Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1671 1682 1685

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

35.6%
Allow Rate
-24.4% vs TC avg
126
Total Applications
+36.2%
Interview Lift
1726
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 90 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.2%
§102 Novelty
23.3%
§103 Obviousness
27.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16557931 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CONTAMINATION BETWEEN SAMPLES Non-Final OA GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
17779959 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZING AND ANALYZING MICROBIOME IN ANIMALS Final Rejection DSM IP Assets B.V.
17635997 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
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 Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17876493 Designing Chemical or Genetic Perturbations using Artificial Intelligence Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18021413 CANCER TEST METHOD USING METABOLITE LIST Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18049498 ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18049506 ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING MEMORY SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
18544216 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, STORAGE, AND ANALYSIS USING REFERENCE MOTIFS Final Rejection Intertrust Technologies Corporation
16139699 IMMUNE RECEPTOR-BARCODE ERROR CORRECTION Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
16333933 SOMATIC COPY NUMBER VARIATION DETECTION Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
17694679 Automated Interpretation of Protein Capillary Electrophoresis Data Final Rejection WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
18531920 METHODS FOR DETECTION OF FUSIONS USING COMPRESSED MOLECULAR TAGGED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DATA Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18143828 METHODS FOR DEEP ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SIGNAL ERROR CORRECTION Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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