January 15, 2020 Chad Robins Chief Executive Officer Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation 1551 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98102 Re: Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 Submitted January 9, 2020 CIK No. 0001478320 Dear Mr. Robins: This is to advise you that we do not intend to review your registration statement. We request that you publicly file your registration statement no later than 48 hours prior to the requested effective date and time. Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Please contact Tim Buchmiller at (202) 551-3635 with any questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Life Sciences cc: Andrew Ledbetter, Esq.