Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HURST, JONATHAN M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1631 1775 1797 1799

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.1%
Allow Rate
-11.9% vs TC avg
703
Total Applications
+20.2%
Interview Lift
1462
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 669 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
52.7%
§103 Obviousness
17.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18623528 MICROFLUIDIC-ENABLED MULTIWELL CELL CULTURE DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR PRECISION CULTURE, CONTROL AND MONITORING OF LIVING CELLS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
16763515 METHODS FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN PRODUCTS Final Rejection AMGEN INC.
18332559 BIOPROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE MASS PRODUCTION OF MINICELLS Final Rejection AgroSpheres, Inc.
17645559 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS Non-Final OA COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
18014866 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM Final Rejection Shimadzu Corporation
18250066 ENZYMATIC RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANES BY CUTINASES Non-Final OA SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
17997991 CELL CULTURE SYSTEM FOR PERFUSABLE NETWORKS OF SELF-ASSEMBLED CELLS Non-Final OA MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
17533991 HYDROGEL-BASED 3D CELL TRAINING BIOREACTOR Non-Final OA The Chinese University of Hong Kong
17764491 USE OF CELLULASE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY OF DETERGENTS Non-Final OA Novozymes A/S
16940875 METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF A FERMENTATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Culture Biosciences, Inc.
17626174 MULTI-CONNECTOR PORT Final Rejection EPPENDORF SE
18379157 Novel Methods of Removing a Sacrificial Polymer in Polymer-Assisted Graphene Transfer; and Novel Bacillus Megaterium Strains, Related Compositions and Methods Non-Final OA University of North Carolina at Greensboro
17998461 NOVEL HIGH-DENSITY MICROCARRIER RETENTION DEVICE FOR PERFUSION CULTURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
17779986 SYSTEM HAVING A TUBE SHAFT IMPELLER AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
17337294 CELL ENGINEERING PLATFORM Final Rejection Avectas Limited
18074286 MICROWELLS FOR CELLULAR SPHEROID ASSEMBLY Final Rejection 4DCELL
18050196 PORTABLE RT-PCR DEVICE AND RT-PCR MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME Non-Final OA GENE2US CORP.
17920696 BIOMOLECULE DETECTION USING SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY Final Rejection Nostics B.V.
17910150 FLOATING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MICROALGAE IN THE FORM OF BIOFILM Final Rejection INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE
17901573 SCALABLE BIOREACTOR SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Mission Barns, Inc.
17908513 PERFUSION MODULE AND PERFUSION CULTURE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yukuan SHANG
17766347 METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND ANALYZING CELL FREE DNA Final Rejection SANTERSUS AG
17766339 DEVICE FOR PARTICLES HANDLING, WASHING, TRANSFECTION THROUGH ACOUSTOPHORETIC INDUCED MIGRATION Non-Final OA AENITIS TECHNOLOGIES
17273854 DEVICE FOR INCUBATING CULTURES, METHOD FOR INCUBATING CULTURES AND USE Non-Final OA Cellbox Solutions GmbH

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