USPTO Art Unit 1638 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18933687GENE THERAPY FOR RECESSIVE DYSTROPHIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA USING GENETICALLY CORRECTED AUTOLOGOUS KERATINOCYTESOctober 2024June 2025Allow720NoNo
18895296IMMUNE CELLS DEFECTIVE FOR SUV39H1September 2024April 2025Allow720YesNo
18886134LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOFSeptember 2024December 2024Allow310NoNo
18820652DELIVERY AND FORMULATION OF ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDSAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18821068DELIVERY AND FORMULATION OF ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDSAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18820609DELIVERY AND FORMULATION OF ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDSAugust 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18821057DELIVERY AND FORMULATION OF ENGINEERED NUCLEIC ACIDSAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18796740GENE-REGULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPYAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18777787COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-AGE-ASSOCIATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A HUMAN SUBJECTJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18777187COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-AGE-ASSOCIATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A HUMAN SUBJECTJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18773146COMPOSITION FOR REGULATING PRODUCTION OF PROTEINSJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18757141AAV CAPSID VARIANTS AND USES THEREOFJune 2024March 2025Allow811NoNo
18649317RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASES AND ACTIVE FRAGMENTS AND VARIANTS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USEApril 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18620748Use of CD2/5/7 Knock-Out Anti-CD2/5/7 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells Against T Cell Lymphomas and LeukemiasMarch 2024October 2024Allow720YesNo
18596451VACCINATION WITH mRNA-CODED ANTIGENSMarch 2024May 2024Allow210NoNo
18583147CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING TO REVERSE AGING AND PROMOTE ORGAN AND TISSUE REGENERATIONFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1620YesNo
18413653LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18513069CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF OVARIAN GRANULOSA CELL LINE OF ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISSNovember 2023February 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18560539THERAPEUTIC PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR BONE AND SOFT TISSUE TUMORSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18501269WPRE MUTANT CONSTRUCTS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS THEREOFNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18501837GENE THERAPY FOR RECESSIVE DYSTROPHIC EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA USING GENETICALLY CORRECTED AUTOLOGOUS KERATINOCYTESNovember 2023August 2024Allow1021NoNo
18485178COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-AGE-ASSOCIATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A HUMAN SUBJECTOctober 2023May 2024Allow710YesNo
18474533Cross-Species Compatible Adeno-Associated Virus Compositions and Methods of Use ThereofSeptember 2023March 2024Allow510NoNo
18468652CARDIAC CELL REPROGRAMMING WITH MYOCARDIN AND ASCL1September 2023July 2024Allow1011NoNo
18550503SMART EXOSOMES FOR ACTIVE PDAC TARGETING AND EVADING MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTOTIC SYSTEMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18463907USE OF CD33CAR MODIFIED HIGH AFFINITY NK CELLS (T-HANK) TO REDUCE MYELOID-DERIVED SUPPRESSOR CELLS SUPPRESSOR ACTIVITY (OR REDUCE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NK CELL ACTIVITY)September 2023October 2024Allow1311NoNo
18242731METHODS RELATING TO INTESTINAL ORGAN-ON-A-CHIPSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18461866POTENCY ASSAYSeptember 2023December 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18459302METHODS OF USE FOR CAR T CELLSAugust 2023November 2024Allow1520YesNo
18458744COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-AGE-ASSOCIATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A HUMAN SUBJECTAugust 2023January 2024Allow510NoNo
18458752COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING NON-AGE-ASSOCIATED HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN A HUMAN SUBJECTAugust 2023May 2024Allow820YesNo
18450549HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL HAVING A MODIFIED BCL11A GENE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE CELLAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2231YesNo
18358358MUTATED POLYPEPTIDES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOFJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610YesNo
18339157METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODULATING CAR-T ACTIVITYJune 2023November 2023Allow500NoNo
