Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GORDON, BRIAN R

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1773 1797 1798

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.6%
Allow Rate
At TC average
993
Total Applications
+18.6%
Interview Lift
1162
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 942 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
26.6%
§102 Novelty
26.2%
§103 Obviousness
37.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18164046 SEMI-AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF SCALE AND SLUDGE IN OILFIELD APPLICATIONS Final Rejection SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18457404 DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18471498 CARTRIDGE AND IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18167104 MICROCHANNEL DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIQUID DROPLET, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AIR BUBBLE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MICROCAPSULE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE EMULSION, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIQUID DROPLET THAT ENCOMPASSES AIR BUBBLE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MICROCHANNEL DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
19272338 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA Shennon Biotechnologies Inc.
17663923 DROPLET COLLECTION UNIT, AND DROPLET COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18281503 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVAPORATION BASED LIQUID TRANSPORT Non-Final OA VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
18021583 PRETREATMENT MECHANISM-INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17704557 CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE Final Rejection SEEGENE, INC.
18000012 DISPENSING SYSTEM, ROBOT, AND DISPENSING METHOD Final Rejection SYSMEX CORPORATION
18042738 FIELD DEVICE Non-Final OA Samson Aktiengesellschaft
18546422 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
17998847 AUTOMATIC SAMPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING A SAMPLE FOR QUALITATIVE AND/OR QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF AN ANALYTE Non-Final OA Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
18246530 MICROFLUIDIC DETECTION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND REFRIGERATOR Non-Final OA HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
18023961 MICROFLUIDIC CHIP-BASED DROPLET PROCESSOR Non-Final OA AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18370547 Drawer for Bulk Liquid Supply Non-Final OA STRATEC SE
17969857 PIPETTING UNIT Non-Final OA STRATEC SE
18011811 SAMPLE SEPARATING METHOD Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
18495459 LAB TOOLS AND LABORATORY LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.
18608269 TWO PART ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Zomedica Biotechnologies LLC
17917579 AUTOMATIC SAMPLING METHOD FOR HANDLING WHOLE BLOOD Non-Final OA BIOMÉRIEUX
17278007 Method for controlling a thermal cycler, and thermal cycler Final Rejection EPPENDORF SE
17206373 REAL-TIME IN SITU MONITORING OF DRUG PRODUCT DEGRADATION USING WATER PROTON NMR Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
17464549 PERFUSION FILTER MEMBRANE AND METHOD OF USE Final Rejection Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC
18245938 AN ANALYTICAL DEVICE FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE CONCENTRATION OF ANALYTES IN A LIQUID SAMPLE Non-Final OA BIOSTRIP APS
18178997 Reagent Delivery System for Microfluidic Chemical Analyzer Non-Final OA Fluidion US Inc.
18017796 APPARATUSES FOR ITERATIVE EXCHANGE OF LIQUID REAGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA PARHELIA BIOSCIENCES
17349068 SYSTEM AND METHODS Final Rejection SPHERE FLUIDICS LIMITED
18045472 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CELL SEPARATION Non-Final OA LevitasBio, Inc.
17910523 SAMPLE CARTRIDGES Non-Final OA Manta Biosystems, Inc.

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