USPTO Art Unit 1685 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1685
Group: 1680
Tech Center: 1600
Total Cases: 304
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19029541METHODS OF DETECTING AND ENRICHING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNAJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
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
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
18269902METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIES OF EUKARYOTE ON BASIS OF WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS, AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2024April 2025Allow2211YesNo
18431647MULTIPLE-TIERED SCREENING AND SECOND ANALYSISFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1120YesNo
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
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
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
18297576WHOLE POOL AMPLIFICATION AND IN-SEQUENCER RANDOM-ACCESS OF DATA ENCODED BY POLYNUCLEOTIDESApril 2023May 2025Allow2500YesNo
18117992FRAGMENTATION FOR MEASURING METHYLATION AND DISEASEMarch 2023October 2024Allow1921YesNo
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
18146921TIME RELEASED BIODEGRADABLE OR BIOERODIBLE MICROSPHERES OR MICROPARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A SOLIDIFYING DEPOT-FORMING INJECTABLE DRUG FORMULATIONDecember 2022June 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17916214METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC REGION IN MICROORGANISM TARGET FRAGMENT AND USE THEREOFSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2730YesNo
17916247METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING SPECIES-SPECIFIC CONSENSUS SEQUENCES OF MICROORGANISMS AND USE THEREOFSeptember 2022October 2024Abandon2521NoNo
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
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
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
17654520MODELING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF A BIOLOGICAL CELL WALLMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17682484METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EARLY SIGNAL ATTENUATION DETECTION AND PROCESSINGFebruary 2022December 2022Allow920NoNo
17627672METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PROSTATE BIOPSYJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820NoNo
17615941Method of Treating Cancer by Intratumoral Deposition of Radioactive MicroparticlesDecember 2021June 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17396165PREDICTION DEVICE BASED ON INTER-ORGAN CROSS TALK SYSTEMAugust 2021November 2024Abandon3920YesNo
17396084PREDICTION DEVICE BASED ON INTER-ORGAN CROSS TALK SYSTEMAugust 2021November 2024Abandon3920YesNo
17377804METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POTENTIAL DRUG COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGET DISEASEJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4401NoNo
17350511DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS ASSOCIATED CANCERSJune 2021October 2024Abandon4020NoNo
17343552METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND DETERMINING HLA STATUS USING IMMUNE REPERTOIRE SEQUENCINGJune 2021June 2025Allow4820YesNo
17343541T Cell Receptor Sequences Diagnostic for COVID-19 and Related CompositionsJune 2021December 2024Allow4231YesNo
17333272EXPERIMENT AND MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY AND GENERATE HIGH AFFINITY BINDERSMay 2021February 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17333287EXPERIMENT AND MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY AND GENERATE HIGH AFFINITY BINDERSMay 2021March 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17332219Hyperlocal Prediction of Epidemic Dynamics and RisksMay 2021March 2025Abandon4600NoNo
17303398MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR GENERATING RISK MODELSMay 2021December 2024Abandon4330YesNo
17296654METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING THE FORMATION OF BIOFILMSMay 2021March 2025Abandon4600NoNo
17321206SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUMOR SUBTYPING USING MOLECULAR CHEMICAL IMAGINGMay 2021October 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17317399EMBEDDING-BASED GENERATIVE MODEL FOR PROTEIN DESIGNMay 2021May 2025Allow4810YesNo
17291742BOLTZMANN-BASED METHOD FOR SIMULATING CVI DENSIFICATION PROCESS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALMay 2021April 2025Allow4710YesNo
17313553THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE PREDICTION BASED ON SYNTHETIC TUMOR MODELSMay 2021October 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17308958Methods and Systems for Analyzing Nucleic Acid MoleculesMay 2021May 2025Allow4911YesNo
17290924ENHANCED DETECTION OF TARGET DNA BY FRAGMENT SIZE ANALYSISMay 2021April 2025Allow4720YesNo
17290734METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SAMPLE INFORMATIONApril 2021March 2025Abandon4630YesNo
17240188STRAIN ENGINEERINGApril 2021February 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17240379NON-INVASIVE SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL, RELIABLE, STANDARDIZED AND COMPLETE SCOREApril 2021March 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17238593MULTI-FACTOR ACTIVITY MONITORINGApril 2021December 2024Abandon4410NoNo
17238010POTENCY TESTINGApril 2021March 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17287438TKA INTRAOPERATIVE PLANNING ADJUSTMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR TKAApril 2021February 2025Allow4620NoNo
17286066Improved Ordered Assembly of Multiple DNA FragmentsApril 2021May 2025Abandon4911NoNo
17284674METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFICACY OF TREATMENT WITH A COMBINATION OF DRUGS IN A SUBJECT DIAGNOSED WITH A DISEASE AND A METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING THE UTILITY OF DRUG COMBINATIONS IN TREATMENT OF SAID SUBJECTApril 2021June 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17226580METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF FETAL FRACTIONApril 2021April 2025Allow4830YesNo
