Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SKIBINSKY, ANNA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1635

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.8%
Allow Rate
-21.2% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+29.5%
Interview Lift
1639
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 677 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.8%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
26.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17199286 METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING GENETIC MUTATIONS DETECTED IN CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDS AS TUMOR OR NON-TUMOR ORIGIN Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
19288411 MULTI-TIERED TESTING FOR TRACKING DISEASE HETEROGENEITY Final Rejection Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
17291517 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY STORING, ACCESSING, AND EDITING INFORMATION USING NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection North Carolina State University
17351787 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17685453 Microorganism Discrimination Method and System Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17311723 METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE USING AN S-SHAPED FUNCTION FOR A SLOPE DATA SET Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
17857660 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED CARDIAC RHYTHM CLASSIFICATION FROM THE TIME BETWEEN HEART BEAT INTERVALS USING NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
18375024 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING SEQUENCES Final Rejection Inocras Korea Inc.
17634418 NATURAL MOVEMENT EEG RECOGNITION METHOD BASED ON SOURCE LOCALIZATION AND BRAIN NETWORKS Final Rejection SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
18316200 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE CAR-T CELL QUALITY Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
18572087 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MACHINE LEARNING ANALYSIS OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES Non-Final OA AMPEL BIOSOLUTIONS, LLC
17447844 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE STATE OF AT LEAST ONE CAVITY OF A TRANSPORT INTERFACE CONFIGURED FOR TRANSPORTING SAMPLE TUBES Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17288360 DEVICES AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO ENABLE EXTENDED MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF SUBJECT NEUROLOGICAL FACTORS VIA BLEPHAROMETRIC DATA COLLECTION Final Rejection SDIP HOLDINGS PTY LTD
17968902 METHOD FOR ANALYZING GENETIC INTERACTION OF CANCER VIA MOLECULAR NETWORK REFINING PROCESS, AND SYSTEM USING SAME Non-Final OA INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
17642335 Method for identifying T-cell epitopes Non-Final OA Evaxion Biotech A/S
17809892 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING GENE MUTATION DICTIONARY, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING GENOMIC DATA USING THE DICTIONARY Non-Final OA MGI TECH CO., LTD.
16982935 ADVANCED BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CELLULAR MONITORING AND QUANTIFICATION USING LASER FORCE CYTOLOGY Non-Final OA Lumacyte, Inc.
17782290 METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE METABOLIC CONTENT OF A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA BASF PLANT SCIENCE COMPANY GMBH
17911376 RETROSYNTHESIS-RELATED SYNTHETIC ACCESSIBILITY Non-Final OA INSILICO MEDICINE IP LIMITED
17945581 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING THE FOLDING TRAJECTORY AND FACILITATING FOLDING OF POLYPEPTIDE CHAINS INTO NATIVE, NON-NATIVE, AND ARTIFICIAL CONFORMATIONS Non-Final OA Strenic LLC
17765741 Systems and Methods for Fertility Prediction and Increasing Culling Accuracy and Breeding Decisions Final Rejection Acuity Ag Solutions, LLC
17313660 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF A BLOOD GLUCOSE VALUE FOR A PATIENT BEING IN AN ADVERSE BLOOD GLUCOSE RANGE AT A PREDICTION TIME Final Rejection mySugr GmbH
17408247 Subject Modelling Non-Final OA Neurotech Research Pty. Ltd.
17387528 DETECTION OF RISK OF PRE-ECLAMPSIA IN OBESE PREGNANT WOMEN Non-Final OA METABOLOMIC DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

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