Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Merchant & Gould - Cepheid

9 pending office actions • 2 clients

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
0
Final Rejections
9
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cepheid 8
Cepheld 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18759505 MULTI-CHAMBERED LID APPARATUS WITH REAGENT PORT Cepheid POOS, MADISON LYNN 3733 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2024
18527039 MOTOR HAVING INTEGRATED ACTUATOR WITH ABSOLUTE ENCODER AND METHODS OF USE Cepheid SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 2834 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18460266 FAULTY UNIT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS Cepheid ABEL, LENORA A 1799 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18460253 SEAL FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS Cepheid KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18320837 MVP CARTRIDGE AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE Cepheid HARVEY-BUTLER, AVANDA ELEXA 1683 Non-Final OA May 19, 2023
18184326 UNITARY CARTRIDGE BODY AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Cepheid LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2023
17811448 HIGH-LEVEL MULTIPLEXING REACTION VESSEL, REAGENT SPOTTING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Cepheld HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2022
17516084 DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY SYSTEM WITH REPLACEABLE PROCESSING MODULES AND REMOTE MONITORING Cepheid GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY 1798 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2021
17358523 METHODS OF DETECTING SARS-COV-2, INFLUENZA, AND RSV Cepheid PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 Non-Final OA Jun 25, 2021

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