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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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17/211212
Cartridges and instruments for sample analysis Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/210637
Methods and reagents for the specific and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 Mar 23, 2021 Issued
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17/913346
METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE TARGETS Mar 21, 2021 Pending
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17/912357
Means and Method for Detecting Aberrant Erythroblasts Mar 18, 2021 Pending
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17/206692
METHODS OF MULTIPLEX dPCR ASSAYS AND SHORT-READ SEQUENCING ASSAYS Mar 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/203068
Compositions and methods for the selective detection of tumor-derived viral DNA Mar 15, 2021 Issued
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17/198064
Methods of identifying DHA Canola NS-B50027-4 Mar 9, 2021 Issued
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17/196765
Molecular analyses using long cell-free fragments in pregnancy Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/249645
Compositions and methods for detecting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Influenza A and Influenza B Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/194850
Methods and devices for sequencing nucleic acids in smaller batches Mar 7, 2021 Issued
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17/195613
HIGH THROUGHPUT AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION OF SHORT RNA FRAGMENTS Mar 7, 2021 Abandoned
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17/192814
Massively parallel single cell analysis Mar 3, 2021 Issued
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17/909308
METHOD FOR DETECTING RANDOM OFF-TARGET EFFECT OF SINGLE-BASE EDITING SYSTEM Mar 3, 2021 Pending
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17/905497
Method for detecting coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Mar 2, 2021 Issued
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17/801243
RNA DETECTION AND TRANSCRIPTION-DEPENDENT EDITING WITH REPROGRAMMED TRACRRNAS Feb 28, 2021 Pending
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17/187331
Multiplexed polymerase chain reaction in micropipette format Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/187331
Multiplexed polymerase chain reaction in micropipette format Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/187331
Multiplexed polymerase chain reaction in micropipette format Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/187227
Solid state single cell method for analyzing fixed biological cells Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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17/187331
Multiplexed polymerase chain reaction in micropipette format Feb 25, 2021 Issued
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