Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1651 1656 1731 1759 1775 1797 1799

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.2%
Allow Rate
-5.8% vs TC avg
1,417
Total Applications
+32.0%
Interview Lift
1291
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1357 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
69.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18546410 STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SAMPLE ANALYTES Final Rejection Nautilus Subsidiary, Inc.
18280770 CLOSED-SYSTEM AUTOMATED SAMPLE SORTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18368281 CELL SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18011793 TUBULAR PACKED-BED CELL CULTURE VESSELS, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18749741 System and Method for Creating Tissue Non-Final OA DEKA Products Limited Partnership
17810426 SINGLE-USE CELL CULTURE CONTAINER WITH ONE OR MORE IN-SITU ONLINE SENSORS Non-Final OA Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
18301463 DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ENZYMES Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
18547408 MAGNETIC SHEAR BIOREACTOR APPARATUS AND METHODS Final Rejection THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17759959 MODULAR INCUBATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF VIRUS INACTIVATION Non-Final OA MERCK PATENT GMBH
18027825 OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION DEVICE FOR LIVING BODY Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18283122 WATER SAMPLING METHOD, WATER SAMPLING DEVICE, AND WATER SAMPLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18792036 SYSTEM FOR HYPOTHERMIC TRANSPORT OF SAMPLES Non-Final OA Paragonix Technologies, Inc.
18367260 Three-Dimensional Thin Film Structure Having Microparticles Enclosed Therein And Method For Manufacturing Same Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
17867679 INTER ORGAN PLATFORM FOR MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM ON A CHIP Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
18988628 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TRANSDUCTION Non-Final OA Cellares Corporation
18920607 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR FLUID CONTROL IN A CELL PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Cellares Corporation
18284133 TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE POLYMER SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT Non-Final OA TOSOH CORPORATION
18362753 WELL STRUCTURES FOR BIOSENSOR DEVICES Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18261267 FREEZING AND JACKETING GAS-PHASE BIOMOLECULES WITH AMORPHOUS ICE FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18651331 Heat Exchanger System with Flexible Bag Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17960237 System and Method of Electroporation Protocol Optimization Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
17832628 SINGLE CELL WHOLE GENOME AMPLIFICATION VIA MICROPILLAR ARRAYS UNDER FLOW CONDITIONS Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18044522 FLUIDIZED CHAIN ELONGATION MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR FOR PRODUCTION AND RECOVERY OF CARBOXYLATES FROM ORGANIC BIOMASS Final Rejection King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
17926217 METHOD FOR THE ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION OF LIVING CELLS BY CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE Final Rejection Lesaffre et Compagnie
17783785 MODULAR PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
18033973 CELL CRYOPRESERVATION HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE Final Rejection TOYOBO CO., LTD.
18234261 IMAGING-ENABLED BIOREACTOR FOR IN VITRO CULTIVATION AND BIOENGINEERING OF ISOLATED AIRWAY TISSUE Non-Final OA THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18010643 METHOD FOR IMPROVING OIL YIELD FROM GERM IN A WET MILLING PROCESS Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
17799910 MICROTOPOGRAPHIES AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
18409552 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS SCARBOROUGH, INC.

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