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John M. Hoffmann

Examiner (ID: 13092)

Most Active Art Unit
1731
Art Unit(s)
1731, 1712, 1303, 1741, 1791, 1304
Total Applications
1565
Issued Applications
722
Pending Applications
142
Abandoned Applications
703

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/832997
Method for processing polynucleotide-containing samples Mar 26, 2020 Issued
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16/830372
Spatial sequencing of nucleic acids using DNA origami probes Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/827391
Reagent channel mixing system and method Mar 22, 2020 Issued
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16/821644
System and method for leakage control in a particle capture system Mar 16, 2020 Issued
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16/815598
Reagent storage in an assay device Mar 10, 2020 Issued
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16/810326
Methods, carrier assemblies, and systems for imaging samples for biological or chemical analysis Mar 4, 2020 Issued
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16/805390
Instrument and system for rapid microorganism identification and antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing Feb 27, 2020 Issued
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16/789277
Nucleic acid-functionalized nanoparticles Feb 11, 2020 Issued
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16/784736
Device for manipulation of packets in micro-containers, in particular in microchannels Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/784898
Device for facilitating the isolation of targets from a biological sample Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/784446
Analysis system and method for testing a sample Feb 6, 2020 Issued
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16/783488
Mitigating adverse impacts of detection systems on nucleic acids and other biological analytes Feb 5, 2020 Issued
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16/782350
Hairpin loop method for double strand polynucleotide sequencing using transmembrane pores Feb 4, 2020 Issued
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16/780104
Microfluidic droplet generators Feb 2, 2020 Issued
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16/741704
DEVICE PREPARATION USING CONDENSED NUCLEIC ACID PARTICLES Jan 12, 2020 Abandoned
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16/741154
Manipulating the translation of DNA strands across and through nanopore sequencing systems using Raman signatures to identify DNA bases and methods Jan 12, 2020 Issued
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16/732707
MACROMOLECULE DELIVERY TO NANOWELLS Jan 1, 2020 Abandoned
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16/729379
Genome sequence alignment system and method Dec 27, 2019 Issued
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16/721771
Temperature control for analysis of nucleic acids and other analytes Dec 18, 2019 Issued
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16/712601
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Dec 11, 2019 Abandoned
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