Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 1773 1797 1798 6221

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.4%
Allow Rate
-1.6% vs TC avg
717
Total Applications
+38.2%
Interview Lift
1426
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 652 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
66.4%
§103 Obviousness
5.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17771418 METHOD OF COLLECTING FINE PARTICLES, MICROCHIP FOR SORTING FINE PARTICLES, DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINE PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCING EMULSION, AND EMULSION Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
17604919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TARGET DEPOSITION AND ASSAYS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18216230 ARRAY OF MICROMOLDED STRUCTURES FOR SORTING ADHERENT CELLS Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17975740 CARTRIDGE FOR DETECTING TARGET ANALYTE Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
17638543 Dynamic Profiling of Antitumor Activity of CAR T Cells Using Micropatterned tumor Array Devices Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
16986930 DEVICES, KITS, AND METHODS FOR LABEL-FREE SEPARATION AND SUBTYPING OF RARE CELLS Non-Final OA University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
17450812 System for Oxygenating a Biological Culture Non-Final OA Life Technologies Corporation
18546959 DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING Non-Final OA SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
17846892 ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SETUP FOR AN ANALYTICAL METHOD Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18678320 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PATIENT INDEX Non-Final OA CytoVale Inc.
18262544 LIQUID FLOW CHARGING DEVICE AND FLOW CELL Non-Final OA BECKMAN COULTER BIOTECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
18530167 INTEGRATED ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR THE RAPID MEASURING AND RECORDING OF DATA FROM A HOST Non-Final OA Mr. Hugh Califf
17928339 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS Final Rejection UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
18279839 BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSFER DEVICE, RGV AND LIQUID INJECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Guangdong Lyric Robot Automation Co., Ltd.
18251818 Microfluidic flow cell and system for analyzing or diagnosing biofilms and cell cultures, and the use thereof Non-Final OA Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
18263907 MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A FOLDED FOIL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
18343719 IN-VITRO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND IN-VITRO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA EDAN INSTRUMENTS, INC.
18268810 MICROFLUIDIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA HIFIBIO SAS
18112962 METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND SELECTING A SPECIFIC DROPLET AMONG A PLURALITY OF DROPLETS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS Final Rejection HIFIBIO SAS
18255458 SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA
18036692 SAMPLE ANALYSIS CARTRIDGE Final Rejection TTP PLC.
18246023 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE WITH POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP Non-Final OA QUANTUMDX GROUP LIMITED
16767517 Bioreactor Screening Platform for Modelling Human Systems Biology and for Screening for Inotropic Effects of Agents on the Heart Final Rejection NOVOHEART INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
18097033 System and Method for Process Control Using Multiple Levels Non-Final OA XRI Holdings, LLC
18072496 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEMATOCRIT IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT USING 4-WIRE MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Trividia Health, Inc.
17928490 MICROFLUIDIC BUBBLE TRAP Final Rejection GENOBIO, INC.
17927622 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LABEL-FREE, SINGLE BIOLOGICAL CELL DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF
17938916 Remote monitoring method, system and storage medium for sewage treatment process Non-Final OA Hangzhou Innovation Institute, Beihang University
17779625 METHOD FOR USING MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA SUZHOU DYNAMIC BIOSYSTEMS CO., LTD.
17458642 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD Final Rejection TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.

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