Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1674 1700 1773 1798

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.9%
Allow Rate
+2.9% vs TC avg
449
Total Applications
+68.2%
Interview Lift
1172
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 393 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
4.4%
§102 Novelty
78.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18504323 CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY Final Rejection GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
18141179 METHODS OF ENGULFING PARTICLES AND DEVICES FOR PRACTICING SAME Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17400117 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL SAMPLE ALLOCATION Final Rejection Tempus AI, Inc.
18008050 AUTOMATIC SAMPLE INJECTION DEVICE Final Rejection Shimadzu Corporation
17913997 CELL ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17961538 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING ENCAPSULATED MICROBUBBLES TO PROCESS BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Final Rejection The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17822189 AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18106521 DETACHABLE MIXING DEVICE FOR REPRODUCIBLE ATP REACTION OF COMMERCIAL ATP OPTICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
17876622 MICROFLUIDIC PROCESSING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
18027183 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18007598 Automatic Analysis Apparatus Final Rejection Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
17798672 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
17797035 Automatic Analysis Device Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18170308 CARTRIDGE HAVING ELASTOMER VALVE Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.
18043136 IN SITU CELL BIOREACTOR AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Final Rejection THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
17879075 FLOW CELL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND FLOW CELLS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES FOR USE IN THE SAME Final Rejection MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
18056626 METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A BOTTOM OF AT LEAST ONE WELL Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
18201557 System for the Microfluidic Distribution of Fluids Non-Final OA STRATEC SE
18259241 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO CHIP FOR LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS Final Rejection FUJIMORI KOGYO CO., LTD.
18363973 SAMPLE HOLDER WITH CONDUIT FOR RECEIVING A SAMPLE Non-Final OA Covaris, LLC
18033784 REACTION WELL CARTRIDGE DEVICE AND REACTION WELL CARTRIDGE SYSTEM Non-Final OA MICRO DIGITAL CO., LTD
18303678 SAMPLE COLLECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Kenota Inc.
18247038 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL FLUID SAMPLE Non-Final OA BIOACES (SHANGHAI) LIFE SCIENCE CO., LTD
18127516 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATING TRANSFER OF TAPE TO MICROTOME SECTIONS Non-Final OA Clarapath, Inc.
18084229 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Advanced Solutions Life Sciences, LLC
18083479 BIOMETRIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA TASCOM CO., LTD.
17963826 TEMPERATURE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD IN LAMP Final Rejection Changzhou Trendi Medical Technology Co., Ltd
16853594 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-ANALYSIS Final Rejection Labrador Diagnostics LLC

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