Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1632 1653 1798

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.3%
Allow Rate
+2.3% vs TC avg
240
Total Applications
+53.5%
Interview Lift
1275
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 159 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18322017 ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
18182227 CONCENTRATION DEVICE, SAMPLE SOLUTION CONCENTRATION METHOD, SAMPLE SOLUTION EXAMINATION METHOD, AND EXAMINATION KIT Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17824542 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
17824716 METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18291975 AUTONOMOUS ANALYSIS DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18569250 GLASS SLIDE SUPPLY STORAGE UNIT AND SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18276751 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18276101 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18274141 Automatic Analyzer and Sample Dispensing Method Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17922869 FILTRATION CARTRIDGE AND MICROBIAL TEST METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17877610 MODULAR TITER PLATE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18212460 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MODULATING TEMPERATURE AND PRODUCING ANALYTE IMAGING DATA Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17752730 ON-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECIALTY GASSES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18015911 PIPETTE TIP DEVICES AND METHODS Non-Final OA Agilent Technologies, Inc.
18324371 MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND BLOOD ANALYZER Non-Final OA Sysmex Corporation
18129375 Container Assembly and System for Detection Thereof Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18190228 DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OF AQUEOUS AMINE CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17999478 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PHASE TRANSITION CHARACTERISTICS OF MACROMOLECULES Non-Final OA CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
18292849 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION WELL INCLUDING A SIDE WALL WITH A FLUOROPOLYMER Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18292847 TEST WELL HAVING A BOTTOM INCLUDING A SINGLE OPENING Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18105071 HYDROGEN GAS SENSORS USING MAGNETO-PLASMONIC NANOLATTICES Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
17784836 TIME-RESOLVED METHOD OF PROTEIN ANALYSIS Non-Final OA UCL BUSINESS LTD.
17893279 Laser speckle imaging for live cell quantification Final Rejection Nirrin Technologies, Inc.
18090579 PIPETTE TIP EXTENSION Non-Final OA TECAN TRADING AG

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