The present invention provides reagents, methods and systems for predicting the inhibitory activity of an antibody or variant thereof comprising: determining a binding affinity of the antibody or variant thereof to a Fc activating receptor determining a binding affinity of the antibody or variant thereof to a Fc inhibitory receptor, and calculating the ratio of said activating binding affinity to said inhibitory binding affinity (A/I ratio), wherein the magnitude of said ratio is less than one (1).
