USPTO Group 1640 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19074158PLATELET DERIVATIVE COMPOSITIONS, AND PLURALITIES OF CONTAINERS CONTAINING SAMEMarch 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19066279EXOSOME SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS AND METHODSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19065946MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES COMPRISING AN ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY LINKED TO AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF TO INDUCE EXON SKIPPING OF EXON 44 OF DYSTROPHIN IN A SUBJECTFebruary 2025May 2025Allow201YesNo
19063190COMPOSITIONS TARGETING PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAMEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19046824MUSCLE-TARGETING COMPLEXES COMPRISING AN ANTI-TRANSFERIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY LINKED TO AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF TO INDUCE EXON SKIPPINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow411YesNo
19043567HUMANIZED ANTI-TISSUE FACTOR ANTIBODY, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE PREPARED THEREFROM AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19036915ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TNFRSF25January 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19033679ANTIBODIES TARGETING IL3January 2025May 2025Allow411NoNo
19032739MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING DYSTROPHINOPATHIESJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19032782MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING DYSTROPHINOPATHIESJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19026296MRNA VACCINE ENCODING FUSION ANTIGEN AGAINST MPOX AND SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2January 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19003301BISPECIFIC CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS TARGETING CD20 AND BCMADecember 2024April 2025Allow300YesNo
18999710ANTI-FUNGAL VHH ANTIBODIESDecember 2024May 2025Allow410NoNo
18991315Subcutaneous anti-HER2 Antibody Formulations and Uses ThereofDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18988307HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES AGAINST IRHOM2December 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18987178ANTI-CD161 ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOFDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18988612SELECTIVE AND POTENT INHIBITORY ANTIBODIES OF MYOSTATIN ACTIVATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18984595PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF TUMOR INFILTRATING LYMPHOCYTES AND USES OF SAME IN IMMUNOTHERAPYDecember 2024July 2025Allow620NoNo
18980920FCRN/HSA BINDING MOLECULES AND METHODS OF USEDecember 2024May 2025Allow501NoNo
18979795ANTIBODIES THAT BIND INTERLEUKIN 13 AND METHODS OF USEDecember 2024May 2025Allow511YesNo
18977144NOVEL ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULE FORMATSDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18962263ANTI-S100A4 HUMANIZED ANTIBODIES, USES AND METHODSNovember 2024April 2025Allow411NoNo
18945784Antibodies Targeting ActRIIA and ActRIIBNovember 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo
18944516BACILLUS STRAINS FOR IMPROVING FEED CONVERSION RATES AND BODY WEIGHT GAIN IN ANIMALSNovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18940209METHOD OF USING AN ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY TO DELIVER AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TO A SUBJECT HAVING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHYNovember 2024March 2025Allow511YesNo
18939894COMPLEXES COMPRISING AN ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY LINKED TO AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND METHOD OF DELIVERING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE TO A SUBJECTNovember 2024April 2025Allow511YesNo
18927497POLYPEPTIDE COMPRISING A SINGLE-DOMAIN ANTIBODY VARIABLE REGION THAT BINDS DELTA-LIKE LIGAND 3 (DLL3) AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF TO MAKE A RADIONUCLIDE COMPLEXOctober 2024April 2025Allow511YesNo
18924707VEGF ANTAGONIST FORMULATIONS SUITABLE FOR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATIONOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18923463POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING PARAOXONASE FUSION POLYPEPTIDESOctober 2024December 2024Allow100NoNo
18922371METHODS FOR TREATMENT USING ANTI-ALPHA4BETA7 ANTIBODYOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18920412ANTI-PHOSPHOCHOLINE ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFOctober 2024March 2025Allow501YesNo
18919069ANTIGEN BINDING POLYPEPTIDESOctober 2024January 2025Allow300YesNo
18919082COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCEROctober 2024June 2025Allow811NoNo
18911506MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING DYSTROPHINOPATHIESOctober 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18910549Humanized Anti-DNAM-1 AntibodyOctober 2024March 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18910550ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE AND APPLICATION THEREOFOctober 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18907087BINDING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAMEOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18906588TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE VIRUS STORAGE SYSTEMOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18905034TL1A ASSOCIATED ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USEOctober 2024April 2025Allow601YesNo
18904628ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATE (ADC) TARGETING NECTIN 4 AND COMPRISING AN EXATECAN PAYLOADOctober 2024July 2025Allow920YesNo
18898854Antibodies Targeting ActRIIA and ActRIIBSeptember 2024December 2024Abandon300NoNo
18897951BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES TARGETING PD1 AND VEGFSeptember 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18895539HEPARANASE-NEUTRALIZING A54 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODYSeptember 2024June 2025Allow810YesNo
18895456LACTIPLANTIBACILLUS PLANTARUM EFFECTIVELY INHIBITING MULTI-DRUG-RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND USE THEREOFSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18896098ANTIBODY-DRUG COMPLEX CONTAINING TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7/8 DUAL AGONIST COMPOUNDSeptember 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18896799METHOD OF TREATING AN INTERLEUKIN-11-ASSOCIATED OR -MEDIATED FIBROTIC DISEASE OR CONDITION BY ADMINISTERING AN ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-11 RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA (IL-11RA) ANTIBODYSeptember 2024March 2025Allow611NoNo
18850224PEPTIDE USEFUL FOR THE TRANSPORT OF MOLECULES THROUGH CELL BARRIERSSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18890453ACTIVATION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE BY STRUCTURAL COMPLEMENTATIONSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18887598ANTIBODIES SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO CD147 AND USES THEREOFSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18883719COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED IMMUNOMODULATORY ANTIBODIES AND FUSION PROTEINSSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410YesNo
