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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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16/710634
Compositions for use in polynucleotide sequencing Dec 10, 2019 Issued
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16/709423
Photoactive compounds and methods for biomolecule detection and sequencing Dec 9, 2019 Issued
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16/707337
Microfluidic process for treating and analysing a solution containing a biological material and corresponding microfluidic circuit Dec 8, 2019 Issued
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17/634787
Sorting a droplet including a biologic sample Dec 3, 2019 Issued
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16/700422
Mixed-phase fluids for nucleic acid sequencing and other analytical assays Dec 1, 2019 Issued
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16/698860
Oligonucleotide assembly using electrically controlled hybridization Nov 26, 2019 Issued
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16/697013
Thermal sensor array for molecule detection and related detection schemes Nov 25, 2019 Issued
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16/691405
Inertial droplet generation and particle encapsulation Nov 20, 2019 Issued
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16/689004
Optical system and assay chip for probing, detecting and analyzing molecules Nov 18, 2019 Issued
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16/683841
Sequencing using non-natural nucleotides Nov 13, 2019 Issued
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16/679478
CANCER DIAGNOSIS DEVICE Nov 10, 2019 Abandoned
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16/663212
Automated isolation and chemical reaction(s) of nucleic acids Oct 23, 2019 Issued
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16/663060
Modulating polymer beads for DNA processing Oct 23, 2019 Issued
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16/659509
Detection of co-occurring receptor-coding nucleic acid segments Oct 20, 2019 Issued
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16/596200
Methods and systems for determining spatial patterns of biological targets in a sample Oct 7, 2019 Issued
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16/593915
Methods and devices for single-molecule whole genome analysis Oct 3, 2019 Issued
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16/753950
Biological chip, manufacturing method thereof, operation method thereof, and biological detection system Sep 29, 2019 Issued
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16/584014
Molecular sensors and uses thereof Sep 25, 2019 Issued
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16/579745
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOLECULAR SEPARATION, PURIFICATION, AND SENSING Sep 22, 2019 Abandoned
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16/575149
Detection of analytes and nucleic acids Sep 17, 2019 Issued
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