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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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17/977208
Methods for characterizing copy number variation using proximity-litigation sequencing Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/962603
Method for nucleic acid depletion Oct 9, 2022 Issued
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17/937968
CELL-FREE BIOSENSORS TO DETECT CREATININE, CREATINE, AND SARCOSINE Oct 3, 2022 Pending
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17/959615
Error corrected method mitigates systematic error via sequencing DNA data of the surrounding flow cells of the variants on Patterned Flow Cell Oct 3, 2022 Pending
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17/959543
DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS Oct 3, 2022 Abandoned
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17/951008
Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells Sep 21, 2022 Issued
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17/951003
Kit for split-pool barcoding target molecules that are in or on cells or cell organelles Sep 21, 2022 Issued
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17/951013
Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells Sep 21, 2022 Issued
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17/932844
Nucleotide transient binding for sequencing methods Sep 15, 2022 Issued
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17/945334
METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL PLOIDY CALLING Sep 14, 2022 Pending
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17/897498
Linear covalently closed vectors and related compositions and methods thereof Aug 28, 2022 Issued
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17/822521
Solid phase extraction material and its use for nucleic acid enrichment and detection Aug 25, 2022 Issued
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17/820735
Methods for detecting RNA binding protein complexes Aug 17, 2022 Issued
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17/819824
Compositions and methods for detecting circulating tumor DNA Aug 14, 2022 Issued
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17/819610
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDES Aug 11, 2022 Pending
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17/816984
Stabilization and/or compaction of nucleic acid structures Aug 1, 2022 Issued
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17/878339
CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS (CARs), COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF Jul 31, 2022 Pending
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17/876893
Methods and apparatus that increase sequencing-by-binding efficiency Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/877657
Methods for in vitro joining and combinatorial assembly of nucleic acid molecules Jul 28, 2022 Issued
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17/870697
Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells Jul 20, 2022 Issued
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