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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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17/358280
Methods and systems for determining spatial patterns of biological targets in a sample Jun 24, 2021 Issued
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17/356374
AUTOMATED ISOLATION AND CHEMICAL REACTION(S) OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Jun 22, 2021 Abandoned
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17/352958
Prefabricated microparticle for performing a detection of an analyte Jun 20, 2021 Issued
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17/353202
Capsule array devices and methods of use Jun 20, 2021 Issued
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17/350509
System and methods for electrokinetic loading of sub-micron-scale reaction chambers Jun 16, 2021 Issued
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17/340581
Cavity acoustic transducer (CAT) for shear-induced cell transfection Jun 6, 2021 Issued
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17/338012
Oligonucleotide assembly using pH based electrode controlled hybridization Jun 2, 2021 Issued
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17/336377
Implementing barriers for controlled environments during sample processing and detection Jun 1, 2021 Issued
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17/336088
MOLECULAR DETECTION AND COUNTING USING NANOPORES May 31, 2021 Abandoned
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17/329482
Compositions and methods for polynucleotide sequencing May 24, 2021 Issued
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17/325691
Temperature control for analysis of nucleic acids and other analytes May 19, 2021 Issued
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17/321090
Spatially encoded biological assays May 13, 2021 Issued
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17/317547
Programs and functions in DNA-based data storage May 10, 2021 Issued
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17/316148
Monitoring health and disease status using clonotype profiles May 9, 2021 Issued
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17/306510
Spatially encoded biological assays May 2, 2021 Issued
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17/236683
Methods, procedures and kits for providing maximum depth enrichment sequencing for identification for enrichment of rare genomic variants Apr 20, 2021 Issued
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17/224541
Application of Cas protein, method for detecting target nucleic acid molecule and kit Apr 6, 2021 Issued
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17/224607
SAMPLE PREPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Apr 6, 2021 Abandoned
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17/223669
Spatially encoded biological assays Apr 5, 2021 Issued
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17/217492
Device preparation using condensed nucleic acid particles Mar 29, 2021 Issued
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