIONS AMONGST MICROORGANISMS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18549621 WORKFLOW TO ASSIGN PUTATIVE SOURCE TO DE NOVO PEPTIDE SEQUENCE Non-Final OA REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
18021413 CANCER TEST METHOD USING METABOLITE LIST Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17779959 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZING AND ANALYZING MICROBIOME IN ANIMALS Final Rejection DSM IP Assets B.V.
17599656 PREDICTING CELL CULTURE PERFORMANCE IN BIOREACTORS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
16139699 IMMUNE RECEPTOR-BARCODE ERROR CORRECTION Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
17356146 IN VIVO DETECTION OF EGFR MUTATION IN GLIOBLASTOMA VIA MRI SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH DEEP PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION Non-Final OA The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
15758168 MULTIPLE DATASET ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF TARGET ANALYTE Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
18359502 RAPID SINGLE-CELL MULTIOMICS PROCESSING USING AN EXECUTABLE FILE Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18193206 COPY NUMBER VARIANT CALLING FOR LPA KIV-2 REPEAT Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
16333933 SOMATIC COPY NUMBER VARIATION DETECTION Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
18429893 METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONS Final Rejection SEQUENOM, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Janna Nicole Schultzhaus's allowance rate?

35.4% of resolved applications examined by Janna Nicole Schultzhaus were allowed (96 resolved cases), compared with 28.4% across Art Unit 1631 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Janna Nicole Schultzhaus?

This examiner's interview lift is +38.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Janna Nicole Schultzhaus take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Janna Nicole Schultzhaus took 1,733 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Janna Nicole Schultzhaus work in?

Janna Nicole Schultzhaus examines applications in Art Unit 1631 in Tech Center 1700 (Chemistry & Materials).

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