Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1700 1773 1798

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.5%
Allow Rate
+3.5% vs TC avg
444
Total Applications
+68.4%
Interview Lift
1233
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 387 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.8%
§102 Novelty
36.6%
§103 Obviousness
32.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18450720 IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17400117 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLOW CELL SAMPLE ALLOCATION Final Rejection Tempus AI, Inc.
17876622 MICROFLUIDIC PROCESSING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
18141179 METHODS OF ENGULFING PARTICLES AND DEVICES FOR PRACTICING SAME Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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
18106521 DETACHABLE MIXING DEVICE FOR REPRODUCIBLE ATP REACTION OF COMMERCIAL ATP OPTICAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
18000053 MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA National University of Singapore
18027183 AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
18012693 AUTOMATIC ANALYZER 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
18178598 METHOD OF QUALITY CONTROL, QUALITY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SYSMEX CORPORATION
18022232 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAMING WORKSPACES OF ROBOTIC FLUID HANDLING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA BECKMAN COULTER., INC.
18494729 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA ARKRAY, Inc.
18056626 METHOD FOR DETECTION OF A BOTTOM OF AT LEAST ONE WELL Final Rejection Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
17841695 HIGH-EFFICIENCY QUANTITATIVE CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSFER BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS Final Rejection City University of Hong Kong
18656996 LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER CARRIER HANDLING APPARATUS, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND USE Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18030123 SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING IMAGE OF A PLATED CULTURE DISH USING AN IMAGING DEVICE HAVING A TELECENTRIC LENS Non-Final OA BD KIESTRA B.V.
18504323 CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
18252331 APPARATUS FOR BIO-PRODUCT PROCESSING Final Rejection CYTIVA SWEDEN AB
18482320 SYNTHETIC BLOOD CLOT Non-Final OA Life Model Designs LLC
17879075 FLOW CELL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND FLOW CELLS AND OTHER SUBSTRATES FOR USE IN THE SAME Final Rejection MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
18199744 DEVICE WITH A DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID SAMPLE Non-Final OA CYTENA GmbH
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.

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