Update on Section 101 Rejections at the USPTO

By: Robert R. Sachs

In my June post, The One Year Anniversary: The Aftermath of #AliceStorm, I surveyed the frequency of Section 101 rejections at the USPTO. My analysis was based on approximately 300,000 office action and notices of allowance received from Patent Advisor.  
As a reminder, the Section 101 rejection rates from the June post at the level of the USPTO Technology Center (TC) are shown below.  The numbers here are the percentage of all events in the cohort (TC and time period) that had a Section 101 rejection.  An event is either an allowance or a rejection; other events such as restriction requirements, advisory actions, and so forth are not counted.  

Since June, I've received a significant amount of new data from Patent Advisor.  The trends we saw before are continuing, with some interesting new developments.   

 

 
First, TC 3600, which includes the E-commerce work groups (3620, 3680,  3690) continues to have the highest rates of § 101 rejections.   

Second, all of the TCs showed a significant increase in § 101 rejections in June. Tech Center 1700, which covers chemical and materials engineering saw an unexpected three-fold increase!  Rates dropped back down in July and August. 

As explained before, TC 3600 covers both E-commerce and non-Ecommerce work groups and it is the former that contribute to the high rejection rates.  Similarly, the rejection rates in TC 1600 appear generally low, but this obscures higher than average rejection rates in biotechnology work groups.  If we filter for those work groups we find the following:

 

We can then drill down into the specific technologies in these respective work groups for their § 101 rejection rates:

  

To assess how these rejection rates impact prosecution outcomes in the E-commerce groups in particular, I reviewed the status of all applications in these work groups that had a significant prosecution event in the last seven months (March 17 to October 17).  Here is a complete breakdown of the status of these applications:

Of interest are the 3,633 applications abandoned for failure to respond to an office action.   Also interesting is the filing of the 506 appeals during this period.  This is a harbinger of things to come.  

I also aggregated the status by work group technology:

The average number of office actions before abandonment here was 3.13, as compared to 3.27 office actions to allowance and patenting, not a significant difference.  Here is a view of the distribution of the number of office actions to abandonment, allowance 

 

This shows that almost 25% of abandonments occurred after the first office action, whereas most of the allowances occurred by the fourth.  Cumulatively (not shown here) the behavior was the same: 80% of abandonments and allowances occurred after the fourth office action.  Some applicants (or some examiners, depending on your perspective) fought to the bitter end, with 18 cases having ten or more actions before abandonment.  

The average abandonment rate at 16.5% is about twice the abandonment rate for the rest of the Office.  The allowance rate at 1.9% is strikingly low.  These two statistics are disturbing when you  consider the  following. In this time period, the vast majority of applications have been amended in view of previous § 101 rejections and the Office's own Interim Guidance, and arguments have been presented that the claims are not abstract ideas or fundamental business concepts, that they do not preempt all practical applications, that they offer improvements in some technology, and that they contain claim limitations reciting significantly more than the mere judicial exception. And yet more than 98% of the time, these arguments are rejected.

In the July 2015 Update to the Interim Guidance, the USPTO states that when it comes to economic concepts, the "term 'fundamental' is used in the sense of being foundational or basic". Is it truly likely that most, let alone all, of the 3,633 abandoned patent applications claim nothing more than foundational  or basic economic practices?  That the applicants in these cases did nothing more than implement some foundational economic practice on a computer, without doing anything more?  That the thousands of patent counsel prosecuting these cases couldn't draft a single eligible claim? 

From a business perspective, abandonments are more harmful to small companies with a small number of patent filings than to larger companies.  If you are a large company with hundreds of applications, abandoning 20% of them because of Section 101 rejections still leaves you with plenty of applications.  But if you are a small company, you tend to file on the core, crown jewel technology. If you have to abandon even one or two applications, the impact can be dramatic:  a loss of a competitive advantage, the withdrawal or delay in funding by investors, the loss of potential customers.   In this light consider the following:

This chart shows that over 1,000 companies have abandoned 100% of their applications in the last six months, accounting for 1119 applications, fully 30% of all abandoned applications.  Overall, companies with greater than 50% abandonment rates had 6 or fewer applications.  As the final total shows, these companies accounted for 43% of all abandonments in the last six months. 

