Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WOITACH, JOSEPH T

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1618 1631 1633 1672 1687

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.1%
Allow Rate
-9.9% vs TC avg
435
Total Applications
+27.6%
Interview Lift
1702
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 399 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

36.8%
§101 Eligibility
2.9%
§102 Novelty
21.1%
§103 Obviousness
26.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17000010 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE EXHIBITING DISEASE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING TEST RESULTS Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
15431395 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE EXHIBITING DISEASE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING TEST RESULTS Non-Final OA Guardant Health, Inc.
17735906 SOMATIC VARIANT CALLING FROM AN UNMATCHED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA Personalis, Inc.
16115373 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN Final Rejection Genentech, Inc.
17900149 DRUG SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18031370 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PLANT DATA AND/OR FOR ISSUING TREATMENT INSTRUCTIONS IN HYBRID BREEDING Non-Final OA BASF SE
17182817 METHODS, MODELS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET SEQUENCES FOR CAS ENZYMES FOR CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS FOR TARGET SEQUENCES AND CONVEYING RESULTS THEREOF Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
17665345 DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYEING PROCESS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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
16002329 METHOD FOR PREDICTING AUTISM Final Rejection RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
17692606 METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION ON SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Final Rejection SYSMEX CORPORATION
17784525 A CHICKEN METHYLATION CLOCK Final Rejection Evonik Operations GmbH
17872980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTROL DATA FOR OPERATION OF BIOSYSTEMS ON CHIPS Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17356614 COVER SET DETERMINATION FOR IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
16579500 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC INFORMATION Final Rejection FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
17547297 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZING SHORT READS IN REPETITIVE REGIONS OF THE GENOME Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
17348212 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA Illumina, Inc.
17443917 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CALCULATING CORRECTED AMPLICON COVERAGES Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17351068 Laser Capture Microdissection Systems and Method for Image Analysis Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
16269980 Method for Evaluating Genotoxicity of Substance Final Rejection Kao Corporation
17339625 METHODS FOR DETECTING ANEUPLOIDY Non-Final OA Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

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