Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1618 1681 1758 1797

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.1%
Allow Rate
-5.9% vs TC avg
68
Total Applications
+53.7%
Interview Lift
1323
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 22 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
55.4%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18066104 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DEBUBBLING Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
18664936 Microfluidic Device For Profiling Biochemical Samples Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18274082 MULTIPLEXED MICROFLUIDIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY ON-A-CHIP Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18550286 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE CHANNEL SPLITTING Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18266662 Specimen Transportation Device Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17769348 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND DISPENSING METHOD OF REAGENT Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17873146 FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE MODULE, BIOSENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING ANALYTE IN SAMPLE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18266219 TESTING DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING Final Rejection HORIBA, Ltd.
17692990 Heater Meander Non-Final OA TDK Corporation
18106287 PLATFORM FOR ROBOTIC MICRO-EXPERIMENTATION OF SOLUTION-PROCESSED MATERIALS AND DEVICES Final Rejection North Carolina State University
18419732 DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS-LIKE MANIPULATION OF ELECTROKINETICALLY PRECONCENTRATED BIOPARTICLE/BIOMOLECULE PLUGS IN CONTINUOUS-FLOW Non-Final OA Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
17770976 DIRECT AND SCALABLE ISOLATION OF CIRCULATING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES FROM WHOLE BLOOD USING CENTRIFUGAL FORCES Non-Final OA NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
18151107 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE-INSENSITIVE HIGH-THROUGHPUT SINGLE-STREAM PARTICLE FOCUSING Final Rejection The University of Hong Kong
17760531 SIZE-BASED ASYMMETRIC NANOPORE MEMBRANE (ANM) FILTRATION FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY EXOSOME ISOLATION, CONCENTRATION, AND FRACTIONATION Non-Final OA University of Notre Dame du Lac
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
18723090 COUPLING DEVICE Non-Final OA VETTER PHARMA-FERTIGUNG GMBH & CO. KG

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