USPTO Examiner FOLEY SHANON A - Art Unit 1671

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19282553PLANT COLONIZATION ASSAYS USING NATURAL MICROBIAL BARCODESJuly 2025March 2026Allow810NoNo
19204075NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND USES THEREOFMay 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19077147ANTIBIOTIC FREE TREATMENT OF MASTITISMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19012978VIRAL VECTOR DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR BOTH RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE TRACTS OF PIGS AND APPLICATION THEREOFJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
18940501ARTIFICIAL RNA MOLECULES ENCODING A NOROVIRUS ANTIGEN AND USES THEREOFNovember 2024September 2025Allow1010NoNo
18792611COXSACKIEVIRUS B4 STRAIN AND APPLICATION THEREOFAugust 2024May 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18667247IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOFMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18665309RECOMBINANT HUMAN/BOVINE PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3 (B/HPIV3) EXPRESSING A CHIMERIC RSV/PIV3 F PROTEIN AND USES THEREOFMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18660609PORCINE EPIDEMIC DIARRHEA VIRUS STRAINS AND IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS THEREFROMMay 2024February 2025Allow900YesNo
18655777METHOD OF PRODUCING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING IMMUNOGENIC CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS CHIKV-DELTA5NSP3May 2024October 2025Allow1820NoNo
18644438ANTIBIOTIC FREE TREATMENT OF MASTITISApril 2024December 2024Allow811YesNo
18622330IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOFMarch 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18615838METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810YesNo
18614158PROTOPARVOVIRUS COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A PROTOPARVOVIRUS VARIANT VP1 CAPSID POLYPEPTIDE AND RELATED METHODSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1211YesNo
18443262METHOD FOR THE DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES (AAVs) USING AN AFFINITY MATRIXFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1120NoNo
18430151METHODS OF IMMUNOTHERAPYFebruary 2024December 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18418127RSV RNA VACCINESJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18580550PLANT-BASED COVID-19 VARIANT RECOMBINANT SPIKE PROTEIN EXPRESSION VECTOR AND RECOMBINANT PROTEIN USING SAMEJanuary 2024December 2025Abandon2311NoNo
18396787Porcine Circovirus Type 3 (PCV3) Vaccines, and Production and Uses ThereofDecember 2023March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18394486RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS MRNA VACCINEDecember 2023December 2024Allow1200NoNo
18542330RECOMBINANT HERPESVIRUS OF TURKEY VECTORS EXPRESSING ANTIGENS OF AVIAN PATHOGENS AND USES THEREOFDecember 2023June 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18530421FORMULATIONS OF DENGUE VIRUS VACCINE COMPOSITIONSDecember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18516237PCV2 ORF2 PROTEIN VARIANT AND VIRUS LIKE PARTICLES COMPOSED THEREOFNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18511123FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VACCINENovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18498879METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION OF LENTIVIRUS BY USING GMP-LEVEL SERUM-FREE SUSPENSION CELLSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18492535ONCOLYTIC VIRUS IMPROVED IN SAFETY AND ANTICANCER EFFECTOctober 2023October 2024Allow1211NoNo
18287248LIQUID SIX COMBINED VACCINE COMPOSITIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18376177Compositions and Methods of Manufacturing Trivalent Filovirus VaccinesOctober 2023November 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18285124INFLUENZA VACCINE FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATIONSeptember 2023January 2026Abandon2800NoNo
18476042IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOFSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18242627HORN FLY VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAMESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1821YesNo
18461369PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 3 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1720NoNo
18366839VACCINATION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS WITH POLIOMYELITIS VACCINEAugust 2023March 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18354172ADENOVIRUSES AND METHODS FOR USING ADENOVIRUSESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1211NoNo
18216531Method Of Treating, Reducing, Or Alleviating A Medical Condition In A PatientJune 2023October 2024Allow1511NoNo
18334573CYCLIC PEPTIDES FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18331083VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AND METHODS OF USEJune 2023July 2024Allow1420NoNo
