USPTO Examiner MCGUIRK JOHN SCHUYLER - Art Unit 1798

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19103927METHOD OF DETECTING AN OBSTRUCTION IN A FLUID ANALYZERFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19025864AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE COLLECTION AND EXTRACTION OF A FECAL SAMPLEJanuary 2025October 2025Allow910YesNo
19015785AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
18864490Portable Analyte Testing SystemNovember 2024August 2025Allow910YesNo
18827465TUBE TRAY FOR SECONDARY TUBES, SECONDARY TUBE HANDLING MODULE, AND METHOD OF HANDLING SECONDARY TUBES IN AN AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600YesNo
18725877DOSING SETJuly 2024July 2025Allow1200NoNo
18742297PATTERNED DRIED BLOOD SPOT CARDS AND RELATED ARTICLES AND METHODSJune 2024June 2025Allow1220YesNo
18652602SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMBINED CELL PROCESSESMay 2024April 2025Allow1220YesNo
18608274REMOTE AUTOMATED CHEMICAL CROSSOVER SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN AUTOMATED SAMPLING DEVICEMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810YesNo
18436357DETECTION DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710YesNo
18388745BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS METHODNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600YesNo
18288789JIG FOR POSITIONING AND SECURING A FIRST CONSOLE WITH RESPECT TO A SECOND CONSOLEOctober 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18447396AUTOSAMPLER RAIL SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING FOR LINEAR MOTIONAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510YesNo
18226048AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATIONJuly 2023July 2025Allow2430YesNo
18335188CAROUSEL FOR MODULAR BIOLOGIC PRODUCTION UNITSJune 2023January 2025Allow1921YesNo
18200711REMOTE AUTOMATED CHEMICAL CROSSOVER SYSTEM FOR USE WITH AN AUTOMATED SAMPLING DEVICEMay 2023December 2023Allow700YesNo
18300971BLOOD SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICE AND METHODSApril 2023September 2024Allow1731YesNo
18248127MULTI-POINT FILTERING LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION METHODS AND APPARATUSApril 2023June 2023Allow300YesNo
18184806PORTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING SAMPLESMarch 2023September 2023Allow600YesNo
18182091HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTICAL ORGANOID CHIP, METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTING THEREOF AND APPLICATION THEREOFMarch 2023January 2026Allow3400YesNo
18022335TUBE CONVEYANCE RACKFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18017816Specimen Rack Transferring Device and Automatic Analyzer Using the SameJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3200YesNo
17928527ANALYSIS APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT DEVICEJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3810YesNo
18087438METHOD FOR CONDUCTING UNIFORM REACTIONSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1620YesNo
18011133CELL CRYOPRESERVATION DEVICEDecember 2022March 2026Allow3910NoNo
17925181APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CELL CULTIVATIONNovember 2022February 2026Allow3911YesNo
17996419AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF SAMPLES CARRIED IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS AND GROUPING SAMPLE CONTAINERS ACCORDING TO ASSAYS TO BE PERFORMED ON SAMPLES CONTAINED THEREINOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910YesNo
17910927AUTOMATED ANALYZERSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4010NoNo
17910447AUTOMATED SPECIMEN PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2022February 2026Allow4110YesNo
17823042ANALYSIS DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHODAugust 2022January 2023Allow500YesNo
17822624AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUSAugust 2022December 2025Allow4011NoNo
17801700PERFUSION APPARATUSAugust 2022December 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17904871SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING AND MIXING SAMPLESAugust 2022October 2025Allow3821YesNo
17821093LED CHARACTERIZATION AND COMPENSATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710YesNo
17888054TEST CARD FOR ASSAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAMEAugust 2022December 2025Allow4041YesNo
17883106SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VENTILATING AN ORGANAugust 2022March 2026Allow4311YesNo
17759534CHROMATOGRAPHIC INSPECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4311NoNo
17794458Specimen Transport System and Specimen Transport MethodJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17792185SENSING OF MOLECULES BY ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF NANOPARTICLESJuly 2022February 2026Allow4301YesNo
17836474POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND CONTAINERS FOR SAMEJune 2022January 2025Allow3130YesNo
17830126MagnetJune 2022April 2025Allow3520YesNo
17777931BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN READER VERIFICATION PLATES AND METHODS OF USEMay 2022June 2025Allow3700YesNo
17741287SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICEMay 2022July 2025Allow3910YesNo
17735866SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEST KIT FOR RAPID VIRAL DIAGNOSTIC SENSORMay 2022March 2023Allow1020YesNo
17733310Sample Sorting System and Methods of Sorting SamplesApril 2022March 2023Allow1010YesNo
17755469METHODS AND APPARATUS PROVIDING CALIBRATION OF FOREGROUND ILLUMINATION FOR SAMPLE CONTAINER CHARACTERIZATIONApril 2022November 2025Allow4311YesNo
17772555Portable device for in situ genetic analysesApril 2022December 2025Abandon4401NoNo
17699738CRYOGENIC SAMPLE HANDLING AND STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2026Abandon4720YesNo
17654123MAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR IVD AUTOMATION SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2023Allow1320YesNo
17685318INSTRUMENT FOR PROCESSING CARTRIDGE FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS IN A CLOSED SAMPLE PREPARATION AND REACTION SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2024Allow2310YesNo
17670809METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACIDFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4000YesNo
17591407NANOPORE FLOW CELLS AND METHODS OF FABRICATIONFebruary 2022August 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17626985OXYGEN COOLING SYSTEM FOR LUNG PRESERVATIONJanuary 2022August 2025Allow4410YesNo
