Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024756 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING A PATHOLOGY SPECIMEN | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 19014907 | IROA Metabolomics Workflow for Improved Accuracy, Identification and Quantitation | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18848147 | EXTRACTION OPERATION ROOM AND INTELLIGENT SAMPLE ACCESS SYSTEM | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829330 | NUCLEIC ACID TEST KIT AND PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18811490 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CELL SORTING | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18809530 | BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION DEVICE OF CORN STALKS BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18793613 | MICROORGANISM SAMPLING TOOL | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18833282 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASSAY FOR CELL MIGRATION, CHEMOTAXIS, AND FUNCTION | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18769059 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TISSUE DEMINERALIZATION | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18722124 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733288 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRACTIONATION AND COLLECTION OF ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18668683 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GLYCATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL USING PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS, AND RELATED METHODS | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18696338 | TUBE RETAINER WITH VACUUM PUMP HAVING DISK CAM | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18692839 | DISINFECTING AND VIRUS INACTIVATING DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS INCLUDING DISINFECTING AND VIRUS INACTIVATING DEVICE THEREON, AND DISINFECTION AND VIRUS INACTIVATION METHOD | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18608572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS | March 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18690486 | FLUID ANALYZING SYSTEM USING FILM-LEVER ACTUATED SWITCHES | March 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598166 | ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED FULLY AUTOMATIC PRECISION SPECTRAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR RARE EARTH METALS AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18595920 | SORTING PARTICLES IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18595927 | CONCENTRATING PARTICLES IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18588830 | EMULATING VASCULAR CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGIES | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18439694 | Organ Chips And Uses Thereof | February 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18419850 | APOLIPOPROTEIN E ISOTYPE DETECTION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412395 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18407234 | Surface Stabilization of Biosensors | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406610 | EMULATING DISEASE IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM WITH A RELEASABLE INTERFACIAL FILM AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NON-GEL AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18397463 | ZINC-RESPONSIVE FLUOROPHORES | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18396196 | SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND APPLYING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS IN AN ORGAN PERFUSION SYSTEM | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18542574 | Dual-Depth Thermoplastic Microfluidic Device and Related Systems and Methods | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18527656 | FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE WITH VALVE MECHANISM | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522056 | SCANDIUM PRECURSOR FOR SC2O3 OR SC2S3 ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18510350 | MODULAR, MICROFLUIDIC, MECHANICALLY ACTIVE BIOREACTOR FOR 3D, MULTI-TISSUE, TISSUE CULTURE | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18388470 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS | November 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498220 | ISOLATION TUBE | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18491983 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488661 | Apparatus and Method for Taking Blood Glucose Measurements and Recommending Insulin Doses | October 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485072 | GAS SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING GASES WITH LARGE MOLECULES | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18378481 | ANALYTE DEPLETION FOR SENSOR EQUILIBRATION | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18483209 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A SUBSTRATE BY APPLYING A SAMPLE TO BE ANALYSED | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18374319 | VITRO EPITHELIAL MODELS COMPRISING LAMINA PROPRIA-DERIVED CELLS | September 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475364 | CELL CULTURE DEVICE | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372903 | System and Methods for Preparation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242144 | METHOD OF CLEANING OF ADSORBED MOLECULES IN DRYING STATE ON METAL OXIDE BY UV-VISIBLE ASSISTED PHOTOCATALYSIS | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND DISINFECTION OF A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447736 | AUTOMATED CELL CULTURING AND HARVESTING DEVICE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230943 | Automated Robotic System And Method For Sanitization And Disinfection | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364999 | MULTIGEL TUMOR-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEM | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18364158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION | August 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364289 | REACTION VESSEL MOVING MEMBER FOR MOVING REACTION VESSELS FROM A PROCESSING TRACK TO A ROTATING DEVICE IN A DIAGNOSTIC ANALZYER | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18364436 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GLYCATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL USING PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS, AND RELATED METHODS | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18364441 