Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: QIAN, SHIZHI

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1758 1795

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.3%
Allow Rate
-3.7% vs TC avg
364
Total Applications
+49.6%
Interview Lift
1196
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 292 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
50.5%
§103 Obviousness
29.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18994791 METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OF A MEASURED GAS IN A MEASUREMENT GAS CHAMBER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
19051836 LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR HYDROGEN PERMEATION ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE AND TENSILE STRESS Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18569809 LOCAL SENSING AND CONTROL OF PH FOR PARALLELIZED SYNTHESIS Final Rejection President and Fellows of Harvard College
18267989 APPLICATIONS, METHODS, AND TOOLS FOR DEVELOPMENT, RAPID PREPARATION AND DEPOSITION OF A NANOCOMPOSITE COATING ON SURFACES FOR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES INCLUDING ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17782194 MOLECULAR WEIGHT MARKER FOR ELECTROPHORESIS, NUCLEIC ACID FRACTIONATION METHOD AND NUCLEIC ACID SIZE ANALYSIS METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18953551 SENSOR ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR Non-Final OA NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
18009543 SAMPLE TESTING DEVICE Non-Final OA ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
18401163 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID GLUCOSE AND KETONE MONITORING Non-Final OA Dexcom, Inc.
18590219 GAS SENSOR, SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS MICROSCOPE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING GAS SENSOR Final Rejection UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
18919087 EWOD DEVICE WITH PARTICLE-EMBEDDED POLYMER COATING Non-Final OA Seagate Technology LLC
18807321 CARBON DIOXIDE GAS SENSOR Non-Final OA FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18975675 SEPARATION CHIP Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
17747354 SENSOR FOR DOPAMINE-SELECTIVE DETECTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18728021 Electrochemical Aptamer Sensors with Signal Amplification Via Multiple Redox Tags Non-Final OA University of Cincinnati
17816547 GAS SENSOR, SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS MICROSCOPE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING GAS SENSOR Final Rejection Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
18437640 HIGH-THROUGHPUT MULTIPLEXING ELECTROPHORETIC GEL APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Blotting Innovations, Inc.

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