Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS OF ENERGETIC NANOCOMPOSITES | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18617674 | Hybrid Rocket Engine Fuel Grains with Radial Energy Compositional Variations | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18688565 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PENTAZOLATE ANION USING A HYPERVALENT IODINE OXIDANT | March 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407661 | PROPELLANT APPLIED TO A THRUSTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18289145 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING AN EXPLOSIVE COMPRISING AN EMULSION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND AN OIL TYPE FUEL | November 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18289153 | SENSITIZING COMPOSITION FOR ENERGETIC HYDROGEN PEROXIDE EMULSIONS | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18367926 | THERMITE BLOCK FOR STORED-DATA DESTRUCTION | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18224755 | MULTI-PART MIXED ENERGETIC MATERIALS AND EPOXY BINDERS | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18354221 | LIQUID EXPLOSIVE FOR IN-SITU EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING IN LOW-PERMEABILITY OILFIELDS AND APPLICATION THEREOF | July 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18109055 | METHODOLOGIES TO PRODUCE TEXTURED THREAT SIMULANTS | February 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 18109007 | METHODOLOGIES TO PRODUCE SIMULANTS OF TEXTURED THREAT COMPOUNDS | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18067202 | NON-DETONABLE SHAPED CHARGE AND ACTIVATION | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18001644 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE FROM A SOLID COMPOSITE PROPELLANT | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981636 | EXOTHERMIC EXPANDABLE COMPOSITIONS | November 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 17815776 | MECHANICALLY-GASSED EMULSION EXPLOSIVES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17749144 | GAS GENERATOR | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763372 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PREDETERMINED PYROTECHNIC ENERGY OUTPUT | March 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17666837 | REMOVING DISSOLVED GASSES FROM PROPELLANT COMPOSITIONS | February 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17583983 | FLEXURAL SHEET EXPLOSIVE SIMULANTS | January 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621507 | PYROTECHNIC GAS-GENERATING COMPOSITION | December 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17556848 | ENERGETIC MATERIALS | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17544263 | HYBRID ROCKET ENGINE FUEL GRAINS WITH RADIAL ENERGY COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS | December 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17616440 | Explosives Based on Hydrogen Peroxide With Improved Sleep Time | December 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 49 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17456915 | Synthesis of High Explosive Nanoparticles by Turbulent Mixing | November 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17521116 | METHOD FOR MAKING PYROTECHNIC MATERIAL AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY | November 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17602829 | ENERGY-RELEASING COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | October 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17478013 | GAS GENERANT COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND USE THEREOF | September 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17460717 | OPTO-THERMAL LASER DETONATOR | August 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17394115 | Passivated Fuel | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17390825 | Phase change separators for thermal gas generators | July 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17389598 | PYROTECHNIC DELAY ELEMENT DEVICE | July 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17371091 | Plasticized, Adhesive Binary Explosive | July 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17359765 | MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR ENGINEERED REACTIVE MATRIX COMPOSITIONS | June 2021 | February 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17354310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROPELLANT | June 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17351371 | IGNITION POWDER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF, AND AIRBAG GAS GENERATOR | June 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17311940 | A WATER-BASED EXPLOSIVE | June 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17318406 | METHOD OF PREPARING AND APPLYING A SLURRY MIXTURE TO A BRIDGE WIRE INITIATOR | May 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17289434 | DEPOSING INITIARY COMPOSITIONS | April 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 55 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17282038 | POLYMERISABLE BINDER | April 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 57 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17208467 | HIGH DENSITY HYBRID ROCKET MOTOR | March 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17193370 | HIGH FIDELITY SHEET EXPLOSIVE SIMULANTS | March 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17265890 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ECOLOGICAL EXPLOSIVE FOR PRIMER COMPOSITIONS OF AMMUNITION | February 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 43 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17162412 | CAPSAICINOID SMOKE | January 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17151557 | PBX COMPOSITION | January 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17151554 | PBX COMPOSITION | January 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17137940 | FLAMELESS SMOKE COMPOSITION | December 2020 | November 2025 | Abandon | 59 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17110659 | METAL HYDRIDE NANOPARTICLES | December 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087227 | SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING