Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17127514 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE BARCODES FOR LONG READ SEQUENCING | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17122168 | Compositions and Methods for Analyte Detection | December 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17112947 | FORENSIC RECOVERY OF IDENTIFICATION FROM SHELL CASINGS | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17111167 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING NANOPORE SEQUENCING | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17095578 | FUNCTIONALIZED GEL BEADS | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17090719 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MICROFLUIDIC SCREENING | November 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17084481 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | October 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17080720 | MULTIPLEX TARGETED AMPLIFICATION USING FLAP NUCLEASE | October 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17065255 | Methods for Isothermal Molecular Amplification with Nanoparticle-Based Reactions | October 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17060853 | METHODS OF SEQUENCING WITH LINKED FRAGMENTS | October 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17037592 | PROGRAMMABLE NUCLEASE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | September 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17032067 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MULTIPLE TYPES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS | September 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17032524 | ASSAY CARTRIDGES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | September 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17033395 | INTERLOCKING CAP AND VIAL | September 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17033133 | KINETIC EXCLUSION AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES | September 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17041287 | DETECTION OF ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY | September 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17029056 | Efficient sequencing of dsDNA with extremely low level of errors | September 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16917135 | COMPOSITION FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID AND COLORIMETRIC SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT METHOD OF DETECTING NUCLEOTIDE USING THEREOF | September 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16979129 | METHODS OF LABELLING NUCLEIC ACIDS | September 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16977339 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID TARGET DETECTION | September 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16947974 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS COMPRISING LINKER PROBES FOR QUANTIFYING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | August 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16975489 | METHOD FOR INDICATING THE PROGRESS OF AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND KIT FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | August 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17001352 | Prostate Cancer Prognostic Compositions and Kits | August 2020 | January 2022 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16998414 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | August 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16998425 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | August 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16947727 | NOVEL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND KITS FOR REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) | August 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16941585 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION | July 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16931545 | DETECTION OF A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE USING TWO DIFFERENT DETECTION TEMPERATURES | July 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16919512 | KITS TO DETECT ADENOVIRUS NUCLEIC ACIDS | July 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16920204 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ERROR-MINIMIZED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES | July 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16958664 | METHODS OF PERFORMING DIGITAL NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION USING POLYBUTENE | June 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16912622 | Detection of Nucleic Acids | June 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16908611 | METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING | June 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16896336 | Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in HLA-B*15:02 and Use Thereof | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16768258 | HOMOGENEOUS DETECTION METHOD | May 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16881619 | ULTRASENSITIVE MICRO RNA QUANTIFICATION | May 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16875418 | METHODS FOR PURIFICATION OF MESSENGER RNA | May 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16763921 | METHODS AND KITS FOR AMPLIFICATION OF DOUBLE STRANDED DNA | May 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15930958 | ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION COMPONENTS AND PROCESSES | May 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16872571 | Single Cell Nucleic Acid Detection and Analysis | May 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15930101 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING ALLELIC VARIANTS | May 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16871260 | MULTIPLEX AMPLIFICATION OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES | May 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16869758 | CLEAVABLE HAIRPIN PRIMERS | May 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16758726 | REAGENTS AND ADAPTERS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH REAGENTS AND ADAPTERS | April 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16852906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | April 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16847718 | Single Cell Nucleic Acid Detection and Analysis | April 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16846297 | Positional Delivery and Encoding by Oligonucleotides of Biological Cells for Single Cell Sequencing (POS SEQ) | April 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16844141 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | April 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16754648 | Methods for Detecting Site-Specific and Spurious Genomic Deamination Induced by Base Editing Technologies | April 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16832309 | COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF POLYMER SUBUNITS USING CHEMILUMINESCENCE | March 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16651181 | MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF MULTI-CONTACT MISCIBILITY | March 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16829230 | METHOD FOR MOVING A PROCESSING VIAL BETWEEN LOCATIONS OF AN INSTRUMENT | March 2020 | August 2020 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16648317 | NUCLEIC ACID DETERMINATION METHOD | March 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16816887 | SEQUENCE CONVERSION AND SIGNAL AMPLIFIER DNA CASCADE REACTIONS AND DETECTION METHODS USING SAME | March 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16813481 | CIRCULARIZATION METHODS FOR SINGLE MOLECULE SEQUENCING SAMPLE PREPARATION | March 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16796113 | Polynucleotide Adapter Design for Reduced Bias | February 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16791799 | SAMPLE TRANSFER TOOL | February 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16785765 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MULTIPLE TYPES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS | February 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16782795 | ENHANCED SELECTION OF EFFICIENT TARGETED GENOME MANIPULATING AGENTS | February 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16783037 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING DIGITAL MEASUREMENTS | February 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16779501 | ASSAYS AND OTHER REACTIONS INVOLVING DROPLETS | January 2020 | October 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16774104 | SINGLE CELL NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION AND ANALYSIS | January 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16773750 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | January 2020 | November 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16773570 | METHOD FOR COUNTING NUMBER OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES | January 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16750757 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | January 2020 | April 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16632823 | DETECTION USING CONCURRENT MELTING CURVES | January 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16745296 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND KITS FOR DETECTING ALLELIC VARIANTS | January 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16610232 | METHOD FOR INTEGRALLY DETECTING NONDESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT INFORMATION AND GENOME-RELATED INFORMATION OF ONE CELL | January 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16630593 | DUAL-PROBE DIGITAL DROPLET PCR STRATEGY FOR SPECIFIC DETECTION OF TISSUE-SPECIFIC CIRCULATING DNA MOLECULES | January 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16732727 | EGFR ASSAY | January 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16627344 | Method for Preparing Nanocomposite and Label-free Aptamer Electrochemical Sensor of Gamma-interferon Based on the Nanocomposite | December 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16725420 | METHOD AND KIT FOR TEMPLATE-INDEPENDENT NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS | December 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16625663 | METHODS FOR DNA TARGETS DETECTION DIRECTLY IN CRUDE SAMPLES THROUGH POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND GENOTYPING VIA HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS | December 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16722239 | AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16714125 | METHODS AND CONTROL COMPOSITIONS FOR A QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION | December 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16712545 | SYSTEMS and METHODS for DETECTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES | December 2019 | July 2023 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16619756 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS, AND DEVICES INVOLVING PSEUDOKNOT FORMATION | December 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16702153 | NON-THERMAL CYCLING FOR POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION | December 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16702169 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CLUSTER GENERATION BY BRIDGE AMPLIFICATION | December 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16698740 | Methods and Systems for Processing Polynucleotides | November 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16694367 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION | November 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16616833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT IMAGE-BASED SCREENING | November 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16692631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYNUCLEOTIDES | November 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16682558 | Additive To Improve Sequencing By Synthesis Performance | November 2019 | March 2022 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16680343 | FUNCTIONALIZED GEL BEADS | November 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16609994 | RAPID DETECTION OF ZIKA VIRUS BY REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION | October 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16669510 | METHOD FOR INFLUENZA A VIRUS AND INFLUENZA B VIRUS DETECTION | October 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16606038 | METHOD TO GENERATE BIOCOMPATIBLE DENDRITIC POLYMERS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION WITH MULTIMODAL LABELING AND SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION | October 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16598591 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS | October 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16594505 | Methods for the Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormalities | October 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16595278 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING MICROVESICLES AND EXTRACTING NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | October 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16499766 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION METHOD AND NUCLEIC ACID ANALYZER | September 2019 | October 2022 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16498157 | Analytical Signal For Determination Of The Presence Of A Target Nucleic Acid Sequence | September 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16582744 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS FROM MULTIPLE TYPES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS | September 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16494822 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING GENE EDITING VARIATIONS IN NUCLEIC ACIDS | September 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16494537 | SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS | September 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16570898 | Methods and Systems for Processing Polynucleotides | September 2019 | January 2022 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16548643 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | August 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16544670 | KINETIC EXCLUSION AMPLIFICATION OF NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES | August 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16486062 | DISTINGUISHING SEQUENCES BY DETECTING POLYMERASE DISSOCIATION | August 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner THOMAS, DAVID C.
With a 37.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 37.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner THOMAS, DAVID C works in Art Unit 1637 and has examined 1,020 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner THOMAS, DAVID C's allowance rate of 75.0% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by THOMAS, DAVID C receive 1.60 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by THOMAS, DAVID C is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by THOMAS, DAVID C. This interview benefit is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 51.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 78% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 52.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 5.3% of allowed cases (in the 87% 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 2% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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