Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19251836 | ZEOLITES BASED ON WASTE INCINERATION FLY ASH AND PREPARATION METHODS THEREOF | June 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19027341 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR ACTIVATED COKE CATALYST CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVING NO, SO2 AND HCl | January 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18965959 | INCREASING YIELD OF HYPOBROMITE WHEN A BROMIDE SALT IS REACTED WITH BLEACH | December 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18870477 | TREATMENT METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR LATERITE NICKEL ORE LEACHING SOLUTION WITH HIGH CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM CONTENT | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18730414 | DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING SINTERING FLUE GAS CO CATALYTIC HEAT EXCHANGE AND MEDIUM-AND-LOW-TEMPERATURE SCR DENITRATION CONNECTED IN SERIES | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772490 | NOX STORAGE CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772460 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM SOUR GASES WITH ZIF-8 MIXED METAL HYDROXIDES COMPOSITES | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733491 | Zeolite Syntheses Using Diquaternary Structure Directing Agents | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18653084 | LOW alpha-RAY EMISSION STANNOUS OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643610 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM LIQUID SOLUTIONS WITH NANOPARTICLES | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18608727 | CARBON DIOXIDE-CAPTURING CEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18538125 | MFI ZEOLITES USING DABCO AND METHYLAMINE REAGENTS | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18515107 | POLYSILOCARB BASED SILICON CARBIDE MATERIALS, APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES | November 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18471926 | SYNTHETIC SOIL AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME FROM WASTE | September 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18464991 | MODIFIED SULFURIC ACID AND USES THEREOF | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18449209 | SYNTHESIS OF LITHIUM LANTHANUM ZIRCONATE FROM NANOCRYSTALLINE LANTHANUM ZIRCONATE | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18342829 | MECHANOCHEMICAL PROCESS TO PRODUCE EXFOLIATED NANOPARTICLES | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337461 | SYNTHESIS METHOD FOR DIRECTLY PREPARING H-TYPE MOLECULAR SIEVE HAVING CHA FRAMEWORK TYPE AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18331995 | MECHANOCHEMICAL PROCESS TO PRODUCE EXFOLIATED NANOPARTICLES | June 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18317078 | OXIDATIVE REFORMING AND ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18044607 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING ZEOLITE MATERIAL HAVING AN AFX FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE AND ZEOLITE MATERIAL AS PREPARED | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044259 | PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF A PLATINUM-CONTAINING CATALYST VIA EXHAUST GAS HYDROGEN ENRICHMENT | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177848 | PROCESS FOR FABRICATING WIRE-EMBEDDED ZEOLITE STRUCTURES WITH BARE WIRE LEADS | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042649 | Particulate Filter | February 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18011173 | TERNARY COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING NIO NANOSHEET/BIMETALLIC CECUOX MICROSHEET CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18019610 | DENITRATION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18152379 | METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF ODSO WITH IMPROVED ZEOLITE CRYSTALLIZATION RATES AND ENHANCED RELATIVE CRYSTALLINITY | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015133 | METHOD FOR REDUCING NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN EXHAUST GAS OF STATIONARY SOURCE WITHOUT INJECTION OF REDUCING AGENT | January 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089676 | SYNTHESIS OF TON FRAMEWORK TYPE MOLECULAR SIEVES | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18089423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM COAL-FIRED THERMAL PROCESSES | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18076845 | PRECURSOR DERIVED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING PN JUNCTIONS | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17999567 | LIQUID FORMULATION FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE | November 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18057910 | METHOD TO CO-SYNTHESIZE AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF ODSO | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18056483 | MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-122, ITS SYNTHESIS AND USE | November 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979502 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM CRYSTALLIZED METAL SULFATES | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17920872 | FLEXIBLE METHOD OF PARTIAL OXIDATION | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959737 | CREATION OF AN IRON PRODUCT FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | October 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17958938 | Removal of Sulfur Compounds from Gas | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17958963 | SCR Catalyst | October 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17934667 | CARBON DIOXIDE-CAPTURING CEMENT COMPOSITOINS AND RELATED METHODS | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17912628 | CEMENT PLUG COMPOSITION FOR APPLICATION TO A CERAMIC HONEYCOMB BODY AND METHOD OF FORMING PLUGGED CERAMIC HONEYCOMB BODY WITH THE SAME | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17932937 | PROMOTOR FOR ACTIVE PHASE METALS DISPERSION IN HYDROPROCESSING CATALYSTS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE CATALYST | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17931454 | CATALYST FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931415 | TRANSITION METAL/ZEOLITE SCR CATALYSTS | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17941824 | SUBSTRATE-FREE 2D TELLURENE | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17929711 | CO2 RECYCLING METHOD AND SYSTEM | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17881173 | METHOD OF MAKING ZEOLITE | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17759933 | METHOD FOR GENERATING CARBON MONOXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRECURSOR, AND MATERIAL FOR CHEMICAL LOOPING SYSTEM | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17876959 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION OF MATTER FOR REMOVAL OF MERCURY FROM HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUE GAS STREAMS | July 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17862345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING FORMALDEHYDE FROM INDOOR AIR | July 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17758287 | Production System and Method for Insoluble Sulfur | June 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850115 | METHOD OF ZEOLITE SYNTHESIS INCLUDING pH-MODIFIED WATER-SOLUBLE OXIDIZED DISULFIDE OIL COMPOSITION | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850285 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING MATERIALS INTEGRATING SUPERNATANT RECYCLE | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785856 | CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS OF A TITANOSILICATE ZEOLITIC MATERIAL, SAID ZEOLITIC MATERIAL, MOLDING PREPARED THEREOF, AND THEIR USE | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17837371 | New Polar Oxysulfide for Nonlinear Optical