Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MUI, CHRISTINE T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1774 1777 1797 1798 2855

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
1,429
Total Applications
+20.0%
Interview Lift
993
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1369 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.4%
§102 Novelty
81.3%
§103 Obviousness
2.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17999937 TESTING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18216292 LINEAR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18349650 METHODS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR DETERMINING BINDING KINETICS OF LIGANDS Final Rejection ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
17176561 FLOW CELLS UTILIZING SURFACE-ATTACHED STRUCTURES, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
18320739 REACTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM, REACTION ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND REACTION ANALYSIS METHOD Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18261090 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION AND DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS Non-Final OA Xzom, Inc.
17457800 USING MASS SPECTROMETRY TO IDENTIFY ENDOMETRIOSIS TISSUE Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18548552 AUTOMATED ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18147872 DISEASE DIAGNOSIS KIT, DISEASE DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING THE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS KIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISEASE DIAGNOSIS KIT Non-Final OA Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18144022 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGING REACTION PRODUCTS Non-Final OA CORNELL UNIVERSITY
18447583 SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING ELECTROKINETIC DEVICES Non-Final OA BRUKER CELLULAR ANALYSIS, INC.
18627322 PATHOLOGICAL SLIDES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Leavitt Medical, Inc.
16200202 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW CELL LYSIS IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Non-Final OA University of Maryland, College Park
18020335 ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY DEVICES Non-Final OA COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18269668 CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE CALIBRATOR Non-Final OA DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD.
18230856 BIOLOGICAL TESTING KITS AND METHODS FOR USING AND MAKING THE SAME Final Rejection SILGAN DISPENSING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18615437 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ANALYZING CELLULAR COMPONENTS Final Rejection Stokes Bio Limited
18567795 PIPETTING HEAD FOR A LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SPT LABTECH LTD.
18036100 SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF A TARGET IN A LIQUID SAMPLE Non-Final OA LUMIRADX UK LTD
18282366 METHOD FOR PREDICTING RELIABILITY OF CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE CABLE INSULATION MATERIAL Non-Final OA ELECTRIC PWR. RES. INST., CHINA SOUTH. PWR. GRID
18548510 CHEMICAL SEPARATION OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES FROM A BLEND OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES AND SEMI-SYNTHETIC OR NATURAL FIBRES Non-Final OA ORITAIN GLOBAL LIMITED
18102839 INTERFACE AND CHANNEL DEVICE Non-Final OA Enplas Corporation
18040321 TESTING DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN LIQUID STORAGE Non-Final OA AusMed Global Limited
18214811 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR EXAMINING DRUG EFFECTS ON MICROORGANISMS Non-Final OA Essenlix Corporation
18220789 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING DISEASES Non-Final OA Newomics Inc.
18259197 MICRO-DROPLET GENERATION METHOD AND GENERATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA FOSHAN ACXEL BOXIN TECH CO., LTD
18038685 MEASUREMENT DEVICE INCORPORATING A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Oxford Nanoimaging Limited
18199224 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ASSAY STEPS WITHIN AN ASSAY USING A PLURALITY OF ACTIVE FLOW COMPONENTS Non-Final OA SiPhox, Inc.
18112665 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING BIOMOLECULES Final Rejection Randall Davis
18021231 DEVICES Final Rejection Sense Biodetection Limited

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