Technology Center 1600
Biotechnology, Organic Chemistry & Pharmaceuticals
Vital Statistics
Receptionist Desk - Crystal Mall 1 Room 7C11
Telephone Numbers - TC 1600  (703) 308-1235, 308-0196
Customer Service Center – Crystal Mall 1 Room 7D04
Telephone Numbers – TC 1600  (703) 308-0197, 308-0198; Fax Number- (703) 308-4407
Fax Center
Official USPTO FAX Number  (703) 872-9306
Technology Center Directors
Name
Phone No.
John Doll
Jasemine Chambers
Bruce Kisliuk
(703) 308-1123
(703) 308-1123
(703) 308-1123
FAX No.
e-mail
(703) 305-7230
john.doll@uspto.gov
(703) 305-7230 jasemine.chambers@uspto.gov
(703) 305-7230
bruce.kisliuk@uspto.gov
Technology Examined In Each Group
1610 – Bioeffecting and Body Treating Compositions and Treatment Protocols
1620 - Heterocyclic Compounds and uses, Carbohydrates and Nonheterocyclic
Chemistry and Uses
1630 - Molecular Biology, Multicellular Organisms and Gene Therapy, Bioinformatics,
Transgenic Plants, DNA Hybridization, DNA Amplification
1640 - Immunology
1650- Non-Immuno Proteins, Peptides (Enzymes & Toxins)
1660 - Plants (PLTs under 35 USC 1.161)
10/1/03
1
Staffing
Groups
1610
1620
1630
1640
1650
1660
TOTAL
Art Units
4
5
8
7
4
1
29
Examiners
56
68
91
91
56
9
371
PhD
14
32
55
49
25
0
166
MS
04
13
23
11
12
2
64
Law/Sch
3
1
5
3
0
2
14
JD
13
1
6
2
2
0
24
Primary
26
37
38
32
23
3
159
Quality and Special Laws staff
Technology Center Practice Specialists
George Elliott
Paula Hutzell
703-308-4003
703-308-4310
Quality Assurance Specialist
Diana Dudash
Brian Stanton
703-308-2328
703-308-2801
Special Program Examiners
Julie Burke
Bruce Campell
William Dixon
Cecilia Tsang
703-308-7553
703-308-4205
703-308-3824
703-308-0254
10/1/03
2
PSA
6
4
5
5
8
0
28
Paralegals
Valerie Bell-Harris
Joyce Bridgers
Della Collins
Janice Ford
Dorothea Lawrence
Felicia Roberts
703-305-8819
703-305-5489
703-308-4727
703-305-8736
703-308-3584
703-305-0499
Mose Montgomery
703-308-2441
QAA
Technical Support Staff 1600
Head Supervisory Legal Instrument Examiners:
Margaret Stevens
Team Leader
Legal
Instruments
Examiner
42
5
(703) 305-3608
Legal Document Review
Clerk
Receptionist
4
1
Total Technical Support Staff = 53
Examiner Hiring, Attritions and Profile for TC 1600
FY
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
10/1/03
Hired
40
100
24
26
101
82
49
46
16
3
Attritions
37
22
44
33
35
31
51
49
35
FY 03 New Hire Educational Level Numbers
TCs
BS
MS
Hires
1600
6
1700
2100
2600
2800
2900
3600
3700
0
121
111
2
0
1
2
243
TOTAL BY
DEGREES/COMBINED
TC’S
%
PhD
Hires
%
Hires
%
Hires
%
Hires
%
2
12.5
%
0%
18%
16%
0%
0%
0%
0%
17%
8
50%
0
0%
16
5%
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
12
0%
1%
2%
0%
0%
0%
3%
3%
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0
150
137
2
0
1
2
308
0%
48%
44%
1%
0%
0%
1%
100%
37.5
%
0%
80%
81%
100%
0%
100%
100%
79%
0
27
22
0
0
0
0
51
Estimated New Filings For TC 1600
ANNUAL PERIOD
4
03
02
FY
01
FY
00
FY
99
FY
98
FY
97
FY
96
FY
95
FY
94
FY
93
FY
92
FY
91
FY
FY
FY
FY
90
50000
45000
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
89
FILINGS
TECHNOLOGY CENTER 1600 - NEW CASE FILINGS
10/1/03
Totals by TCs
JD
Workload Statistics - TC 1600
(EOY 03)
FY00
FY01
FY02
FY03
First Actions
33,571
35,595
32,722
28,196
FAOM
30,940
32,685
32,934
33,414.5
Allowances
15,646
16,357
18,160
16,763
% Allowed
53%
51%
53%
54%
302
311
369
36
24
37
32,160
34,257
35,575
89,062
83,207
Examiner’s Answers 323
Interferences
11
Disposals
29,344
Total Actions
81,032
91,862
Current Inventory of Pending Applications - TC 1600
New Applications
Amended Applications
Rejected Applications
Total
23,001
6,323
25,205
54,529
Pendency - TC 1600
FY 00 FY01 FY02 FY03
Total Pendency
Pendency to First action
10/1/03
28.3
13.2
26.1
12.8
23.9
11.5
5
27.8
15.8
385 Animal Patents
322
25
19
16
21
2
3
2
1
6
4
1
18
3
15
2
2
1
1
42
8
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
10/1/03
mice
rats
rabbits
sheep
pigs
nematode
Drosophila
chicken
bird
fish
guinea pig
abalone
cows
canine
goat
hamster
turkey
non-human animal
non-human organism
mammals
rodents
murine
gerbil
frog
lama
camel
non-human primate
cat
Statutory Invention Registration (SIR) drawn to a chicken that is resistant to avian
leukosis virus.
degu
monkey
Drosophila
mud loach
deer
dipteram
6
Breakout of Types of Animals
Transgenic
Gain of function/phenotype
Bioreactor
Genetic mutation (recombination)
Tissue Chimeras
New Breeds
Disease models (chemical/viral/selective breeding)
196
28
118
44
10
35
The Gene Scene, etc.
Issued Patents
Over 8,300 Patents to Genes/Open Reading Frames
Over 1,800 of these Patents are to Human Genes/Open Reading Frames
Over 24,000 Patents drawn to Genes, DNA Fragments, Oligos, SNPs, ESTs, ORFs, etc
Pending Utility Applications
Over 25,000 Applications claiming Genes, DNA Fragments, Oligos, SNPs, ESTs, ORFs
Provisional Applications
Estimate over 30,000 Full Length Genes/Open Reading Frames claimed or disclosed
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
420 SNP patents have issued claiming SNPs and SNP related inventions
Only about 53 of these claim SNPs, per se
10/1/03
7
Plant Applications
Approximately 704 Pending Plant Applications under 35 USC 161
Over 1671 Pending Utility Plant Applications
10/1/03
8