USPTO Art Unit 1686 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1686
Group: 1680
Tech Center: 1600
Total Cases: 320
Last Active: October 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18914164GENE MINING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON TRANSCRIPTOME AND DNA METHYLOMEOctober 2024April 2025Abandon610NoNo
18824839System and Method for Planning and Simulating a Surgical Operation to Create a Patient-Specific Spinal ImplantSeptember 2024March 2025Allow611YesNo
18812691Parallel Bitwise Determination of OriginAugust 2024June 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18768731SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE CAUSING AGENTS AND INTERVENTIONS BASED ON SAMPLE METADATA AND MOLECULAR SIGNATURESJuly 2024June 2025Allow1120NoNo
18664821OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-BASED MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2024May 2025Allow1211NoNo
18665197DNA Access Control SystemsMay 2024April 2025Allow1120NoNo
18638701SCREENING METHOD FOR DROUGHT-RESISTANT GERMPLASM OF OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUSApril 2024May 2025Allow1320NoNo
18628848ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING METHOD BASED ON MODEL EVOLUTIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18692344ANALYTIC PLATFORM USING NPM1-ASSOCIATED GENES INTERACTION NETWORK FOR IDENTIFYING GENETIC TRAITSMarch 2024April 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18583948CALCULATION METHOD FOR ANNUAL AVERAGE PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC LOSS OF EXTERNAL SUBSTRUCTURE REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESSESFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18436053GENOME-WIDE PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON DEEP LEARNING BY USING GENOME-WIDE DATA AND BIOINFORMATICS FEATURESFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1420YesNo
18505004DIFFUSION MODEL FOR GENERATIVE PROTEIN DESIGNNovember 2023June 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18482779METHODS FOR MULTI-RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF CELL-FREE NUCLEIC ACIDSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18464705COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SMALL MOLECULE DRUG DISCOVERYSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1530NoNo
18463962METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING RESPONSE TO IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR BASED ON A DENSITY OF IMMUNE CELLSSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1840YesNo
18461736IMMUNOPHENOTYPING METHOD FOR SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER ESTABLISHED BASED ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSESSeptember 2023March 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18198558Ancestry FinderAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1910NoNo
18352112SIGNAL ENCODING AND DECODING IN MULTIPLEXED BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYSJuly 2023July 2024Allow1220YesNo
18135094PERSONALIZED HEALTH OR BEAUTY SYSTEMApril 2023May 2025Allow2520YesNo
18163169MARKERS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF COLON CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERSFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2041YesNo
18163149MARKERS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF COLON CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERSFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2540YesNo
18003455ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-BASED CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND CANCER TYPE PREDICTION METHODDecember 2022September 2024Allow2121YesNo
18082487MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED PULSE AND BASE CALLING FOR SEQUENCING DEVICESDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18081526Methods and Systems For Calculating Free Energy Differences Using A Modified Bond Stretch PotentialDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010YesNo
18052681IN SILICO PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROTEIN FORMULATION EXCIPIENTSNovember 2022May 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17971400SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSES OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLESOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17951779METAGENOMIC LIBRARY AND NATURAL PRODUCT DISCOVERY PLATFORMSeptember 2022March 2025Abandon3001NoNo
17856497METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT RADIATION AND DIAGNOSTIC STUDY SCOREJuly 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17805147METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR IMPROVING BASE CALLING ACCURACYJune 2022May 2025Abandon3530NoNo
17824098QUANTITATION AND MODELING OF QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF THERAPEUTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIESMay 2022June 2025Allow3620NoNo
17744387Detecting False Positive Variant Calls In Next-Generation SequencingMay 2022December 2024Allow3120YesNo
17709185MULTI-OMIC ASSESSMENT USING PROTEINS AND NUCLEIC ACIDSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3461YesNo
17568835OPTIMIZED GAMMA-PRIME STRENGTHENED AUSTENITIC TRIP STEEL AND DESIGNING METHODS OF SAMEJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3011NoNo
17542398HIERARCHICAL MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR CATEGORIES FROM EXPRESSION DATADecember 2021November 2024Allow3651YesNo