18826183FUSION PROTEINS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST CANCER AND INFECTIOUS DISEASESSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18825396MICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SKIN DISEASESSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18821737IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND METHODSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18821730IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND METHODSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18821707IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND METHODSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18821718IMMUNOCONJUGATES AND METHODSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18821883ENTERIC AEROBIZATION THERAPYAugust 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18817152PROTEIN S ANTIBODIES, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOFAugust 2024May 2025Allow911NoNo
18815390FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING ANTI-CD73 ANTIBODY AND IL-2, AND USE THEREOFAugust 2024May 2025Allow911YesNo
18810381METHODS USING FREEZE-DRIED PLATELET DERIVATIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR RESTORING HEMOSTASIS IN A SUBJECTAugust 2024February 2025Allow611YesNo
18810362HETERODIMERIC ANTIBODIES THAT BIND CD3 AND CLDN6August 2024May 2025Allow820NoNo
18809763STRAIN OF LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS CAPABLE OF REMOVING MULTIPLE HEAVY METALS AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN GOAT MILK POWDERAugust 2024March 2025Allow711YesNo
18807087DIMERIC ANTIBODIESAugust 2024May 2025Allow920NoNo
18807097METHODS OF MANUFACTURING DIMERIC ANTIBODIESAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18805883MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING DYSTROPHINOPATHIESAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18805937MUSCLE TARGETING COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATING DYSTROPHINOPATHIESAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18802353COMPOUND COMPRISING FC-BINDING UNIT, AND CONJUGATE PREPARED USING SAMEAugust 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18799714RELAXIN-2 FUSION PROTEINSAugust 2024February 2025Allow601NoNo
18793279ANTIBODIES TARGETING CCR2August 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18792921IgE BINDING PROTEINS AND USES THEREOFAugust 2024December 2024Allow501YesNo
18787340LIVE TESTS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY IN ANIMALS AND HUMANSJuly 2024April 2025Allow811YesNo
18787110IMMOBILIZED ENDOGLYCOSIDASE FUSION PROTEIN AND USE THEREOFJuly 2024April 2025Allow921NoNo
18777688METHOD FOR IMPROVING CELL ADHESION WITH SMECTITE CLAYJuly 2024October 2024Allow210NoNo
18777712CELL ADHESION METHOD WITH SODIUM MONTMORILLONITEJuly 2024September 2024Allow210NoNo
18777706METHOD OF INCREASING CELL ADHESION WITH PALYGORSKITEJuly 2024September 2024Allow210NoNo
18774608COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SYNUCLEINOPATHIESJuly 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18774646COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SYNUCLEINOPATHIESJuly 2024April 2025Allow920YesNo
18774629COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SYNUCLEINOPATHIESJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18774123DOSING REGIMEN FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASEJuly 2024April 2025Allow911YesNo
18773400VIVO GENE THERAPY USING INTRAOSSEOUS DELIVERY OF A LENTIVIRALGENE CONSTRUCTJuly 2024June 2025Allow1120YesNo
18772062TMEM219 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOFJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18770102PHOSPHO-TAU ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USEJuly 2024March 2025Allow811YesNo
18768336DE-IMMUNIZED SHIGA TOXIN A SUBUNIT EFFECTOR POLYPEPTIDES FOR APPLICATIONS IN MAMMALSJuly 2024February 2025Allow700YesNo
18768920BACILLUS VELEZENSIS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJuly 2024February 2025Allow710YesNo
18763332MITIGATION OF CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS USING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE-GENERATING COMPOSITIONSJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18759723ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOFJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18759724COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PLN-TARGETING ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY-POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TO TREAT CARDIOMYOPATHYJune 2024June 2025Allow1211YesNo
18755457ANTIBODIES BINDING TO FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN ALPHA AND DEATH RECEPTOR 4June 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18754918IMMUNOREACTIVE PEPTIDESJune 2024October 2024Allow301NoNo
18750999PLK1 INHIBITOR IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-ANGIOGENICS FOR TREATING METASTATIC CANCERJune 2024June 2025Abandon1201NoNo
18750887PLK1 INHIBITOR IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-ANGIOGENICS FOR TREATING METASTATIC CANCERJune 2024June 2025Abandon1201NoNo
18750908PLK1 INHIBITOR IN COMBINATION WITH ANTI-ANGIOGENICS FOR TREATING METASTATIC CANCERJune 2024April 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18749771COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PANCREATIC CANCERJune 2024June 2025Allow1211YesNo
18749504DOSAGES OF IMMUNOCONJUGATES OF ANTIBODIES AND SN-38 FOR IMPROVED EFFICACY AND DECREASED TOXICITYJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18749522DOSAGES OF IMMUNOCONJUGATES OF ANTIBODIES AND SN-38 FOR IMPROVED EFFICACY AND DECREASED TOXICITYJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18747102MULTIVALENT AND BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJune 2024March 2025Allow911YesNo
18745750ANTI-RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON LYMPHOID TISSUES (RELT) RECOMBINANT MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOFJune 2024November 2024Allow510YesNo
18744293METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSESSING ANTIBODY SPECIFICITIESJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18742215METHOD FOR MAKING PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLSJune 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18741232PURIFIED CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 1640.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1164
Examiner Affirmed
822
(70.6%)
Examiner Reversed
342
(29.4%)
Reversal Percentile
26.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.4% 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
10287
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1896
(18.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8391
(81.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
2.5%
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, 18.4% 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.

Group 1640 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 1640 is part of Technology Center 1600. This group has examined 104,190 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 55.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 1640 receive an average of 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 33 months.

Strategic Overview

This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.

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.

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