17596992COMPONENT RECOVERY MECHANISM, COMPONENT RECOVERY CONTAINER, COMPONENT RECOVERY KIT, COMPONENT RECOVERY SYSTEM, CULTURE CONTAINER, CULTURE SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CELLSDecember 2021July 2025Allow4210YesNo
17621008METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A BACTERIAL COLONY ON A CULTURE PLATEDecember 2021August 2025Allow4310NoNo
17555601TRANSFER SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEMDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510YesNo
17620651PARTICLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING AUTOFLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM CORRECTIONDecember 2021July 2025Allow4310YesNo
17554803SAMPLE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHODDecember 2021May 2025Allow4111YesNo
17619941PERFUSION DEVICEDecember 2021February 2025Allow3800YesNo
17596089METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE FILLING LEVEL IN A CHAMBERDecember 2021November 2025Allow4711YesNo
17539534WELL ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODSDecember 2021May 2025Allow4110YesNo
17537650METHOD OF INTRODUCING LIQUID INTO WELLSNovember 2021January 2025Allow3710YesNo
17614257BIOREACTOR ASSEMBLY, BIOREACTOR, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMENovember 2021May 2025Allow4211YesNo
17612037SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INHIBITION OF A BIOLOGICAL ASSAYNovember 2021November 2025Allow4831YesNo
17455273FOOD WASTE DIGESTERNovember 2021March 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17595236MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE FOR CELL CULTURENovember 2021December 2024Allow3701YesNo
17454275LABORATORY SYSTEM TO MONITOR REFERENCE POINTS OF LABORATORY DEVICESNovember 2021November 2024Allow3600YesNo
17523462AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATIONNovember 2021April 2023Allow1710YesNo
17522580TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED REACTORNovember 2021March 2025Allow4020YesNo
17607227METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MICROFLUIDIC ARRANGEMENT, METHOD OF OPERATING A MICROFLUIDIC ARRANGEMENT, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROFLUIDIC ARRANGEMENTOctober 2021October 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17510677Sample Supply System and Methods of Supplying SamplesOctober 2021March 2023Allow1610YesNo
17606430ASSEMBLY FOR PRESSURE CONTROLLED FLUID RELEASE AND ITS METHOD THEREFOREOctober 2021July 2025Allow4511YesNo
17470399REAGENT CARTRIDGE AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING DEVICESeptember 2021September 2024Allow3630YesNo
17468538AUTOMATIC SAMPLE INJECTION DEVICESeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610YesNo
17403109DUAL DELIVERY NEEDLE WASH SYSTEMAugust 2021June 2024Allow3420YesNo
17392100Hierarchical Model Predictive Control Method of Wastewater Treatment Process based on Fuzzy Neural NetworkAugust 2021April 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17381688AUTOSAMPLER SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED SAMPLE CONTAINER COVER REMOVAL AND SAMPLE PROBE POSITIONINGJuly 2021January 2025Allow4210YesNo
17424517PHOTOBIOREACTOR FOR BLUE-GREEN ALGAE CULTIVATIONJuly 2021December 2024Allow4010YesNo
17375271MICROARRAYS, HYBRIDIZATION SEALS, AND RELATED METHODSJuly 2021August 2025Allow4930YesNo
17373785SPERM SORTING APPARATUS AND SPERM SORTING METHODJuly 2021November 2025Abandon5221NoNo
17256559FLUIDIC DEVICE AND SYSTEMJuly 2021November 2024Allow4610YesNo
17417808DEVICE WITH MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELSJune 2021November 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17417035POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING APPARATUS AND SEQUENCING SYSTEMJune 2021April 2022Allow900YesNo
17304344AUTOMATIC SAMPLE CONCENTRATING UNITJune 2021September 2024Allow3810YesNo
17344202NON-LIVING SURROGATE INDICATORS AND METHODS FOR SANITATION VALIDATIONJune 2021April 2025Abandon4620NoNo
17311864FLOW ASSAY ANALYZERJune 2021May 2024Allow3500YesNo
17303609LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF OPERATIONJune 2021February 2024Allow3320NoNo
17298507SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-CHIP ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND FOR MULTIPLEXED ANALYSIS OF CELLSMay 2021September 2024Allow4010YesNo
17332772ADJACENT DUAL BIOLOGICAL NANOPORE READERSMay 2021July 2024Allow3710YesNo
17321295UNIVERSAL DOCKING BAY AND DATA DOOR IN A FLUIDIC ANALYSIS SYSTEMMay 2021February 2026Abandon5760YesNo
17308764Microscopic Examination Device and Method of Preparing a Sample for Microscopic ExaminationMay 2021January 2025Allow4411YesNo
17243324System and Method for Centralized Fluid Management and Culture ControlApril 2021October 2024Allow4210YesNo
17286320DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING REACTIONSApril 2021July 2025Allow5121YesNo
17229155Automatic Analyzer and Control Method for Automatic AnalyzerApril 2021February 2025Allow4630YesNo
17284856Device for random blood sugar testing and the method of its useApril 2021July 2024Allow3910NoNo
17223555AUTOMATED ANALYZING APPARATUSApril 2021May 2024Abandon3720NoNo
17282623TEST CARTRIDGESApril 2021August 2024Allow4001YesNo
17214968CENTRIFUGE AND SPECIMEN PREPARATION DEVICEMarch 2021August 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17280575Sample Transporting Device, System and MethodMarch 2021February 2025Allow4730YesNo
17211113METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RE-IDENTIFY CARRIERS ON A LABORATORY TRANSPORT SYSTEMMarch 2021June 2023Allow2700YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER works in Art Unit 1798 and has examined 189 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER's allowance rate of 79.9% places them in the 49% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER receive 1.90 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 46% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 26% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +58.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER. This interview benefit is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 28.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 40% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 18.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 64% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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