Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19254021 | ELECTRODE SHEET, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19032872 | METAL-CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) BATTERY CELL | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18957235 | ALUMINUM-AIR COMPOSITE BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18948956 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION THEREOF, BINDER, ELECTRODE SLURRY, ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18856433 | SELECTED PARTICLE SIZE DRY ELECTRODE FOR STORAGE DEVICES | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18724930 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND A LITHIUM BATTERY | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18756152 | PROTECTIVE SULFIDE COATINGS ON SILVER ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18512836 | ELECTRODE FOR A SECONDARY BATTERY WITH IMPROVED RAPID CHARGING PERFORMANCE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18236257 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE AND BATTERY | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18354618 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, SECONDARY BATTERY AND POWER CONSUMING DEVICE | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18349219 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH SECONDARY BATTERY | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18325016 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH POSITIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323423 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321389 | DRY ELECTRODE COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DRY ELECTRODE SHEET, DRY ELECTRODE SHEET, ELECTRODE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18321222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING DRY ELECTRODE SHEET FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, DRY ELECTRODE SHEET FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143230 | SILICON BATTERY AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305470 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136868 | Battery having Zinc Plated Copper Electrode and Method of Making the Same | April 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18030976 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | April 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190314 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, SODIUM-METAL NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE AND RELATED DEVICE | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18023387 | PASTE EXTRUDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TUBULAR POSITIVE PLATE | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109812 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, ELECTRODE, BATTERY, AND APPARATUS | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18006149 | CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL DISPERSION LIQUID FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, SLURRY FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE | January 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18151869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013114 | Electrode Shaping Apparatus Having Notching Pilot Pin and Electrode Shaping Method Using the Same | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089115 | Fabrication of Si-MWCNT nanocomposites (SMC) as Anodes for Lithium-ion batteries | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18056248 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH POSITIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978999 | ALUMINUM BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17964698 | SILICON BATTERY AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY | October 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17939860 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOLDED BATTERY UNIT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17822260 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND APPARATUS CONTAINING SUCH SECONDARY BATTERY | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17885732 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794565 | ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY | July 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856880 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOLDED BATTERY UNIT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17757162 | LAMINATE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LAMINATE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY | June 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835700 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | June 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783389 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17750190 | NANOPOROUS CARBON STRUCTURES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773731 | COMPOSITION FOR BATTERY ELECTRODES | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767107 | A POWDER FOR USE IN THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF A BATTERY AND A BATTERY COMPRISING SUCH A POWDER | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17754631 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING STARCH FUEL CELL WITH ANODE | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765210 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | March 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656804 | FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING THE SAME | March 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686985 | HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY RACK | March 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676787 | CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL DISPERSION, BINDER RESIN-CONTAINING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL DISPERSION, SLURRY FOR ELECTRODE FILM, ELECTRODE FILM, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | February 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636360 | BATTERY ELECTRODE COMPRISING LITHIUM-COATED METALLIC MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | February 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17597937 | BUTTON BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631175 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS OF BATTERY PULSED HEATING | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630552 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585120 | Anodes Comprising an Electrically Conductive Layer Between an Anode-Active Material and a Current Collector, and Electrochemical Devices Incorporating Such Anodes | January 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628656 | ELECTRIC BATTERIES COOLING SYSTEM | January 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17579870 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WET GRANULAR BODY OF ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL MIXTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTRODE PLATE, WET GRANULAR BODY OF ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL MIXTURE, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR WET GRANULAR BODY OF ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL MIXTURE | January 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17575877 | ELECTROLYTE SHEET FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROLYTE SHEET FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, AND UNIT CELL FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565066 | SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC TOOL, ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17621627 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE | December 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645072 | PT-NI-IR CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553839 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK AND APPARATUS RELATED TO THE SAME | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17552607 | FUEL CELL COMPONENT INCLUDING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FILM BONDED TO GRAPHITE | December 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17547280 | SECONDARY BATTERY AND APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SECONDARY BATTERY | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17617773 | SEPARATOR AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17544005 | BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, POWER CONSUMPTION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BATTERY CELL | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17544605 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY ELECTRODE AND AN ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED THEREBY | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540611 | LOW POROSITY ELECTRODES AND RELATED METHODS | December 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17541227 | POROUS ELECTRODE INCLUDING CATALYST FILM HAVING SUB-MICRON-SIZED INTERCONNECTED PORE NETWORKS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METAL-AIR BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17517347 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | November 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17503120 | INTEGRATED FIBROUS SEPARATOR | October 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17407120 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOLDED BATTERY UNIT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | August 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401612 | CATHODE STRUCTURE FOR A BATTERY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | August 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17392572 | LITHIUM METAL ANODE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | August 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17391064 | SODIUM-ION BATTERY AND APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME | August 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391643 | TERNARY ALLOY CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | August 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385996 | MEMBRANES, SEPARATORS, BATTERIES, AND METHODS | July 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 46 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17363395 | FILLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHODS OF SYNTHESIZING THE SAME | June 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17299522 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, AND ASSEMBLY OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGER AND COMPONENT | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17328422 | OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION CATALYSIS | May 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17324577 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER OF FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL | May 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17292267 | HEAT DISSIPATING STRUCTURE | May 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17314797 | Anode Fabrication By Pattern Lamination, Anodes Made Thereby, and Electrochemical Devices Incorporating Such Anodes | May 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17289465 | Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Solution For Lithium Secondary Battery And Lithium Secondary Battery Including The Same | April 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17240064 | SULFUR-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCING METHODS THEREOF | April 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17302141 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION SECONDARY BATTERY | April 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17231718 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT POWER TO ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17228766 | ELECTROLYTIC COPPER FOIL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, HAVING ENHANCED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AT LOW TEMPERATURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | April 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17283330 | A SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17281042 | ANODE MATERIAL, ANODE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING THE ANODE MATERIAL | March 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17210541 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | March 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17206272 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR SECONDARY CELL | March 2021 | June 2021 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17278233 | SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE INCLUDING MIXTURE LAYER OF DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE CONTAINING ACTIVE MATERIALS OF DIFFERENT PARTICLE DIAMETERS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17180952 | COATED FUEL CELL CATALYST MATERIALS | February 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17248024 | MAKING LITHIUM METAL - SEAWATER BATTERY CELLS HAVING PROTECTED LITHIUM ELECTRODES | January 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134014 | ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND DEVICE | December 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132173 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE CURRENT COLLECTOR, POSITIVE ELECTRODE PIECE, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND APPARATUS | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 7 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17125124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING LITHIUM METAL ELECTRODES | December 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17252765 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF USING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY | December 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17252835 | FIRE RESISTANT SMC LAMINATE | December 2020 | February 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121348 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059405 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY AND RELATED BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK AND DEVICE | November 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953660 | SET OF LIQUID COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT | November 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16951381 | CELL STACK AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17094188 | ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | November 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DOVE, TRACY MAE.
With a 54.5% 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, 29.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner DOVE, TRACY MAE works in Art Unit 1727 and has examined 328 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner DOVE, TRACY MAE's allowance rate of 75.3% places them in the 40% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by DOVE, TRACY MAE receive 2.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DOVE, TRACY MAE is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 46% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DOVE, TRACY MAE. This interview benefit is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 19.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 25.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 47.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 30.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 18% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 56% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 5% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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