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App. No. 18/550,412
· Confirmation No. 5261
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE PROCESSING
Applicant:
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner
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Inventors
Anne-Laure SHAPIRO
San Diego, CA
James T. TUGGLE
San Diego, CA
David OPALSKY
San Diego, CA
Sangeetha Vijaysri NAIR
San Diego, CA
Attorneys & Agents of Record
Classification
USPC
435/6.12
C12N9/54
C12Q1/6806
C11D3/386
C11D3/48
C12Q1/37
C12Y304/21014
C12Y304/21062
G01N1/30
Prosecution
- Examiner
- ROBINSON, HOPE A
- Art Unit
- 1652
- Customer No.
- 114637
- Docket No.
- GPR-9620US
- Confirmation No.
- 5261
Publication
- Pub. No.
- US20240158834A1
- Pub. Date
- 2024-05-16
Parent
PCT
is a National Stage Entry of
→
PCT/US2022/020251
Filed 2022-03-14
· Response to Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner
Parent
Claims priority from a provisional application
→
App. 63/296,804
Filed 2022-01-05
· Provisional Application Expired
Parent
Claims priority from a provisional application
→
App. 63/161,320
Filed 2021-03-15
· Provisional Application Expired
Child
is a Continuation of
→
App. 19/303,717
Filed 2025-08-19
· Non Final Action Mailed
HOLOGIC, INC.,
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED,
FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC,
BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.,
GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 065286/0407
Recorded 2026-04-24
from
BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.,
BOLDER SURGICAL, LLC,
CYTYC CORPORATION,
FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC,
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED,
GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.,
GYNESONICS, INC.,
HEALTH BEACONS, INC.,
HOLOGIC, INC.,
SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded 2026-04-08
from
BIOTHERANOSTICS, INC.,
FAXITRON BIOPTICS, LLC,
GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED,
GEN-PROBE PRODESSE, INC.,
HOLOGIC, INC.
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded 2023-10-19
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Quick Facts
- App. No.
- 18/550,412
- Filed
- 2023-09-13
- Pub. No.
- US20240158834A1
- Examiner
- ROBINSON, HOPE A
- Art Unit
- 1652
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