Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18926029 | CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH MICRONEEDLE ARRAY | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18824852 | RAPID AND COMPREHENSIVE METHOD FOR EVALUATING PITTING RESISTANCE OF STAINLESS STEEL PIPE WELDS | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18751468 | Advanced Cancer Detection in Urine | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18630936 | CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH MICRONEEDLE ARRAY | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18595922 | SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE WITH ACTIVE SMOKE FILTRATION | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18685979 | CIRCUITRY FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18429862 | Lipid-Free Anchoring of Thermophilic Bacteriophage G20c Portal Adapter into Solid-State Nanopores | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18419688 | ENZYMATIC ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATIONS | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536215 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TARGET MOLECULE DETECTION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18563438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE ISOLATION, CONCENTRATION, AND DETECTION FOR UNBIASED CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO- AND BIOPARTICLES | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516446 | ELECTRODES HAVING AT LEAST ONE SENSING STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18515222 | ZWITTERION SURFACE MODIFICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS SENSORS | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18506673 | MAGNETIC PARTICLE CONTROL AND VISUALIZATION | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386270 | ELECTROPHORESIS GEL CASSETTE AND COMB | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18486103 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING REFERENCE MAPS FOR NANOPORE-BASED POLYMER ANALYSIS | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550881 | HIGH DENSITY AND MULTIPLEXED NANOPORE DEVICES WITH TRANSVERSE TUNNELING JUNCTION FOR BIOMOLECULE DETECTION AND SEQUENCING | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING AND SPATIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MAPPING OF CELLS | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240455 | NANOPORE DEVICE AND METHODS OF ELECTRICAL ARRAY ADDRESSING AND SENSING | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232318 | INTEGRATED BIOLOGICAL SENSING PLATFORM | August 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353603 | OPTICAL DETECTION FOR BIO-ENTITIES | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215618 | NFC-ENABLED TEST SENSORS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING THE SAME | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18214420 | AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF ANALYTICAL GELS AND BLOTS | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213844 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHIUM CARBONATE | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211425 | METHODS FOR FORMING LIPID BILAYERS ON BIOCHIPS | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211303 | IRIDIUM/IRIDIUM OXIDE ELECTRODE FOR QUANTITATIVELY DETECTING pH IN SULFIDE ION ENVIRONMENT, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18039691 | COMPOSITIONS AND KITS COMPRISING INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324346 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANALYTES | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324079 | METHOD OF PURITY DETERMINATION BY CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197617 | DEVICES FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS USING EPITACHOPHORESIS | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18316920 | MOLDED FLOW CHANNEL | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314552 | MICROELECTRODE SENSOR FOR DETECTING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION METHODS THEREOF | May 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311562 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | May 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311005 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139160 | Nanopore Structures | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18134790 | Ethylene Receptor Biosensor | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193357 | MEMBRANE PROTEIN ANALYSIS SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF PRODUCING MEMBRANE PROTEIN ANALYSIS SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF ANALYZING MEMBRANE PROTEIN AND MEMBRANE PROTEIN ANALYSIS GRID | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124455 | METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING BY TUNNELING RECOGNITION | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18016012 | NANOPORE SENSING DEVICE | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149131 | SINGLE-CHAIN POLYMER-BASED TARGET RECEPTORS FOR USE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF TARGET ANALYTES | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086543 | CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH MICRONEEDLE ARRAY | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011284 | CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18083053 | DIELECTRIC LAYERS FOR DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18064037 | FARADAIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-LIMITING PROTEIN PORE INSERTION IN AMEMBRANE | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18072189 | NANOPORE-MATCHED PROTEIN SHUTTLE FOR MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925832 | DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORONAVIRUS AND INFLUENZA VIRUS | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054340 | ELECTROCHEMICAL APTASENSOR FOR DEHP DETECTION CONTAINING GOLD NANOFLOWERS | November 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17970411 | BIOSENSOR CHIP AND BIOSENSOR CARTRIDGES HAVING THE SAME | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17956185 | Biosensors and Methods for Determining Analyte Concentration in the Kinetic Potential Region of Redox Mediators | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17934175 | ISOLATION OF CELLS IN A NANOPORE SENSOR ARRAY | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17940174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING AND SPATIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MAPPING OF CELLS | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903178 | BEND SENSOR | September 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897187 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COVID-19 TESTING USING URINE SAMPLES | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895169 | METHIONINE CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT METHOD | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889985 