Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: THOMPSON, CURTIS A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1798

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.4%
Allow Rate
-2.6% vs TC avg
236
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1365
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 194 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
78.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18327532 Real-Time Adaptive Control of Demulsifier Injection Using Self-Learning Artificial Intelligence Models Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17770115 FLUID ANALYSIS ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD Final Rejection HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
19183502 Fully Automatic Instrument System for Biochemical Assays Final Rejection Alamar Biosciences, Inc.
18171336 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, WATER TREATMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18038125 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER, POSITION ADJUSTMENT TOOL, AND POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17910946 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17800375 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Non-Final OA HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17781451 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18194683 ANALYZER WITH A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP AND A VALVE AND ANALYSIS PROCESS WITH SUCH AN ANALYZER Final Rejection Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA
17613138 Microfluidic Device for High-Throughput Screening of Tumor Cell Adhesion and Motility Final Rejection Northeastern University
18355119 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL Non-Final OA Beckman Coulter, Inc.
18038518 MIXING HEATER SETPOINT CHANGE Non-Final OA Beckman Coulter, Inc.
17787216 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LIQUID-HANDLER PROTOCOL Non-Final OA Beckman Coulter, Inc.
17792215 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Final Rejection ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
18258960 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MONITORING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A PLANT PRODUCING CHEMICALS AND FUELS UTILIZING CARBON CAPTURE Non-Final OA Topsoe A/S
18038230 AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP Non-Final OA AUTOBIO LABTEC INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD.
17260000 USE OF DROPLET SINGLE CELL EPIGENOME PROFILING FOR PATIENT STRATIFICATION Final Rejection HiFiBio SAS
18258768 METHOD FOR EVALUATING BLOOD PARAMETERS Non-Final OA SEDICIDODICI S.R.L.
17973947 AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CHEMICAL SAMPLE COLLECTION WITH SAFE ISOLATION OF SAMPLE VESSEL Final Rejection Elemental Scientific, Inc.
17904162 SAMPLING ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection CyberHydra Holding B.V.
17259992 USE OF DROPLET SINGLE CELL EPIGENOME PROFILING FOR PATIENT STRATIFICATION Final Rejection Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI)

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