Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207265 | REASONING FROM SUPERVISED FINE TUNING OF LANGUAGE FUSION MODELS FOR AI-BASED PROTEIN AND DRUG DESIGN | May 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19093126 | Methods and Systems for Machine-Learning Based Molecule Generation and Scoring | March 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19072478 | TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19072452 | TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19072469 | TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19031343 | DRUG DESIGN METHOD BASED ON AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19000940 | SYNTHON EMBEDDINGS FOR MODELING DNA-ENCODED LIBRARIES | December 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18980953 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING MOLECULES INTO INTERFACES | December 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18948372 | GENOMIC MATING METHOD FOR HUAXI CATTLE BASED ON WHOLE GENOME SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM INFORMATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | November 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18894542 | INTELLIGENT DESIGN METHOD OF TYPE I DIABETES VACCINE | September 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18745375 | DETECTION OF EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER IN SPUTUM USING AUTOMATED FLOW CYTOMETRY AND MACHINE LEARNING | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18719517 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD | June 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18645889 | COMBINATION THERAPY WITH DIGITAL THERAPEUTICS FOR IMPROVED IMMUNE FUNCTION | April 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18583948 | CALCULATION METHOD FOR ANNUAL AVERAGE PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC LOSS OF EXTERNAL SUBSTRUCTURE REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRESSES | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464705 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SMALL MOLECULE DRUG DISCOVERY | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352112 | SIGNAL ENCODING AND DECODING IN MULTIPLEXED BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18327008 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING MELT FRAGMENTATION IN SODIUM-COOLED FAST REACTOR (SFR) | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18135094 | PERSONALIZED HEALTH OR BEAUTY SYSTEM | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18171802 | PREDICTIVE TEST FOR PROGNOSIS OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME PATIENTS USING MASS SPECTROMETRY OF BLOOD-BASED SAMPLE | February 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105214 | USES OF SYSTEMS WITH DEGREES OF FREEDOM POISED BETWEEN FULLY QUANTUM AND FULLY CLASSICAL STATES | February 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163169 | MARKERS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF COLON CELL PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18082487 | MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED PULSE AND BASE CALLING FOR SEQUENCING DEVICES | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081526 | Methods and Systems For Calculating Free Energy Differences Using A Modified Bond Stretch Potential | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18072716 | DISCOVERING POPULATION STRUCTURE FROM PATTERNS OF IDENTITY-BY-DESCENT | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18052681 | IN SILICO PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROTEIN FORMULATION EXCIPIENTS | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971400 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSES OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | October 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951779 | METAGENOMIC LIBRARY AND NATURAL PRODUCT DISCOVERY PLATFORM | September 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17856497 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A PATIENT RADIATION AND DIAGNOSTIC STUDY SCORE | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806930 | ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION AND MODIFICATION OF NANOPORE MEASUREMENT DATA | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17824098 | QUANTITATION AND MODELING OF QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF THERAPEUTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744387 | Detecting False Positive Variant Calls In Next-Generation Sequencing | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17711390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LOW-NOISE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17684458 | STABLE STRUCTURE SEARCH SYSTEM, STABLE STRUCTURE SEARCH METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639726 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INTRACELLULAR DETERMINISTIC EVENTS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17588221 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING OF BIOAVAILABILITY OF ORGANIC NITROGEN IN SEWAGE | January 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17568835 | OPTIMIZED GAMMA-PRIME STRENGTHENED AUSTENITIC TRIP STEEL AND DESIGNING METHODS OF SAME | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17620768 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD TO OPTIMIZE PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES | December 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551238 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | December 2021 | February 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17539946 | PROTEIN STRUCTURE INFORMATION PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614059 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | November 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17500035 | METHOD FOR POLYGENIC RISK EVALUATION | October 2021 | February 2026 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17500690 | Crowd-Sourced Automated Review of Forensic Files | October 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17500019 | HEALTH AUXILIARY SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF DISEASE RISKS | October 2021 | February 2026 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17475709 | ADAPTIVE NANOPORE SIGNAL COMPRESSION | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17469048 | METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE, DECODING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17410701 | MULTIMODAL DOMAIN EMBEDDINGS VIA CONTRASTIVE LEARNING | August 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17431196 | MACHINE LEARNING QUANTIFICATION OF TARGET ORGANISMS USING NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS | August 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17430111 | FEATURE GENERATION BASED ON EIGENFUNCTIONS OF THE SCHRÖDINGER OPERATOR | August 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17386444 | Force Field Based Molecular Structure and Conformer Generation | July 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17348074 | QUANTUM MECHANICAL X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND CRYO-EM DIAGNOSTIC FOR MOLECULES | June 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17241724 | FORMULA AND AXIAL LENGTH SPECIFIC IOL CONSTANT OPTIMIZATION | April 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 57 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17282624 | TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING | April 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17279789 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING GENOTYPE BY USING SNP DATA | March 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17278289 | HYPOTHESIZING AND VERIFICATION NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR SPECIMEN CLASSIFICATION | March 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17248761 | ADAPTATION OF THE ADVANCED PENG ROBINSON EQUATION OF STATE BASED ON A MOLECULAR STRUCTURE BASIS FOR MODELING THE ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION OF PETROLEUM FLUIDS | February 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 59 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17254906 | HYBRID SIMULATION MODEL FOR SIMULATING MEDICAL PROCEDURES | December 2020 | November 2025 | Allow | 59 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING FASTING AND POSTPRANDIAL PERIODS BASED ON DETECTED EVENTS AND USING THE SAME TO TRAIN A MATHEMATICAL MODEL | December 2020 | October 2025 | Allow | 58 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17055280 | DETERMINING EXTERNAL HAIR DAMAGE | November 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16771708 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH OF POTTED LETTUCE | November 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17069247 | Coded Trace Reconstruction | October 