Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852515 | DOSING EQUIPMENT | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18793237 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF CELL-CELL INTERACTIONS | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18750680 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18741404 | METHOD FOR DISPENSING FLUID | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18663846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIPETTE ROBOTS | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661552 | PRODUCING A REAGENT ON-BOARD AN INSTRUMENT | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18649768 | LIQUID SAMPLE LOADING | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18609613 | PIPETTOR SYSTEM | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430762 | Robotic Microtool Control in an Intelligent Automated In Vitro Fertilization and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Platform | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18419606 | CARTRIDGE AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING BODY LIQUID | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18405725 | ASSAY ARRAY PLATE | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514091 | LIQUID DISPENSER WITH MANIFOLD MOUNT FOR MODULAR INDEPENDENTLY-ACTUATED PIPETTE CHANNELS | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385300 | METHOD FOR RECONSTITUTING A REAGENT | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381462 | FLOW CONTROL MECHANISM FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18481156 | HONEYCOMB TUBE | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479132 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATED MOLECULAR TEST CARTRIDGE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | October 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18369535 | Liquid Evaluation Device | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456540 | FULL-AUTOMATIC DETECTION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPORTANT ZOONOTIC PATHOGEN, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FULL-AUTOMATIC DETECTION APPARATUS FOR IMPORTANT ZOONOTIC PATHOGEN | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18236457 | EMBEDDING ASSEMBLY FOR TISSUE DEHYDRATION AND LOCATION | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451922 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAMPLE EXTRACTION | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18235272 | PATHOLOGY SLIDE AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 18350916 | HONEYCOMB TUBE | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230549 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323522 | SAMPLE LIQUID-SENDING APPARATUS, FLOW CYTOMETER, AND SAMPLE LIQUID-SENDING METHOD | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197144 | DROP PREPARATION DEVICE AND DROP PREPARATION METHOD | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18136427 | Automatic Analyzer | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191511 | AUTOMATED TANK MIXING | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166846 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SINGLE-CELL BASED DIGITAL HIGH RESOLUTION MELT | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18165150 | PIPETTOR SYSTEM | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105157 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HOUSING FOR A SENSOR ARRAY COMPONENT AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STERILITY TESTING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18086820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FLUID DELIVERY | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18010424 | Systems, Apparatus and Kits for Enzymatic Polynucleotide Synthesis | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077302 | INKJET DEPOSITION OF REAGENTS FOR HISTOLOGICAL SAMPLES | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18057652 | MOTION SYSTEMS FOR LOADING TIPS | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17989512 | Method And Apparatus For Automated Sample Preparation | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056680 | SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18056659 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DROPLET DETECTION | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIPETTE ROBOTS | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972067 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIPETTE ROBOTS | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17961685 | POSITIVE DISPENSE VERIFICATION SENSOR | October 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954553 | MICROFLUIDIC CELLULAR MEMBRANE MODIFICATION | September 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17953016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOPROCESSING | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17878491 | REAGENT PACK CHANGER | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17878580 | RECEPTACLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | August 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REAGENT PACKS IN AN INSTRUMENT | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877832 | ASSEMBLY HAVING REAGENT PACK LOADING STATION | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17813779 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PLACEMENT OF ORGANISMS | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17847096 | PROCESSING VIAL AND CAP | June 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842535 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17751907 | Apparatus And System For Biofluid Sample Dispensing And/Or Assay | May 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17749587 | Depth Filtration Device for Separating Specimen Phases | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17728087 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING DISCRETE VOLUMES OF A FIRST FLUID IN CONTACT WITH A SECOND FLUID, WHICH ARE IMMISCIBLE WITH EACH OTHER | April 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17659329 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP PUMPS AND METHODS THEREOF | April 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709364 | Assembly for use with Biological Sample Material | March 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17764967 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TRANSFER OF LIQUID DROPS AND METHOD OF MICRO-REACTION OF LIQUID DROPS | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17675284 | LOW TEMPERATURE