Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WOITACH, JOSEPH T

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

This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

49.1%
Allow Rate
-10.9% vs TC avg
453
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
1701
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 387 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

45.4%
§101 Eligibility
1.7%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
17462906 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE EXHIBITING DISEASE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING TEST RESULTS Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
17000010 DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE EXHIBITING DISEASE CELL HETEROGENEITY AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING TEST RESULTS Final Rejection GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.
15796642 DIAGNOSTIC METHODS 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.
17872980 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTROL DATA FOR OPERATION OF BIOSYSTEMS ON CHIPS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18435880 Methods and Systems for Analyzing Nucleic Acid Molecules Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17356614 COVER SET DETERMINATION FOR IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
17665345 DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYEING PROCESS USING GENETIC ALGORITHM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17202785 Hardware Acceleration of Short Read Mapping for Genomic and Other Types of Analyses Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
18935641 10K LIQUID-PHASE CHIP FOR PIGS BASED ON MULTIPLE SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS Non-Final OA CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
19002783 METHODS FOR DETECTING FETAL COPY NUMBER VARIATION THROUGH NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING Non-Final OA Dr. HOAI NGHIA NGUYEN
16579500 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC INFORMATION Non-Final OA FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC.
17395203 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING GROUPS OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS BASED ON PREDICTED GROWTH POTENTIAL Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
16002329 METHOD FOR PREDICTING AUTISM Non-Final OA RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
17418168 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAIT INFORMATION OF INDIVIDUALS Final Rejection OSAKA UNIVERSITY
16893585 METHODS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND KITS FOR SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17245822 MICROBIOME BASED SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
17196480 Microbiome Based Systems, Apparatus and Methods for the Exploration and Production of Hydrocarbons Final Rejection BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
17643559 SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17339598 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENGINE ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERATING CANDIDATE DRUGS Non-Final OA Peptilogics, Inc.
17287448 CANCER SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC TARGETS GENERATED BY CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUG TREATMENT Final Rejection Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
17746753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GENETIC SURNAME INFORMATION BY USING GENOMIC INFORMATION Non-Final OA CLINOMICS INC.
17537394 PREDICTING CLINICAL INTERVENTION STRATEGY FOR TREATMENTS OF A COMPLEX DISEASE Non-Final OA Nova Southeastern University
17428807 METHOD FOR ANALYZING MRNA PRECURSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection Norihiro OKADA
16757655 METHOD OF TAGGING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES, COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA ARGENTAG CORPORATION

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