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Keith Ferguson

Examiner (ID: 337, Phone: (571)272-7865 , Office: P/2647 )

Most Active Art Unit
2648
Art Unit(s)
2744, 2618, 2601, 2617, 2746, 2647, 2683, 2648, 2608
Total Applications
1950
Issued Applications
1654
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
199

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/119748
Bioinformatics Systems, Apparatuses, and Methods Executed on an Integrated Circuit Processing Platform Aug 30, 2018 Abandoned
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16/115990
Biopsy tissue sample cassette and related systems and methods Aug 28, 2018 Issued
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16/641042
CASSETTE FOR INSERTING A TISSUE SAMPLE Aug 19, 2018 Abandoned
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16/059447
Automated smear making apparatus Aug 8, 2018 Issued
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16/056584
Testing system and method of starting testing system Aug 6, 2018 Issued
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16/622140
Device and system for preserving analytes in blood samples during storage and transportation Aug 2, 2018 Issued
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16/640397
Sample collection, holding and assaying Jul 31, 2018 Issued
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16/332483
Apparatus for observing image of living tissue, method for manufacturing same, and method for observing image of living tissue using same Jul 30, 2018 Issued
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16/048660
Apparatus for collecting and detecting an analyte in a fluid sample Jul 29, 2018 Issued
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16/047520
Smear staining apparatus, smear preparing apparatus, and smear staining method Jul 26, 2018 Issued
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16/046280
Isolation tube Jul 25, 2018 Issued
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16/044845
Tissue modification devices, systems, and methods Jul 24, 2018 Issued
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16/044503
Systems, devices, and methods for improved tissue treatment Jul 23, 2018 Issued
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16/042212
Portable liquid measuring and filtering device Jul 22, 2018 Issued
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16/645875
Tissue processing apparatus for processing biological tissue Jul 11, 2018 Issued
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17/046297
DEVICES FOR RAPID SINGLE AND MULTIPLE CELL BLOCKS PREPARATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN VISIBLY LOW CELLULAR SAMPLES Jul 10, 2018 Abandoned
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16/029843
Centrifuge tube assembly Jul 8, 2018 Issued
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16/020962
Opposables incorporating onboard reagents and automated specimen processing systems Jun 26, 2018 Issued
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16/018409
Microscale plasma separator Jun 25, 2018 Issued
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16/015659
Method and apparatus for the non-invasive measurement of tissue function and metabolism by determination of steady-state fluorescence anisotropy Jun 21, 2018 Issued
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