Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: QIAN, SHIZHI

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1795

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.8%
Allow Rate
-4.2% vs TC avg
325
Total Applications
+48.1%
Interview Lift
1197
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 265 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.8%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17930673 CIRCUIT DESIGN TO APPLY DIFFERENT VOLTAGES IN A NANOPORE ARRAY Final Rejection Illumina, Inc.
18569809 LOCAL SENSING AND CONTROL OF PH FOR PARALLELIZED SYNTHESIS Non-Final OA 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
18428266 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING CATHODIC PROTECTION INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18334827 ELECTROLYTES WITH ZEOLITES AND YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA FOR MONO-NITROGEN OXIDE SENSORS Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17599999 SUBSTRATE FOR DRIVING DROPLETS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18539843 ELECTRICALLY PATTERNED POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT FOR SENSING APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18401163 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID GLUCOSE AND KETONE MONITORING Final Rejection Dexcom, Inc.
17736105 CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17938829 LOW CROSS-SENSITIVITY GAS DETECTING APPARATUSES Non-Final OA HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
18715810 ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICE Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18370111 SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF HYDROXYL FREE RADICALS Final Rejection The University of Toledo
18383330 SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD, CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS SOLUTION, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS KIT Final Rejection ARKRAY, Inc.
18383317 SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD, SAMPLE PRODUCTION METHOD, DILUENT FOR DILUTING ALBUMIN- AND y-GLOBULIN-CONTAINING SAMPLE, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS KIT Final Rejection ARKRAY, Inc.
16486137 AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL AND SPECTRAL ERROR CORRECTION FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTS Final Rejection Life Technologies Corporation
18262518 ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF REDOX-ACTIVE MOLECULES Non-Final OA B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY
17801760 IONIC-LIQUID-CONTAINING POLYMER Non-Final OA HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd.
18732306 ULTRASENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE SENSORS FOR GLUCOSE DETECTION BASED ON THIOL-FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROGENOUS GOLD/GRAPHENE/COPPER FILM Non-Final OA KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
18654857 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A SOLUTION CHARACTERISTIC OF A SAMPLE COMPRISING MICROORGANISMS Non-Final OA Avails Medical, Inc.
18648634 HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION SENSOR Non-Final OA HYAXIOM, INC.
18700944 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN AMOUNT OF CHEMICALLY BOUND CARBON DIOXIDE AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SAID AMOUNT Non-Final OA HEMMERSBACH GMBH & CO. KG
18701041 CORROSION MONITORING METHOD Non-Final OA Casale SA
18684679 SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CELL VIABILITY, CELL MEMBRANE PIERCING AND SELECTING A CELL FOR MICROINJECTION Final Rejection AGM MEDICAL
18293762 Electrochemical biofilm sensor Non-Final OA ALVIM Srl
18573377 PALLADIUM-HYDROGEN PH ELECTRODE Non-Final OA Inho SONG
18572702 CONDUCTOMETRIC SENSOR FOR DETECTING A BIOANALYTE AND A METHOD FOR THE DETECTION THEREOF Non-Final OA ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
17608973 EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY
18557893 SAMPLE TRANSFER METHOD AND SYSTEM Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
18379727 DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS USING CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA SEQUREMED, INC
17765101 CELL FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF ADDITIVE BREAKDOWN PRODUCTION IN PLATING SOLUTION Final Rejection Korea Institute Of Materials Science

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