USPTO Examiner STUART CAREY ALEXANDER MC - Art Unit 1671

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19246586FUSION ANTIGEN OF PORCINE GETAH VIRUS, KIT, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOFJune 2025December 2025Allow610NoNo
19091651Methods of Detecting, Identifying and Quantifying Wild Spike Protein and Covid Vaccine Spike ProteinsMarch 2025November 2025Allow820NoNo
18777836C-BASED SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY FOR NEUTRALIZING RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS AND APPLICATION THEREOFJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18601925BROAD-SPECTRUM MULTI-ANTIGEN PAN-CORONAVIRUS VACCINEMarch 2024October 2025Allow1930YesNo
18512036MULTIPLEXED NUCLEIC ACID DETECTION KIT FOR HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) TYPING, AND DETECTION METHODNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18277087Recombinant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Rbd Trimer Protein Vaccine Capable Of Generating Broad-Spectrum Cross Neutralization Activity, and Preparation Method and Use ThereofAugust 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18227747METHODS OF MANUFACTURING GENETICALLY-MODIFIED LYMPHOCYTESJuly 2023November 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18158273PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS OF FCRN INHIBITORS SUITABLE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATIONJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17913986RECOMBINANT VIRUSES, INSECT CELLS AND THEIR USES IN VIRAL DETECTION AND VACCINATIONSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810NoNo
17800700PURIFICATION MATRICES COMPRISING AAV-BINDING POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEAugust 2022November 2025Allow3910NoNo
17904535PROTEIN-BASED PURIFICATION MATRICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4110NoNo
17797438TREATMENT OF HPV-RELATED DISEASESAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4110NoNo
17827320SYNTHETIC CHIMERIC POXVIRUSESMay 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17780093NOVEL VERO CELL LINE THAT CAN BE SUSPENSION-CULTURED IN SERUM-FREE MEDIUM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING VIRUSES FOR VACCINES BY USING NOVEL CELL LINEMay 2022September 2025Allow4010NoNo
17746859SARS-COV-2 SPIKE PROTEIN ANTIBODIESMay 2022November 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17737991ATTENUATING VIRAL MUTATIONS IN PROTEIN GENESMay 2022March 2025Allow3430NoNo
17662141Vaccines Against Coronavirus and Methods of UseMay 2022October 2025Allow4230NoNo
17717504RECOMBINANT RSV LIVE VACCINE STRAIN AND THE PREPARING METHOD THEREOFApril 2022February 2025Allow3420NoNo
17633876Machine Methods To Determine Neoepitope Payload ToxicityFebruary 2022October 2025Allow4410NoNo
17578049AMINO ACID SEQUENCE DERIVED FROM S PROTEIN OF SARS-COV2 FOR GENERATING AN ANTI-SARS -COV-2 ANTIBODYJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3730NoNo
17626206ANTIGENIC GLYCOPROTEIN E POLYPEPTIDES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJanuary 2022October 2025Allow4510NoNo
17596732METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VIRUS AND A HARVESTING SOLUTION COMPOSITIONDecember 2021October 2025Allow4610NoNo
17609496Zika Virus Constructs and Therapeutic Compositions ThereofNovember 2021July 2025Allow4510NoNo
17513538HIGH THROUGHPUT IMMUNOASSAYS AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF SARS-COV-2 ANTIGENSOctober 2021November 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17603221METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ASSEMBLY OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES (AAVs)October 2021December 2025Allow5010NoNo
17602199METHODS OF SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS COMPOSITIONSOctober 2021October 2025Allow4910NoNo
17599578USE OF PRIMER PROBE COMBINATION AND KIT THEREOF IN HBV DETECTIONSeptember 2021November 2025Abandon4910NoNo
17598582RECOMBINANT PROTEINS WITH CD40 ACTIVATING PROPERTIESSeptember 2021November 2025Allow5010NoNo
17593446A LIVE AND ATTENUATED FLAVIVIRUS COMPRISING A MUTATED M PROTEINSeptember 2021June 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17438047NOROVIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES WITH IMPROVED STABILITYSeptember 2021October 2025Allow5020NoNo
17437470HIGHLY NETWORKED IMMUNOGEN COMPOSITIONSeptember 2021December 2025Allow5120NoNo
17436782FILOVIRUS ANTIBODIES AND METHODSSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3910NoNo
17435590METHOD FOR PRODUCING INFLUENZA HA SPLIT VACCINESeptember 2021August 2025Allow4720NoNo
17434489Multivalent Live-attenuated Influenza Vaccine for Prevention and Control of Equine Influenza Virus (EIV) in HorsesAugust 2021March 2025Allow4210NoNo
17400041ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VARIANT CAPSIDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFAugust 2021December 2024Allow4020NoNo
17430018RECOMBINANT HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS HAVING MODIFIED GLYCOPROTEIN GH FOR RETARGETING AND USE THEREOFAugust 2021December 2024Allow4020NoNo
17429792CHIMERIC RSV AND HMPV F PROTEINS, IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USEAugust 2021October 2025Allow5030NoNo
17427844IN VITRO METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF VIRAL INFECTIONSAugust 2021December 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17427569IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR DETECTING DENGUE VIRUSJuly 2021January 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17389724ANTI-CORONAVIRUS VACCINESJuly 2021January 2025Allow4121NoNo