18250761Canine ParvovirusApril 2023February 2026Allow3410NoNo
18018316GOLD NANOPARTICLE INTRANASAL VACCINE COMPOSITIONSJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3720NoNo
18146995BUNYAVIRALES VACCINEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2812NoNo
18085478VACCINES FOR IN VIVO EXPRESSION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18009895PANDEMIC-PREPAREDNESS COCKTAIL TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKSDecember 2022February 2026Abandon3801NoNo
18000900SEROLOGICAL ASSAYS FOR SARS-COV-2December 2022February 2026Abandon3910NoNo
18000558ATTENUATED VARIANT OF THE RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME, AND USES THEREOFDecember 2022January 2026Allow3810NoNo
18055193BROAD SPECTRUM INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINENovember 2022July 2025Abandon3201NoNo
17997749N PROTEIN EPITOPE MUTATION MARKER FOR PREPARING EPITOPE DELETION-MARKED VACCINE STRAIN OF TYPE II PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VIRUS (PRRSV) AND USE THEREOFNovember 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17997527POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SARS-COV-2 ANTIGENS AND USE THEREOF IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AS VACCINESOctober 2022March 2026Allow4111NoNo
17913822Methods for Providing a VaccineSeptember 2022February 2026Abandon4110NoNo
17948752Cocktail Vaccine of Recombinant African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) Antigen and Use ThereofSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17889737DEVELOPMENT OF MOSAIC VACCINES AGAINST FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS SEROTYPE OAugust 2022August 2025Allow3610NoNo
17886357METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOADING STATE OF AN AAV PARTICLE BY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXOMETRYAugust 2022December 2025Abandon4021NoNo
17799118INTRANASAL mRNA VACCINESAugust 2022December 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17813178VECTORS FOR ELICITING IMMUNE RESPONSES TO NON-DOMINANT EPITOPES IN THE HEMAGGLUTININ (HA) PROTEINJuly 2022July 2024Allow2410NoNo
17791678RECOMBINANT VIRUSES EXPRESSING ALPHA-1, 3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE AND USES THEREOFJuly 2022January 2026Allow4310NoNo
17791076COMBINED NOROVIRUS AND ROTAVIRUS VACCINE COMPOSITION AND METHODS OF PREPARATIONJuly 2022December 2025Allow4110NoNo
17758182AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS CHIMERIC PROTEIN, VACCINE COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOFJune 2022December 2025Allow4211NoNo
17784081PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOFJune 2022January 2026Allow4320NoNo
17783478INACTIVATED PISCINE ORTHOREOVIRUS VACCINEJune 2022August 2025Allow3910NoNo
17779811ATTENUATED AVIAN REOVIRUS STRAINS 94826 C140 AND 96139 C140May 2022December 2025Allow4311NoNo
17776896HIV Immunogens, Vaccines, and Methods Related TheretoMay 2022September 2025Allow4010NoNo
17774315ENGINEERED VIRAL CAPSID POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOFMay 2022December 2025Allow4421NoNo
17755663F-GENOTYPE MUMPS VIRUS ATTENUATED STRAIN AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOFMay 2022July 2025Allow3910NoNo
17735010METHODS FOR LOWERING THE INFECTION RATE OF VIRUSESMay 2022April 2025Abandon3551YesNo
17771736IMPROVED VACCINES FOR RECURRENT RESPIRATORY PAPILLOMATOSIS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAMEApril 2022December 2025Allow4420NoNo
17768074COMBINED VACCINE AGAINST HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) INFECTIONS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR INDUCING IMMUNE RESPONSEApril 2022July 2025Allow4010NoNo
17766989Chimeric Antigen Receptors against Human CytomegalovirusApril 2022January 2026Allow4511NoNo
17765760PARAPOXVIRUS FOR CONDITIONING FOR AND TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONSMarch 2022November 2025Abandon4301NoNo
17707613METHODS OF PRODUCING AND CHARACTERIZING VIRUS VACCINE AND VIRUS VACCINE COMPOSITIONMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17763184BIODEGRADABLE NANOCOMPLEX VACCINES, METHODS FOR SUPPRESSION OF HEPAPITIS B VIRUS REPLICATION AND HEPAPITIS B VIRUS SURFACE ANTIGEN SECRETIONMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17688366Bovine Herpesvirus Detection and TreatmentMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4430NoNo
17634488PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 2 VLP VACCINEFebruary 2022October 2025Allow4520NoNo
17634272IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONFebruary 2022October 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17579447Chimeric Papilloma Virus L1 ProteinJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2921YesNo