OLIGOSACCHARIDE ANALYTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17668775 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AN ASSAY | February 2022 | April 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17632385 | SAMPLE SUPPORTS AND SAMPLE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17606185 | MICROSCOPIC OBJECT COLLECTION METHOD AND MICROSCOPIC OBJECT COLLECTION SYSTEM | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17508020 | Tumor Microenvironment on Chip | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17507254 | LIQUID SAMPLE LOADING | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17505095 | STANDARDIZING DIFFUSION OF A FLUID INTO TISSUE | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17602826 | Assay Cartridge and Support Housing | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17491192 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | September 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17441712 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17466191 | AIRBORNE AGENT COLLECTORS, METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING AIRBORNE AGENTS | September 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17435376 | DISPOSITION OF REAGENTS IN ASSAY DEVICE | August 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17406482 | LIQUID DISPENSER WITH MANIFOLD MOUNT FOR MODULAR INDEPENDENTLY-ACTUATED PIPETTE CHANNELS | August 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17421614 | MEMBRANE-COUPLED CONTINUOUS SENSING SYSTEMS | July 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17421189 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL LOAD DETECTOR DEVICES | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17421010 | PIPETTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE TRANSFER OF FLUIDS | July 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17368781 | AUTOMATED HIGH VOLUME SLIDE PROCESSING SYSTEM | July 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17417879 | SIZE-BASED PARTICLE SEPARATION AND CONCENTRATION USING PARTICLE SIZE AMPLIFICATION | June 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17417609 | FLUID ANALYSIS WITH CHANNELS FORMED IN LIDS | June 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17352804 | LIQUID SUCTION/DISCHARGE DEVICE | June 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17347445 | GAS SENSOR | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17413870 | AUTOMATED LABORATORY SYSTEM FOR HANDLING LABORATORY SAMPLES | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17299900 | LIQUID-METERING DEVICE FOR BALLISTICALLY DISCHARGING METERED AMOUNTS IN THE NANOLITER RANGE, LIQUID-METERING METHOD AND PIPETTING TIP THEREFOR | June 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17299070 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING SILICON CONCENTRATION IN PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION | June 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17298061 | MICROFLUIDIC CONNECTION DEVICE | May 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17327977 | WASH THROUGH PIPETTOR | May 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17326089 | PIPETTE TIP STATIC-DEFEATING DEVICE | May 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17303043 | REAGENT NOZZLE SIPPER MIXING SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17302473 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SINGLE-CELL BASED DIGITAL HIGH RESOLUTION MELT | May 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17290568 | LIQUID MANIPULATION DEVICE | April 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17240767 | Co-axial plunger based home molecular diagnostics kit | April 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17287591 | CHIP FOR DETECTING A BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE, BIOLOGICAL-SUBSTANCE DETECTION APPARATUS, AND BIOLOGICAL-SUBSTANCE DETECTION SYSTEM | April 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17234548 | Infectious Microbe Detection Method and Apparatus | April 2021 | June 2022 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17230536 | AUTOMATED PRIMING AND LIBRARY LOADING DEVICE | April 2021 | June 2022 | Abandon | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17222999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIAL FLOW EMULSION PROCESSES | April 2021 | April 2022 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17282050 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLUID DELIVERY | April 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17219230 | SEPARATION OF LIQUID IN DROPLETS AND SEDIMENTED MATERIAL ENCLOSED THEREIN | March 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17278554 | VALIDATION DEVICE, VALIDATION METHOD AND VALIDATION PROGRAM | March 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17277412 | SPECTROPHOTOMETER, SPECTROMETER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPECTROPHOTOMETER | March 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17204594 | DROPLET GENERATING METHOD | March 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17274797 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | March 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17192384 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROL AND REGULATION OF A MODULAR PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOPHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULAR PRODUCTS | March 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17272719 | PIPETTE AND LIQUID COLLECTION METHOD | March 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GORDON, BRIAN R.
With a 62.5% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 41.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner GORDON, BRIAN R works in Art Unit 1798 and has examined 626 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner GORDON, BRIAN R's allowance rate of 73.5% places them in the 30% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by GORDON, BRIAN R receive 1.90 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GORDON, BRIAN R 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 +10.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GORDON, BRIAN R. This interview benefit is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
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 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 47.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 54% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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