USPTO Technology Center 1600 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19094370SOLID STATE CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF A SELECTIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL MODULATORMarch 2025April 2025Allow100YesNo
19082485LINKED LIGATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19079070FORMULATIONS OF VIMSELTINIBMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19074158PLATELET DERIVATIVE COMPOSITIONS, AND PLURALITIES OF CONTAINERS CONTAINING SAMEMarch 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19073932SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYSMarch 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19074001SPATIALLY ENCODED BIOLOGICAL ASSAYSMarch 2025July 2025Allow400NoNo
19072385POLQ INHIBITORSMarch 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19070930RAS INHIBITORSMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19070259METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING GENETIC VARIANTSMarch 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19069098MACROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOFMarch 2025June 2025Allow301NoNo
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
19063141NOVEL COMPOUNDSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19062331RAS INHIBITORSFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19063190COMPOSITIONS TARGETING PROSTATE-SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAMEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19061465FORMULATIONS OF BENDAMUSTINEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19061632BISPECIFIC STEALTH LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS FOR CELL TARGETINGFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19061509HYDROXYPROPYL BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19061577HYDROXYPROPYL BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300YesNo
19060293URSOLIC ACID MORPHOLINE SALTFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310YesNo
19059018Zonal and Targeted Methods and Uses for Treating a Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19058528COAGULATION MOLD, A KIT AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING A COAGULATED BLOOD MASSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19056056COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID MODIFICATIONSFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19054180GLP-1R AGONIST COMPOUND AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19053424CULTURE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR INDUCING IPSC DIFFERENTIATION TO OBTAIN MACROPHAGES AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025May 2025Allow301YesNo
19054630COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REGULATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS THROUGH TARGETED GENE REPRESSIONFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19054476Grape Plant Named 'Resilience'February 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19053808Mutated Glycoprotein of Vesicular Stomatitis VirusFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510NoNo
19053784Mutated Glycoprotein of Vesicular Stomatitis VirusFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510NoNo
19053925IN SITU COMBINATORIAL LABELING OF CELLULAR MOLECULESFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19052553THRB RECEPTOR AGONIST COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19053277ADVANTAGEOUS BENZOFURAN COMPOSITIONS FOR MENTAL DISORDERS OR ENHANCEMENTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19050547TREATMENT FOR HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION WITH GUANETHIDINE AND GUANADRELFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19048060MULTIOMIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFFebruary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19046824MUSCLE-TARGETING COMPLEXES COMPRISING AN ANTI-TRANSFERIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY LINKED TO AN OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF TO INDUCE EXON SKIPPINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow411YesNo
19046435COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MINIMUM RISK PEST CONTROLFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19043567HUMANIZED ANTI-TISSUE FACTOR ANTIBODY, ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE PREPARED THEREFROM AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19042986MORPHOLINE-3-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVES AS PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR 4 (EP4) AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND PULMONARY DISEASESJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19042887GIP/GLP1 AGONIST COMPOSITIONSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19042162Floribunda Rose Plant Named 'KORneukap'January 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19040329TRYPTAMINE COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING NEURITE OUTGROWTHJanuary 2025May 2025Allow301YesNo
19039220METHODS OF TREATING ISCHEMIC STROKE AT RISK FOR CEREBRAL OR CEREBELLAR EDEMAJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19038538WRN INHIBITORSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19038543WRN INHIBITORSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19038532WRN INHIBITORSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
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
19031698NICOTINAMIDE RIBOSIDE HYDROGEN MALATE CRYSTAL, AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030481MUSCARINIC ACETYLCHOLINE M1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTSJanuary 2025June 2025Abandon510NoNo
19027542METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow511NoNo
19027603METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING CELLULAR MOLECULESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow511NoNo
19029541METHODS OF DETECTING AND ENRICHING CIRCULATING TUMOR DNAJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19028631HYDROXYPROPYL BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19025220GELS FOR INSULIN DELIVERYJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19025668METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TESTOSTERONE PRODUCTIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310YesNo
