Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1618 1681 1758 1797

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.0%
Allow Rate
-10.0% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+56.3%
Interview Lift
1306
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 20 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
51.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18567936 CAPILLARY FLOW CONTROL VIA DELAMINATING TIMERS Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
17653924 AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING METHOD Final Rejection Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
17692990 Heater Meander Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
18552206 READY TO USE ANALYZER CONTROL PRODUCT FOR CUA URINALYSIS INSTRUMENTS Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
17769348 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND DISPENSING METHOD OF REAGENT Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18274082 MULTIPLEXED MICROFLUIDIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY ON-A-CHIP Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18370820 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRAPPING AND RAPID LIGHT-DRIVEN SELECTIVE RELEASE OF DROPLETS Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
18106287 PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC MICRO-EXPERIMENTATION OF SOLUTION-PROCESSED MATERIALS AND DEVICES Final Rejection North Carolina State University
18574214 DEVICE HAVING HORIZONTAL NANOCHANNEL FOR NANOPORE SEQUENCING Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18419732 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS-LIKE MANIPULATION OF ELECTROKINETICALLY PRECONCENTRATED BIOPARTICLE/BIOMOLECULE PLUGS IN CONTINUOUS-FLOW Non-Final OA Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17671033 DEVICES, PROCESSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINATION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE, EXPRESSION, COPY NUMBER, OR METHYLATION CHANGES USING COMBINED NUCLEASE, LIGASE, POLYMERASE, AND SEQUENCING REACTIONS Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18151107 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE-INSENSITIVE HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-STREAM PARTICLE FOCUSING Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong
18575712 MULTICHANNEL PIPETTING HEAD Non-Final OA TECAN TRADING AG
17595723 MICROFLUIDIC CHIP FOR STRUCTURING CELL AGGREGATES BY OPTICAL EXCLUSION AND ACOUSTIC LEVITATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS

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