USPTO Art Unit 1648 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18670803STABILIZED HEMAGGLUTININ (HA) TRIMERS AS INFLUENZA VACCINE ANTIGENSMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18590312RSV RNA MOLECULES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR VACCINATIONFebruary 2024July 2024Allow510NoNo
18444663Composition for Treating or Preventing Insulin ResistanceFebruary 2024September 2024Allow701YesNo
18412485ENTEROVIRUS MULTI-ANTIGEN EPITOPE FUSION PROTEIN, GENE, VACCINE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024June 2024Allow500NoNo
18411284PREFUSION-STABILIZED HMPV F PROTEINSJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310YesNo
18533042Nant COVID Vaccine Cross ReactivityDecember 2023February 2024Allow310YesNo
18518304METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR GENETIC ENGINEERINGNovember 2023May 2024Allow610YesNo
18513970ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT VIRAL PARTICLESNovember 2023April 2024Allow510NoNo
18512730SELF-REPLICATING RNA AND USES THEREOFNovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18388792T-CELL MODULATORY MULTIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFNovember 2023February 2024Allow310YesNo
18506853ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT VIRAL PARTICLESNovember 2023April 2024Allow510NoNo
18501578CHIMERIC INFLUENZA VACCINESNovember 2023January 2024Allow200NoNo
18477695UNIVERSAL INFLUENZA VACCINESeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18473720Mutated Glycoprotein of Vesicular Stomatitis VirusSeptember 2023February 2024Allow500NoNo
18465353NUCLEIC ACID VACCINE AGAINST THE SARS-COV-2 CORONAVIRUSSeptember 2023March 2024Allow610NoNo
18465414NUCLEIC ACID VACCINE AGAINST THE SARS-COV-2 CORONAVIRUSSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18464786PREFUSION RSV F PROTEINS AND THEIR USESeptember 2023December 2023Allow300NoNo
18463276RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) VACCINESeptember 2023December 2023Allow310NoNo
18034141VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF SARS-CORONAVIRUS-2 INFECTIONAugust 2023June 2024Allow1411YesNo
18458628LIGAND DISCOVERY AND GENE DELIVERY VIA RETROVIRAL SURFACE DISPLAYAugust 2023June 2024Allow920YesNo
18237913HPV Therapeutic Nucleic Acid VaccineAugust 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18454526LAMP ConstructsAugust 2023June 2024Allow911NoNo
18452741VACCINE BOOSTER COMPOSITIONS FOR RESPIRATORY VIRAL DISEASESAugust 2023August 2024Allow1120YesNo
18260497SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine and Preparation Method and Use ThereofAugust 2023January 2024Allow600NoNo
18365869ANTIBODIES THAT TARGET HIV GP120 AND METHODS OF USEAugust 2023March 2024Allow711YesNo
18228700LIPID DELIVERY SYSTEM AND VIRUS-LIKE STRUCTURE (VLS) VACCINE CONSTRUCTED THEREFROMAugust 2023January 2024Allow510YesNo
18353375ADENOVIRUSES AND METHODS FOR USING ADENOVIRUSESJuly 2023June 2024Allow1112NoNo
18351065NUCLEIC ACID VACCINE AGAINST THE SARS-COV-2 CORONAVIRUSJuly 2023January 2024Allow610NoNo
18350273ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS VARIANT CAPSIDS AND USE FOR INHIBITING AGIOGENESISJuly 2023September 2023Abandon200NoNo
18348910PRODUCTION OF LYTIC PHAGESJuly 2023January 2024Allow710YesNo
18342949Trimer Stabilizing HIV Envelope Protein MutationsJune 2023April 2024Allow900NoNo
18341590CORONAVIRUS VACCINEJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18268890NOVEL ADENOVIRAL VECTOR NOT INCLUDING REPLICATION COMPETENT ADENOVIRUS, AND USE THEREOFJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo
18336439ZIKA VACCINES AND IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEJune 2023July 2024Allow1300NoNo
18335879METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR NEUTRALIZATION OF INFLUENZAJune 2023June 2024Allow1200YesNo
18335869METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR NEUTRALIZATION OF INFLUENZAJune 2023April 2024Allow1000NoNo
18335876METHODS AND COMPOSITION FOR NEUTRALIZATION OF INFLUENZAJune 2023April 2024Allow1000NoNo
18335893ANTIGENIC EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS POLYPEPTIDESJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18334497ZIKA VIRUS VACCINEJune 2023July 2024Allow1300NoNo
18334022METHODS OF DETECTION AND REMOVAL OF RHABDOVIRUSES FROM CELL LINESJune 2023February 2024Allow811NoNo
