Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

52.9%
Allow Rate
-12.1% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+57.1%
Interview Lift
1309
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 17 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
0.8%
§102 Novelty
95.9%
§103 Obviousness
0.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18106287 PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC MICRO-EXPERIMENTATION OF SOLUTION-PROCESSED MATERIALS AND DEVICES Non-Final OA North Carolina State University
18004663 METHODS TO CONSTRUCT SHARP AND STABLE TIP CONTACTS WITH NANOMETER PRECISION IN A CONFINED NANOSCALE SPACE BETWEEN TWO MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17873146 FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE MODULE, BIOSENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING ANALYTE IN SAMPLE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18550353 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE CHANNEL EXPANSION Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18266662 Specimen Transportation Device Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17802215 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18186371 MICROFLUIDIC OPTICAL FILM FOR BIO-ASSAY SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18151107 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE-INSENSITIVE HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-STREAM PARTICLE FOCUSING Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
17814208 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC (DMF) SYSTEM, DMF CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD INCLUDING INTEGRATED OPTICAL FIBER SENSING Non-Final OA Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
17804947 AUTOMATED METHOD FOR HANDLING AN IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTICS CONTAINER IN AN IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc,
18014583 AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE SETUP OF A BIOPROCESSING INSTALLATION Non-Final OA Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
18164422 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING LIVE CELLS Final Rejection AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18031114 SOCKET FOR COUPLING CAPILLARY TIP Final Rejection BODITECH MED INC.
18265658 SAMPLE PREPARATION BLISTER PACKS Non-Final OA HP HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.
18123069 FLOW CELL AND SAMPLE SORTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Elephas Biosciences Corporation
18019152 DISAGGREGATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Achilles Therapeutics UK Limited
18064893 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection INTEGRA Biosciences AG
17987257 CASSETTE FOR PRESERVATION OF NATURAL AND BIOENGINEERED TISSUES Final Rejection LifeNet Health
17919622 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRODIALYSIS FOR IN-VITRO RELEASE TESTING OF DOSAGE FORMS Non-Final OA ORTIV-Q3 RESEARCH PVT. LTD
17815957 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOADING REAGENT-CONTAINING MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS Final Rejection Pattern Bioscience, Inc.
17811448 HIGH-LEVEL MULTIPLEXING REACTION VESSEL, REAGENT SPOTTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Cepheld
17684755 PIPETTING DEVICE Non-Final OA BRAND GMBH + CO KG

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