Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GIERE, REBECCA M

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1638 1641 1677

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.5%
Allow Rate
+13.5% vs TC avg
537
Total Applications
+32.8%
Interview Lift
1173
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 495 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17778177 FIRST SUBSTRATE, MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SAMPLE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17639078 IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND IMMUNOASSAY METHOD Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
17859292 IMMUNOLOGICAL TEST METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18477819 COMPONENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND COMPONENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18233819 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND ANALYZING CELLS Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
18448631 ENZYME QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA Bio-Rad Laboratories, inc.
18108171 HYDROGEL MICROPARTICLES FOR APPLICATIONS IN CELL AND PARTICLE SEPARATION Non-Final OA The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
18271493 ALLERGEN-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER AND METHOD OF DETECTING ALLERGEN-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY Non-Final OA Toray Industries, Inc.
18078531 Devices and Methods for Particle Mixing Final Rejection IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
18027202 3D-PRINTED MODULAR MICROCHIP WITH AN INTEGRATED IMPELLER PUMP TO MODEL INTER-ORGAN COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18372558 BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING A SINGLE MAGNETIC LABEL Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
18251598 ANALYSIS OF TISSUE SAMPLES USING QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Technische Universität München
18027587 LUBRICANT-INFUSED SURFACE BIOSENSING INTERFACE, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA McMaster University
18331697 NOVEL ASSAYS FOR DETECTING ANALYTES IN SAMPLES AND KITS AND COMPOSITIONS RELATED THERETO Non-Final OA Zoetis Services LLC
18174251 SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN SOLUTION-BASED PLASMONIC SPECIFIC-BINDING PARTNER ASSAYS Final Rejection Zoetis Services LLC
18043999 ALLERGIC DISEASE DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
18273153 IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAY METHOD Non-Final OA SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
18232724 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MIGRATING CELL Non-Final OA DeepBrain Tech. Inc
18263397 IN VITRO ANALYSIS DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT, AND MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD FOR SORTING AND ENRICHING CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS Non-Final OA Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co., Ltd
18198280 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF ACUTE PHASE REACTANTS AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS Non-Final OA Essenlix Corporation
18254368 DIFFRACTOMETRIC SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF BINDING AFFINITIES Non-Final OA EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
18249087 Cellular Response Analysis Method Non-Final OA BioMEMS Diagnostics, Inc.
18028669 SURFACE MODIFIED PARTICLES Non-Final OA UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI
18185243 DIAGNOSTIC TEST KITS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING THE SAME Final Rejection Scanwell Health, Inc.
18176056 PHOTOACOUSTIC ASSAY BASED ON OPTICALLY ACTUATED GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR THE DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ANALYSTS Non-Final OA Avsana Labs Incorporated
18153780 NANOTEXTURED SILICON BIOSENSORS Final Rejection Advanced Silicon Group, Inc.
18015646 MICROFLUIDIC IMMUNOASSAY CHIP AND MICROFLUIDIC LINE IMMUNOASSAY METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN YHLO BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18149707 POINT-OF-CARE IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA IgGENE Limited
18009649 DISPERSION USING A MOVING MAGNET Non-Final OA PREOMICS GMBH
17920884 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT METHOD, AUXILIARY LIQUID FOR IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT, IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY CHIP, AND IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT KIT Final Rejection NANOSUIT INCORPORATED

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