Now, not all news is bad news.  As the charts show, there are 452 allowed applications that will issue within the next several months.  These applications are likely the best evidence of the kinds of amendments and arguments that are getting over 101 rejections. I've included a partial list of 244 of these applications at end of the posting.  The list is sorted by art unit and then by examiner, so you can easily find applications in an art unit of interest.  By identifying an examiner on one of your cases, you can review the kinds of amendments and arguments that the examiner has accepted and plan your strategy accordingly.

Abandonments and rejections aside, there are E-commerce examiners who are allowing cases, and they deserve recognition and support.  Here is a list of the top examiners, those who have an allowance rate (allowed+patented / total cases) over the past six months of 15% or more, which puts them well ahead of the rest of the E-commerce group.  

 

 In future posts I'll explore the biotechnology groups in a similar manner.

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Partial Listing of Allowed Applications

Publication No.	Serial No.	Examiner	Art Unit	Assignee	Title (See, Note below)
20120035990	13106051	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	TAPJOY	Rewarding Application Installs
20150278524	14739519	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST	Secure Information Handling System Flash Memory Access
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20090151008	12315113	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I	Media Markup System For Content Alteration In Derivative Works
20120005080	13168812	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	C SAM	Transactional Services
20120274480	13547194	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621		Usage Metering Based Upon Hardware Aging
20110321127	13167645	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	C SAM	Transactional Services
20120109672	13292836	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	C SAM	Transactional Services
20130030910	13193464	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	III HOLDINGS	Generating Using A Digital Pass
20120005087	13168858	COPPOLA, JACOB C	3621	C SAM	Transactional Services
20080228733	12048072	REAGAN, JAMES A	3621	DIGIMARC	Determining Content Treatment
20070265854	11306671	REAGAN, JAMES A	3621	IBM	Digital Rights Management For Publishing Scanned Documents On The Internet
20100106649	12604019	REAGAN, JAMES A	3621	IMS HEALTH	Authorizing Transactions Via Mobile Devices
20110313850	13152070	REAGAN, JAMES A	3621	ADSAFE MEDIA	Reviewing Content Traffic
20080313938	12096708	BEKERMAN, MICHAEL	3622		Shopping Trolley With Display Or Advertising Surface
20120296782	13437416	MOSLEY, KYLE T	3622	PROJECT J	System For Managing Product Inventory Counts
20130117096	13289857	MOSLEY, KYLE T	3622	AT&T	Internet Protocol Multi-Media System Value Voucher Distribution With Network Storage Redemption
20140111323	14143132	SCHMUCKER, MICHAEL W	3622		Display Device Mountable On An Automotive Vehicle Method
20110131080	12627071	BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S	3623	IBM	Performance-Aware Enterprise Components
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20130007744	13611570	GILLS, KURTIS	3623		Optimizing On DemAllocation Of Virtual Machines Using A Stateless Preallocation Pool
20110107330	12834690	GILLS, KURTIS	3623	AVAYA	Generation Of Open Virtualization Framework Package For Solution Installations Upgrades
20110029970	12782743	GILLS, KURTIS	3623	IBM	Optimizing On DemAllocation Of Virtual Machines Using A Stateless Preallocation Pool
20140122141	13666834	JARRETT, SCOTT L	3623	FLOUR TECHNOLOGIES	Improving Cost Effectiveness Of Coking System
20130246124	13715792	KASSIM, HAFIZ A	3623	AMERICAN EXPRESS	An Analysis Cycle To Determine Interest Merchants
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20120239453	13416275	MANSFIELD, THOMAS L	3623	IBM	Resource Cost Optimization Program
20130186333	13797229	MANSFIELD, THOMAS L	3623	CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES	Overlaying Electronic Marking Information On Facilities Map Information And/Or Other Image Information Displayed On A Marking Device
20100088164	12571356	MANSFIELD, THOMAS L	3623	CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES	Analyzing Locate Marking Operations With Respect To Facilities Maps
