Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, EMILIE ALINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1671 1686

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.5%
Allow Rate
-8.5% vs TC avg
101
Total Applications
+35.4%
Interview Lift
1702
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 68 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.5%
§101 Eligibility
13.1%
§102 Novelty
27.3%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17703958 EFFICIENT VOXELIZATION FOR DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17175495 DEEP LEARNING APPROACH TO CORRELATE CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY AND GENETICS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17788304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL VACCINE DESIGN Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18306737 Transcriptome Analysis For Treating Inflammation Non-Final OA Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17755713 Systems and Methods for Deconvoluting Tumor Ecosystems for Personalized Cancer Therapy Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17793974 GUIDED ANALYSIS OF SINGLE CELL SEQUENCING DATA USING BULK SEQUENCING DATA Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17776119 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINED DNA-RNA SEQUENCING ANALYSIS TO ENHANCE VARIANT-CALLING PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERIZE VARIANT EXPRESSION STATUS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
16818412 Systems And Methods For Prioritizing The Selection Of Targeted Genes Associated With Diseases For Drug Discovery Based On Human Data Final Rejection ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
17917428 MAXILLARY SINUS LIFTING SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA OSSTEM IMPLANT CO., LTD.
17914279 ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18431856 APPROXIMATING THE CLASSICAL PARTITION FUNCTION OF A MOLECULAR SYSTEM Final Rejection SB Technology, Inc.
17309478 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING NOVEL TARGET PROTEIN AND COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKER THEREFOR Final Rejection 3BILLION
17840399 LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING A DATABASE OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN MULTISPECTRAL CIRCADIAN RHYTHM LIGHTING SCENARIO AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS INDEX AND THE METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Lawrence LIN
17844014 CIRCADIAN LIGHT-TRACKING ENHANCEMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES Non-Final OA Blue Iris Labs
17825983 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PHOTODETECTION SPECTROSCOPY USING DATA FUSION AND MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Lightsense Technology, Inc.
17766031 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID Non-Final OA CLARET BIOSCIENCE, LLC
17684853 METHODS OF ANALYZING GENETIC VARIANTS BASED ON GENETIC MATERIAL Non-Final OA Fabric Genomics, Inc.
17262009 Method for the Study of Embryo Mutations in IN VITRO Reproduction Processes Final Rejection JOURNEY GENOMICS, S.L.

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