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Christopher Hixson

Examiner (ID: 5836, Phone: (571)270-5027 , Office: P/1797 )

Most Active Art Unit
1797
Art Unit(s)
1797, 1777
Total Applications
750
Issued Applications
527
Pending Applications
8
Abandoned Applications
215

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/859460
Contact-less priming method for loading a solution in a microfluidic device and associated system Apr 26, 2020 Issued
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16/840556
Generating and determining the products of premixed combustion of solid materials in a microscale fire calorimeter Apr 5, 2020 Issued
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16/838433
Gas sensing device and method for operating a gas sensing device Apr 1, 2020 Issued
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16/826301
Catcher, capture device, and method for capturing target biological particle Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/818378
Data acquisition method for determining likelihood that ovarian endometriotic cyst is cancerous, and diagnostic device for same Mar 12, 2020 Issued
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16/790860
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CELL-PROLIFERATION-RELATED DISORDERS Feb 13, 2020 Abandoned
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16/786930
Sampling for monitoring per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in surface water, groundwater and pore water Feb 9, 2020 Issued
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16/751376
System for generating data relating to a tissue core biopsy, and the use of the system to detect tissue abnormalities, in particular cancerous tissue, in a patient Jan 23, 2020 Issued
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16/745020
Methods for identifying free thiols in proteins Jan 15, 2020 Issued
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16/743255
METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE CONCENTRATIONS OF GAS-PHASE SPECIES WITHIN A PROCESS VESSEL FROM DOWNSTREAM SAMPLES Jan 14, 2020 Abandoned
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16/739756
Calibration of a functional biomarker instrument Jan 9, 2020 Issued
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16/738967
Breath alcohol content device security and sensing Jan 8, 2020 Issued
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17/420102
Amplifiable nanoparticle enhanced quantitative scattering assay under low magnification dark field microscope Dec 30, 2019 Issued
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16/712664
Systems and methods for fluid handling Dec 11, 2019 Issued
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16/708538
Glucose testing device with test strip dispenser Dec 9, 2019 Issued
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16/697417
Electrochemical methods for sample pretreatment for metals determination and related apparatus Nov 26, 2019 Issued
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16/685376
Compositions and methods for controllably merging emulsion droplets and sample analysis Nov 14, 2019 Issued
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16/679486
Methods and compositions for diagnosis and prognosis of renal injury and renal failure Nov 10, 2019 Issued
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16/661829
Vacuum-loaded, droplet-generating microfluidic chips and related methods Oct 22, 2019 Issued
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16/657279
Methods and systems for measuring anions Oct 17, 2019 Issued
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