Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHALEY, PABLO S

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1631 3619

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-27.0% vs TC avg
575
Total Applications
+21.7%
Interview Lift
1938
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 524 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

28.8%
§101 Eligibility
2.7%
§102 Novelty
24.9%
§103 Obviousness
32.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17447554 CUSTOM DATA FILES FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE Final Rejection ILLUMINA, INC.
19303233 PERSONALIZED WELLNESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE Final Rejection Onikoroshi, LLC
17298275 PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA HOYA CORPORATION
17616494 Likelihood Ratios for Out-of-Distribution Detection Non-Final OA Google LLC
17905250 Systems and Methods for Determining Spatial Accumulation of Signaling Molecules Within Tissue Samples Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17786617 Transdermal Sedative Release Control in Autonomous Imaging Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17764074 RANKING NEOANTIGENS FOR PERSONALIZED CANCER VACCINE Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
19088442 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY Final Rejection Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17499284 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY Final Rejection Myriad Genetics, Inc.
17696102 MACHINE LEARNING TO CORRECT FOR NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING IN HIGH-FREQUENCY, IN VIVO FLUOROMETER DATA Non-Final OA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
17681350 CONTROL METHOD FOR SPECIMEN ANALYSIS SYSTEM, SPECIMEN ANALYSIS SYSTEM, COMPUTER, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SYSMEX CORPORATION
18063532 METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR CANINE BREED IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
17718255 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A DRUG MECHANISM OF ACTION USING NETWORK DYSREGULATION Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
17688699 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS FOR A PATIENT UTILIZING INPUTS OBTAINED FROM AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
17416938 A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING EVOLUTION OVER TIME OF A VISION-RELATED PARAMETER Final Rejection ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
17388393 System and Method for Determining Caloric Requirements of an Animal Non-Final OA Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
17383750 System and Method for Determining Caloric Requirements of an Animal Based on a Plurality of Durational Parameters Non-Final OA Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
17428669 IDENTIFYING RESPONSIVENESS TO RADIO-IMMUNO COMBINATION THERAPY Non-Final OA Elekta, Inc.
15785768 CODING GENOME RECONSTRUCTION FROM TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCES Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
17334109 METHODS OF STRATIFYING AND TREATING A SUB-POPULATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS Non-Final OA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
17434553 METHOD TO DIAGNOSE A CMMRD Final Rejection SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ
18428707 USING THE FULL REPERTOIRE OF GENETIC INFORMATION FROM BACTERIAL GENOMES AND PLASMIDS FOR IMPROVED GENETIC RESISTANCE TESTS Final Rejection bioMérieux
18329451 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING INSULIN DOSAGES FOR DIABETIC SUBJECTS Final Rejection Aseko, Inc.
17297669 Methods For Determining Disease Risk Combining Downsampling of Class-Imbalanced Sets With Survival Analysis Non-Final OA SomaLogic Operating Co., Inc.
17359338 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING SEQUENCES IN THE PRESENCE OF REPEATING ELEMENTS Final Rejection Seven Bridges Genomics Inc.
17087385 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTIFYING SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Seven Bridges Genomics Inc.
17698900 DETERMINATION OF COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS USING BINOMIAL PROBABILITY CALCULATIONS Final Rejection Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.
17577507 PREDICTION DEVICE, TRAINED MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, PREDICTION METHOD, AND TRAINED MODEL GENERATION METHOD Final Rejection Ahead Biocomputing, Co. Ltd.
16357296 METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND DEVICES FOR ACCELERATING EXECUTION OF A SEARCH QUERY FOR PEPTIDE IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Bruker Scientific LLC

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