Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1624 1671 1687 3796

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.7%
Allow Rate
-40.3% vs TC avg
91
Total Applications
+47.1%
Interview Lift
1721
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 64 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

32.8%
§101 Eligibility
3.9%
§102 Novelty
30.7%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17652946 INSPECTION VALUE PREDICTION DEVICE, INSPECTION VALUE PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND INSPECTION VALUE PREDICTION METHOD Final Rejection Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation
19098448 IDENTIFICATION OF SOMATIC OR GERMLINE ORIGIN FOR CELL-FREE DNA Final Rejection Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
18146123 MACHINE LEARNING SOLUTION TO PREDICT PROTEIN CHARACTERISTICS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
17669258 METHOD FOR CORRECTING DATA RELATED TO ELECTROPHORESIS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER PEAK IS SAMPLE-DERIVED PEAK OR SPIKE, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18560349 METHOD OF TARGETED MULTI-PANEL APPROACH AND TIERED A.I. USE FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17890176 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING RESPIRATORY PARTICLE DEPOSITION IN A LUNG Non-Final OA ANSYS, INC.
18330737 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SEQUENCE VARIATION Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

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