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John B. Sotomayor

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Most Active Art Unit
3662
Art Unit(s)
2201, 3646, 2202, 3662, 3642, 3641
Total Applications
2701
Issued Applications
2481
Pending Applications
70
Abandoned Applications
152

Applications

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19/240880
Methods and compositions for isolating an analyte Jun 16, 2025 Issued
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19/029171
Methods for non-invasive prenatal ploidy calling Jan 16, 2025 Issued
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18/946611
Methods of predicting engraftment capability of differentiated neuronal progenitor cells Nov 12, 2024 Issued
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18/912947
Molecular markers for germplasm identification and selection of carotenoid-rich bay scallops Oct 10, 2024 Issued
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18/889399
Methods for isolating target analytes from urine samples using ATPS and magnetic beads Sep 18, 2024 Issued
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18/889404
Methods and kits useful for diagnosis of urogenital cancer Sep 18, 2024 Issued
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18/827295
Microfluidics system, device, and methods for performing rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols Sep 5, 2024 Issued
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18/679053
Method for barcoding May 29, 2024 Issued
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18/677555
Composition comprising cell origination barcodes for the analysis of both protein and nucleic acid from the same cell May 28, 2024 Issued
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18/663889
METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SEQUENCING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN SMALLER BATCHES May 13, 2024 Pending
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18/630941
Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells Apr 8, 2024 Issued
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18/591066
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE EXTRACTION AND AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID FROM A SAMPLE Feb 28, 2024 Pending
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18/536935
Digital analyte analysis Dec 11, 2023 Issued
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18/514645
Digital analyte analysis Nov 19, 2023 Issued
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18/509322
Primer group for simultaneous detection of 15 porcine pathogens through high-throughput targeted amplicon sequencing and use thereof Nov 14, 2023 Issued
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18/379589
Method for labeling ligation products with cell-specific barcodes II Oct 11, 2023 Issued
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18/379586
Method for labeling ligation products with cell-specific barcodes I Oct 11, 2023 Issued
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18/465946
METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING Sep 11, 2023 Abandoned
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18/235751
INTEGRATED FUNCTIONAL AND MOLECULAR PROFILING OF CELLS Aug 17, 2023 Pending
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18/450212
AP50 polymerases and uses thereof Aug 14, 2023 Issued
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