USPTO Art Unit 1685 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1685
Group: 1680
Tech Center: 1600
Total Cases: 457
Last Active: April 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19178769CONDITIONAL MULTICAPITATE NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AI-BASED PROTEIN AND DRUG DESIGNApril 2025August 2025Allow430YesNo
19178472PERSONALIZED WELLNESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USEApril 2025September 2025Allow510YesNo
19098389MOLECULE DESIGN WITH MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF PARTIALLY ORDERED, MIXED-VARIABLE MOLECULAR PROPERTIESApril 2025November 2025Allow720YesNo
19092749MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED PREDICTION OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND PROPERTIESMarch 2025March 2026Allow1120YesNo
19087449CAM-GUIDED TRANSFORMERS FOR AI-BASED PROTEIN AND DRUG DESIGNMarch 2025September 2025Allow620YesYes
19062053METHOD FOR DETERMINING ECOLOGICAL FLOW PROCESS AND WATER TEMPERATURE PROCESS OF HABITAT REQUIREMENTS OF FULL LIFE HISTORY OF FISHFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
19029541METHODS OF DETECTING AND ENRICHING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNAJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19020482GENETIC VARIANT DETECTION BASED ON MERGED AND UNMERGED READSJanuary 2025October 2025Allow920NoNo
18874453SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PEPTIDES BY SAMPLING AND FILTERINGDecember 2024January 2026Allow1320YesNo
18972561SYNTHESIZER COMPUTING MATRICES FOR PROTOCOL GENERATIONDecember 2024October 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18972558Integrated Short Read and Long Read Sequencing for Genomic Variant DetectionDecember 2024February 2026Abandon1420YesNo
18930599METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED BASE CALL RESOLUTION OF ELECTROPHEROGRAM OUTPUT GENERATED FROM MIXED SAMPLESOctober 2024January 2026Abandon1420NoNo
18901053PLASMA piRNA COMBINATION FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC CANCER AND APPLICATION THEREOFSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1621YesNo
18826228CALCULATION METHOD FOR PREDICTING GROUND STATE STRUCTURE OF SMALL T PEROVSKITESeptember 2024November 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18817138METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING NITROGEN WATER QUALITY OF DAMMED RIVER BASED ON RESERVOIR OPERATIONAugust 2024December 2025Allow1620YesNo
18807730HIGH-PRECISION PREDICTION METHOD FOR SHELF-LIFE OF AQUATIC PRODUCTS UNDER VARIABLE TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTAugust 2024November 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18803361Method and device for analyzing a datasetAugust 2024July 2025Abandon1110NoNo
18751165SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBERJune 2024June 2025Abandon1210NoNo
18751187SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBERJune 2024April 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18751158SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBERJune 2024April 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18740810UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER ENCODINGJune 2024December 2025Allow1830YesNo
18677942BIOMARKERS AND RELATED METHODS FOR DETECTING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITISMay 2024March 2026Abandon2230NoNo
18665274DNA Access Control SystemMay 2024January 2026Abandon2021NoNo
18642389CANCER EVOLUTION DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICApril 2024December 2025Allow2020NoNo
18634443PAN-CANCER TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT CLASSIFICATION BASED ON IMMUNE ESCAPE MECHANISMS AND IMMUNE INFILTRATIONApril 2024September 2025Allow1721YesNo
18633282SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBERApril 2024January 2026Allow2221NoYes
18623822TIME RELEASED BIODEGRADABLE OR BIOERODIBLE MICROSPHERES OR MICROPARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A SOLIDIFYING DEPOT-FORMING INJECTABLE DRUG FORMULATIONApril 2024June 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18617448METHODS FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID VARIANTSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18595176METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO ANTI-TNF THERAPIESMarch 2024January 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18442036CANCER BIOMARKERSFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2531NoNo
18269902METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIES OF EUKARYOTE ON BASIS OF WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS, AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2024April 2025Allow2211YesNo
18434510HLA Tissue Matching And Methods ThereforFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400YesNo
18431647MULTIPLE-TIERED SCREENING AND SECOND ANALYSISFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1120YesNo
18418045INTEGRATED METHOD FOR ARTHROPOD ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, IDENTIFICATION AND DETERMINATION OF PATHOGEN BURDENJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2010NoNo
18540814Method for the Compression of Genome Sequence DataDecember 2023October 2025Allow2220YesNo
18523698System of Predicting Sensitivity of Klebsiella Against MeropeneM and MethodNovember 2023July 2025Allow2020YesNo