18330167ENGINEERED RED BLOOD CELLS HAVING RARE ANTIGEN PHENOTYPESJune 2023June 2024Allow1200NoNo
18328528Multi-Epitope Vaccine for the Treatment of Alzheimer's DiseaseJune 2023August 2023Allow300NoNo
18328557Multi-Epitope Vaccine for the Treatment of Alzheimer's DiseaseJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18328544Multi-Epitope Vaccine for the Treatment of Alzheimer's DiseaseJune 2023February 2024Allow910YesNo
18202596T-CELL MODULATORY MULTIMERIC POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFMay 2023October 2023Allow510NoNo
18323135CAPSID VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEMay 2023June 2024Allow1312YesNo
18038107DEVELOPING LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY (LFIA) PEPTIDE-BASED TEST STRIPS FOR RAPID DETECTION OF ANTIGENS AND ANTIBODIES AGAINST SPECIFIC ANTIGENSMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18319918PRODUCTION BACTERIAL CELLS AND USE THEREOF IN PRODUCTION METHODSMay 2023November 2023Allow610NoNo
18318996INDIRECT ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY DETECTION KIT BASED ON P30 PROTEIN AND P22 PROTEIN OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUSMay 2023September 2024Abandon1620NoNo
18318093OIL-BASED ADJUVANTSMay 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18316191MODIFIED VIRAL PARTICLES FOR GENE THERAPYMay 2023December 2023Allow810NoNo
18314052STABILIZED INFLUENZA HEMAGGLUTININ STEM REGION TRIMERS AND USES THEREOFMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18313017ADJUVANTED VACCINES CONTAINING MODIFIED S1 SPIKE PROTEIN OF SARS-COV-2 VARIANT C.1.2 FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION AND METHODS OF USEMay 2023October 2023Allow500NoNo
18312072EBIV NUCLEIC ACID COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION THEREOFMay 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18308583PRE-FUSION RSV F ANTIGENSApril 2023March 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18308590METHODS OF PREDICTING ANCESTRAL VIRUS SEQUENCES AND USES THEREOFApril 2023June 2024Allow1401NoNo
18301818Inducible AAV REP genesApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18300124COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GLIOBLASTOMA TREATMENTApril 2023September 2024Abandon1801NoNo
18296771PREFUSION-STABILIZED HMPV F PROTEINSApril 2023December 2023Allow810NoNo
18192274METHOD OF COMPACT PEPTIDE VACCINES USING RESIDUE OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2023May 2024Allow1300NoNo
18126140PROTEIN-BASED NANOPARTICLE VACCINE FOR METAPNEUMOVIRUSMarch 2023August 2023Allow500NoNo
18125069Systems and Methods for Targeted Mass InoculationMarch 2023December 2023Allow811NoNo
18188176ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT VIRAL PARTICLESMarch 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18186874CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) VACCINEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1011NoNo
18185898METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK OF DEVELOPING A VIRAL DISEASE USING A GENETIC TESTMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18186064POLYOMAVIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIESMarch 2023April 2024Allow1300NoNo
18185153METHODS FOR ASSESSING RISK OF DEVELOPING A VIRAL DISEASE USING A GENETIC TESTMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18119973ADJUVANT AND VACCINE CONTAINING ADJUVANTMarch 2023August 2024Abandon1711NoNo
18179474IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION AND VACCINE FOR GENERATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO NOROVIRUSMarch 2023September 2024Abandon1901NoNo
18179352CORONAVIRUS VACCINEMarch 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18179339CORONAVIRUS VACCINEMarch 2023November 2023Allow810YesNo
18178638ZIKA VIRUS VACCINEMarch 2023June 2023Allow300NoNo
18177413METHOD FOR ADAPTING INFLUENZA VIRUSES TO VERO CELLSMarch 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18115066CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY USING VIRUS PARTICLESFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18174939CORONAVIRUS: EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENTFebruary 2023September 2024Abandon1801NoNo
18043017METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SARS-COV-2 INFECTIONFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18173006RSV F PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAMEFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18172836Human Immunodeficiency Virus Neutralizing Antibodies And Methods Of Use ThereofFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1301YesNo
