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Christopher Upton

Examiner (ID: 12246, Phone: (571)272-1169 , Office: P/1778 )

Most Active Art Unit
1778
Art Unit(s)
1776, 1308, 1778, 1724, 1306, 1797
Total Applications
3146
Issued Applications
2580
Pending Applications
123
Abandoned Applications
451

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/345710
System for predicting prognosis and benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with stage II and III gastric cancer Aug 10, 2017 Issued
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16/322462
Sequential probing of molecular targets based on pseudo-color barcodes with embedded error correction mechanism Jul 31, 2017 Issued
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15/661432
Detection of immune cells, in particular T cells through DNA-methylation analysis of the genes CCR6 and BLR1 Jul 26, 2017 Issued
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16/318578
Nucleic acid control molecules from non-human organisms Jul 18, 2017 Issued
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15/638135
DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS Jun 28, 2017 Abandoned
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16/310160
POLYNUCLEOTIDE SEPARATION METHOD Jun 13, 2017 Abandoned
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15/620209
METHODS AND KITS FOR DETECTION OF 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE Jun 11, 2017 Abandoned
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15/619078
Nucleic acid sequencing adapters and uses thereof Jun 8, 2017 Issued
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16/308238
Compositions and methods for detecting predisposition to cardiovascular disease Jun 7, 2017 Issued
Array ( [id] => 14639477 [patent_doc_number] => 10364471 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-07-30 [patent_title] => Tumor suppressor REC8 as a biomarker for gastric cancer [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 15/600366 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2017-05-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 26 [patent_figures_cnt] => 40 [patent_no_of_words] => 27230 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 77 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 15600366 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
15/600366
Tumor suppressor REC8 as a biomarker for gastric cancer May 18, 2017 Issued
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16/303388
KIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OR QUANTIFYING ONE OR MULTIPLE NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS May 16, 2017 Abandoned
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15/581971
Methods for Mapping Bar-Coded Molecules for Structural Variation Detection and Sequencing Apr 27, 2017 Abandoned
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16/095849
TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, TESTING METHOD, AND TESTING KIT AND TRANSFER MEDIUM FOR PRODUCING TESTING DEVICE Apr 18, 2017 Abandoned
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16/093825
Hybrid-capture sequencing for determining immune cell clonality Apr 12, 2017 Issued
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16/091683
METHODS OF GENOME SEQUENCING AND EPIGENETIC ANALYSIS Apr 5, 2017 Abandoned
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16/091741
RNA NANOTUBES FOR SINGLE MOLECULE SENSING AND DNA/RNA/PROTEIN SEQUENCING Apr 5, 2017 Abandoned
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15/474270
Detection of nucleic acid sequences using endonuclease Mar 29, 2017 Issued
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16/088006
Rapid and sensitive detection and quantification of analytes in complex samples using polymer-based methods Mar 22, 2017 Issued
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15/461889
METHODS FOR EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF COMPONENTS OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Mar 16, 2017 Abandoned
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16/081800
Devices and methods for modifying optical properties Mar 13, 2017 Issued
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