Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HOBBS, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1699 1775 1797 1799

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.6%
Allow Rate
+3.6% vs TC avg
1175
Total Applications
+28.8%
Interview Lift
1218
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1144 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
26.2%
§102 Novelty
41.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18474589 FLOW CELL BASED MOTION SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND CONTROL METHODS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
18289446 FIXED BED BIOREACTOR FOR CELL CULTURE AND HARVESTING AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18284949 CELL CULTURE DEVICE SENSOR CAPS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18108527 CELL SHEET CUTTING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND CELL SHEET CUTTING ASSISTANCE METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18280378 ORGAN PRESERVATION CONTAINER Non-Final OA SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
18035222 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEURAL TUBE-LIKE TISSUES OR NEURAL SPHEROIDS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18216466 SUBSTANCE INTRODUCTION DEVICE AND SUBSTANCE INTRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17935494 ROBOTIC BARCODE TAGGING OF DISTINCT CELL POPULATIONS IN INTACT TISSUE Final Rejection Regents of the University of Minnesota
18261748 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION Non-Final OA ZEON CORPORATION
18474004 ASEPTIC CELL CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
18037931 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PNEUMATIC-FREE ELECTRONICALLY DRIVEN MICROFLUIDICS TO ALLOW MASSIVE SCALABILITY WITH INTEGRATED CELLULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
17910911 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR EX VIVO ANALYSIS OF RESECTED TISSUE SAMPLES Non-Final OA The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services
18300941 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP BIOELECTRONIC CONTROL Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
18326911 AUTOMATED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION Non-Final OA Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
18563504 REACTOR PLANT AND METHOD TO CONTROL PERFORMANCE Final Rejection Electrochaea GmbH
18265418 NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION AND FLUORESCENT PCR DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA AUTOBIO LABTEC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
18448764 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA RADISIC, Milica
18276998 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO IMMUNITY PROFILING Non-Final OA Fluidic Analytics Limited
18273166 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MICROORGANISM CONTENT Non-Final OA c-square bioscience GmbH
18272776 EMBRYO CULTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TREATMENT EGG KEPT IN CULTURE ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Asada Ladies Clinic
18140724 DEVICE, A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DISPERSING CELL CLUMPS Non-Final OA SUZHOU ETTA BIOTECH CO., LTD.
18214546 SYSTEM OF BELOW GROUND COMPOSTING Non-Final OA Syntro Biosystems (Holding) Pty Ltd.
18205859 CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CELL CULTURE PLATE, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS COMPRISING THE CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, AND METHODS FOR CELL CULTIVATION BY USING THE CELL CULTURE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Finnadvance OY
18037489 MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CELL CULTIVATION Non-Final OA Finnadvance Oy
18303467 SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING DISSOLUTION OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC MATERIALS Non-Final OA PROJECT VESTA, PBC
18296680 Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Detection Device Non-Final OA KEYCORE TECHNOLOGY CORP.
18107466 Cell Transformation Cartridge, Cell Transformation Device, Cell Transformation System Including Same and Cell Transformation Method Using Same Final Rejection FEMTOBIOMED Inc.
18150813 MULTI-MICRO-ORGAN EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION AND NEURAL NETWORK MAINTENANCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yulin CAO

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