17387409METHOD FOR MEASURING VIRAL ANTIGEN IN SAMPLE, ANTIBODY SET, AND REAGENT KITJuly 2021March 2025Allow4320YesNo
17426043PRODUCTION OF VIRUSES IN CONTINUOUSLY GROWING EPITHELIAL CELL LINES DERIVED FROM CHICKEN GUTJuly 2021February 2025Allow4310NoNo
17310239NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY COMPLEXJuly 2021July 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17425791POLYPEPTIDES DIRECTED AGAINST VIRAL INFECTION AND USES THEREOFJuly 2021March 2025Allow4310NoNo
17425534METHODS FOR SCREENING POLYPEPTIDES CAPABLE OF BINDING SPECIFIC TARGET MOLECULES AND TOOLS RELATED THERETOJuly 2021July 2025Allow4720YesNo
17425618SEED CULTURE PROCESS FOR AAV PRODUCTIONJuly 2021January 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17305796VIROFIND: A NOVEL PLATFORM FOR DETECTION AND DISCOVERY OF THE ENTIRE VIROGENOME IN CLINICAL SAMPLESJuly 2021November 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17421816USE OF HLA-A*11:01-RESTRICTED HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) PEPTIDES FOR IDENTIFYING HBV-SPECIFIC CD8+ T CELLSJuly 2021April 2025Allow4620NoNo
17421541FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE ANTIGEN, AND VACCINE COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION THEREOFJuly 2021December 2024Allow4220YesNo
17369691Method for the Detection of Surface-Mounted Biological Materials and PathogensJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17368711METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ONE OR MORE BIOMARKERSJuly 2021October 2025Allow5111NoNo
17419792RECOMBINANT ONCOLYTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUSES WITH INCREASED ACTIVITYJune 2021August 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17419171DUX4 RNA Silencing Using RNA Targeting CRISPR-CAS13bJune 2021November 2025Allow5230NoNo
17414759SERUM-FREE MEDIUM FOR AVIAN VACCINE PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOFJune 2021June 2025Allow4830NoNo
17413853PATHOGEN-ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN MOLECULES AND RNA IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCERJune 2021January 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17413203HETEROLOGOUS PRIME BOOST VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSJune 2021March 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17413228PRODUCTION OF VIRAL VACCINES ON AN AVIAN CELL LINEJune 2021November 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17299520ENGINEERED HANSENULA FUNGI EFFICIENTLY EXPRESSING CA10 VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AND USES THEREOFJune 2021November 2024Allow4220YesNo
17294414HYBRIDOMA CELL LINE FOR SECRETING ANTI-RABIES VIRUS M PROTEIN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND APPLICATION THEREOFMay 2021January 2026Allow5710NoNo
17293364STABILIZED PRE-FUSION RSV F PROTEINSMay 2021February 2025Allow4520NoNo
17290054ANTI-HIV ANTIBODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAMEApril 2021November 2025Allow5430NoNo
17242979COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING MEASLES VIRUS DEFECTIVE INTERFERING PARTICLES FOR THE PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASESApril 2021October 2025Allow5430NoNo
17289336SYSTEM FOR PROTEIN INACTIVATION AND RECOMBINANT PHAGES FOR TARGETED BACTERIAL KILLING, INFECTION, BIODETECTION, AND AS A MEANS OF PROTEIN EXTRACTIONApril 2021October 2024Allow4110NoNo
17287188ANTI-HIV ANTIBODIESApril 2021September 2025Allow5321NoNo
17231415SIV ENVELOPE TRIMERApril 2021December 2024Allow4420YesNo
17279330NOVEL VIRUS VECTOR AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING SAMEMarch 2021November 2025Abandon5640NoNo
17269955COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING TRANSDUCTION EFFICIENCY OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSESFebruary 2021August 2024Allow4211NoNo
17261501METHODS FOR SCREENING AND IDENTIFYING AGENTS THAT INHIBIT OR MODULATE THE NUCLEAR EGRESS COMPLEX OF HERPESVIRUSESJanuary 2021October 2024Allow4510NoNo
17132607CAPSID-MODIFIED, RAAV3 VECTOR COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE IN GENE THERAPY OF HUMAN LIVER CANCERDecember 2020October 2025Allow5831NoNo
17055151VIRUS VECTOR PRODUCTIONNovember 2020March 2025Allow5220YesNo
17050608SCALABLE CLARIFICATION PROCESS FOR RECOMBINANT AAV PRODUCTIONOctober 2020March 2025Allow5210NoNo
17042043METHODS OF MANUFACTURING GENETICALLY-MODIFIED LYMPHOCYTESSeptember 2020April 2025Abandon5520NoYes
16962748MODIFIED RAAV CAPSID PROTEIN FOR GENE THERAPYJuly 2020July 2025Allow6030NoNo
16954988ANTIGEN BINDING POLYPEPTIDESJune 2020July 2025Abandon6020NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
1.0%
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC works in Art Unit 1671 and has examined 53 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC's allowance rate of 69.8% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% 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 STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 10% 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 +34.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC. This interview benefit is in the 82% 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, 46.2% 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 42.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 65% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 62.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 3% 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 27.0% of allowed cases (in the 95% 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:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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