18522167METHODS FOR DETECTING BIALLELIC LOSS OF FUNCTION IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING GENOMIC DATANovember 2023January 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18492794RAPID, COMPREHENSIVE AND SENSITIVE METHOD FOR NEOANTIGEN SCREENING FROM RECURRENT CANCER MUTATIONSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1630NoNo
18492715METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING CARBON EMISSION FROM AGRICULTURAL LANDOctober 2023November 2024Abandon1320NoNo
18485119DATABASE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ENTITY AFFECTS A TRANSITIONOctober 2023December 2024Allow1430NoNo
18479409PEPTIDE BASED VACCINE GENERATION SYSTEM WITH DUAL PROJECTION GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKSOctober 2023August 2025Allow2220YesNo
18243569SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBERSeptember 2023February 2024Allow631NoNo
18453123TIME RELEASED BIODEGRADABLE OR BIOERODIBLE MICROSPHERES OR MICROPARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A SOLIDIFYING DEPOT-FORMING INJECTABLE DRUG FORMULATIONAugust 2023May 2025Abandon2110NoNo
18231390ESTIMATING PREDISPOSITION FOR DISEASE BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OF ARTIFICAL IMAGE OBJECTS CREATED FROM OMICS DATAAugust 2023February 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18230296CHEMICAL METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID-BASED DATA STORAGEAugust 2023February 2026Abandon3040YesNo
18362754METHODS FOR DETECTING NUCLEIC ACID VARIANTSJuly 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18274416METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING TARGET NODE RELATED TO QUERIED ENTITY IN NETWORKJuly 2023February 2025Abandon1820YesNo
18357799AUTOMATED METHODS OF DETECTING CELL FREE DNAJuly 2023December 2024Allow1721YesNo
18353737PERSONALIZED WELLNESS SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USEJuly 2023March 2025Allow2051YesNo
18340792METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCESJune 2023March 2026Abandon3310NoNo
18199144PROTEIN SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURE GENERATION WITH DENOISING DIFFUSION PROBABILISTIC MODELSMay 2023October 2025Allow2941YesNo
18297576WHOLE POOL AMPLIFICATION AND IN-SEQUENCER RANDOM-ACCESS OF DATA ENCODED BY POLYNUCLEOTIDESApril 2023May 2025Allow2500YesNo
18128557TECHNIQUES FOR MODELLING AND OPTIMIZING DIALYSIS TOXIN DISPLACER COMPOUNDSMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310YesNo
18191477METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING PHASING EFFECTS IN SEQUENCING USING TERMINATION CHEMISTRYMarch 2023December 2025Allow3211NoNo
18127566SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BREAST CANCER PROGNOSIS AND ASSOCIATED FEATURESMarch 2023August 2025Allow2831YesNo
18117992FRAGMENTATION FOR MEASURING METHYLATION AND DISEASEMarch 2023October 2024Allow1921YesNo
18178471Systems and Methods for Identifying and Expressing Gene ClustersMarch 2023August 2025Allow2931YesNo
18117088MULTI-PASS SOFTWARE-ACCELERATED GENOMIC READ MAPPING ENGINEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2740YesNo
18042552METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION OF A PROTEIN MOLECULEFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2521YesNo
18168554GENETIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH UNBOUNDED-SAMPLE ANALYSIS MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFFebruary 2023November 2024Abandon2121YesNo
18166386TRACE RECONSTRUCTION FROM READS WITH INDETERMINANT ERRORSFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3731YesNo
18148354SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIAL ENTROPYOMICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCERDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3231YesNo
18146921TIME RELEASED BIODEGRADABLE OR BIOERODIBLE MICROSPHERES OR MICROPARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A SOLIDIFYING DEPOT-FORMING INJECTABLE DRUG FORMULATIONDecember 2022June 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18052067DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD OF GENOMIC CARCINOGENESIS INFORMATION BASED ON CELL-FREE DNANovember 2022November 2025Abandon3730NoNo
17977508GESTATIONAL AGE ASSESSMENT BY METHYLATION AND SIZE PROFILING OF MATERNAL PLASMA DNAOctober 2022March 2026Abandon4010YesNo
17972129ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS OF RNA TRANSCRIPTOME FOR DRUG DISCOVERYOctober 2022February 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17963665IDENTIFICATION OF CLONAL NEOANTIGENS AND USES THEREOFOctober 2022October 2025Allow3630YesNo
17937797METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MAKING BASE CALLS IN NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCINGOctober 2022December 2025Allow3810NoNo
17916247METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING SPECIES-SPECIFIC CONSENSUS SEQUENCES OF MICROORGANISMS AND USE THEREOFSeptember 2022October 2024Abandon2521NoNo
17916214METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC REGION IN MICROORGANISM TARGET FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOFSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2730YesNo
