Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, HENRY H

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1674 1758 1798

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.7%
Allow Rate
-1.3% vs TC avg
360
Total Applications
+36.7%
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 273 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
70.9%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18187958 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A SIGNAL OF A LIVING CELL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18037229 OPEN-WELL MICROCAVITY PLATE Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18168601 NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18114675 PHOTO REACTOR FOR TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) TESTING Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18017632 MICROSTRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR DETECTION METHOD Final Rejection KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
16405380 ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF HORIZONTALLY TRANSFERRED NUCLEIC ACIDS Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17177059 SAMPLE CARTRIDGES Final Rejection MARS, INCORPORATED
17565972 CELLULAR MICRO-MASONRY SYSTEM Non-Final OA University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18177504 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT DROPLET FORMATION Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
17431010 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
17888335 BIOMARKER TESTING AND DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA University of Washington
17375855 KIT FOR INSTALLING IMPELLER INTO PROCESS VESSEL Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
18605434 NANOSENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING NANOSENSORS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18279255 Automatic Analyzer Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17614827 METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID IN SAMPLE Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
17481705 FLOW CYTOMETERS INCLUDING TILTED BEAM SHAPING OPTICAL COMPONENTS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
17379331 CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF Final Rejection RAMBAM MEDTECH LTD
18021611 Nanopatterned Films with Patterned Surface Chemistry Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17754114 System for Sensing a Molecule Non-Final OA Northeastern University
18006551 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Non-Final OA LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
16830076 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENETIC SEQUENCING Final Rejection LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18246548 SYSTEM, METHOD AND POINT OF CARE DEVICE FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
17888635 CELL TRANSPLANTATION PRETREATMENT METHOD, CELL TRANSPLANTATION PRETREATMENT DEVICE, AND CELL TRANSPLANTATION PRETREATMENT UNIT Final Rejection TOPPAN INC.
18616400 PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR ISOLATING AND ENUMERATING CELLS OR PARTICLES Final Rejection Vortex Biosciences, Inc.
18154230 In-time storage of manufactured cells for medical cellular therapy grown and differentiated in bioreactors Final Rejection Sciperio, Inc
18041505 COMPOSITE FILM, SENSOR ELEMENT COMPRISING SAID COMPOSITE FILM, BODY FAT PERCENTAGE MEASURING DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL DEVICE, AND WEARABLE MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING SAID SENSOR ELEMENT Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
17955463 3D Bioprinter That Cures Hydrogel Via Visible Light Non-Final OA United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of the Army
18461044 DIAGNOSTIC MEANS FOR THE DETECTION AND/OR QUANTIFICATION OF A PLURALITY OF ANALYTES PRESENT IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA UNISENSOR
17370457 SAMPLING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA LumaCyte, Inc.
18328429 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING STOOL SAMPLES Non-Final OA BiomeSense, Inc.

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