17539946PROTEIN STRUCTURE INFORMATION PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021January 2025Allow3820YesNo
17529694NORMALIZING TUMOR MUTATION BURDENNovember 2021March 2025Allow4040NoNo
17500690Crowd-Sourced Automated Review of Forensic FilesOctober 2021June 2024Allow3211YesNo
17499068PREDICTION OF INFECTION IN PLANT PRODUCTSOctober 2021March 2025Allow4120YesNo
17449081GENETIC COMPARISONS BETWEEN GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDRENSeptember 2021February 2025Allow4110NoNo
17396279DATABASE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A NETWORK-BASED PERSONAL GENETICS SERVICES PLATFORMAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17387830METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING TUMOR MUTATIONAL BURDEN BY TUMOR FRACTION AND COVERAGEJuly 2021December 2024Allow4140NoNo
17310158GROWTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, GROWTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GROWTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND GROWTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMJuly 2021June 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17376582METHODS, MEDIUMS, AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURING A DNA/RNA TARGET PROBE DESIGNJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4130YesNo
17348074QUANTUM MECHANICAL X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CRYO-EM DIAGNOSTIC FOR MOLECULESJune 2021March 2025Allow4510NoNo
17304066METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-OMICS FRAMEWORK FOR ESTIMATING TEMPORAL DISEASE TRAJECTORIESJune 2021March 2025Allow4520YesNo
17339153METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAFETY, ANALYSIS AND SUPERVISION OF INSULIN PUMP ACTION AND OTHER MODES OF INSULIN DELIVERY IN DIABETESJune 2021November 2024Allow4220YesNo
17297352METHOD OF PREDICTING DISEASE, GENE OR PROTEIN RELATED TO QUERIED ENTITY AND PREDICTION SYSTEM BUILT BY USING THE SAMEMay 2021June 2025Abandon4950YesNo
17289930METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SURVIVAL OF COLCHICINE-INTOXICATED PATIENTSApril 2021December 2024Abandon4401NoNo
17231970PREDICTION OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTION BASED ON MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS USING PROTEIN FUNCTION SCORES AND CLINICAL FACTORSApril 2021June 2025Abandon5001NoNo
17285255SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIRECT SUBSEQUENCE SEARCHING AND MAPPING IN NANOPORE RAW SIGNALApril 2021June 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17226989ASSAYS WITH INDUCED AGGREGATION FOR ENHANCED SENSITIVITYApril 2021May 2025Allow4922NoNo
17223622METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND MODULATION OF MICROBIOME BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS TO ALTER PHENOTYPEApril 2021April 2024Allow3631YesNo
17282624TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNINGApril 2021November 2024Allow4420YesNo
17281707METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TARGETING EPITOPES FOR NEOANTIGEN-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPYMarch 2021May 2025Allow5020YesNo
17279789METHOD FOR PREDICTING GENOTYPE BY USING SNP DATAMarch 2021June 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17279565MICROBIOTA COMPOSITION, AS A MARKER OF RESPONSIVENESS TO ANTI-PD1/PD-L1/PD-L2March 2021March 2025Abandon4801NoNo
17209464Method and Apparatus for Performing Similarity SearchingMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4510NoNo
17207169MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN GENE DISCOVERY AND GENE EDITING IN PLANTSMarch 2021November 2024Allow4430YesNo
17277446PHENOTYPIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION OF SINGLE CELLSMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4801NoNo
17277086Predictive and Prognostic Methods in Breast CancerMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4811NoNo
17275994CELL SORTING DEVICE AND METHODMarch 2021February 2025Allow4710YesNo
17276020SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING QUALITY OF A CHEMICAL COMPOUND AND/OR OF A FORMULATION THEREOF AS A PRODUCT OF A PRODUCTION PROCESSMarch 2021February 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17193629Assay for Hemoglobin A (HBA) Detection and GenotypingMarch 2021September 2024Allow4340YesNo
17190915COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING THE SURFACE OF A BRAINMarch 2021February 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17186033STRUCTURE SEARCH METHOD, STRUCTURE SEARCH APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING STRUCTURE SEARCH PROGRAMFebruary 2021May 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17271557UNIVERSAL ODOR CODE SYSTEMS AND ODOR ENCODING DEVICESFebruary 2021April 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17261583A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND INTERACTING WITH INTERACTIVE MULTILAYERED DATA MODELSJanuary 2021June 2025Abandon5210NoNo
17261707Method of Performing Differential Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases in a SubjectJanuary 2021March 2025Abandon5010NoNo
17152591METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING CANCER AND PREDICTING AND OPTIMIZING TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN INDIVIDUAL CANCER PATIENTSJanuary 2021February 2025Abandon4910NoNo
