Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: HUANG, MICKEY NMN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1671 1682 1758 1796 1797

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mickey NMN Huang is an examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1671. The examiner has 103 resolved cases. This record offers a clear view of the examiner's tendencies and the typical results for patent applications under their review.

The allowance rate for this examiner is 60.2 percent. The interview lift is 48.5 percent. This high lift indicates that interviews are a very effective strategy for moving applications toward a grant. The 48.5 percent increase in allowance probability following an interview suggests that the examiner is very open to oral advocacy compared to the 60.2 percent baseline.

The median days to allowance is 1215. This timeframe represents the typical duration for an application to reach a successful conclusion. Practitioners should use the 1215-day median to set expectations for their clients. With a 60.2 percent allowance rate and a 48.5 percent interview lift, the data points toward a prosecution process where direct engagement is a critical factor for success.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

59.6%
Allow Rate
-5.4% vs TC avg
152
Total Applications
+49.2%
Interview Lift
1214
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.2%
§101 Eligibility
22.4%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
25.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18466099 ASSAY APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17188069 ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS SUBSTRATE, ANALYSIS KIT, AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18385106 PERACETIC ACID SENSING LAYER COMPOSITION AND RELATED SYSTEMS Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17262016 DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE OF BODILY FLUID Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18557567 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
18464365 Urinary Metabolites as Predictors of Acute Mountain Sickness Severity Final Rejection Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
18290020 BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS METHOD, BIOMOLECULE ANALYZING REAGENT, AND BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17876349 WATER-SOLUBLE YELLOW GREEN ABSORBING DYES Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18455090 FLOW CELLS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.

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