Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HANDY, DWAYNE K

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1773 1797 1798

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.7%
Allow Rate
-2.3% vs TC avg
780
Total Applications
+25.3%
Interview Lift
1322
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 747 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.3%
§102 Novelty
65.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18009545 DRY REAGENT CUP ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18155975 Isolation of High Molecular Weight DNA Using Beads Non-Final OA New England Biolabs, Inc.
17692151 Apparatus for holding down respective membrane elements in respective wells of a multiwell plate Non-Final OA EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG
17368697 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LIGHT-DIRECTED POLYMER SYNTHESIS Final Rejection Twist Bioscience Corporation
18132492 BIOLOGICAL PARTICLE ENRICHMENT APPARATUS AND PICO-DROPLET GENERATOR THEREOF Non-Final OA CYTOAURORA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18103985 Integrated Magnetic Bead Assay Processing Method and Apparatus Final Rejection Applied Biocode Inc.
18091902 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PATHOGENS Non-Final OA INNOTECH PRECISION MEDICINE, INC.
18146278 ADAPTIVE SPECIMEN COLLECTION ORDER PROCESSING Non-Final OA BioReference Health, LLC
17923815 ASSAY PLATE WITH NANO-VESSELS AND SAMPLE RECOVERY ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Scienion GmbH
17956308 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAMPLE PROCESSING UTILIZING FILTER AID MATERIALS AND AGGREGATING SAMPLERS FOR EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA Fremonta Corporation
17812663 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INTEGRATED CONSUMABLE FOR ANALYTE TESTING, INCLUDING A PREMIX APPARATUS Final Rejection POLYMER TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
17753329 DETERGENT-FREE SIMULTANEOUS MULTIOMICS SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD USING NOVEL NEW VESICLE DESIGN Final Rejection ProtiFi, LLC

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