17948221ATHLETE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STATE OF ATHLETE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROTECTOR WORN BY ATHLETE, ATHLETE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ATHLETE MANAGEMENT METHOD USING SAMESeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17946901DYNAMIC DATA SET MODIFICATION AND MAPPINGSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300YesNo
17932124METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING PERSONALIZED THERAPIESSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3420YesNo
17888439GENOTYPING POLYPLOID LOCIAugust 2022August 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17883414AUTOMATED METHODS OF DETECTING CELL FREE DNAAugust 2022April 2025Allow3230YesNo
17857258SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEVERAGING RELATEDNESS IN GENOMIC DATA ANALYSISJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3230YesNo
17835862MOLECULAR PROFILING OF TUMORSJune 2022May 2025Allow3531YesNo
17804416COMPARATIVELY-REFINED POLYGENIC RISK SCORE GENERATION MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKSMay 2022February 2026Allow4500NoNo
17826273METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING GLUCOSE MONITORING DATA INDICATIVE OF A GLUCOSE LEVELMay 2022December 2025Allow4250YesNo
17752681METHODS FOR TREATING ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WITH A CGMP-SPECIFIC PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONMay 2022January 2026Abandon4301NoNo
17661128METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CORRECT BASE CALLS IN REPEAT REGIONS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE READSApril 2022May 2025Abandon3630NoNo
17770004A PRECISION MEDICINE PORTAL FOR HUMAN DISEASESApril 2022December 2024Abandon3221YesNo
17711310PEPTIDE BASED VACCINE GENERATION SYSTEM WITH DUAL PROJECTION GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKSApril 2022August 2025Allow4020YesNo
17763401METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING NON-INVASIVE GENETIC TESTING USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELMarch 2022November 2025Allow4300YesNo
17654520MODELING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF A BIOLOGICAL CELL WALLMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17682484METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EARLY SIGNAL ATTENUATION DETECTION AND PROCESSINGFebruary 2022December 2022Allow920NoNo
17651396Computer Method and System of Identifying Genomic Mutations Using Graph-Based Local AssemblyFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4500YesNo
17632800SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF PARKINSONS DISEASEFebruary 2022March 2026Allow4910NoNo
17591907TUMOR ANTIGENICITY PROCESSING AND PRESENTATIONFebruary 2022March 2026Allow4920NoNo
17591128Single-Point Calibration of a Nucleic Acid AnalyzerFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4300NoNo
17632078Method of Determining Risk for Chronic Stress and StrokeFebruary 2022March 2026Abandon4920YesNo
17631247METHODS OF IDENTIFYING CIS-REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2022March 2026Abandon4901NoNo
17587016METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING CROP FEATURES AND EVALUATING INPUTS AND PRACTICESJanuary 2022February 2026Abandon4910NoNo
17579638MICROBIOME RESPONSE TO AGENTSJanuary 2022November 2025Abandon4621NoYes
17627672METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PROSTATE BIOPSYJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820NoNo
17645501Method for Identifying Human Growth Hormone Proteoform (hGHP) Pattern BiomarkerDecember 2021February 2026Abandon5010NoNo
17555185SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LABORATORY STATISTICAL ANALYSISDecember 2021February 2026Abandon5010NoNo
17550312METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED RISK STRATIFICATION FOR GLIOMADecember 2021February 2026Abandon5010NoNo
17548118Systems and Methods for Homogenization of Disparate DatasetsDecember 2021March 2026Abandon5140YesNo
17615941Method of Treating Cancer by Intratumoral Deposition of Radioactive MicroparticlesDecember 2021June 2025Abandon4210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1685.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
5
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
93.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
51
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(19.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
41
(80.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
5.4%
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, 19.6% 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 1685 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1685 is part of Group 1680 in Technology Center 1600. This art unit has examined 457 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 53.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 55 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1685's allowance rate of 53.2% places it in the 9% 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 1685 receive an average of 2.99 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 98% percentile). The median prosecution time is 55 months (in the 1% 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 multiple rounds of 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

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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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.