USPTO Examiner BAUER NICOLA MARIA - Art Unit 1621

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18713225Acetoacetate Based KetalsMay 2024January 2026Abandon1920YesNo
18180472METHODS, DOSAGE REGIMENS, AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING HIDRADENITISMarch 2023February 2026Abandon3521NoNo
18179025PURE FORMS OF CRYSTALLINE ATICAPRANTMarch 2023October 2025Abandon3211NoNo
18043146COMPOUNDS AND FORMULATIONS FOR TREATING OPHTHALMIC DISEASESFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3501NoNo
18163171PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING NALBUPHINEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3121YesNo
17998244SOS1 INHIBITOR CONTAINING PHOSPHORUSNovember 2022November 2025Allow3601YesNo
17920866KRAS G12D PROTEIN INHIBITORSOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17916476N-(HETEROCYCLYL AND HETEROCYCLYLALKYL)-3-BENZYLPYRIDIN-2-AMINE DERIVATIVES AS SSTR4 AGONISTSSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3201NoNo
17914052METHOD FOR TREATING CANCERSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4011YesNo
17912597USE OF BUCILLAMINE IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESSeptember 2022February 2026Abandon4110NoNo
17904159THERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS COMPRISING UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC-PROCESSING PROTEASE 1 (USP1) INHIBITORS AND POLY (ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE (PARP) INHIBITORSAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4101NoNo
17760347METHODS OF TREATING PSEUDOBULBAR AFFECT AND OTHER EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCESAugust 2022February 2026Abandon4230YesNo
17759890[1,3]DIAZINO[5,4-d]PYRIMIDINES AS HER2 INHIBITORSAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4201NoNo
17790569NEW PqsR INVERSE AGONISTSJuly 2022October 2025Allow4011NoNo
17854755Treatment of EGFR-Driven Cancer with Fewer Side EffectsJune 2022August 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17787940COMPOUND USED AS KINASE INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOFJune 2022February 2026Abandon4421NoNo
17783940FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS MODULATORS OF STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES (STING)June 2022September 2025Allow4011YesNo
17783947HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS MODULATORS OF STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES (STING)June 2022September 2025Allow3911YesNo
17782889NOVEL SUBSTITUTED 1,3-8-TRIAZASPIRO[4,5] DECANE-2,4-DIONE COMPOUNDS AS INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE (IDO) AND/OR TRYPTOPHAN 2,3-DIOXYGENASE (TDO) INHIBITORSJune 2022August 2025Allow3811YesNo
17782091COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PKC-BETA INHIBITORS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOFJune 2022August 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17779826USE OF COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING ANTICANCER EFFECT, COMPRISING ERRy INHIBITOR AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTMay 2022March 2026Allow4511NoNo
17767547SULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND THE USE THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCERApril 2022September 2025Allow4211YesNo
17754632SUBSTITUTED NITROGEN HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND ANESTHETIC EFFECT THEREOFApril 2022October 2025Allow4221YesNo
17766392SUBSTITUTED CARBAZOLE COMPOUNDSApril 2022April 2025Allow3601YesNo
17765755PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN ACTIVIN RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE INHIBITORMarch 2022February 2026Allow4711YesNo
17640978PHARMACEUTICAL COMBINATIONS COMPRISING A FURAZANOBENZIMIDAZOLES AND A CD40 AGONIST FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NEOPLASTIC DISEASESMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4401NoNo
17639065GENETIC VARIANTS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEFebruary 2022July 2025Allow4001YesNo
17637044BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF CANCERFebruary 2022February 2026Allow4821YesNo
17597897DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVES AND USES THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF HBV INFECTION OR OF HBV-INDUCED DISEASESJanuary 2022June 2025Abandon4101NoNo
17630414DEUTERATED MK2 PATHWAY INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEJanuary 2022May 2025Allow3910YesNo
17581520PYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AS CALCIUM-ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL MODULATORSJanuary 2022October 2025Allow4511YesNo
17628946MODULATORS OF TREX1January 2022September 2025Abandon4301NoNo
17628947CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 7-CHLORO-2-(4-(3-METHOXYAZETIDIN-1-YL)CYCLOHEXYL)-2,4-DIMETHYL-N-((6-METHYL-4-(METHYLTHIO)-2-OXO-1,2-DIHYDROPYRIDIN-3-YL)METHYL)BENZO[D][1,3]DIOXOLE-5-CARBOXAMIDEJanuary 2022August 2025Allow4311YesNo
17576144TRIARYL COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF PD-L1 DISEASESJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4211NoNo
16629491ANTAGONISTS OF THE MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR M4January 2022December 2025Allow6021NoNo
17569255BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTSJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3500YesNo
17618541METHODS OF GENERATING OLIGODENDROCYTESDecember 2021February 2026Allow5021YesNo
17596224REVERSIBLE CULTURAL RELIC PROTECTION MATERIAL WITH FUNCTION OF INHIBITING GROWTH OF BACTERIA AND MOLDDecember 2021June 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17615377BAX INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOFNovember 2021July 2025Allow4311YesNo
17595516DIETARY BUTYRATE AND ITS USESNovember 2021March 2026Allow5121YesYes
17610879PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE USING AUTOPHAGY ACTIVATIONNovember 2021May 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17608820METHODS FOR TREATING SARCOIDOSIS-ASSOCIATED PULMONARY HYPERTENSIONNovember 2021June 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17593923OSIMERTINIB FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERSeptember 2021July 2025Allow4511NoNo
17310151HIGH CONCENTRATION VITAMIN C TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAMEJuly 2021December 2025Allow5321NoNo
17422689PHOSPHONATE CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOFJuly 2021November 2025Allow5221YesNo
17420307CONJUGATES OF PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR AGONISTSJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5221NoNo
17420287INDUCTION OF SUSTAINED LOCAL INFLAMMATIONJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5221NoNo
17359617BRYOID COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOFJune 2021April 2024Abandon3411YesNo
17290111COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING T CELL EXHAUSTIONApril 2021August 2025Abandon5211NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BAUER, NICOLA MARIA.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
95.6%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 100.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BAUER, NICOLA MARIA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BAUER, NICOLA MARIA works in Art Unit 1621 and has examined 14 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 50.0%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 51 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BAUER, NICOLA MARIA's allowance rate of 50.0% places them in the 12% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BAUER, NICOLA MARIA receive 1.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BAUER, NICOLA MARIA is 51 months. This places the examiner in the 4% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +46.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BAUER, NICOLA MARIA. This interview benefit is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 133.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 0% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 1% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.