18110734ENHANCED DEPLETION OF TARGETED CELLS WITH CD47 BLOCKADE AND AN IMMUNE COSTIMULATORY AGONISTFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310YesNo
18169440STEROID ACID-BASED IMMUNOGEN ENHANCERSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18168396SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS PRODUCTIONFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1500NoNo
18108248COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ORGAN-PROTECTIVE EXPRESSION AND MODULATION OF CODING RIBONUCLEIC ACIDSFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18165762Coxsackievirus 83 VaccineFebruary 2023October 2024Abandon2040YesNo
18165804MODIFIED NOROVIRUS VP1 PROTEINS AND VLPS COMPRISING MODIFIED NOROVIRUS VP1 PROTEINSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18105864Method for Pathogen IdentificationFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18162530RECOMBINANT HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE 1 EXPRESSING A CHIMERIC RSV/HPIV1 F PROTEIN AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18103214SMALLPOX VACCINE FOR CANCER TREATMENTJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1311NoNo
18103343ENGINEERED INFLUENZA POLYNUCLEOTIDES, VIRUSES, VACCINES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMEJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1711NoNo
18159827ANTI-TMPRSS2 ANTIBODIES AND ANTIGEN-BINDING FRAGMENTSJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18158800Combination Immunotherapy Compositions Against Cancer and MethodsJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1600NoNo
18100732MULTIMERIC T-CELL MODULATORY POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18157534NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE EXPRESSING AN EXOSOME-ANCHORING PROTEIN FOR USE AS VACCINEJanuary 2023August 2024Abandon1910NoNo
18099044HEPATITIS C VIRUS IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1200NoNo
18099035HEPATITIS C VIRUS IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
18156982CORONAVIRUS VACCINE COMPRISING A MOSAIC PROTEINJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1211NoNo
18097004METHODS FOR DETECTING NOROVIRUSJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1500NoNo
18153233METHODS OF TREATING A LATENT HIV-1 INFECTION USING NON-CODING DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDSJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18151803CLOSED-ENDED, LINEAR, DUPLEX ADENOASSOCIATED VIRUS DNA, AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1801NoNo
18152077BACTERIOPHAGE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONSJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1420YesNo
18150957MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST TRIMERIC FORMS OF THE HIV-1 ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEIN WITH BROAD AND POTENT NEUTRALIZING ACTIVITYJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1300NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1648.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
131
Examiner Affirmed
92
(70.2%)
Examiner Reversed
39
(29.8%)
Reversal Percentile
36.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1199
Allowed After Appeal Filing
216
(18.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
983
(82.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
2.9%
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, 18.0% 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

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.

Art Unit 1648 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1648 is part of Group 1640 in Technology Center 1600. This art unit has examined 13,742 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 58.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1648's allowance rate of 58.2% places it in the 12% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1648 receive an average of 1.90 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 57% percentile). The median prosecution time is 30 months (in the 41% 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 more 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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