Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 1758 1773 1796 1797 1798 6221

This examiner grants 59% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.7%
Allow Rate
-1.3% vs TC avg
730
Total Applications
+37.4%
Interview Lift
1427
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 663 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
28.2%
§102 Novelty
36.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§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
18555167 Method and Device for Trapping at Least One Nucleated Cell Using at Least One Electrode for a Microfluidic Device Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17846892 ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SETUP FOR AN ANALYTICAL METHOD Final Rejection Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
18216230 ARRAY OF MICROMOLDED STRUCTURES FOR SORTING ADHERENT CELLS Non-Final OA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
18546160 METHODS AND APPARATUS ADAPTED TO IDENTIFY 3D CENTER LOCATION OF A SPECIMEN CONTAINER USING A SINGLE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
17757745 MAGNETIC MANIPULATION THROUGH SOLID-STATE METHOD AND APPARATUS Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
17771377 An Integrated Smart Point-Of-Care Biosensor for Whole-Blood Liquid Biopsies Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17604919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-TARGET DEPOSITION AND ASSAYS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
18013357 Automatic Analyzer Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18172388 CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF ANALYSING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA Sysmex Corporation
18278094 QUALITY CONTROL STANDARD SOLUTION USED IN PEPTIDE ASSAY, AND QUALITY CONTROL OF PEPTIDE ASSAY Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17658498 Aerosol Purifier for HVAC System Non-Final OA Trane International Inc.
18392383 A Biomarker for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Estrogen in Exosomes and a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Kit Using the Biomarker Non-Final OA Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
18564500 SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17638543 Dynamic Profiling of Antitumor Activity of CAR T Cells Using Micropatterned tumor Array Devices Final Rejection The General Hospital Corporation
18681331 CHIP FOR CELL CULTURING, DEVICE FOR CELL CULTURING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CHIP FOR CELL CULTURING, AND METHOD FOR CULTURING CELLS Non-Final OA TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
18369587 SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING A ROTARY VALVE FOR AT LEAST ONE OF SAMPLE PREPARATION OR SAMPLE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ILLUMINA, INC.
17450812 System for Oxygenating a Biological Culture Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18682596 COMBINED DETERMINATION OF THE CONCENTRATION AND ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION OF CHIRAL COMPOUNDS USING SINGLE CHIROPTICAL ASSAY Non-Final OA GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
18749049 DRY CHEMISTRY CONTAINER Non-Final OA QIAGEN GmbH
18283908 DEVICE FOR EFFICIENT MEDIUM EXCHANGE IN MICROTITER PLATES Non-Final OA HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITÄT DÜSSELDORF

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