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Last updated: October 27, 2026

John Thomas Stubbs, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1686

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

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Allow Rate
-60.0% vs TC avg
30
Total Applications
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Interview Lift
0
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.1%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
33.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18254883 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17825151 INITIAL CONFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, INITIAL CONFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
18464135 PREDICTION OF DISTRIBUTION OF GLYCANS ATTACHED TO MOLECULES MANUFACTURED IN A CELL CULTURE Non-Final OA GENENTECH, INC.
18207585 Positional Delivery and Encoding by Oligonucleotides of Biological Cells for Single Cell Sequencing (POS SEQ) Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18141226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING THE STATUS OF A TRANSPLANT Non-Final OA CareDx, Inc.
17991701 CODON DE-OPTIMIZATION OR OPTIMIZATION USING GENETIC ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Which art unit does examiner John Thomas Stubbs work in?

John Thomas Stubbs examines applications in Art Unit 1686 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).

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