USPTO Art Unit 1663 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1663
Group: 1660
Tech Center: 1600
Total Cases: 9,830
Last Active: September 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18887121PEONY POWOX4 GENE AND APPLICATIONS OF CODED PROTEIN THEREOFSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18830788METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR MODIFYING ENDOCARP STRUCTURE IN RUBUS PLANTSSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410YesNo
18760888TOMATO HYBRID DRTC8067July 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18756786RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION OF STEVIOL GLYCOSIDESJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18736524PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOFJune 2024July 2025Allow1311YesNo
18678690Plant promoter for transgene expressionMay 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18647942HIGH EXPRESSION OF ANIMAL HEME PROTEIN IN PLANTSApril 2024June 2025Allow1321YesNo
18630328TOBACCO HAVING ALTERED LEAF PROPERTIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USINGApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18628578NOVEL INSECT INHIBITORY PROTEINSApril 2024May 2025Allow1311YesNo
18617176TOMATO PLANT DESIGNATED 'MX20-06'March 2024December 2024Allow910YesNo
18617115TOMATO PLANT DESIGNATED 'X21-02'March 2024June 2024Allow210YesNo
18613284SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1923940March 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18613334SOYBEAN VARIETY CL1945514March 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18610686Soybean Variety 01091552March 2024May 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18688976COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONFERRING RESISTANCE TO GEMINIVIRUSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1011NoNo
18443672SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 95470038February 2024May 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18443696SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 94411038February 2024April 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18443281SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 99250038February 2024May 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18443278SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 91080218February 2024April 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18441777HIGHER-YIELDING PROSOFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18437041PEPPER HYBRID SVPB8487February 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18430365Soybean Variety 01091788February 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18426520INSECTICIDAL POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18417654ORGANELLE GENOME MODIFICATION USING POLYNUCLEOTIDE GUIDED ENDONUCLEASEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18415374SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 01150116January 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18409591ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow820YesNo
18409596ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow820YesNo
18409598ENZYMES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDSJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18407908Induction method for improving yield and fertility of 2n pollen in Camellia oleiferaJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18407953METHODS FOR IMPROVING TRAITS IN PLANTSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18407975METHODS FOR IMPROVING TRAITS IN PLANTSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1320YesNo
18405535BRASSICA OLERACEA PLANTS WITH IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL VALUEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1420NoNo
18404398MODIFIED PLANT ENDOSPERM SPECIFIC PROMOTER AND USE THEREOFJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1020NoNo
18404247Lepidopteran-Active Cry1Da1 Amino Acid Sequence Variant ProteinsJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1810NoNo
18402366SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 04120326January 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18402406SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 00180217January 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18395201SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 05170307December 2023February 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18392210COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMIZING NORNICOTINE SYNTHESIS IN TOBACCODecember 2023February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18392795METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING ROOT LESION NEMATODESDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18544571INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
17632504FLOWERING TIME GENES AND METHODS OF USEDecember 2023June 2025Abandon4011NoNo
18537046COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING TOBACCO PLANTS AND PRODUCTS HAVING REDUCED OR ELIMINATED SUCKERSDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18532715Corn Event DAS-59122-7 and Methods for Detection ThereofDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18530946MODULATION OF TRANSGENE EXPRESSION IN PLANTSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1920NoNo
18527834GENETIC LOCUS IMPARTING A LOW ANATABINE TRAIT IN TOBACCO AND METHODS OF USINGDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18526363TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED TRAITSDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1601NoNo
18524366GH61 VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAMENovember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18516336PLANTS WITH MODIFIED TRAITSNovember 2023May 2025Allow1811NoNo
18508937TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9028November 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18504940STACKED HERBICIDE TOLERANCE EVENT 8264.44.06.1, RELATED TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN LINES, AND DETECTION THEREOFNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18504893POLYPLOID HYBRID POTATO BREEDINGNovember 2023April 2025Allow1721YesNo
18504917POLYPLOID HYBRID MAIZE BREEDINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1321YesNo
18501949COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENOME EDITING IN PLANTANovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18499906NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREBY USEFUL FOR MODIFYING PLANT CHARACTERISTICSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1011YesNo
