USPTO Examiner SCHULTZHAUS JANNA NICOLE - Art Unit 1685

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18807730HIGH-PRECISION PREDICTION METHOD FOR SHELF-LIFE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS UNDER VARIABLE TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTAugust 2024November 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18803361Method and device for analyzing a datasetAugust 2024July 2025Abandon1110NoNo
18231390ESTIMATING PREDISPOSITION FOR DISEASE BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OF ARTIFICAL IMAGE OBJECTS CREATED FROM OMICS DATAAugust 2023February 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18297576WHOLE POOL AMPLIFICATION AND IN-SEQUENCER RANDOM-ACCESS OF DATA ENCODED BY POLYNUCLEOTIDESApril 2023May 2025Allow2500YesNo
18166386TRACE RECONSTRUCTION FROM READS WITH INDETERMINANT ERRORSFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3731YesNo
18052067DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD OF GENOMIC CARCINOGENESIS INFORMATION BASED ON CELL-FREE DNANovember 2022November 2025Abandon3730NoNo
17651396Computer Method and System of Identifying Genomic Mutations Using Graph-Based Local AssemblyFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4500YesNo
17591128Single-Point Calibration of a Nucleic Acid AnalyzerFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4300NoNo
17631247METHODS OF IDENTIFYING CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2022March 2026Abandon4901NoNo
17587016METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING CROP FEATURES AND EVALUATING INPUTS AND PRACTICESJanuary 2022February 2026Abandon4910NoNo
17350511DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS ASSOCIATED CANCERSJune 2021October 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17343541T Cell Receptor Sequences Diagnostic for COVID-19 and Related CompositionsJune 2021December 2024Allow4231YesNo
17317399EMBEDDING-BASED GENERATIVE MODEL FOR PROTEIN DESIGNMay 2021May 2025Allow4810YesNo
17240379NON-INVASIVE SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL, RELIABLE, STANDARDIZED AND COMPLETE SCOREApril 2021March 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17240188STRAIN ENGINEERINGApril 2021February 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17281565LIMIT OF DETECTION BASED QUALITY CONTROL METRICMarch 2021November 2024Allow4430YesNo
17179091SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEERING NETWORK DYNAMICSFebruary 2021November 2025Abandon5741YesNo
17175577SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND DNA CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITYFebruary 2021May 2025Allow5131YesNo
17154379METHOD TO PREDICT PATHOLOGICAL GRADE AND TO IDENTIFY DRUG TARGETS AGAINST GLIOMA TUMORJanuary 2021July 2025Abandon5430YesNo
17154120Optical Flow Based Forecasting of Binding States in Molecular Dynamic SimulationsJanuary 2021June 2025Allow5340YesNo
17132752EXAMINATION OF NETWORK EFFECTS OF IMMUNE MODULATIONDecember 2020April 2025Abandon5210NoNo
16972671Method of Performing Differential Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases in a SubjectDecember 2020January 2026Abandon6040YesNo
16972035METHOD FOR CALCULATING KINETIC PARAMETERS OF A REACTION NETWORKDecember 2020February 2025Abandon5010YesNo
17005569METHODS FOR DETECTING ABSENCE OF HETEROZYGOSITY BY LOW-PASS GENOME SEQUENCINGAugust 2020November 2024Abandon5120NoYes
16766965BRAIN NETWORK ACTIVITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF ESTIMATING ACTIVITIES OF BRAIN NETWORK, BRAIN NETWORK ACTIVITY ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND TRAINED BRAIN ACTIVITY ESTIMATION MODELMay 2020October 2025Allow6050YesNo
16825419SAMPLE DATA ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON GENOMIC MODULE NETWORK WITH FILTERED DATAMarch 2020January 2026Abandon6050NoNo
16818188COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING A CONCENTRATION OF A QUANTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIAL IN A PLATE ACCORDING TO A NON-PARAMETRIC CONTRATION DISTRIBUTIONMarch 2020October 2024Abandon5521YesNo
16635433SAMPLE DATA ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON GENOMIC MODULE NETWORKJanuary 2020January 2026Abandon6060YesNo
16584936MODELS FOR TARGETED SEQUENCING OF RNASeptember 2019October 2024Abandon6030YesNo
16548150METHODS FOR SELECTING MEDICATIONS FOR TREATING PATIENTS HAVING ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERAugust 2019December 2025Abandon6040YesNo
16509048PARALLEL-PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGHLY SCALABLE ANALYSIS OF BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE DATAJuly 2019August 2025Allow6050YesNo
16410978SEQUENCE VARIATION DETECTION USING DEEP LEARNINGMay 2019April 2025Allow6050NoNo
16348832VALIDATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENCE VARIANT CALLSMay 2019December 2025Allow6071YesNo
16337819GENOME-SCALE HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING OF ACTIVATING AND REPRESSIVE NUCLEOTIDES IN REGULATORY REGIONSMarch 2019May 2025Abandon6041YesNo
16280022System and Method for Correlated Error Event Mitigation for Variant CallingFebruary 2019March 2025Abandon6041YesNo
16325357NANOPORE SEQUENCING BASE CALLINGFebruary 2019April 2025Allow6050NoNo
16316320FLOW CYTOMETRY DATA PROCESSING FOR ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT SENSIBILITY PREDICTIONJanuary 2019June 2025Abandon6041YesYes
16231307ERROR REMOVAL USING IMPROVED LIBRARY PREPARATION METHODSDecember 2018December 2024Abandon6051YesNo
16226380GENETIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH MUTATION ANALYSIS MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFDecember 2018December 2024Abandon6040YesNo
16096723METHOD OF CHARACTERISING A DNA SAMPLEOctober 2018October 2025Allow6051YesNo
16043780METHODS FOR IMPROVED ARRAYS OR LIBRARIES USING NORMALIZATION STRATEGIES BASED ON MOLECULAR STRUCTUREJuly 2018January 2025Abandon6051YesNo
16036711Threshold Method and Device for Analyzing a Biological DatasetJuly 2018October 2024Abandon6040NoNo
15738234EXAMINATION SYSTEM, EXAMINATION DEVICE, AND EXAMINATION METHOD FOR TESTING SAMPLE QUALITY PRIOR TO BIOMARKER DETECTIONDecember 2017September 2024Allow6071YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
1.3%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE works in Art Unit 1685 and has examined 33 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 36.4%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 10000 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE's allowance rate of 36.4% places them in the 6% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE receive 3.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 96% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE is 10000 months. This places the examiner in the 0% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SCHULTZHAUS, JANNA NICOLE. This interview benefit is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 12.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 5.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 3% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 3% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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