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS AS ION CAPTURE COMPOSITIONS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888461 | DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED PLASMA COLLECTION DEVICE | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17887540 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND GAS SENSOR | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819099 | ANALYTE SENSORS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE ENZYMES AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797848 | OPERANDO CHEMICAL AND/OR ELECTROCHEMICAL TESTING CELL | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17794524 | ANALYTE DETECTION SYSTEM | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17812876 | ELECTROCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR AND USES THEREOF | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809705 | LIPID-FREE ANCHORING OF THERMOPHILIC BACTERIOPHAGE G20C PORTAL ADAPTER INTO SOLID-STATE NANOPORES | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17844341 | ANTIBODY-FREE RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIA | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786705 | ELECTROCHEMICAL LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOLOGICAL TEST METHOD, SENSOR FOR SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828991 | DEVICE FOR SEQUENCING | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826882 | INTEGRATED BIOLOGICAL SENSING PLATFORM | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17741721 | Photovoltaic Module | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738427 | Methods and Apparatus for Measuring Analytes Using Large Scale FET Arrays | May 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769575 | GAS SENSOR AND PROTECTION MEMBER FOR GAS SENSOR | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17768645 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL CORROSION PROBE SYSTEM | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17766732 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR | April 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714464 | SQUARE WAVE VOLTAMMETRY VARIABLE ACQUISITION WINDOW | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17641528 | ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BIOSENSOR USING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639514 | LOW ANGLE MEMBRANE FRAME FOR AN ELECTROPLATING CELL | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17682653 | ELECTRODES HAVING AT LEAST ONE SENSING STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME | February 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17681839 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COVID-19 TESTING USING URINE SAMPLES | February 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638370 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT OF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY AMINES | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17588597 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587101 | FLUID PROPERTY SENSING ARRAY UTILIZING A NEURAL NETWORK | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17579701 | ELECTROPORATION APPARATUSES AND THEIR METHOD OF USE | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17578151 | Functionalized Nanopipette Biosensor | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573716 | Photovoltaic Module | January 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645356 | ELECTRODE FOR ENZYMATIC BIOSENSOR WITH FIBROUS MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF AND SAID BIOSENSOR | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17555691 | MULTI FUNCTION SPINNING PLATFORM | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17519023 | DIELECTRIC LAYERS FOR DIGITAL MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | November 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17504363 | USING ELECTROPHORESIS FOR DISEASE DETECTION BASED ON CONTROLLED MOLECULAR CHARGE | October 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17480845 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR LEAD DETECTION | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401478 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES WITH FLEXIBLE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES | August 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17394690 | ZWITTERION SURFACE MODIFICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS SENSORS | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17426893 | BIOELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING AND USING THEM | July 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17443260 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE | July 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17378889 | NANOPORE DEVICE AND METHODS OF ELECTRICAL ARRAY ADDRESSING AND SENSING | July 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17375847 | Dual Pore - Control and Sensor Device | July 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17371786 | Electrochemical Antibody-Based Biosensor | July 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17368377 | MICROCHIP CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS ASSAYS AND REAGENTS | July 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17366945 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND TRANSDUCER | July 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17361537 | MIXED IONOPHORE ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODE FOR THE IMPROVED DECTECTION OF UREA IN BLOOD | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17356648 | REFERENCE ELECTRODE | June 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17335756 | MICROCHIP CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS ASSAYS AND REAGENTS | June 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333087 | BIOELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH PROGRAMMABLE ADAPTORS | May 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17332862 | APPARATUS FOR IN-SITU MONITORING OF GENERAL CORROSION AND LOCALIZED MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION (MIC) | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BALL, JOHN C.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 22.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner BALL, JOHN C works in Art Unit 1795 and has examined 722 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner BALL, JOHN C's allowance rate of 84.9% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BALL, JOHN C receive 1.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BALL, JOHN C is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BALL, JOHN C. This interview benefit is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 70.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 75.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 52.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 7.2% of allowed cases (in the 84% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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