Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1772 1796 1797 1798

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
872
Total Applications
+36.0%
Interview Lift
1269
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 834 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
38.5%
§103 Obviousness
31.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17906087 WELL PLATE AND PETRI DISH FLUID EXCHANGE PLUG Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18175885 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17986559 APPLYING A LAYERED APPROACH TO DETERMINING MOLECULAR RETROSYNTHETIC ROUTE USING A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
17813954 MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS WITH ONE OR MORE VIAS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18138230 PARTICLE ANALYZERS AND PARTICLE TEST CONTROL METHODS AND DEVICES THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18009002 CASSETTE STAND, REACTION UNIT, AND GENETIC TESTING APPARATUS Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18302055 GAS DETECTION DEVICE AND GAS DETECTION PROCESS WITH A SENSOR AND WITH AN OXIDIZER Non-Final OA Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
17796853 FLOW CELLS AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE Non-Final OA ILLUMINA CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
17916203 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TDP-43 PROTEINOPATHY Non-Final OA Oxford University Innovation Limited
17948075 MICROFLUIDIC MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A BURIED CHAMBER AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF Non-Final OA STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
18453766 MULTIPLE HEATING ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Juul Labs, Inc.
17113755 SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR MALDI-TOF Final Rejection Analytik Jena GmbH+co. KG
18000866 DEVICE FOR HOLDING TUBES USED FOR ANALYSING SAMPLES BY MEANS OF NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES AND METHOD FOR USING SUCH A DEVICE Non-Final OA BIOMÉRIEUX
18212715 Mass Spectrometric Determination of Cell Toxicity Non-Final OA Bruker Daltonics GmbH & Co. KG
17764686 PLATELET RELEASE SYSTEM AND PLATELET RELEASE METHOD Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
17916222 MICRO-NOZZLE Non-Final OA TTP PLC.
17559013 METHODS, MEDIUMS, AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING CHROMATOGRAPHY DATA Non-Final OA WATERS TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED
18245358 MICRO-FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE Non-Final OA ASELSAN ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
18014976 ROBOTIC SAMPLE HANDLING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Patrick KINNEY
18090571 Method, a system, and a wearable electronic device Final Rejection Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy
17901190 CELLULAR MEASUREMENT CALIBRATION AND CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA Travera, Inc.
16761314 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REVERSIBLY IMMOBILISING BIOMOLECULES Non-Final OA HOMBRECHTIKON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AG
17706102 Systems and Methods of Sample Processing and Fluid Control in a Fluidic System Non-Final OA Labrador Diagnostics LLC
17594808 SELF-REFERENCED SENSOR Non-Final OA UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA (UPC)
17416087 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMULATING A REQUIRED COMPOSITION FROM AT LEAST ONE INGREDIENT OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION Final Rejection SIGMA ALIMENTOS, S.A. DE C.V.
17214795 DEVICE AND METHODS Final Rejection Epona Biotech Ltd
17063637 Droplet-Generating Microfluidic Chips and Related Methods Final Rejection Pattern Bioscience, Inc.

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month