Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1797

This examiner grants 10% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

9.5%
Allow Rate
-55.5% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+28.6%
Interview Lift
1402
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
41.5%
§103 Obviousness
24.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18044296 MICROFLUIDIC CHIP, DROPLET GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DROPLET GENERATION SIZE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17907978 LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINER INCLUDING TISSUE BODY, AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17624328 MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR SELECTIVE EXOSOME ISOLATION Non-Final OA The Texas A&M University System
18059464 AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18183188 REAGENT CONTAINER, REAGENT CONTAINER KIT, METHOD OF INSTALLING A REAGENT CONTAINER, FRAME FOR A REAGENT CONTAINER, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A REAGENT CONTAINER, AND ANALYZER Non-Final OA SYSMEX CORPORATION
17685582 QUALITY CONTROL METHOD OF SPECIMEN ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SPECIMEN ANALYSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection SYSMEX CORPORATION
17697462 MICROFLUIDIC ASSEMBLY FOR SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE PARTICLE MANIPULATION Non-Final OA CYTONOME/ST, LLC
17761172 AUTOMATED REAGENT IDENTIFICATION FOR FLUID HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Beckman Coulter, Inc.
17613370 MICROCHIP Final Rejection ZEON CORPORATION
17729380 Sample Injection Probe Washing Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18034693 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CELLS, TISSUES, OR ORGANS-ON-A-CHIP Non-Final OA University of Rochester
17778604 Digital microfluidics (DMF) device including an FET-biosensor (FETB) and method of field-effect sensing Final Rejection Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
18171469 METHOD FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
17771179 NANOPORE SENSING DEVICE Final Rejection Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
18127092 CARTRIDGE AND LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Enplas Corporation
18058122 PROGRAMMABLE NUCLEASE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA MAMMOTH BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18009258 SINGLE CELL PROCESSING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection SINGLERON (NANJING) BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18361006 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING DNA Non-Final OA Oujiang Laboratory
17996960 TRACKABLE PRECISE-SAMPLE-INJECTION DEVICE FOR MULTI-WELL PLATE Final Rejection BIONEER CORPORATION
17888153 RETENTION LID FOR STABILIZING POROUS MEMBRANE INSERTS DURING MANIPULATION Non-Final OA U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
18107135 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING FLUIDS IN A BIOSENSOR CARTRIDGE Non-Final OA SiPhox, Inc.
18190088 SPECIMEN CUP HOLDER AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Specivue, LLC
18004671 MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICE Non-Final OA Mimetas B.V.
17923900 Biological Analysis Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Life Technologies Holdings PTE Limited
17997665 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Final Rejection INTERFACE FLUIDICS LTD.
17796254 AUTOMATED LABORATORY APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF PROCESSING A SAMPLE Non-Final OA Hombrechtikon Systems Engineering AG
17790813 Assembly for Optically Preconditioning an Optically Activable Biological Sample Final Rejection ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG
17686845 BIOLOGICAL PARTICLE DETECTING SYSTEM AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CHI-KUN OHYANG
17636004 ALL-IN-ONE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS DEVICE Final Rejection GMD BIOTECH, INC

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