Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SKIBINSKY, ANNA

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1635 1687

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Analysis

Anna Skibinsky in Art Unit 1631 has managed 689 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 39.0 percent. The interview lift is 29.1 percent. This data indicates a challenging prosecution environment where the baseline for allowance is low, but interviews provide a meaningful increase in the chances of success.

The median days to allowance is 1646 days. This long pendency, combined with the 39.0 percent allowance rate, suggests that practitioners should be prepared for a difficult and lengthy process. The 29.1 percent interview lift should be utilized to try and expedite the 1646-day timeline.

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

Performance Statistics

39.0%
Allow Rate
-21.0% vs TC avg
717
Total Applications
+29.1%
Interview Lift
1646
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 689 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

33.8%
§101 Eligibility
4.7%
§102 Novelty
29.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17351787 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18044541 IDENTIFYING THE PRESENCE OF METASTATIC CANCER AND TISSUE OF ORIGIN WITH MICROBIAL NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18030305 BIOPARTICLE SORTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18558955 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING, FROM FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE BASED NUTRIENTS INTAKE DATA, THE RELATIVE AMOUNTS OF FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII (FPRAU) IN THE GUT MICROBIOME ECOSYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
19288411 MULTI-TIERED TESTING FOR TRACKING DISEASE HETEROGENEITY Non-Final OA Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI, LLC
18316200 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE CAR-T CELL QUALITY Final Rejection Carnegie Mellon University
18123370 Molecule Designing Method, Device and Program Non-Final OA Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
17685453 Microorganism Discrimination Method and System Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18144291 METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17291517 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY STORING, ACCESSING, AND EDITING INFORMATION USING NUCLEIC ACIDS Non-Final OA North Carolina State 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.

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