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Benjamin R. Whatley

Examiner (ID: 9333, Phone: (571)272-9892 , Office: P/1798 )

Most Active Art Unit
1798
Art Unit(s)
1798, 1773, 1700
Total Applications
481
Issued Applications
281
Pending Applications
75
Abandoned Applications
132

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/876994
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR METERING MINIMUM LIQUID QUANTITIES Jul 28, 2022 Abandoned
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17/813958
PERSONAL SAMPLING FOR CLEAN ROOM APPLICATIONS Jul 20, 2022 Abandoned
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18/579561
TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING SAMPLE CONTAINERS IN A SAMPLE HANDLING SYSTEM Jul 14, 2022 Pending
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17/851416
Methods for sorting particles Jun 27, 2022 Issued
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18/574424
A Paper-Based Sensor Jun 26, 2022 Pending
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18/573430
DEVICE FOR MANAGING SAMPLES IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS UNDER VACUUM Jun 23, 2022 Pending
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17/841695
HIGH-EFFICIENCY QUANTITATIVE CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSFER BASED ON DROPLET MICROFLUIDICS Jun 15, 2022 Pending
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17/826595
DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MULTI-WELL PLATE LIQUID DISTRIBUTION May 26, 2022 Pending
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18/288134
CONTAINER AND AUTOMATED ACCESSIONING AND ASSEMBLY PLATFORM Apr 28, 2022 Pending
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17/720801
Microfluidic chip, kit, and system for displacing independent reaction volumes of an emulsion Apr 13, 2022 Issued
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18/285334
Conveying Device, and Analyte Analysis System Mar 8, 2022 Pending
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18/276587
Microfluidic chip Jan 18, 2022 Issued
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18/259241
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO CHIP FOR LIQUID SAMPLE ANALYSIS Dec 23, 2021 Pending
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18/252331
APPARATUS FOR BIO-PRODUCT PROCESSING Nov 16, 2021 Pending
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18/303678
SAMPLE COLLECTION APPARATUS Oct 24, 2021 Abandoned
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18/026216
Automatic analyzer and sample storage device Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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18/033784
REACTION WELL CARTRIDGE DEVICE AND REACTION WELL CARTRIDGE SYSTEM Oct 6, 2021 Abandoned
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18/030123
SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING IMAGE OF A PLATED CULTURE DISH USING AN IMAGING DEVICE HAVING A TELECENTRIC LENS Sep 29, 2021 Pending
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18/026865
Automatic analyzer Sep 21, 2021 Issued
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18/026198
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC HANDLING OF A SAMPLE Sep 14, 2021 Pending
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