17148589DEEP LEARNING-BASED METHOD FOR PREDICTING BINDING AFFINITY BETWEEN HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS AND PEPTIDESJanuary 2021June 2025Abandon5320YesNo
17142359TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATED ANALYZERS USING A SHADOW WORKFLOW ENGINEJanuary 2021March 2025Allow5012NoNo
17141259METHOD OF DETERMINING COLLECTIVE COORDINATE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAMJanuary 2021October 2024Abandon4510NoNo
17138053Memory Allocation to Optimize Computer Operations of Seeding for Burrows Wheeler AlignmentDecember 2020April 2025Allow5120YesNo
17137001SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING POTENTIAL INHIBITORS OF TARGET PROTEINDecember 2020October 2024Allow4540YesNo
17255485AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE BLOOD SUGAR OF A PATIENTDecember 2020April 2025Allow5220YesNo
17128298ELECTRON DENSITY ESTIMATION METHOD, ELECTRON DENSITY ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2020June 2025Abandon5421YesNo
17126491Merging Alignment and Sorting to Optimize Computer Operations for Gene Sequencing PipelineDecember 2020May 2025Allow5320YesNo
17126039METHODS OF EFFICIENTLY TRANSFORMING AND COMPARING RECOMBINABLE DNA INFORMATIONDecember 2020April 2025Allow5270YesNo
17118447GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PREDICTING FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN SEQUENCESDecember 2020November 2024Abandon4711NoNo
17112956Rapid Detection of Gene FusionsDecember 2020April 2025Allow5230YesNo
15734674SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTING PROPERTIES OF A POLYMERDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4910NoNo
15734395SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SIGNALS IN GMR-BASED DETECTION OF BIOMARKERSDecember 2020March 2024Allow3910NoNo
17059993METHODS FOR COMPARATIVE METAGENOMIC ANALYSISNovember 2020July 2025Abandon5520NoNo
17059417DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF NEW DRUG CANDIDATE SUBSTANCENovember 2020December 2024Abandon4910NoNo
16952847METHODS AND PROCESSES FOR NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC VARIATIONSNovember 2020October 2024Allow4710YesNo
17099414UTILIZING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL AND HYPERBOLIC EMBEDDED SPACE TO PREDICT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GENESNovember 2020June 2025Abandon5540YesNo
17055280DETERMINING EXTERNAL HAIR DAMAGENovember 2020November 2024Allow4830NoNo
16771708METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH OF POTTED LETTUCENovember 2020July 2024Allow4910NoNo
17092194MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY MEASUREMENTNovember 2020June 2025Abandon5661YesNo
17053606Control Of NematodesNovember 2020April 2025Allow5421NoNo
17081290METHOD FOR PROCESSING RESULT DATA OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONOctober 2020May 2025Abandon5520YesNo
17050642TUMOR FUNCTIONAL MUTATION AND EPITOPE LOADS AS IMPROVED PREDICTIVE BIOMARKERS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY RESPONSEOctober 2020June 2025Abandon5530NoNo
17069247Coded Trace ReconstructionOctober 2020May 2024Allow4330NoNo
17047325CLINICAL INTERPRETATION OF GENOMIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC DATA AT THE POINT OF CARE FOR PRECISION CANCER MEDICINEOctober 2020December 2024Abandon5020YesNo
17068311SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING POSITIVE ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF ENZYMES TO ENHANCE ACTIVITYOctober 2020February 2025Allow5220YesNo
17062335METHOD FOR PREDICTING HLA-BINDING PEPTIDES USING PROTEIN STRUCTURAL FEATURESOctober 2020April 2025Allow5530YesNo
17029679Methods and System for Modeling Electromagnetic Brain Stimulation and Brain Recordings with Boundary Element Approach with Fast Multipole AccelerationSeptember 2020June 2025Abandon5620NoNo
17040620METHODS FOR SCREENING A SUBJECT FOR THE RISK OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODSeptember 2020January 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17040136METHOD FOR SETTING POLYMERIZATION CONDITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MATERIALSeptember 2020May 2025Allow5630YesNo
16982290COSMOPLEX: SELF-CONSISTENT SIMULATION OF SELF-ORGANIZING SYSTEMSSeptember 2020May 2025Allow5630NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1686.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
1
(12.5%)
Examiner Reversed
7
(87.5%)
Reversal Percentile
98.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 87.5% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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
37
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(37.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
23
(62.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
75.7%
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, 37.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 1686 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1686 is part of Group 1680 in Technology Center 1600. This art unit has examined 320 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 51 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1686's allowance rate of 76.2% places it in the 44% 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 1686 receive an average of 2.74 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 96% percentile). The median prosecution time is 51 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

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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.