18203222NANOHELIX-SUBSTRATE COMPLEX FOR CONTROLLING MACROPHAGE BEHAVIOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ADHESION AND POLARIZATION OF MACROPHAGE BY USING THE SAMEMay 2023August 2024Allow1510YesNo
18320244Methods for Generation for Pluripotent and Multipotent CellsMay 2023November 2024Abandon1801NoNo
18318507METHODS AND MEANS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IG-LIKE MOLECULESMay 2023January 2024Allow810NoNo
18318566CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING TO REVERSE AGING AND PROMOTE ORGAN AND TISSUE REGENERATIONMay 2023July 2024Allow1450YesNo
18309466ETV2 AND USES THEREOFApril 2023December 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18250609Barcoded Cells Engineered With Heterozygous Genetic DiversityApril 2023February 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18295159LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MRNA DELIVERYApril 2023December 2023Allow810YesNo
18295150LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MRNA DELIVERYApril 2023December 2023Allow810YesNo
18295152LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MRNA DELIVERYApril 2023December 2023Allow810YesNo
18192492METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PORCINE SPECIES BY TARGETED INACTIVATION OF CD163March 2023March 2025Allow2420NoNo
18188854Method for Mosquito ControlMarch 2023September 2024Allow1811YesNo
18246318CLAUDIN 18.2 T CELL-ANTIGEN COUPLERS AND USES THEREOFMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110YesNo
18185656GENE THERAPY VECTOR WITH MINIMIZING RECOMBINATION, RECOMBINANT RETROVIRUS COMPRISING THE VECTOR, AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CANCER COMPRISING THE RECOMBINANT RETROVIRUSMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18119201GENE THERAPY FOR NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE TYPE AMarch 2023June 2025Abandon2710YesNo
18118558ANTI-VEGF PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAMEMarch 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18175010METHOD OF USING A GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOUSE THAT EXPRESSES HUMAN ALBUMINFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2320NoNo
18158173ENHANCED VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR DELIVERY TO CELLSJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2331NoNo
18157421PSEUDOTYPED VIRAL PARTICLES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2023August 2023Allow700NoNo
18157052METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENOMIC INTEGRATIONJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2421NoNo
18152699VIRAL DELIVERY OF NEOANTIGENSJanuary 2023June 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18094148METHODS OF MANUFACTURE OF IMMUNOCOMPATIBLE CHORIONIC MEMBRANE PRODUCTSJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1710NoNo
18145996RNA-Guided Systems for In Vivo Gene EditingDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
18085420METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUCLEASE-MEDIATED TARGETED INTEGRATION OF TRANSGENES INTO MAMMALIAN LIVER CELLSDecember 2022July 2024Abandon1901NoNo
18068376METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFIED FACTOR IX FUSION PROTEINSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18067283GENE THERAPYDecember 2022April 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18080811EXPANDABLE CELL POPULATIONS FROM BRAIN BIOPSIES OF LIVING SUBJECTSDecember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18066175METHODS TO PRODUCE ROD-DERIVED CONE VIABILITY FACTOR (RDCVF)December 2022May 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18065580GENE-REGULATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPYDecember 2022May 2024Allow1730YesNo
18059540NOVEL HYDROGEL FOR 3D TISSUE ENGINEERINGNovember 2022December 2024Allow2521NoNo
17993717METHODS OF CYTOTOXIC GENE THERAPY TO TREAT TUMORSNovember 2022July 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18058126GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIANovember 2022May 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18057572GENE THERAPY FOR TREATING CITRULLENEMIANovember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18051517Pre-conditioned mesenchymal stem cells and preparations and applications thereofNovember 2022March 2025Abandon2901NoNo
17976062GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM CONTAINING RELAXIN GENE AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION USING RELAXINOctober 2022April 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17974123METHOD OF EXPANDING AND GENERATING A POPULATION OF CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS FROM PERIPHERAL BLOODOctober 2022December 2024Abandon2620NoNo
17971016METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOVAL OF CIRCULATING CELL FREE DNAOctober 2022March 2024Allow1712NoNo
