Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, HENRY H

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758 1798

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

64.3%
Allow Rate
-0.7% vs TC avg
352
Total Applications
+37.7%
Interview Lift
1164
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 258 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
42.2%
§103 Obviousness
29.7%
§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.
18063531 Systems and Methods for Live Cell Imaging Non-Final OA Emory University
18177504 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT DROPLET FORMATION Non-Final OA 10x Genomics, Inc.
18473125 ASSAY CARTRIDGE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18167084 MICROCHANNEL DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR OIL DROPLET, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AIR BUBBLE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MICROCAPSULE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE EMULSION, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIQUID DROPLET THAT ENCOMPASSES AIR BUBBLE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MICROCHANNEL DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18114675 PHOTO REACTOR FOR TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) TESTING Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18021611 Nanopatterned Films with Patterned Surface Chemistry Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17451082 Robotic method for coating a multiwell plate by a polyelectrolyte multilayer film Non-Final OA Centre national de la recherche scientifique
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
18605434 NANOSENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING NANOSENSORS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
17375855 KIT FOR INSTALLING IMPELLER INTO PROCESS VESSEL Non-Final OA ENTEGRIS, INC.
17919671 SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF LASER EMISSION AND FLUORESCENCE Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
17565972 CELLULAR MICRO-MASONRY SYSTEM Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
17431010 NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
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
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.
17883957 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR LIVING ORGANISMS Non-Final OA TOPPAN INC.
18657525 DISPOSABLE FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE FOR INTERFEROMETRIC REFLECTANCE IMAGING SENSOR Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
18642001 ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PCR WITH MULTI-CHANNEL FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT FOR SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED SAMPLES Non-Final OA Analytik Jena GmbH
18616400 PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR ISOLATING AND ENUMERATING CELLS OR PARTICLES Final Rejection Vortex Biosciences, Inc.
17618178 OBSERVATION SAMPLE COVERING IMPLEMENT, COVERING IMPLEMENT PACKAGE, AND METHOD FOR COVERING OBSERVATION SAMPLE Final Rejection TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
17395238 BIOREACTOR VESSEL FOR AUTOMATED FERMENTATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Culture Biosciences, Inc.

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