Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1773 1797 1798

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.1%
Allow Rate
-13.9% vs TC avg
795
Total Applications
+44.9%
Interview Lift
1426
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 745 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
35.3%
§103 Obviousness
38.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18157041 NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEM FOR PHOTOTHERMAL HEATING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18026686 CHEMICAL PRODUCTION MONITORING Final Rejection BASF SE
18026690 CHEMICAL PRODUCTION CONTROL Final Rejection BASF SE
18154516 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DIRECTING FLUID FLOW Final Rejection 10x Genomics, Inc.
17616616 SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CELLULAR ANALYSIS AND RELATED DEVICES FOR CONDITIONING ENVIRONMENTS ADJACENT CHIPS IN SUCH SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Amgen Inc.
18582858 EXAMINATION METHOD OF A MEASUREMENT TARGET BY LIGHT EMITTED IN A REACTION FIELD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18115382 POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18210612 TEST APPARATUS Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18083201 IN VIVO-COMPARABLE IN VITRO ASSAY FOR LUNG EPITHELIAL BARRIER INJURY Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
18020197 Automatic Analyzer Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17911162 Automatic Analysis System Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17953981 NON-FIBRILLAR HEMOGLOBIN S OLIGOMERS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY MODULATORS OF HEMOGLOBIN S POLYMERIZATION Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
18270438 PATHOGEN TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18298738 TESTING CONTAINER Non-Final OA BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
17305805 BIOSENSOR HAVING A FLUID COMPARTMENT Non-Final OA B.G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
17946742 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING DENSELY-PACKED ANALYTES Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
18077399 Nano and Microscale Patterned Surfaces for Centering a Droplet Non-Final OA Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC
18077817 METHOD FOR LOCALIZING SINGLE MOLECULES OF A DYE IN A SAMPLE AND FOR GENERATING HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF STRUCTURE IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA Abberior Instruments GmbH
18215947 Cell Culture System Non-Final OA Terumo BCT, Inc.
17817696 METHOD OF DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AND VITAMIN D IMBALANCE AND DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED THEREOF Final Rejection Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
18482419 METHODS OF DIAGNOSING AND PREDICTING RENAL DECLINE Non-Final OA Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc.
18282472 METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE Non-Final OA WORMS SAFETY EUROPE
18001600 COMPOSITIONS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PHOSPHATE CONTENT OF WATER Non-Final OA WATER LENS, LLC
18262469 ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR READING DETECTION RESULT OF TEST APPARATUS Non-Final OA LEADWAY (HK) LIMITED
18260600 TARGET DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA DOTS Technology Corp.
18307200 Fully Printed Electrode Biological Interface Non-Final OA Early Charm Ventures
17406747 METHOD AND SYSTEM INCORPORATING BEAM SHAPING OPTICS AND BEAM STABILIZATION Non-Final OA Inguran, LLC
18111866 Sample Analysis Chip and Sample Analysis Method Using Sample Analysis Chip Non-Final OA TOTAL BIOSENSE INC.
17347732 Point-of-Birth System and Instrument, Biochemical Cartridge, and Methods for Newborn Screening Non-Final OA Baebies, Inc.
17933986 APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF BLOODBORNE FACTORS INDICATIVE OF INFLAMMATION Non-Final OA ALCOR SCIENTIFIC LLC

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