17963219PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CHRONIC STROKEOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17938501Modified Monocytes/Macrophage Expressing Chimeric Antigen Receptors and Uses ThereofOctober 2022April 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17938607USE OF EXOSOMES DERIVED FROM MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR TREATING NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITISOctober 2022March 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17938314METHODS OF TREATING METASTATIC LESIONS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOFOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17937096PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING NEPRILYSIN-OVEREXPRESSING STEM CELL, CONDITIONED MEDIUM THEREOF, AND EXOSOME ISOLATED THEREFROM AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17956257Phagemid VectorSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17902482COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PROPHYLAXIS OF A PERFUSION DISORDERSeptember 2022April 2024Abandon2010NoNo
17929165RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASES AND ACTIVE FRAGMENTS AND VARIANTS THEREOF AND METHODS OF USESeptember 2022February 2024Allow1830YesNo
17823186HUMANIZED IL-4 AND IL-4Ra ANIMALSAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17893052NEW ONCOLYTIC VIRUS PLATFORM TO TREAT CANCERS WITH MYXOMA VIRUSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17820789ENHANCEMENT OF UMBILICAL CORD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY BY STIMULATORS OF T REGULATORY CELLS AND/OR CELLS EXPRESSING CD73August 2022April 2025Abandon3221NoNo
17819909RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTESAugust 2022March 2023Allow720YesNo
17819214RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTESAugust 2022January 2024Allow1820YesNo
17819219RESTIMULATION OF CRYOPRESERVED TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTESAugust 2022January 2024Allow1820NoNo
17884360Composition For Treating Tauopathy In The Brain, Brain Stem and Spinal ColumnAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3220NoNo
17884069CELLS USEFUL FOR IMMUNO-BASED BOTULINUM TOXIN SEROTYPE A ACTIVITY ASSAYSAugust 2022November 2024Abandon2811NoNo
17817772PHOTO-CURABLE BIOINK TO FABRICATE ULTRA-STRONG, ELECTROCONDUCTIVE, AND BIOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGEL FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2011NoNo
17879559MICROORGANISMS PROGRAMMED TO PRODUCE IMMUNE MODULATORS AND ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS IN TUMOR CELLSAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17814791METHODS OF PRODUCING HUMAN FOREGUT ENDODERM CELLS EXPRESSING PDX1 FROM HUMAN DEFINITIVE ENDODERMJuly 2022May 2024Abandon2201NoNo
17871383METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING PACEMAKER CELLSJuly 2022April 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17814388GENETICALLY MODIFIED T CELL RECEPTOR MICEJuly 2022August 2024Abandon2530YesYes
17813530RNA-CODED ANTIBODYJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17792713PREPARATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS, AND RECOMBINANT BACMIDJuly 2022March 2025Allow3220NoNo
17865292BLOCKADE OF CD7 EXPRESSION AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY OF T-CELL MALIGNANCIESJuly 2022December 2023Allow1721YesNo
17812425VECTOR AND METHOD FOR TREATING BIETTI'S CRYSTALLINE DYSTROPHYJuly 2022April 2024Allow2230NoNo
17812342VIABLE GENETICALLY MODIFIED SHEEP WITH AN INACTIVATED ALPHA-1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE (GGTA1) GENEJuly 2022January 2025Allow3141NoNo
17862797METHODS FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY OF THERAPEUTIC IMMUNE CELLSJuly 2022May 2025Allow3410YesNo
17862666RAPID ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF SARS-CoV-2 ANTIBODIESJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17811089NUCLEIC ACIDS COMPRISING A MODIFIED RODENT ACTIVIN A RECEPTOR TYPE 1 (ACVR1) GENEJuly 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17857495MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITISJuly 2022March 2025Allow3230NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1638.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
81
Examiner Affirmed
50
(61.7%)
Examiner Reversed
31
(38.3%)
Reversal Percentile
75.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 38.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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
804
Allowed After Appeal Filing
290
(36.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
514
(63.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
66.7%
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, 36.1% 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.

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.

Art Unit 1638 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1638 is part of Group 1630 in Technology Center 1600. This art unit has examined 12,846 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1638's allowance rate of 76.9% places it in the 47% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1638 receive an average of 1.42 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 20% percentile). The median prosecution time is 29 months (in the 47% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

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