Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082485 | LINKED LIGATION | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19073932 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19074001 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19070259 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING GENETIC VARIANTS | March 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19053925 | IN SITU COMBINATORIAL LABELING OF CELLULAR MOLECULES | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19048060 | MULTIOMIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | February 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19027542 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19027603 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19029541 | METHODS OF DETECTING AND ENRICHING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18988119 | METHOD FOR TRANSPOSASE-MEDIATED SPATIAL TAGGING AND ANALYZING GENOMIC DNA IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18987997 | METHOD FOR TRANSPOSASE-MEDIATED SPATIAL TAGGING AND ANALYZING GENOMIC DNA IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18972052 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18972148 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18972564 | USE OF DNA ORIGAMI NANOSTRUCTURES FOR MOLECULAR INFORMATION BASED DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18960791 | ASSAYS AND OTHER REACTIONS INVOLVING DROPLETS | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18958854 | SEQUENCING A TARGET SEQUENCE IN A CELL | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18951533 | ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18946611 | METHODS OF PREDICTING ENGRAFTMENT CAPABILITY OF DIFFERENTIATED NEURONAL PROGENITOR CELLS | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18940111 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18939315 | TEMPERATURE-SELECTABLE FRET CASSETTE SIGNALING | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18930072 | METHODS FOR MONITORING RESIDUAL DISEASE | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18929514 | ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18926208 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR GENE EXPRESSION LIBRARY ANALYSIS | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18918205 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914164 | GENE MINING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON TRANSCRIPTOME AND DNA METHYLOME | October 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18911297 | COMPOSITION AND KIT FOR DETECTING MYCOPLASMA | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18906096 | MULTIPLEX LABELING OF MOLECULES BY SEQUENTIAL HYBRIDIZATION BARCODING | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18903582 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAY TO IDENTIFY DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITORS | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18900948 | METHOD, KIT AND SYSTEM FOR END LABELING OF NUCLEIC ACIDS | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18893597 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF THYROID CANCER | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18892086 | ASSAYS AND OTHER REACTIONS INVOLVING DROPLETS | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 18889834 | DETECTING POLYNUCLEOTIDES WITH BARCODED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18889404 | METHODS AND KITS USEFUL FOR DIAGNOSIS OF UROGENITAL CANCER | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18889399 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING TARGET ANALYTES FROM URINE SAMPLES USING ATPS AND MAGNETIC BEADS | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18887759 | DETERMINATION OF PROTEIN INFORMATION BY RECODING AMINO ACID POLYMERS INTO DNA POLYMERS | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18887084 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18887088 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18887080 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18885331 | DETECTION OF METHYLATION STATUS OF A DNA SAMPLE | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18827961 | LINKED TARGET CAPTURE | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18827964 | LINKED TARGET CAPTURE | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18827295 | MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING RAPID POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) PROTOCOLS | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18824319 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENETIC ANALYSIS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18824839 | System and Method for Planning and Simulating a Surgical Operation to Create a Patient-Specific Spinal Implant | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18823253 | METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF TISSUE SAMPLES AS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR CANCER | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18820804 | MODIFIED NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS, AND USES THEREOF | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18821044 | METHODS FOR ENRICHING A TARGET POLYNUCLEOTIDE IN A SAMPLE | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18813477 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING GENETIC VARIANTS | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18812385 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING GENETIC VARIANTS | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18812691 | Parallel Bitwise Determination of Origin | August 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18810294 | PROBE-BASED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS | August 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18807061 | DARK CYCLE SEQUENCING | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18807409 | SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY LIBRARIES WITH MAXIMIZED ANTIBODY DEVELOPABILITY CHARACTERISTICS | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18803324 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELL ORIGINATION BARCODES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BOTH GENOMIC DNA AND CDNA FROM THE SAME CELL | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18803351 | IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF CIRCULATING NUCLEIC ACID TUMOR MARKERS | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18802544 | MOLECULAR MARKER SIGNIFICANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH VITAMIN E CONTENT IN SOYBEANS, KOMPETITIVE ALLELE SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION PRIMERS COMBINATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18800910 | MACROMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18793359 | SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18791671 | METHODS OF SEQUENCING LINKED FRAGMENTS | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18791664 | METHODS OF SEQUENCING LINKED FRAGMENTS | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18791675 | LINKED TARGET CAPTURE | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18791679 | LINKED TARGET CAPTURE | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18789541 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED RNA CLEAVAGE AND TARGET RNA-PRIMED ROLLING CIRCLE AMPLIFICATION | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18787946 | KITS FOR ANALYSIS USING NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING AND/OR LABEL | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18786391 | ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18785864 | PREDICTING mRNA PROPERTIES USING LARGE LANGUAGE TRANSFORMER MODELS | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18784019 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18776193 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18770298 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770271 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMOLECULE RETENTION | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18768731 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DISEASE CAUSING AGENTS AND INTERVENTIONS BASED ON SAMPLE METADATA AND MOLECULAR SIGNATURES | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764943 | N-TERMINAL MODIFIER AGENTS AND BINDERS FOR TREATING AND ANALYZING PEPTIDES | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18764600 | EFFICIENTLY CHARACTERIZING PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18759368 | DETECTION AND DIGITAL QUANTITATION OF MULTIPLE TARGETS | June 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18753625 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID EXTENSION | June 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18753319 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULES | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18752431 | CAPTURING, CONCENTRATING, AND DETECTING MICROBES IN A SAMPLE USING MAGNETIC IONIC LIQUIDS AND RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18751165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER | June 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18751187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER | June 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18751158 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING NOISY GENETIC DATA AND DETERMINING CHROMOSOME COPY NUMBER | June 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18745574 | DETECTION AND DIGITAL QUANTITATION OF MULTIPLE TARGETS | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18739680 | KIT, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LUNG CANCER | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18737828 | PROBE-BASED ANALYSIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEINS | June 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18737230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING ERROR CORRECTION VIA DOUBLE STRAND PRESERVATION | June 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18715913 | A METHOD OF CAPTURING CRISPR ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18679053 | METHOD FOR BARCODING | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18678577 | DETECTING MUTATIONS AND PLOIDY IN CHROMOSOMAL SEGMENTS | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18677090 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT RARE MUTATIONS AND COPY NUMBER VARIATION | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18677555 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELL ORIGINATION BARCODES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF BOTH PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACID FROM THE SAME CELL | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18675708 | LABELED NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGS, REACTION MIXTURES, AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEQUENCING | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18673376 | METHOD FOR SCREENING LACTOBACILLUS CASEI FERMENTATION AGENT | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18672154 | Adenosine triphosphatase sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ transporting 2 (ATP2A2) gene-based molecular marker for identifying chicken feed efficiency trait, and identification method and use thereof | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18665479 | ENRICHMENT OF CIRCULATING TUMOR DNA | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18664821 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-BASED MACHINE LEARNING | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18665197 | DNA Access Control Systems | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18663425 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBIAL PRESENCE | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18662886 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING TEA PLANT (+)-CATECHIN CONTENT | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659334 | MACROMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660053 | MACROMOLECULE ANALYSIS EMPLOYING NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 1680.
With a 62.7% 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.
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, 36.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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.
Group 1680 is part of Technology Center 1600. This group has examined 5,689 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 84.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Applications in Group 1680 receive an average of 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 40 months.
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.
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