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John C. Ball

Examiner (ID: 12123, Phone: (571)270-5119 , Office: P/1759 )

Most Active Art Unit
1795
Art Unit(s)
1795, 1759, 4128
Total Applications
1555
Issued Applications
1194
Pending Applications
89
Abandoned Applications
299

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/244140
Instant early stage disease detection by decoding organic compound signatures Apr 28, 2021 Issued
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17/243107
Ultrasensitive electrochemical biosensors Apr 27, 2021 Issued
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17/242098
Methods for forming lipid bilayers on biochips Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/241991
Apparatus, systems, and methods for determining the susceptibility of infectious agents to anti-infectives Apr 26, 2021 Issued
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17/235925
Apparatus to measure electrophoretic mobility of a flowing sample Apr 19, 2021 Issued
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17/234503
Electro-analytical system for monitoring total organic carbon in a water source Apr 18, 2021 Issued
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17/232631
Single-molecule electronic sequence detector and methods of use Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/232624
Ohmic nanopore fabrication and real-time cleaning Apr 15, 2021 Issued
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17/232130
Using electrophoresis for disease detection based on controlled molecular charge Apr 14, 2021 Issued
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17/918102
INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOSENSING Apr 8, 2021 Pending
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17/917430
Capillary gel electrophoresis and its use with complex biological molecules Mar 31, 2021 Issued
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17/218365
Stable nanopores and nanopore arrays for ionic and other measurements Mar 30, 2021 Issued
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17/214570
Biosensor and measurement method using the same Mar 25, 2021 Issued
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17/208872
SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION Mar 21, 2021 Abandoned
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17/916265
Sensor chip capable of culturing cells and of analyzing cell-derived substance, and cell activity quantitative analysis method using the same Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/181212
Gas sensor element Feb 21, 2021 Issued
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17/180517
NANOTUBE SENSORS AND RELATED METHODS Feb 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/178308
Surgical access device with active smoke filtration Feb 17, 2021 Issued
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17/176371
Devices for single-molecule sequencing, including related methods and processes Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/169193
Enzyme-based electrochemical nicotine biosensor Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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