Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHIU, MAY LEUNG

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758

This examiner grants 42% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.7%
Allow Rate
-23.3% vs TC avg
66
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
1274
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.8%
§102 Novelty
74.1%
§103 Obviousness
9.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17999677 MAGNETOFLUIDIC CARTRIDGES, DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF SAMPLE ANALYSIS Final Rejection THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
18177562 FLOW FOCUSING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT DROPLET FORMATION Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18032710 CELL LYSIS WITH MAGNETIC PARTICLES AND A RESISTOR Non-Final OA HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
18018546 NANOFABRICATION OF DETERMINISTIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17629996 AUTOMATED ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18140301 BASE STRUCTURE FOR SAMPLE ANALYZING APPARATUS Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
17564243 CONVECTIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DETECTING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
18249801 MULTI-CHANNEL INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT PREPARATION OF MONODISPERSE MICROGELS USING THE SAME Non-Final OA DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
17814332 SAMPLE INPUT INTERFACE Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17796025 Microfluidic Device with Interface Pinning Vessels Within a Flow-Through Chamber, Kit for Forming, and Use of Same Non-Final OA National Research Council of Canada
18024337 FLOW CELL, LIQUID INLET AND OUTLET DEVICE APPLYING FLOW CELL, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM Non-Final OA BGI SHENZHEN
18032095 AUTHENTICATABLE SAMPLE COLLECTION KIT FOR PLANT SAMPLE COLLECTION AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Universitaet des Saarlandes
18344097 ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR UNTREATED URINE Non-Final OA REDOAK S.r.l.
18164654 BIOSENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITY
18201625 High-Accuracy Electrochemical Sensors for Instant Detection of Pathogens Non-Final OA WINCHESTER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18032173 AN AUTONOMOUS NANOFLUIDIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DNA MOLECULES Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG
18030130 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING MANIPULATION OF MICRODROPLETS Non-Final OA LIGHTCAST DISCOVERY LTD
17639010 SAMPLE ADDING NEEDLE FOR PREPARING MICRODROPLETS AND MICRODROPLET PREPARATION METHOD Final Rejection MACCURA BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17941816 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Non-Final OA Definitive Biotechnologies LLC
18040258 SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS Non-Final OA miDiagnostics NV
17780254 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PARTICLES Final Rejection ASTRAVEUS
17754490 OPTICAL FIBER SURFACE ELECTRIC FIELD SCREENING APPARATUS Non-Final OA LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY
17382984 MACHINE TESTING AND DATA HUB Non-Final OA Assaya LLC

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