Applications | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739301 | SYNTHESIS OF ALUMINUM-CONTAINING CIT-13 AND CIT-15 MOLECULAR SIEVES | May 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662377 | Catalytic Composition for Treating a NOx-containing Exhaust Gas | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17736785 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ELECTRONIC GRADE SULFURIC ACID FROM WASTE SULFURIC ACID SOLUTION | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17755555 | SUPPORTED CATALYST, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17772065 | Intramolecular Pi-Stacking Structure Directing Agents and Molecular Sieves Synthesized Therefrom | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17722485 | METHOD OF DEALUMINATING ALUMINUM-CONTAINING MATERIALS | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769400 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CHLORINE FROM HYDROGEN CHLORIDE | April 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17769551 | BIS(FLUOROSULFONYL)IMIDE SALTS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17720072 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF FAUJASITE ZEOLITE INCLUDING ZEOLITE Y IN THE PRESENCE OF ODSO | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17719972 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF ZEOLITE BETA IN THE PRESENCE OF ODSO | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703067 | SYNTHESIS OF *MRE FRAMEWORK TYPE MOLECULAR SIEVES | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17701815 | PHOSPHORUS OXIDE AND PHOSPHORIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESSES | March 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17763153 | BLACK PHOSPHORUS NANOSHEET, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655901 | FUEL ADDITIVES FOR STORAGE AND RAPID GENERATION OF HYDROGEN | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17691563 | ORGANOTEMPLATE-FREE SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-122 | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17689865 | NOVEL ENZYMATIC PHASE TRANSFER SOLVENT FOR CO2/H2S CAPTURE | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17641009 | FERRITE POWDER, FERRITE RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING MATERIAL, ELECTRONIC MATERIAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17653755 | Mixed Slurry of Strong and Weak Graphene Oxides and Preparation Method of Mixed Slurry, and Composite Film of Strong and Weak Graphene Oxides and Preparation Method of Composite Film | March 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17640581 | LOW-TEMPERATURE DENITRATION CATALYST | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17639569 | ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE AND SLURRY | March 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17638775 | DENITRATION CATALYST AND DENITRATION METHOD USING THE CATALYST | February 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 46 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17635420 | Zeolite Syntheses Using Diquaternary Structure Directing Agents | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17649983 | NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | February 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17632925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIALS | February 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17630535 | CHABAZITE SYNTHESIS METHOD INCLUDING ORGANIC AND INORGANIC STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS AND CHABAZITE ZEOLITE WITH FLAKE-LIKE MORPHOLOGY | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17630541 | NEW METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LI-P-S PRODUCT AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTS | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17629727 | METHODS FOR THE RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS | January 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17574830 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRYING COMPOUNDS | January 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17572544 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING ANHYDROUS HYDROGEN IODIDE (HI) | January 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 17572087 | Rhenium Remediation in the Preparation of Molybdenum-99 | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17626077 | SILICON-AND GERMANIUM-BASED SCM-25 MOLECULAR SIEVE, PREPARATION PROCESS AND USE THEREOF | January 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17567109 | MONOLITHIC CATALYST AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | December 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623521 | POTASSIUM HEXAFLUOROMANGANATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MANGANESE-ACTIVATED COMPLEX FLUORIDE FLUORESCENT BODY | December 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17552941 | CHA-TYPE ZEOLITE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17618762 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HALOGEN OXYACID SOLUTION | December 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17617028 | SHEET-LIKE PARTICLES OF ZEOLITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17616824 | SUPPORTED OXIDE NH3-SCR CATALYSTS WITH DUAL SITE SURFACE SPECIES AND SYNTHESIS PROCESSES | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17457067 | JMZ-1, A CHA-CONTAINING ZEOLITE AND METHODS OF PREPARATION | December 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17533772 | NANO-SULFUR CONTAINING COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466206 | REACTOR FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDES | November 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17613321 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AEI ZEOLITE | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17531242 | MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-117x, ITS SYNTHESIS AND USE | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17531228 | CHABAZITE ZEOLITE SYNTHESIS WITH COMBINED ORGANIC TEMPLATES | November 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17595318 | AMMONIA OXIDATION CATALYST FOR DIESEL APPLICATIONS | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17595035 | ORGANIC HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST, SUPPORT FOR THE CATALYST, HYDROGEN-STORAGE ALLOY, AND PROCESS FOR PROVIDING HIGH PURITY HYDROGEN GAS | November 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DAVIS, SHENG HAN.
With a 15.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
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, 31.7% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner DAVIS, SHENG HAN works in Art Unit 1732 and has examined 961 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 64.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner DAVIS, SHENG HAN's allowance rate of 64.9% places them in the 25% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by DAVIS, SHENG HAN receive 2.48 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 72% 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 DAVIS, SHENG HAN 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 +38.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DAVIS, SHENG HAN. This interview benefit is in the 86% 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, 21.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 26% 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 36.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 108.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 73.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 59.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 76.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.2% of allowed cases (in the 76% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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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