Listed by the USPTO as WOITACH, JOSEPH T
Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618 1631 1633 1634 1672 1684 1687
This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases
WOITACH, JOSEPH T has resolved 404 cases in tech center 1600 and art unit 1618. The allowance rate is 49.5%, and the median time to allowance is 1712 days. The interview lift is 27.4%, indicating a positive association that may be useful where prosecution obstacles require discussion.
The listed companies are Thermo Fisher Scientific, Illumina Inc., and Guardant Health Inc. The listed firms are FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, AMPACC Law Group, PLLC, and BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. Practitioners should account for the moderate allowance rate and long median timeline, while considering interviews as one potential tool for improving prosecution outcomes.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17828488 | IMPLANT PLANNING AND GUIDANCE WITH SOFT TISSUE ASSESSMENT | Non-Final OA | MAKO Surgical Corp. |
| 17411889 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE ASSEMBLY | Non-Final OA | 10x Genomics, Inc |
| 17523764 | EVALUATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND EVALUATION DEVICE | Final Rejection | FUJITSU LIMITED |
| 16115373 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN | Final Rejection | Genentech, Inc. |
| 18556737 | ANALYSIS OF FRAGMENT ENDS IN DNA | Non-Final OA | WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION |
| 17733866 | Method for Determining Relatedness of Genomic Samples Using Partial Sequence Information | Non-Final OA | The Regents of the University of California |
| 17900149 | DRUG SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited |
| 17665345 | DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYEING PROCESS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM | Final Rejection | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
| 17835821 | NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF GRAFT REJECTION IN ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS | Non-Final OA | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| 18046409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING NUCLEIC ACIDS | Non-Final OA | President and Fellows of Harvard College |
| 17724296 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION | Non-Final OA | University of Utah Research Foundation |
| 16002329 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING AUTISM | Final Rejection | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE |
| 18217812 | ENCODING AN ASSEMBLY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED NANOPARTICLE ARCHITECTURES THROUGH CHROMATIC BONDS | Non-Final OA | THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK |
| 16269980 | Method for Evaluating Genotoxicity of Substance | Final Rejection | Kao Corporation |
| 16306213 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE USING A SIGNAL CHANGE-AMOUNT DATA SET | Final Rejection | SEEGENE, INC. |
| 17547297 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZING SHORT READS IN REPETITIVE REGIONS OF THE GENOME | Final Rejection | Illumina, Inc. |
| 17400165 | SAMPLE ANALYZER FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING DATA | Non-Final OA | Illumina, Inc. |
| 17348212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING IMAGE DATA | Non-Final OA | Illumina, Inc. |
| 18282825 | FIXED POINT NUMBER REPRESENTATION AND COMPUTATION CIRCUITS | Non-Final OA | CATALOG TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy49.5% of resolved applications examined by Joseph T Woitach were allowed (404 resolved cases), compared with 33.1% across Art Unit 1618 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +27.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Joseph T Woitach took 1,712 days on average from filing to allowance.
Joseph T Woitach examines applications in Art Unit 1618 in Tech Center 1600 (Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals).
