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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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17/516969
Apparatus for collecting fingerprints and buccal swabs Nov 1, 2021 Issued
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17/513877
Methods and systems for integrated on-chip single-molecule detection Oct 27, 2021 Issued
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17/505085
Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes Oct 18, 2021 Issued
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17/501019
Detection of mutations regarding one or more deoxyribonucleic acid sequences using deterministic lateral displacement arrays Oct 13, 2021 Issued
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17/496956
Hairpin loop method for double strand polynucleotide sequencing using transmembrane pores Oct 7, 2021 Issued
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17/492189
Photoactive compounds and methods for biomolecule detection and sequencing Sep 30, 2021 Issued
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17/485599
Blood cell lysis reagent Sep 26, 2021 Issued
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17/480914
Spatially encoded biological assays Sep 20, 2021 Issued
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17/468230
Fabrication of tunneling junctions with nanopores for molecular recognition Sep 6, 2021 Issued
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17/458199
Methods for preparing analytes and related kits Aug 25, 2021 Issued
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17/409649
Substrates comprising nano-patterning surfaces and methods of preparing thereof Aug 22, 2021 Issued
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17/406824
Methods for spatial analysis using DNA capture Aug 18, 2021 Issued
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17/395294
Generalized stochastic super-resolution sequencing Aug 4, 2021 Issued
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17/443990
Devices, systems, and methods for preparing a standardized inoculum for antimicrobial susceptibility testing Jul 28, 2021 Issued
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17/387990
Particle-drop structures and methods for making and using the same Jul 27, 2021 Issued
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17/383716
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING Jul 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/379476
Microfluidic process for treating and analysing a solution containing a biological material and corresponding microfluidic circuit Jul 18, 2021 Issued
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17/373519
Target enrichment using nucleic acid probes for scRNAseq Jul 11, 2021 Issued
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17/369771
Methods and/or use of oligonucleotide conjugates for assays and flow cytometry detections Jul 6, 2021 Issued
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17/305230
Modulating polymer beads for DNA processing Jun 30, 2021 Issued
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