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GLYCATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL USING PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CELLS, AND RELATED METHODS | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18350761 | SERUM METABOLIC BIOMARKERS AND KIT FOR DETECTING DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18221364 | REGULATION OF POLYMERASE USING COFACTOR OXIDATION STATES | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18221174 | Pipette Tip System | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260542 | Microfluidic device for obtaining a plasma-reactive mixture and method of implementation | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS | July 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213261 | REMOTE SMELL TECHNOLOGY | June 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337633 | AUTOMATIC ASSAYING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209548 | METHODS OF ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES USING A FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333495 | LIQUID TRANSFER SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328085 | VORTEX GENERATOR FOR AGITATION OF FLUIDS DURING SAMPLE PREPARATION | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202461 | FLOW CELL WITH SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OR ACTIVATION OF NUCLEOTIDES | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18321681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18320362 | ASSAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AND DETECTING NUCLEIC ACIDS | May 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18252842 | VALVE FOR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE | May 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195084 | CELL CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18313581 | GAS DETECTION COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, GAS SENSOR COMPRISING GAS DETECTION COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310086 | COLORIMETRIC DETECTION AND QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION OF PERACIDS USING A REDOX SENSITIVE LEUCO DYE | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140827 | AUXILIARY MANIFOLD FOR A BIOREACTOR | April 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18141277 | MICROFLUIDIC PACKAGE | April 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18138911 | CARTRIDGE, ELECTROWETTING SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND BEAD MANIPULATION METHOD | April 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138532 | INTEGRATED FLUID MODULE AND TEST DEVICE | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137677 | Method and device for sonicating a biological sample | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136126 | MULTILAYER HYDRODYNAMIC SHEATH FLOW STRUCTURE | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299710 | FLUORESCENT TURN-ON CHEMOSENSORS FOR DETECTION OF ALUMINUM ION AND AZIDE | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18129134 | FRESHNESS SENSOR DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126051 | CULTURE METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TESTING | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124923 | FLUIDIC DEVICE FOR LONG-TERM EXPLANT CULTURE AND IMAGING | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121455 | NON-ENZYMATIC METHOD AND MILLING DEVICE | March 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120694 | EDGE CHIP | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044276 | PIPETTE DISPENSER SYSTEM AND METHOD | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18174322 | BIOREACTOR INCLUDING A ROCKING DEVICE | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105936 | Attachment Method for Microfluidic Device | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103716 | POWER OFF DELAY SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18162623 | Self-Referencing Sensor for Chemical Detection | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18162198 | METHOD FOR GAS ENRICHMENT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR DISPLACEMENT OF A FLUID, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CELL ENVIRONMENT ON A CORRESPONDING MULTI-WELL CELL CULTURE PLATE | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18161450 | MULTI-CHAMBERED ASSAY DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES THEREOF FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES | January 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102412 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007058 | LYSIS DEVICES HAVING A PIEZO ELEMENT AND METHODS | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154563 | CARTRIDGE WITH LAMINATED MANIFOLD | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18094605 | Microfluidic Products with Controlled Fluid Flow | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093466 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DERIVING AMMONIA GAS FROM WHOLE BLOOD | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 5 | 1 | No | No |
| 18092742 | System for Viewing Cell Cultures Under a Microscope whilst Applying TTFields | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18149436 | ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090563 | DETECTOR FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENCE IN A LIQUID SAMPLE | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090964 | COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF COVID-19 USING EXHALED BREATH METABOLITES | December 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147241 | Modular Active Surface Devices for Microfluidic Systems and Methods of Making Same | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18086923 | BODIPY-BASED DYES FOR DIGITAL SPATIAL PROTEOMICS | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18066803 | DISPOSABLE FLUIDIC CARTRIDGE AND COMPONENTS | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1796.
With a 20.7% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 23.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Art Unit 1796 is part of Group 1790 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 18,804 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 60.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Art Unit 1796's allowance rate of 60.7% places it in the 15% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 1796 receive an average of 2.03 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 68% percentile). The median prosecution time is 34 months (in the 24% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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