USPTO Examiner CLARK AMY LYNN - Art Unit 1628

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18616995NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS AND THEIR METHODS OF USEMarch 2024November 2024Allow710NoNo
18538065USE OF OUABAIN ANTAGONISTS TO INHIBIT VIRAL INFECTIONDecember 2023May 2025Abandon1710NoNo
184947306-(4,5-BIS(4-BROMOPHENYL)-2-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-1H-IMIDAZOL-1-YL)HEXANOIC ACID AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDOctober 2023October 2024Abandon1221NoNo
18482079NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOFOctober 2023May 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18463293GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR AGONISTSSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18455324CRYSTALLINE 19-NOR C3,3-DISUBSTITUTED C21-N-PYRAZOLYL STEROIDAugust 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18229105COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING ABERRANT INFLAMMATION IN PERI-OCULAR SECRETORY GLANDS OR AT THE OCULAR SURFACEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18057031ENZYMATIC PROCESS FOR OBTAINING 17 ALPHA-MONOESTERS OF CORTEXOLONE AND/OR ITS 9,11-DEHYDRODERIVATIVESNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
179691053,3 DISUBSTITUTED 19-NOR PREGNANE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOFOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3130NoNo
17940716EDIBLE CBD AND/OR THC PRODUCTS AND METHODSSeptember 2022June 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17834798MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTSJune 2022May 2025Abandon3511NoNo
17718520NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENVIRONMENT TO PROVIDE IMPROVED MICROBIOME AND METABOLIC PROFILEApril 2022June 2025Abandon3821NoNo
17640715PROCESS FOR PREPARING PYRIMIDINYL BIPYRIDINE COMPOUND AND INTERMEDIATE THEREFORMarch 2022March 2025Allow3701NoNo
17580718SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANNABINOID OIL EMULSIFICATIONJanuary 2022November 2023Abandon2210NoNo
17626377PIPERIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVESJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3801NoNo
17567704METHODS OF TESTOSTERONE THERAPYJanuary 2022May 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17442925COMBINATION THERAPY OF ALK-POSITIVE NEOPLASIASeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17442302SOLID STATE FORMS OF ACALABRUTINIBSeptember 2021February 2025Abandon4101NoNo
17433273Imidazolopyridine Compounds For IRE1 InhibitionAugust 2021February 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17430180GRANZYME B DIRECTED IMAGING AND THERAPYAugust 2021January 2025Abandon4101NoNo
17426219BENZOPYRIDONE HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOFJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4001NoNo
17423505CUBIC CYCLODEXTRIN FRAMEWORK-RGD COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17423527SALT OF EGFR INHIBITOR, CRYSTAL FORM, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4401NoNo
17423143CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A CDK INHIBITORJuly 2021January 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17422116COMPOSITION FOR ALLERGY PREVENTION, ATOPIC DERMATITIS ALLEVIATION OR SKIN REGENERATION, CONTAINING, AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, UNDECANE OR UNDECANALJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17418406AZA-HETEROBICYCLIC INHIBITORS OF MAT2A AND METHODS OF USE FOR TREATING CANCERJune 2021October 2024Abandon4001NoNo
17415684ORAL FORMULATIONS OF BRANAPLAMJune 2021January 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17415335MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASEJune 2021December 2024Abandon4201NoNo
17304216PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING LOW IMPURITY CONCENTRATIONS OF THE SAMEJune 2021November 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17413319COMBINATION OF FAK INHIBITOR AND BTK INHIBITOR FOR TREATING A DISEASEJune 2021October 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17312776SUBSTITUTED PYRROLOPYRIDINE-DERIVATIVESJune 2021January 2025Abandon4301NoNo
17294762Helicase Primase Inhibitors For Treating Cancer In A Combination Therapy With Oncolytic VirusesMay 2021January 2025Abandon4411YesNo
17308501SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR DEGRADERMay 2021October 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17244304COMPOSITION, SPRAY, AND WIPERApril 2021December 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17232383Methods for Treating Cancer Using Pyrimidine and Pyridine Compounds with BTK Inhibitory ActivityApril 2021January 2025Abandon4520NoNo
15999066INDOLE DERIVATIVE AND ANTI-CANCER CONPOSITION CONTAINING SAMEApril 2021June 2025Abandon6030NoNo
17282618COMBINATIONS WITH A C-19 STEROID FOR TREATING CANCERSApril 2021February 2025Abandon4611NoNo
17275748HSP90-TARGETING CONJUGATES AND FORMULATIONS THEREOFMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4501NoNo
17191281METHODS FOR ASSEMBLY OF TETRACYCLIC COMPOUNDS BY STEREOSELECTIVE C9-C10 BOND FORMATIONMarch 2021July 2022Allow1611NoNo
17256777NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATIONDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710YesNo
17134929COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CNS DISORDERSDecember 2020June 2025Abandon5331NoNo
