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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP (Illinc)

37 pending office actions • 5 clients

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
7
Final Rejections
30
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Illumina, Inc. 22
Illumina, Inc. 10
Illumina Cambridge Limited 3
Illumina Cambridge Limited 1
Idbydna Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18885481 METHODS OF PREPARING LOOP FORK LIBRARIES Illumina, Inc. YOUNG, BRIAN ELLIS 1684 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2024
18414085 CONCURRENT SEQUENCING OF FORWARD AND REVERSE COMPLEMENT STRANDS ON SEPARATE POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR METHYLATION DETECTION Illumina, Inc. BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 Non-Final OA Jan 16, 2024
18575254 NANOPORE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION Illumina, Inc. KAUR, GURPREET 1759 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18575265 DNA ORIGAMI STRUCTURE AND PROTEIN NANOPORE CONSTRUCT Illumina, Inc. STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18575205 A CIRCUIT DESIGN TO MEASURE SMALL CURRENT VARIATION IN NANOPORE SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. BENZION, GARY 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18575242 ANALOG CIRCUIT TO COMPENSATE BIAS OFFSET IN AMPLIFIER ARRAY Illumina, Inc. SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18574675 METHODS OF BASE CALLING NUCLEOBASES Illumina, Inc. CHOUDHURY, NURA MANSURA 1683 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2023
18573770 METHODS FOR PREPARING SIGNALS FOR CONCURRENT SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. YU, TIAN NMN 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2023
18392975 METHODS OF SEQUENCING USING 3' BLOCKED NUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18390322 TRANSITION-METAL CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING BY SYNTHESIS Illumina, Inc. BELLAH, JEFFREY LAWRENCE 1683 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18569532 METHODS OF DETECTING METHYLCYTOSINE AND HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE BY SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. BERTAGNA, ANGELA MARIE 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18569192 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING METHYLATED CYTOSINES Illumina, Inc. WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18568600 PERIODATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL CLEAVAGE OF SURFACE-BOUND POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18568655 METHODS FOR METAL DIRECTED CLEAVAGE OF SURFACE-BOUND POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18533863 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR POLYNUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN 1795 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18568756 PERIODATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CHEMICAL CLEAVAGE OF SURFACE-BOUND POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. BENZION, GARY 1681 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18476911 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING PHOTO DAMAGE DURING SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA 1681 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18325610 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. HARVEY-BUTLER, AVANDA ELEXA 1683 Non-Final OA May 30, 2023
18302193 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING LIGANDS ON ARRAYS USING INDEXES AND BARCODES Illumina, Inc. CROW, ROBERT THOMAS 1683 Non-Final OA Apr 18, 2023
18300343 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING DATA Illumina, Inc. LIU, GUOZHEN 1686 Non-Final OA Apr 13, 2023
18192291 NUCLEOSIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES WITH 3' VINYL BLOCKING GROUP Illumina, Inc. CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18191299 METHODS FOR CHEMICAL CLEAVAGE OF SURFACE-BOUND POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. RILEY, JEZIA 1681 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18190809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA 1681 Final Rejection Mar 27, 2023
18184556 PAIRED-END SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. ZHANG, KAIJIANG 1684 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2023
18153946 SEQUENCING FROM MULTIPLE PRIMERS TO INCREASE DATA RATE AND DENSITY Illumina Cambridge Limited PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 1684 Non-Final OA Jan 12, 2023
17970504 SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED BIOSENSORS FOR BASE CALLING Illumina, Inc. VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 Non-Final OA Oct 20, 2022
17907166 METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREPARING NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES Illumina, Inc. PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 1684 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2022
17933833 NANOPORE SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. YU, TIAN NMN 1681 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2022
17930673 CIRCUIT DESIGN TO APPLY DIFFERENT VOLTAGES IN A NANOPORE ARRAY Illumina, Inc. QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 Final Rejection Sep 08, 2022
17813852 METHODS FOR PREPARING SUBSTRATE SURFACE FOR DNA SEQUENCING Illumina, Inc. RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2022
17552326 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING HAPLOTYPES AND PHASING OF HAPLOTYPES Illumina Cambridge Limited ZEMAN, MARY K 1686 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2021
17550271 LONG STOKES SHIFT CHROMENOQUINOLINE DYES AND USES IN SEQUENCING APPLICATIONS Illumina Cambridge Limited MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C 1693 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2021
17550262 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Illumina Cambridge Limited TURPIN, ZACHARY MARK 1682 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2021
17618836 METHODS FOR SEQUENCING POLYNUCLEOTIDES Illumina, Inc. WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 Final Rejection Dec 13, 2021
17447554 CUSTOM DATA FILES FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICINE Illumina, Inc. WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 Final Rejection Sep 13, 2021
17250814 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING ORGAN HEALTH AND DISEASE Illumina, Inc. BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2021
17259518 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SAMPLES Idbydna Inc. PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE 1687 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2021

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