Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1634 1797 2855

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.1%
Allow Rate
+17.1% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
+15.1%
Interview Lift
1262
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 47 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
37.8%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17897475 Blood Pack Donation System for Biomarker Collection During Whole Blood Donation Non-Final OA Fenwal, Inc.
18080067 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAR T-CELL SCREENING Final Rejection Northwestern University
18453877 MICROCHANNEL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18314343 OPEN FLUIDIC DEVICE FOR AUTONOMOUS DROPLET GENERATION AND RELATED METHODS OF USE FOR DROPLET FORMATION AND MANIPULATION Non-Final OA University of Washington
18328920 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING METHOD Non-Final OA Canon Medical Systems Corporation
18276323 CALIBRANT FOR USE IN MASS SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18268668 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSAMPLING A GASEOUS SUBSAMPLE FROM A MONOPHASIC FLUID FOR NOBLE GAS ANALYSIS Non-Final OA TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
18277102 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18277109 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18273111 Control Method for Automatic Analyzer Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18273115 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18453811 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA ARKRAY, Inc.
17793690 Microfluidic device and methods for using such device Non-Final OA Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
18273043 LIQUID HANDLING DEVICE, LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM, AND LIQUID HANDLING METHOD Non-Final OA Enplas Corporation
18015271 HYDROGEL-BASED PACKAGING OF 2D MATERIALS-BASED BIOSENSOR DEVICES FOR ANALYTE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Grolltex, Inc.
17859932 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID SENSING USING PASSIVE FLOW Non-Final OA SiPhox, Inc.
18190319 HOMOPOLYMER ENCODED NUCLEIC ACID MEMORY Non-Final OA Molecular Assemblies, Inc.
17775539 PRESSURE-ASSISTED FLOW IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM Final Rejection miDiagnostics NV
18014010 PARTICLE FILTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PARTICLE FILTRATION Non-Final OA UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17835171 METHOD FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES OF MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INTEREST AND APPARATUS THEREOF Non-Final OA HI TECHNOLOGIES LTDA.

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