17628403A PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS TYPE 2 (PCV2) VACCINEJanuary 2022September 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17552288SYSTEM FOR RAPID ON-SITE TESTING FOR AIRBORNE AND OTHER PATHOGENSDecember 2021November 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17618625PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME VACCINE VIRUSDecember 2021September 2024Allow3300NoNo
17544518VIRAL NANOPARTICLE MULTIMERSDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920NoNo
17609822A VACCINE COMPRISING A NANOPARTICLE ENCAPSULATING EPITOPES AND ADJUVANT FOR NEUTRALIZING VIRUS INFECTIONNovember 2021September 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17485857Paramyxovirus and uses thereofSeptember 2021March 2025Abandon4221NoNo
17469313COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A NOROVIRUS NUCLEIC ACID AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3520NoNo
17468419IMMUNOASSAY FOR SARS-CoV-2 ANTIBODIESSeptember 2021April 2025Allow4311NoNo
17436791NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY DETECTION KIT BASED ON MAGNETIC PARTICLE CHEMILUMINESCENCESeptember 2021April 2025Allow4310NoNo
17431987ROTAVIRUS VP7 FUSION PROTEINS AND ROTAVIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES COMPRISING THEMAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4401NoNo
17395242METHOD FOR THE RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19 USING A MOBILE GENETIC TESTING LABORATORYAugust 2021November 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17428967IMMUNOASSAY FOR SARS-CoV-2 ANTIBODIESAugust 2021October 2024Allow3920NoNo
17421278PLANT COLONIZATION ASSAYS USING NATURAL MICROBIAL BARCODESJuly 2021June 2025Allow4720YesNo
17420442COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUSJuly 2021November 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17418131PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR TREATING HEPATITIS B, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOFJune 2021January 2025Allow4310NoNo
17351363IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION AGAINST SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (SARS-CoV-2)June 2021October 2024Allow4010NoNo
17416199VACCINES AGAINST POWASSAN VIRUS, AND METHODS OF USING SAMEJune 2021November 2025Allow5330NoNo
17415305LIPOPEPTIDE BUILDING BLOCKS AND SYNTHETIC VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLESJune 2021July 2025Allow4911YesNo
17414187Prime-Boost Vaccination RegimenJune 2021July 2024Allow3710NoNo
16978919ANTI-PD-1 VACCINE COMPOSITIONJune 2021December 2024Abandon5201NoNo
17312235VACCINE FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CONGENITAL INFECTION WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUSJune 2021February 2025Allow4540YesNo
17341928CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJune 2021May 2025Allow4721NoNo
17299852HIV VACCINE IMMUNOGENSJune 2021October 2024Allow4111NoNo
17289850TOOLS FOR DETECTING COCOA SWOLLEN SHOOT VIRUS COAT PROTEIN ANTIGENApril 2021August 2024Allow4010NoNo
17288208VSG-BASED VACCINATION AND ANTIBODY GENERATION PLATFORM FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASESApril 2021December 2024Allow4311NoNo
17236099THERAPEUTIC MITIGATION OF EPITHELIAL INFECTIONApril 2021December 2024Allow4420NoNo
17285045VIRUS VACCINEApril 2021May 2025Abandon4911NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FOLEY, SHANON A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
91.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
13
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(76.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(23.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
94.6%
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, 76.9% 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

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 FOLEY, SHANON A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FOLEY, SHANON A works in Art Unit 1671 and has examined 163 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FOLEY, SHANON A's allowance rate of 92.0% places them in the 78% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FOLEY, SHANON A receive 1.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 42% 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 FOLEY, SHANON A is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FOLEY, SHANON A. This interview benefit is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% 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 66.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 89% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 70% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 61.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 34% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.8% of allowed cases (in the 74% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 9.3% of allowed cases (in the 88% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • 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.

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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