16980724A Biochip Substrate, Preparation Method and Application ThereofSeptember 2020September 2024Abandon4811NoNo
16993834CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF QUINOLINE ANALOGS AND SALTS THEREOF, COMPOSITIONS, AND THEIR METHODS FOR USEAugust 2020June 2023Abandon3410NoNo
16961767ACTIVATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING AS A THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONJuly 2020November 2024Abandon5211NoNo
16643776OPTIMAL OSMOTIC RANGE FOR A DRUG-CONTAINING SOLUTION SUITABLE FOR LYMPHATIC DELIVERYMarch 2020June 2025Abandon6061YesNo
16674209HERIPENES WITH PAIN-RELIEVING EFFECT, ACTIVE SUBSTANCES OF Hericium erinaceus MYCELIUM AND THE PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE HERIPENES OR ACTIVE SUBSTANCESNovember 2019January 2023Allow3821NoNo
16324265COMPOSITION FOR TREATING SKIN CONDITIONSFebruary 2019January 2023Allow4731NoNo
15314565NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND USES THEREOFNovember 2016July 2020Abandon4370YesYes
14414171Honey-based dressing for the treatment of wounds and burnsSeptember 2015November 2017Abandon3401NoNo
13322147METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF FRACTIONS CONTAINING PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS WITH LESS CYTOTOXICITY FROM ONE OR MORE PLANTSNovember 2011March 2014Allow2821NoNo
13292395CHINESE MEDICINE COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CANCERNovember 2011January 2013Allow1510NoNo
13193029HAIR CARE SOLUTION FORMING A FILM PROTECTING NATURAL HAIR FROM GLUING PRODUCTSJuly 2011June 2013Allow2220YesNo
13157574COSMETIC USE OF AN ACTIVE AGENT CAPABLE OF STIMULATING TENSIN 1 EXPRESSIONJune 2011February 2012Allow800NoNo
13062289NATURAL PRESERVATIVE ALTERNATIVES AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAMEApril 2011September 2013Allow3021NoNo
12739921STANDARDIZED PLANT EXTRACT, PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE SAME AND USES THEREOFAugust 2010November 2012Allow3112NoNo
12820064NATURAL COMPOSITION FOR CURING HEPATITIS-B, METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS THEREOFJune 2010October 2011Allow1611NoNo
12519137HERBAL FORMULATION FOR WOUND HEALINGMarch 2010January 2015Allow6031NoNo
12568502CAFFEINE FRACTION OBTAINED FROM TEA LEAVES AND A METHOD FOR INDUCING AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED GENETIC TRANSFORMATION IN PLANTS USING SAID CAFFEINE FRACTIONSeptember 2009September 2010Allow1210NoNo
12188566HERBAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND THE INHIBITION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONAugust 2008July 2011Allow3511NoNo
12074863NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONMarch 2008February 2010Allow2411NoNo
11979355METHODS OF TREATING EPIPHORANovember 2007December 2010Allow5321YesNo
11899590COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND MUCOSAL DISORDERSeptember 2007December 2010Allow3920NoYes
11819220HERBAL EXTRACTS OF SALICORNIA SPECIES, PROCESS OF PREPARATION THEREOF, USE THEREOF AGAINST TUBERCULOSISJune 2007June 2008Allow1210NoNo
11519310METHOD FOR OBTAINING TAXANESSeptember 2006December 2009Allow3921YesNo
10809187INTERMITTENT IMMERSION VESSEL APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PLANT PROPAGATIONMarch 2004September 2005Allow1802NoNo
10480078PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION CONSISTING OF A PLANT DRY EXTRACT WITH A CALCIUM COATINGDecember 2003July 2009Allow6051YesNo
10648026ACUPOINT PATCHAugust 2003September 2009Allow6041NoNo
10396593CAFFEINE FRACTION OBTAINED FROM TEA LEAVES AND A METHOD FOR INDUCING AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED GENETIC TRANSFORMATION IN PLANTS USING SAID CAFFEINE FRACTIONMarch 2003May 2008Abandon6041NoNo
10387700METHOD FOR OBTAINING TAXANESMarch 2003May 2006Allow3810NoNo
10230352FOOD SUPPLEMENTS COMPRISING, AS A HEALTH COMPONENT, SARGAHYDROQUINOIC ACID OR DERIVATIVE THEREOFAugust 2002April 2009Allow6022YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CLARK, AMY LYNN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
0.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
47.9%
Lower 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, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner CLARK, AMY LYNN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CLARK, AMY LYNN works in Art Unit 1628 and has examined 69 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 43.5%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CLARK, AMY LYNN's allowance rate of 43.5% places them in the 5% 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 CLARK, AMY LYNN receive 1.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 28% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CLARK, AMY LYNN is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 7% 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 +26.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CLARK, AMY LYNN. This interview benefit is in the 77% 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, 12.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 46.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 120.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 98% 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 8.7% of allowed cases (in the 95% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

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.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.

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