Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.3%
Allow Rate
-11.7% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+53.9%
Interview Lift
1323
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
24.7%
§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
17873146 FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE MODULE, BIOSENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING ANALYTE IN SAMPLE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
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
17653924 AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING METHOD Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
18550286 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE CHANNEL SPLITTING Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18016202 INSPECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18266662 Specimen Transportation Device Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17802215 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17769348 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND DISPENSING METHOD OF REAGENT Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18151107 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE-INSENSITIVE HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-STREAM PARTICLE FOCUSING Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong
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 Final Rejection CORNELL UNIVERSITY
17814208 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC (DMF) SYSTEM, DMF CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD INCLUDING INTEGRATED OPTICAL FIBER SENSING Non-Final OA Nicoya Lifesciences Inc.
18077814 MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM FOR OIL SAMPLE ANALYSIS Final Rejection CNPEM - Centro Nacional De Pesquisa Em Energia E Materiais
18014583 AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE SETUP OF A BIOPROCESSING INSTALLATION Non-Final OA Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
18031114 SOCKET FOR COUPLING CAPILLARY TIP Final Rejection BODITECH MED INC.
18265658 SAMPLE PREPARATION BLISTER PACKS Non-Final OA HP HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.
18064893 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection INTEGRA Biosciences AG
18123069 FLOW CELL AND SAMPLE SORTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Elephas Biosciences Corporation
18019152 DISAGGREGATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Achilles Therapeutics UK Limited
17919622 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICRODIALYSIS FOR IN-VITRO RELEASE TESTING OF DOSAGE FORMS Non-Final OA ORTIV-Q3 RESEARCH PVT. LTD
17811448 HIGH-LEVEL MULTIPLEXING REACTION VESSEL, REAGENT SPOTTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Cepheld

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