Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1671 1685

This examiner grants 34% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

34.1%
Allow Rate
-25.9% vs TC avg
129
Total Applications
+39.5%
Interview Lift
1838
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 82 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.6%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
23.9%
§103 Obviousness
27.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17687551 TILE LOCATION AND/OR CYCLE BASED WEIGHT SET SELECTION FOR BASE CALLING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17586760 Method and System for a Reduced Computation Hidden Markov Model in Computational Biology Applications Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
16557931 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION BETWEEN SAMPLES Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
18428160 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SORTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
17613009 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SORTING SYSTEM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17599656 PREDICTING CELL CULTURE PERFORMANCE IN BIOREACTORS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
17284551 AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION AND AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC MODELS FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTIONS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
18544216 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, STORAGE, AND ANALYSIS USING REFERENCE MOTIFS Non-Final OA Intertrust Technologies Corporation
17779959 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZING AND ANALYZING MICROBIOME IN ANIMALS Non-Final OA DSM IP Assets B.V.
16042099 Stabilized Antibody Compositions and Methods of Producing Same Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17793968 METHODS OF FUNCTIONALLY SCREENING BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE FRAGMENTS Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17876493 Designing Chemical or Genetic Perturbations using Artificial Intelligence Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17356146 IN VIVO DETECTION OF EGFR MUTATION IN GLIOBLASTOMA VIA MRI SIGNATURE CONSISTENT WITH DEEP PERITUMORAL INFILTRATION Final Rejection The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
15758168 MULTIPLE DATASET ANALYSIS FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF TARGET ANALYTE Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
17963532 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE TASTE OF A USER Non-Final OA KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
16982324 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOMARKER ANALYSIS Final Rejection SRI INTERNATIONAL
18076567 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF BTK PROTEIN AND BINDING POCKETS THEREOF Non-Final OA Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
18531920 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF FUSIONS USING COMPRESSED MOLECULAR TAGGED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATA Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17840409 IDENTIFYING A DE NOVO FETAL MUTATION FROM A MATERNAL BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17630342 COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCT DESIGN SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
17754103 MOLECULAR PHENOTYPE CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
18421663 DIAGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER USING TARGETED QUANTIFICATION OF PEPTIDES Final Rejection VENN BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION
17793836 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED SOLUTION FOR IMPROVING INTESTINAL ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA HEM PHARMA INC.
16965292 Methods for Analyzing Genetic Data to Classify Multifactorial Traits Including Complex Medical Disorders Final Rejection The Rockefeller University
16975916 DETERMINING IMPACT ON PROPERTIES OF PROTEINS BASED ON AMINO ACID SEQUENCE MODIFICATIONS Final Rejection Just-Evotec Biologics, Inc.
17629055 METHOD FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING A BIOLOGICAL SPECIES OF INTEREST BY METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS Final Rejection BIOMERIEUX
17688978 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAINING MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO ACTION OF DRUG USING IN-SILICO TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Innoplexus AG
16235901 MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY DETECTION Final Rejection GRAIL, Inc.
17693705 PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS IN DNA-BASED DATA STORAGE Non-Final OA CATALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17604958 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS Final Rejection Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc.

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