Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, EMILIE ALINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1637 1671 1686

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
103
Total Applications
+34.4%
Interview Lift
1593
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 70 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.9%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
61.6%
§103 Obviousness
0.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17703958 EFFICIENT VOXELIZATION FOR DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17788304 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMAL VACCINE DESIGN Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
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.
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.
17186418 METHOD FOR PREDICTING A DENTAL SITUATION Non-Final OA DENTAL MONITORING
17699053 GENOME SEQUENCING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Washington University
18421850 COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR CLONAL NEOANTIGEN IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Cancer Research Technology Limited
17309478 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING NOVEL TARGET PROTEIN AND COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKER THEREFOR Final Rejection 3BILLION
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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