20110202929	12832044	MANSFIELD, THOMAS L	3623	ORACLE	Parallelizing Database Requests
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20130312003	13947629	MILLER, ALAN S	3623	SAMSUNG; USC	Dynamically Parallelizing Application Program
20080306803	12133332	MILLER, ALAN S	3623	SCHLUMBERGER	Performing Oilfield Production Operations
20130238376	13780202	SINGH, GURKANWALJIT	3623	TOSHIBA	Job Supporting Apparatus Portable Terminal Job Supporting Method
20120136689	12956162	SINGH, GURKANWALJIT	3623	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING	Event Planning Within Social Networks
20140358627	14463594	STERRETT, JONATHAN G	3623	GREENLINE SYSTEMS	Risk Detection Reporting Infrastructure
20140006073	13538902	BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE	3624	YAHOO	Framework For Marketplace Analysis
20100088028	12441284	COUPE, ANITA YVONNE	3624	NEC	Electronic Apparatus Power Supply Control Program For Position Measuring
20100166273	12160528	COUPE, ANITA YVONNE	3624		Representing Multichannel Image Data
20110228997	12725811	COUPE, ANITA YVONNE	3624	MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING	Medical Image Rendering
20140019186	13545704	DIXON, THOMAS A	3624	SAP	Capacity Planning Management
20140012614	13543617	DIXON, THOMAS A	3624	NASDAQ OMX GROUP	Due Diligence System Method
20100318402	12833121	GOLDBERG, IVAN R	3624	CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES	Managing Locate And/Or Marking Operations
20110055835	12841288	GOLDBERG, IVAN R	3624	IBM	Aiding Resolution Of A Transaction
20100088134	12572202	GOLDBERG, IVAN R	3624	CERTUSVIEW TECHNOLOGIES	Analyzing Locate Marking Operations With Respect To Historical Information
20080313004	11761663	GOLDBERG, IVAN R	3624	IBM	Providing A Bi-Directional Feedback Loop Between Project Management Personal Calendar System
20140297351	13853916	KONERU, SUJAY	3624	IBM	Computing System Predictive Build
20130262165	13850820	KONERU, SUJAY	3624	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING	Sending Recommendation Information Associated With A Business Object
20130166351	13543631	KONERU, SUJAY	3624	MU SIGMA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PVT	Generating A Marketing-Mix Solution
20130204663	13762041	KONERU, SUJAY	3624	6 SENSE INSIGHTS	Sales Prediction System Method
20140222488	13761639	KONERU, SUJAY	3624	IBM	Quantifying The Quality Of Trend Lines
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20110307141	12814859	ROTARU, OCTAVIAN	3624	ON BOARD COMMUNICATIONS	Determining Equipment Utilization
20130022956	13189193	ROTARU, OCTAVIAN	3624	SYSMEX	Analyzer Method For Performing A Measurement On A Sample
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20130074110	13669589	AIRAPETIAN, MILA	3625	LINKEDIN	Parallel Fact Checking
20130051887	13486686	AIRAPETIAN, MILA	3625	ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS	Identifying Stacking Splitting Of Stenographic Keystrokes
20130198196	13763856	AIRAPETIAN, MILA	3625	LINKEDIN	Selective Fact Checking Method System
20130268392	13442501	DESAI, RESHA	3625	SEARS BRANDS	Presenting Product Recommendations
20120265585	13528592	DESAI, RESHA	3625	QUICKPAY	Location Based System For Entry Exit
20130124354	13671327	GARG, YOGESH C	3625	EXBIBLIO	Automatic Modification Of Web Pages
n/a	12776961	GARG, YOGESH C	3625
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20120310791	13150568	HAQ, NAEEM U	3625	AT&T	Clothing Visualization
20050216304	11137076	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	W.W. GRAINGER	Electronically Creating A Customized Catalog
20130144766	13817089	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	RAKUTEN	Comment Submission Support System Comment Submission Support Device Comment Submission Support Device Control Method Program Information Storage Medium
20130173397	13339154	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	TARGET BRANDS	Recently Viewed Items Display Area
20120265631	13303983	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	SHIFT4	Enabling Merchants To Share Tokens
20130198034	13709358	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	MUSIC CHOICE	Cross Channel Delivery System Method
20110238533	12731025	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3625	INVISIBLEHAND SOFTWARE	Data Processing
