Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BALL, JOHN C

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1759 1795

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.7%
Allow Rate
+13.7% vs TC avg
1381
Total Applications
+16.2%
Interview Lift
1099
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1353 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
29.0%
§102 Novelty
44.1%
§103 Obviousness
18.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19347553 CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH MICRONEEDLE ARRAY Non-Final OA Biolinq Incorporated
18726685 WEARABLE APTAMER FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR SENSING SYSTEM FOR NONINVASIVE CORTISOL MONITORING AND WEARABLE SYSTEM FOR STRESS SENSING Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18566451 THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSISTOR ARRAYS FOR INTRA- AND INTER-CELLULAR RECORDING Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18760647 DETERMINING MICROBIOLOGICAL CORROSION PROGRESSION Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18635022 ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY ANALYZING GLUCOSE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18721660 INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODE-BASED DROPLET MANIPULATION IN MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
18686623 ELECTROCHEMICAL APTAMER SENSOR MONOLAYER INCUBATION WITH IMPROVED STABILITY Non-Final OA University of Cincinnati
18741293 ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FEATURING LOW-POTENTIAL DETECTION Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18422910 TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE MEMBRANES FOR ANALYTE SENSORS Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
18335688 CURRENT AND RESISTANCE SENSOR Non-Final OA National Taiwan University
18744756 SENSOR ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR Non-Final OA NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
18687538 ELECTROCHEMICAL SHOTGUN TAGGING ASSAY Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
18746929 REFERENCE ELECTRODE Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17903274 SENSOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18783749 APPARATUS TO ISOLATE VIBRATION FOR ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Wyatt Technology, LLC
18734844 ION SELECTIVE SENSOR Non-Final OA MX3 Diagnostics, Inc.
18661820 BACTERIOPHAGE-DERIVED NANOPORE SENSORS Non-Final OA Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited
18562972 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
18269355 TRANSISTOR-TYPE POLYAMINE SENSOR Non-Final OA TOYOBO CO., LTD.
18628747 PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR WITH AN OPEN DETECTION SURFACE AND SEALED DETECTION WELL Non-Final OA DiagMetrics, Inc.
18618784 USING ELECTROPHORESIS FOR DISEASE DETECTION BASED ON CONTROLLED MOLECULAR CHARGE Final Rejection Hemex Health, Inc.
18684966 ALL-SOLID-STATE POTASSIUM ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ALL-SOLID-STATE POTASSIUM ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODE Final Rejection Tokyo University of Science Foundation
18437503 DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OVARIAN CANCER Non-Final OA TESSINO, LLC
18263629 IMPROVED METHOD FOR REGENERATING REDUCED FORMS OF ENZYME COFACTORS Non-Final OA BIOCHEMINSIGHTS, INC.

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