18497132COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING IMMUNITY IN PLANTSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18495560NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS IN PLANTS GROWN IN SALINE CONDITIONSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1111YesNo
18493372TOLCNDV RESISTANT MELON PLANTSOctober 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18488245INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18486766METHOD FOR TERRESTRIAL CARBON SEQUESTRATIONOctober 2023June 2025Abandon2001NoNo
18378375PEPPER LINE SBR-8T18-6550October 2023August 2024Allow1011YesNo
18378367PEPPER LINE SMOE713-T152October 2023October 2024Allow1221YesNo
18483428NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING MODULATED GROWTH RATE AND BIOMASS IN PLANTS GROWN IN SALINE CONDITIONSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1111YesNo
18481358INIR11 TRANSGENIC MAIZE WITH JUNCTION SEQUENCE DELETIONSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1911NoNo
18481023INIR20 TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN WITH JUNCTION POLYNUCLEOTIDE DELETIONSOctober 2023January 2025Allow1611NoNo
18480794SOYBEAN VARIETY 01083648October 2023November 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18476495COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING TOBACCO PLANTS AND PRODUCTS HAVING REDUCED OR ELIMINATED SUCKERSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18470785Recombinant Production of Steviol GlycosidesSeptember 2023December 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18470831MODULATING LIGHT RESPONSE PATHWAYS IN PLANTS, INCREASING LIGHT-RELATED TOLERANCES IN PLANTS, AND INCREASING BIOMASS IN PLANTSSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18369615METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF TARGETED GENE MODIFICATION USING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-MEDIATED GENE REPAIRSeptember 2023November 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18466111Pesticidal Genes and Methods of UseSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18549749PECTIN METHYLESTERASE INHIBITOR GENE GhPMEI39 AND APPLICATION OF ITS ENCODED PROTEINSeptember 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18462307PLANT TOLERANCE TO LOW WATER, LOW NITROGEN AND COLD IISeptember 2023September 2024Allow1211YesNo
18460793SOYBEAN CULTIVAR ES1667778September 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18460798SOYBEAN CULTIVAR LS1663030September 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18459484METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR GENERATING COMPLEX TRAIT LOCISeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18548398CAMPHOR-FREE AND HIGH HERNANDULCIN PHYLA DULCIS PLANTS AND METHODS THEREOFAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18240019SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 91241408August 2023October 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18240037SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 08110202August 2023November 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18239239SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 06350328August 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18239236SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 07010407August 2023September 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18457938PESTICIDAL GENES AND METHODS OF USEAugust 2023January 2025Abandon1701NoNo
18456080RECOMBINANT MICELLE AND METHOD OF IN VIVO ASSEMBLYAugust 2023December 2024Allow1630NoNo
18278283BRASSICA PLANTS WITH INCREASED LOCULESAugust 2023February 2025Allow1821YesNo
18449849TISSUE-SPECIFIC PROMOTERS IN PLANTSAugust 2023February 2025Allow1811NoNo
18449587NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES AND CORRESPONDING POLYPEPTIDES CONFERRING IMPROVED NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTICS IN PLANTSAugust 2023November 2024Allow1520YesNo
18233166COTTON VARIETY 14R913B2XFAugust 2023September 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18232096SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 05020906August 2023November 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18232077SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 94260428August 2023September 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18366303RNAi TARGETING OF FUNGAL PATHOGEN TETRASPANIN PROTEINSAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18228543TOMATO HYBRID SVTH3439July 2023April 2024Allow900NoNo
18228554TOMATO HYBRID SVTM9027July 2023August 2024Allow1201NoNo
18355489MUSTARD GREEN PLANTS NAMED �PWRG-1�, �PWRG-2,� and �PWSGC�July 2023October 2024Allow1531YesNo
18352428GENETIC BASIS FOR PYTHIUM RESISTANCEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18220710SOYBEAN VARIETY '2987416'July 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18348489NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS VARIETY SAKIMP074July 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18347720MELON PLANTS WITH MATURITY INDICATORJuly 2023February 2025Allow2031YesNo
18218611SUPERIOR LONG-STAPLE COTTON VARIETY ALLOWING SPINNING 360 N ULTRA-FINE AND HIGH-GRADE COMBED YARNS, AND BREEDING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023July 2024Allow1330YesNo
18216535SOYBEAN VARIETY '20012048'June 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18216492SOYBEAN VARIETY '20013989'June 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18343002SOYBEAN VARIETYJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1663.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
35
Examiner Affirmed
18
(51.4%)
Examiner Reversed
17
(48.6%)
Reversal Percentile
92.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 48.6% 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
233
Allowed After Appeal Filing
57
(24.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
176
(75.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
14.4%
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, 24.5% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 1663 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1663 is part of Group 1660 in Technology Center 1600. This art unit has examined 9,830 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1663's allowance rate of 83.1% places it in the 71% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1663 receive an average of 1.41 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 19% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 82% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

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

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter 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

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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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