Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1657 1774 1775 1796 1797 1799

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.9%
Allow Rate
-5.1% vs TC avg
738
Total Applications
+5.6%
Interview Lift
1276
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 701 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
84.3%
§103 Obviousness
4.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17741565 CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND EXAMINATION SYSTEM FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF A SAMPLE AND CORRESPONDING METHODS Non-Final OA Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH
17721045 Methods of Continuously Capturing Carbon Dioxide from Exhaust Gas Produced from Equipment Operating at Wellsite Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18022345 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID Final Rejection MERCK PATENT GMBH
18022443 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID Final Rejection MERCK PATENT GMBH
18022347 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID Final Rejection MERCK PATENT GMBH
17765996 NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION IN-SITU REAL-TIME DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MICROFLUIDIC CHIP THROUGH OPTICAL FIBER SENSING Non-Final OA TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
18358320 REACTION PLATFORM FOR ACCELERATED BIOCHEMICAL REACTION Non-Final OA Academia Sinica
18583747 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18325042 Biosensor Chip Non-Final OA National Chung Cheng University
18413886 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE TRANSDUCTION CAPABILITY AND REPROGRAMMING EFFICIENCY IN TARGETING CELLS AND TISSUES Non-Final OA National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
18027045 MONITORING AND CONTROL OF BIOPROCESSES Non-Final OA Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics AB
18030325 SUSTAINABLE CURTAIN WALL Non-Final OA The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
17335353 GAS FLOW REGULATION FOR A CELL CULTURE INCUBATOR Final Rejection XCELL BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18347018 FLUIDIC CHIP AND CELL ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA TREEFROG THERAPEUTICS
18234345 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Cellino Biotech, Inc.
18223329 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING USE OF A SENSOR WITH A VESSEL Non-Final OA GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
18213361 MULTIFUNCTIONAL BAG PORT AND MATING RING FOR A BIOPROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
18247728 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BIOPROCESS MONITORING Non-Final OA Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
18182316 PORTABLE ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED THERMOCYCLER Non-Final OA BIOPTIC, INC.
18042016 Process for Treating Livestock Waste to Produce Fertilizers Non-Final OA Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement Inc.
18016254 A Multi-Sample System for Engineered Tissue Strip Assays Non-Final OA Novoheart International Limited
17627747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING MRNA Non-Final OA ACADEMY OF MILITARY MEDICAL SCIENCES
17731567 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION AND QUIALITATIVE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA TAIWAN ADVANCED NANOTECH INC.

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