19024709USE OF REBOXETINE TO TREAT NARCOLEPSYJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19026296MRNA VACCINE ENCODING FUSION ANTIGEN AGAINST MPOX AND SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2January 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19025101CRYSTAL FORMS OF BETA-NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19023407ANTHRACENE-BASED COMPOUND, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF AS SOLAR THERMAL FUELJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
18995514Process For the Production of Methanol and Hydrogen from Methane Using a Solid Metal Hydroxide ReagentJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19022909SLEEP-IMPROVING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19022531LEVODOPA DOSING REGIMENJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19021929LEVODOPA DOSING REGIMENJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19022122LEVODOPA DOSING REGIMENJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19021696LEVODOPA DOSING REGIMENJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18831406Ficus Plant Named 'YAMKIMA'January 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19020085INHIBITORS OF KIF18A AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2025June 2025Allow501NoNo
19020776CRYSTALLINE PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT AND POLYMORPHIC FORM OF THE GLUTAMINYL CYCLASE INHIBITOR VAROGLUTAMSTATJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19020628GPCR RECEPTOR AGONISTS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR THEIR USEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19019856GRAPEVINE PLANT NAMED 'BLOMG03'January 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19018731PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19018788COMPOUNDS AS GLP-1R AGONISTSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19018805COMPOUNDS AS GLP-1R AGONISTSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19018817COMPOUNDS AS GLP-1R AGONISTSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19018754COMPOUNDS AS GLP-1R AGONISTSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow510YesNo
19018773COMPOUNDS AS GLP-1R AGONISTSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow510YesNo
19018178CATHARANTHUS PLANT NAMED 'SUNCATH 801'January 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19018702ILOPROST COMPOSITIONS AND FORMULATIONS THEREOFJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
19016827SUBSTITUTED QUINAZOLINES AS HDAC6 INHIBITORSJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
19017356MUTANTS OF RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS FUSION PROTEINSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19017364ANTI-MICROBIAL TREATMENT FOR SEEDS AND CROPSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19015403SUBSTITUTED PYRIDO[4,3-d]PYRIMIDINES AS KRAS MODULATORSJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
19013003PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTION OF AMLODIPINEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19012978VIRAL VECTOR DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR BOTH RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE TRACTS OF PIGS AND APPLICATION THEREOFJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19012840POLYSACCHARIDE COMPOUND WITH A DEFINED MOLECULAR STRUCTURE THAT CAN ELIMINATE THE TOXIC SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow501YesNo
19007236COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REGULATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS THROUGH TARGETED GENE REPRESSIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
19007278COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REGULATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS THROUGH TARGETED GENE REPRESSIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow400YesNo
19007447METHODS OF TARGETED DELIVERY TO A HOST USING A CARRIERDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
19005284DRUG POWDERIZATION WITHIN VIALSDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
19004850MUCO-ADHESIVE, CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION OF LEVODOPA AND/OR ESTERS OF LEVODOPA AND USES THEREOFDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
19004480IMMUNOMODULATORY HYDROGEL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
19005540PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF HIGH-ACTIVITY AND HIGH-SAFETY CARDAMINE VIOLIFOLIA SELENOPROTEIN STANDARD SAMPLEDecember 2024June 2025Allow510NoNo
18879948NOVEL PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 5’-INOSINIC ACID USING SAMEDecember 2024June 2025Allow600YesNo
18879995NOVEL 5-DEHYDRO-2-DEOXYGLUCONOKINASE VARIANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 5�-INOSINIC ACID USING SAMEDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
19006012CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT NAMED 'G24MAG01VA'December 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
19004681Syringa Plant Named 'G13110'December 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
19004282ZANTEDESCHIA PLANT NAMED 'DO21PW104'December 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
19003381ORGANOSELENIUM BENZIMIDAZOLE COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING CANCERDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for tech-center 1600.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9732
Examiner Affirmed
6835
(70.2%)
Examiner Reversed
2897
(29.8%)
Reversal Percentile
27.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.8% 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
57410
Allowed After Appeal Filing
12634
(22.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
44776
(78.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
9.1%
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, 22.0% 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.

Technology Center 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

Executive Summary

Technology Center 1600 covers Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry. This technology center has examined 670,102 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 61.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Technology Center 1600 receive an average of 1.81 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 30 months.

Technology-Specific Considerations

This technology center encompasses a broad range of technical subject matter. Prosecution strategies should be tailored based on the specific art unit and examiner assigned to your application. Review the group, art unit, and examiner-level statistics for more targeted strategic insights.

Important Disclaimer

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