Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

George Steven Vanni, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1631 1657 1672 1686

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN has resolved 606 cases in technology center 1600 and art unit 1631. The allowance rate is 66.8%, and the median time to allowance is 1489 days. Interviews are associated with a 25.2% lift in the allowance rate. The substantial record supports using these figures as a meaningful description of prosecution activity in this docket.

Foundation Medicine Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. are the listed leading companies. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast, Maschoff Brennan, and WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI are the listed leading firms. Counsel can identify recurring applicant and representative activity while evaluating interviews as a potentially useful part of prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

66.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
651
Total Applications
+25.2%
Interview Lift
1489
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 606 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

29.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.3%
§102 Novelty
24.6%
§103 Obviousness
29.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18397304 METHOD FOR PREDICTING CELL CULTURE RESULT, CULTURE RESULT PREDICTION PROGRAM, AND CULTURE RESULT PREDICTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17102587 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING ANALYTE CONCENTRATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17916540 RNA-PROTEIN INTERACTION PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
17110879 METHOD OF HYPOGLYCEMIA RISK DETERMINATION Final Rejection ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18257925 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES USING MACHINE LEARNING AND HIGH-DIMENSIONAL CLINICAL DATA Non-Final OA THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
17208110 MOLECULE EMBEDDING USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS AND MULTI-TASK TRAINING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17496758 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT CELL DEFORMABILITY MEASUREMENTS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18263106 METHOD FOR MODELLING PRODUCTION OF CARBONATED SEDIMENTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF A SEDIMENTARY BASIN Non-Final OA TotalEnergies OneTech
17313880 SIZE-BASED ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE TUMOR DNA FOR CLASSIFYING LEVEL OF CANCER Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17759194 A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A WHOLE-TISSUE EPIGENETIC CLOCK FOR AVIAN SPECIES Non-Final OA Evonik Operations GmbH
18560861 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING MICROBIAL CULTURE CONCENTRATION Non-Final OA LG CHEM, LTD.
17546735 CANCER RISK STRATIFICATION BASED ON HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TISSUE SLIDE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.
18274675 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING AND TREATING COMBINED HEPATOCELLULAR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
17612966 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING TUMOR FRACTION Non-Final OA Foundation Medicine, Inc.
17427002 COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS TO DETECT HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION STATUS Non-Final OA Sequenom, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner George Steven Vanni's allowance rate?

66.8% of resolved applications examined by George Steven Vanni were allowed (606 resolved cases), compared with 28.4% across Art Unit 1631 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner George Steven Vanni?

This examiner's interview lift is +25.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner George Steven Vanni take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by George Steven Vanni took 1,489 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner George Steven Vanni work in?

George Steven Vanni examines applications in Art Unit 1631 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).

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