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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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16/082107
Noninvasive molecular controls Mar 5, 2017 Issued
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16/079035
Purification of RNA fractions using a hydrophilic polymeric material Feb 27, 2017 Issued
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15/443499
Materials and methods for diagnosis, prognosis and assessment of therapeutic/prophylactic treatment of prostate cancer Feb 26, 2017 Issued
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15/441431
Compositions and methods for analyzing modified nucleotides Feb 23, 2017 Issued
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16/079366
SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE DETECTION METHOD Feb 23, 2017 Abandoned
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16/079992
Simple one-step real-time molecular system for microRNA detection Feb 23, 2017 Issued
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15/440822
DETECTING 5-HYDROXYMETHYLATED CYTOSINE Feb 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/440284
Selective oxidation of 5-methylcytosine by TET-family proteins Feb 22, 2017 Issued
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15/440489
Thyroid tumors identified Feb 22, 2017 Issued
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15/440826
Measuring a level of a 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in a sample from a subject having a cancer or suspected of having cancer Feb 22, 2017 Issued
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15/440408
Detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by glycosylation Feb 22, 2017 Issued
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15/440826
Measuring a level of a 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in a sample from a subject having a cancer or suspected of having cancer Feb 22, 2017 Issued
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15/440319
SELECTIVE OXIDATION OF 5-METHYLCYTOSINE BY TET-FAMILY PROTEINS Feb 22, 2017 Abandoned
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15/437147
Methods for identifying subjects with a genetic risk for developing IgA nephropathy Feb 19, 2017 Issued
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15/425516
Method for relative quantification of nucleic acid sequence, expression, or copy changes, using combined nuclease, ligation, and polymerase reactions Feb 5, 2017 Issued
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15/423850
System and method for targeted depletion of nucleic acids Feb 2, 2017 Issued
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15/423850
System and method for targeted depletion of nucleic acids Feb 2, 2017 Issued
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15/410399
Methods for forensic DNA quantitation Jan 18, 2017 Issued
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15/392986
METHOD FOR EVALUATING DNA DAMAGE FROM ANALYTE Dec 27, 2016 Abandoned
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15/390806
ADAPTORS FOR NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS IN TRANSMEMBRANE SEQUENCING Dec 26, 2016 Abandoned
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