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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

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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18/094278
System and method for automated single cell processing Jan 5, 2023 Issued
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18/149143
Method and system for sampling material from cells Jan 1, 2023 Issued
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18/147149
METHOD OF DETERMINING LIMIT OF DETECTION AND LIMIT OF QUANTITATION IN NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION TEST Dec 27, 2022 Abandoned
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18/089565
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM OF CIRCULATING BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DETECTION, DEVELOPMENT METHOD OF CIRCULATING BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DETECTION, CANCER DETECTION METHOD AND KIT Dec 27, 2022 Pending
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18/146051
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACIDS USING INCREASED IFRET WITH MULTIPLE ACCEPTOR FLUOROPHORES Dec 22, 2022 Pending
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18/087259
METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING ALLELIC VARIANTS Dec 21, 2022 Abandoned
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18/145735
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ASSAY MEASUREMENTS Dec 21, 2022 Pending
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18/145163
RAPID PURIFICATION OF HIGH QUALITY NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES Dec 21, 2022 Abandoned
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18/086369
Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells Dec 20, 2022 Issued
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18/086383
Barcoded beads and method for making the same by split-pool synthesis Dec 20, 2022 Issued
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18/068868
WAX-MICROSPHERE MATRIX COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Dec 19, 2022 Pending
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18/079681
RESTRICTION DIGEST BASED SEQUENTIAL DECODING Dec 11, 2022 Abandoned
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18/073377
USE OF DNA:RNA DUPLEX FRAGMENTATION Nov 30, 2022 Pending
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17/992304
Digital analyte analysis Nov 21, 2022 Issued
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17/989814
Droplet interfaces in electro-wetting devices Nov 17, 2022 Issued
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17/985410
EMULSION BASED DRUG SCREENING Nov 10, 2022 Abandoned
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17/984207
Methods for barcoding macromolecules in individual cells Nov 8, 2022 Issued
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18/052783
Method of replicating or amplifying circular DNA Nov 3, 2022 Issued
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17/980960
Using Hairpin Formation To Identify DNA and RNA Sequences Having A Target Nucleic Acid Sequence Nov 3, 2022 Pending
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17/977393
Exposome tracker for environmental health Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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