20150294338	14750081	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625		Network-Based Marketplace Service For Facilitating Purchases Of Bundled Services Products
20130179303	13346549	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	GOOGLE	Enabling Real-Time Product Vendor Identification
20130254069	13896996	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	DO IT BEST	Generating An Order For Purchase
20120173354	12982393	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	VERIZON	Providing A Unified Messaging Modeling Infrastructure
20110016021	12821554	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	JWL IP HOLDINGS	Scripted Content Delivery
20100153228	12549277	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	QUALCOMM	Bundling Application Services With Inbuilt Connectivity Management
20090164897	11961599	PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE	3625	YAHOO	Recommendation System Using Social Behavior Analysis Vocabulary Taxonomies
20130198035	13800774	ROSEN, NICHOLAS D	3625	BOOM PAYMENTS	Confirming Local Marketplace Transaction Consummation For Online Payment Consummation
20120021774	13248991	ROSEN, NICHOLAS D	3625	GOOGLE	Context-Influenced Application Recommendations
20130091071	13562012	ROSEN, NICHOLAS D	3625	GOOGLE	Product Catalog Dynamically Tailored To User-Selected Media Content
20130185176	13352893	ROSEN, NICHOLAS D	3625	CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D B A VERIZON WIRELESS	Cross Channel Real Time Awareness Framework
20150277681	14230864	SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B	3625	MONTICELLO ENTERPRISES	Providing A Single Input Field Having Multiple Processing Possibilities
20130238468	13412994	WOLCOTT, ALEX E	3625	XEROX	Managing Distribution Of Digital Rights Revenue For Integrated System
20090281724	12119316	BURGESS, JOSEPH D	3626	APPLE	Map Service With Network-Based Query For Search
20100274483	12430492	CHNG, JOY P	3626	GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS	Ergonomic User Interface For A Portable Navigation Device
20130054478	13199545	GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L	3626	ELWHA	Reporting Ingestible Product Preparation System Method
20130159019	13768765	GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L	3626	DR SYSTEMS	Providing Dynamic Customizable Medical Examination Forms
20130060579	13560934	GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L	3626	ONEMEDNET	Devices For Managing Medical Images Records
20110123079	12625898	GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L	3626	PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES	Mammography Information System
20110125526	12625926	GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L	3626	PENRAD TECHNOLOGIES	Multiple Modality Mammography Image Gallery Clipping System
20110085715	12578826	LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G	3626	CARESTREAM HEALTH	Method For Locating An Interproximal Tooth Region
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20140129259	14073812	RAPILLO, KRISTINE K	3626	2020 VISION CENTER	Enabling Customers To Obtain Vision Eye Health Examinations
20130343630	14011947	REYES, REGINALD R	3626		Automatic Interpretation Of Computer Tomography Scan Data
20140003699	14011906	REYES, REGINALD R	3626		Automatic Interpretation Of Computer Tomography Scan Data
20090304242	12092528	REYES, REGINALD R	3626	HITACHI	Image Analyzing System Method
20140095187	13710167	SOREY, ROBERT A	3626		Tracking Goods
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20120284041	13460824	TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL	3626	JVM	Integrated Drug Management Of Providing Prescription Drugs By Using The Same
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20130246088	13793848	TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL	3626	HILL ROM SERVICES	Algorithm For Predicting Mitigating Adverse Events
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20110231202	12728721	WINSTON III, EDWARD B	3626	AI CURE TECHNOLOGIES	Collection Of Protocol Adherence Data
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20140114825	13659754	CHAMPAGNE, LUNA	3627	MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL	Routing E-Invoices
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Note: Many of the titles have been shortened by removing the stock "Methods, Systems, etc." from the beginning; any typographical errors are my own.