Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HUANG, MICKEY NMN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1682 1758 1797

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.0%
Allow Rate
-2.0% vs TC avg
130
Total Applications
+55.8%
Interview Lift
1229
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 92 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
37.4%
§103 Obviousness
26.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18179054 ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE (EPR) METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF A PHOTOCATALYTIC SUBSTANCE Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18385106 PERACETIC ACID SENSING LAYER COMPOSITION AND RELATED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17143890 Use of Amino Acids to Enhance Signal in Mass Spectral Analyses Final Rejection Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
17188069 ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS SUBSTRATE, ANALYSIS KIT, AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18304178 MODULAR FLUIDIC CHIP AND FLUIDIC FLOW SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17521773 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING EMBRYO VIABILITY Final Rejection TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
18265087 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17876349 WATER-SOLUBLE YELLOW GREEN ABSORBING DYES Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17262016 DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE OF BODILY FLUID Non-Final OA Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18464365 Urinary Metabolites as Predictors of Acute Mountain Sickness Severity Non-Final OA Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
18453116 AIR GAP PAPER ANALYTICAL DEVICE AND FABRICATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC
17430639 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING OESOPHAGOGASTRIC CANCER Non-Final OA IP2IPO Innovations Limited
17925119 FLOW CHEMISTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ACADEMIA SINICA
18455812 INTEGRATED MOLECULAR SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Non-Final OA DrinkSavvy, Inc.
18449654 METHOD FOR CALCULATING DRINKING TIME Non-Final OA Shanxi Medical University
18248446 HOT MELT ADHESIVE TO DETECT ANALYTES IN URINE Non-Final OA COLQUÍMICA-INDÚSTRIA NACIONAL DE COLAS, S.A
17920499 PROTEIN A CHROMATOGRAPHY PURIFICATION OF AN ANTIBODY Final Rejection Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
18555141 MARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF LARGE VESSEL OCCLUSION Non-Final OA ABCDX SA
17985377 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING VIRAL INFECTIONS Non-Final OA QCDx LLC
18237251 LIPID NANOPARTICLE (LNP) ENCAPSULATION OF MRNA PRODUCTS Non-Final OA Nature's Toolbox, Inc.
18262043 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING DEGREE OF GLYCATION OF PROTEIN Non-Final OA PROVIGATE INC.
18268137 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND A MICROFLUIDIC APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A SUBSTANCE IN A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP INCLUDING SUCH SYSTEM Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE RENNES
17503648 MICRODEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MICRODEVICE, AND IMMUNOASSAY METHOD Final Rejection TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.
18203349 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING TARGET OBJECT Non-Final OA CURIOSIS CO., LTD.
17916863 SARS-COV-2 INFECTION RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD Final Rejection COPENHAGEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AMAGER AND HVIDOVRE
17945709 METHOD OF BIOMARKER DETECTION IN COMPANION ANIMALS Non-Final OA Uni Pharma Co., LTD.
17791124 Extraction Device and Method Final Rejection CAM2 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17598653 IMMUNOASSAY METHOD AND IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE Non-Final OA INVITROS CO., LTD.
17427690 Device for collecting, preserving and storing eukaryotic cells contained in a sample of biological fluid for further cell analysis Non-Final OA Ahistrom Oyj
16817713 ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Ultimo Global Holdings, LLC

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