17283829ENRICHMENT OF TRAITS AND ASSOCIATION WITH POPULATION DEMOGRAPHYApril 2021June 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17225991SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MICROBIAL STRAINS AND PHENOTYPIC FEATURESApril 2021November 2024Abandon4320NoNo
17220105METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PREDICTION MODEL FOR SCREENING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASEApril 2021November 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17219474METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR OPTIMAL POOLING OF NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLES FOR NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCINGMarch 2021January 2025Allow4621NoNo
17281565LIMIT OF DETECTION BASED QUALITY CONTROL METRICMarch 2021November 2024Allow4430YesNo
17280804Method and Apparatus For Analysing a SampleMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4410NoNo
17212799CODING ARCHITECTURES FOR AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORMSMarch 2021May 2025Allow4910YesNo
17211283HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHODMarch 2021November 2024Abandon4420YesNo
17203446SOFTWARE-BASED ECOSYSTEM FOR USE WITH A RAPID TESTMarch 2021October 2024Abandon4310NoNo
16958671WHOLE GENOME SGRNA LIBRARY CONSTRUCTING SYSTEM AND APPLICATION THEREOFMarch 2021April 2025Abandon5801NoNo
17276414METHODMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4811NoNo
17200836MOLECULAR SIMILARITY SEARCHMarch 2021May 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17199391INCREMENTAL SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCESMarch 2021May 2025Allow5020YesNo
17197166PEPTIDE-BASED VACCINE GENERATION SYSTEMMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4910NoNo
17196420SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND SEARCHING A CHEMICAL COMPOUND DATABASEMarch 2021June 2025Abandon5130YesNo
17195339CODES TO DETECT INSERTION AND DELETION ERRORS IN A DENSE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021April 2025Allow4900YesNo
17195210MATERIAL DESIGN PROGRAMMarch 2021January 2025Abandon4620NoNo
17195548METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY AND ASSOCIATED DISORDERSMarch 2021October 2024Abandon4310NoNo
17182397IDENTIFICATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2021April 2025Abandon5040NoNo
17182147SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING ADAPTIVE IMMUNE CELL CLONOTYPING DATAFebruary 2021May 2025Abandon5120YesNo
17180513Bus Network for Artificial Intelligence-Based Base CallerFebruary 2021June 2025Allow5220YesNo
17269983SENSITIVELY DETECTING COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS (CNVS) FROM CIRCULATING CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDFebruary 2021February 2025Abandon4801NoNo
17175577SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINT INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION AND DNA CHROMATIN ACCESSIBILITYFebruary 2021May 2025Allow5131YesNo
17172668METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICITING NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME POST-CARDIAC ARRESTFebruary 2021July 2025Allow5320YesNo
17266724PREDICTING PROTEIN STRUCTURES USING GEOMETRY NEURAL NETWORKS THAT ESTIMATE SIMILARITY BETWEEN PREDICTED PROTEIN STRUCTURES AND ACTUAL PROTEIN STRUCTURESFebruary 2021May 2025Allow5120YesNo
17165900Bioinformatics Systems, Apparatuses, and Methods for Performing Secondary and/or Tertiary ProcessingFebruary 2021April 2025Allow5020YesNo
17163989SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ANTIBODY LIBRARIESFebruary 2021April 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17154120Optical Flow Based Forecasting of Binding States in Molecular Dynamic SimulationsJanuary 2021June 2025Allow5340YesNo
17151519HIGH PRECISION SPECTRAL FRET ASSAYSJanuary 2021December 2024Abandon4710NoNo
17149991HEALTH CONDITION INSPECTION SYSTEMJanuary 2021November 2024Abandon4610NoNo
17260969BLOOD COAGULATION SYSTEM ANALYSIS DEVICEJanuary 2021January 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17140544PREDICTING BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE BASED ON COMPUTERIZED QUANTIFICATION OF CRIBRIFORM MORPHOLOGYJanuary 2021May 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17257691INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MUTATION DETECTION SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2021June 2025Abandon5310NoNo
17132752EXAMINATION OF NETWORK EFFECTS OF IMMUNE MODULATIONDecember 2020April 2025Abandon5210NoNo
17253833METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING THE RISK OF GLAUCOMADecember 2020February 2025Allow4920YesNo
17250206INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4820NoNo
17121624MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DETECTING OUTLIERS AND ERRONEOUS SENSOR USE CONDITIONS AND CORRECTING, BLANKING, OR TERMINATING GLUCOSE SENSORSDecember 2020May 2025Abandon5320YesNo
17115638BIOMARKER SELECTION AND MODELING FOR TARGETED MICROBIOMIC TESTINGDecember 2020March 2025Abandon5240YesNo

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
8
Examiner Affirmed
4
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(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
38
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(21.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(78.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
8.2%
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, 21.1% 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 304 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 61.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 52 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1685's allowance rate of 61.5% places it in the 16% 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 2.85 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 98% percentile). The median prosecution time is 52 months (in the 0% 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.