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16996263 | SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPARATUS, FINE PARTICLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OR SPECTRUM CHART DISPLAY | August 2020 | January 2025 | Allow | 53 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16929591 | COMPUTATIONAL SCREENING OF CANDIDATE COMPOUNDS | July 2020 | October 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16915944 | RISK CALCULATION FOR EVALUATION OF FETAL ANEUPLOIDY | June 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16905965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPUTING STABLE BINDING STRUCTURE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM | June 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 58 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16879966 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DATABASE | May 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 51 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16879155 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING A COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) HEALTH STATE OR CHANGE IN CRC HEALTH STATE, OR FOR DIAGNOSING RISK OF DEVELOPING CRC OR THE PRESENCE OF CRC IN A SUBJECT | May 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 58 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16764406 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF GLASS SYSTEM | May 2020 | October 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16810106 | PROXY MODELING WORKFLOW AND PROGRAM FOR REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING | March 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16643814 | ALLOGENEIC CAR-T PLATFORM USING HLA-MATCHED BANK OF IPSCS, AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | March 2020 | December 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16744488 | Methods of Lag-Compensation for Analyte Measurements, and Devices Related Thereto | January 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16677017 | Systems and Methods for Detection of Aneuploidy | November 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16548516 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF MARKERS | August 2019 | December 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16446354 | HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2019 | September 2024 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16414758 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID-BASED DATA STORAGE | May 2019 | November 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16308386 | LINEAR GENOME ASSEMBLY FROM THREE DIMENSIONAL GENOME STRUCTURE | December 2018 | January 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16148159 | Real-Time Prediction of Chemical Properties Through Combining Calculated, Structured and Unstructured Data at Large Scale | October 2018 | October 2024 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 14022390 | MONITORING BIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A USER OF A USER MONITORING APPARATUS | September 2013 | November 2016 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13853897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A BIOLOGICAL STATUS USING CLUSTERING | March 2013 | August 2016 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13836064 | Method for predicting whether a cancer patient will not benefit from platinum-based chemotherapy agents | March 2013 | March 2014 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13734947 | PROCESSING OF SKIN CONDUCTANCE SIGNALS TO MITIGATE NOISE AND DETECT SIGNAL FEATURES | January 2013 | May 2018 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13636432 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR EVALUATING A MALIGNANCY STATUS IN AT-RISK POPULATIONS AND DURING PATIENT TREATMENT MANAGEMENT | December 2012 | April 2017 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13597385 | FIELD-BASED SIMILARITY SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13509347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A BIOLOGICAL STATUS USING PLOT | July 2012 | December 2015 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13209097 | BASE SEQUENCE CLUSTER GENERATING SYSTEM, BASE SEQUENCE CLUSTER GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING CLUSTER GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PROGRAM IS RECORDED AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BASE SEQUENCE INFORMATION | August 2011 | October 2016 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 13113256 | FIELD-BASED SIMILARITY SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2011 | June 2012 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13099198 | MULTIPLEXED ASSAY USING ENCODED SOLID SUPPORT MATRICES | May 2011 | May 2012 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12971375 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTS ON A SYSTEM OF A COMPONENT THAT HAS FOUR STATES | December 2010 | January 2012 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12855366 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TO PREDICT AND/OR RECOGNIZE AND/OR CLASSIFY BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES | August 2010 | April 2014 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12802149 | Device including altered microorganisms, and methods and systems of use | May 2010 | October 2013 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12692729 | POLYMORPHISM DETECTION | January 2010 | September 2011 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12601592 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DYNAMIC GENE EXPRESSION MONITORING | November 2009 | February 2016 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12607077 | METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING PANELS OF CANCER CELL LINES FOR USE IN TESTING THE EFFICACY OF ONE OR MORE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS | October 2009 | November 2014 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12607079 | GENOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA BASED ON PATTERNS OF GENE COPY NUMBER ALTERATIONS | October 2009 | March 2013 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12607082 | GENOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF COLORECTAL CANCER BASED ON PATTERNS OF GENE COPY NUMBER ALTERATIONS | October 2009 | March 2013 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12607080 | GENOMIC CLASSIFICATION OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA BASED ON PATTERNS OF GENE COPY NUMBER ALTERATIONS | October 2009 | March 2013 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12544889 | FIELD-BASED SIMILARITY SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2009 | April 2011 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12500497 | SYSTEM, METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTRACTION, GATHERING, MANIPULATION, AND ANALYSIS OF PEAK DATA FROM AN AUTOMATED SEQUENCER | July 2009 | February 2012 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12459388 | DEVICES FOR CONTINUAL MONITORING AND INTRODUCTION OF GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBES | June 2009 | August 2017 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 12436844 | METHOD OF NETWORK-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF MULTICOMPONENT SYNERGY AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE AS EFFECTIVE COMPONENT OF ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS MEDICINES | May 2009 | September 2011 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12401171 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION IN THERMAL MELT ANALYSIS | March 2009 | September 2016 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT.
With a 66.7% 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, 38.5% 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.
Examiner NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT works in Art Unit 1686 and has examined 91 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 52 months.
Examiner NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT's allowance rate of 81.3% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT receive 3.19 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 90% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT is 52 months. This places the examiner in the 3% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +40.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT. This interview benefit is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 56.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 64.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.5% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 20.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 9.9% of allowed cases (in the 93% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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