DEMN EUTECTIC | November 2020 | January 2026 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17047717 | PROCEDURE AND INSTALLATION FOR LOADING BOREHOLES WITH BULK WATER-BASED SUSPENSION OR WATERGEL TYPE EXPLOSIVES | October 2020 | January 2026 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17024949 | SPHERICAL COMPOSITE POWDER | September 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17019569 | ACOUSTIC MIXING SYSTEM FOR CREATING PROPELLANT MIXTURE | September 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16975084 | FUNCTIONAL GROUP-PROTECTED DIAZIDOGLYOXIME, METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING TKX-50 USING FUNCTIONAL GROUP-PROTECTED DIAZIDOGLYOXIME | August 2020 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16960716 | USE OF A TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM HALOGENATED SALT AS SMOKE-PRODUCING AGENT AND SMOKE-PRODUCING PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION INCORPORATING SUCH A MATERIAL | July 2020 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16770763 | PROPELLANT CHARGE | June 2020 | December 2024 | Abandon | 54 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16754817 | ACOUSTIC MIXERS | April 2020 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16843291 | LOW-SMOKE PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION | April 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16828865 | MODIFIED BLASTING AGENT | March 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810409 | BONDED THERMITE COMPOSITION | March 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16639621 | Co-Layered Propellant Charge | February 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16751731 | METHOD FOR REDUCING PROPELLANT CURING RESIDUAL STRESS BY HIGH-ENERGY ACOUSTIC BEAM | January 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16741508 | THERMAL HYDROGEN GENERATOR USING A METAL HYDRIDE AND THERMITE | January 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730303 | METHOD FOR PROTECTION FROM EXPLOSION AND FIRE | December 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16725744 | Enhanced Slag Formation For Copper-Containing Gas Generants | December 2019 | March 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16715190 | EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS WITH REDUCED FUME | December 2019 | September 2023 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16618005 | EXPLOSIVES COMPOSITION | November 2019 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16689795 | NON-LETHAL PAYLOADS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING SAME | November 2019 | November 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16688258 | OBSCURANT EMISSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16612954 | A METHOD FOR PRODUCING POTASSIUM 1,1 -DINITRAMINO-5,5-BISTETRAZOLATE AND EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAID SALT | November 2019 | October 2023 | Abandon | 47 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16600905 | NON-DETONABLE SHAPED CHARGE AND ACTIVATION | October 2019 | March 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16604402 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO ENERGETIC MATERIALS | October 2019 | February 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16500298 | PROCESS FOR MAKING AND FILLING A PBX COMPOSITION | October 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16500296 | RESONANT ACOUSTIC MIXING (RAM) OF AN EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION | October 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16590242 | SHORT DURATION CHEMILUMINESCENT COMPOSITION | October 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16582490 | Multi-Purpose Putty | September 2019 | February 2024 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16602212 | Flexible halocarbon pyrolant | August 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16555709 | COOL BURNING GAS GENERANT COMPOSITIONS WITH LIQUID COMBUSTION PRODUCTS | August 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16548522 | MINERAL PRECIPITATION METHODS | August 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16530042 | IGNITION BOOSTER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | August 2019 | December 2024 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16513211 | PYROPHORIC PELLETS THAT EMIT INFRARED RADIATION | July 2019 | September 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16509673 | NON-METALLIC IGNITION DEVICES | July 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 52 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16472297 | GAS-GENERATING PYROTECHNIC SOLID OBJECTS | June 2019 | March 2024 | Abandon | 57 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16469317 | EMULSION EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | June 2019 | February 2024 | Abandon | 56 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16469518 | EXOTHERMIC EXPANDABLE COMPOSITIONS | June 2019 | March 2024 | Abandon | 57 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16468613 | NANOENERGETIC MATERIAL COMPOSITE-BASED SOLID PROPELLANT, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND PROJECTILE USING THE SAME | June 2019 | March 2024 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16468137 | IMPROVED EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION | June 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 53 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16427663 | Solid Rocket Motor Propellant Manufacture and Configurations | May 2019 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16415804 | ENERGETIC LADEN FIBER FOR EXPLOSIVE CORD FILL | May 2019 | May 2023 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16410875 | BIODEGRADABLE REACTIVE SHOOTING TARGET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | May 2019 | February 2024 | Allow | 57 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16389091 | ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PROPELLANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | April 2019 | June 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16369609 | COOL BURNING HYDRATE FUELS IN GAS GENERANT FORMULATIONS FOR AUTOMOTIVE AIRBAG APPLICATIONS | March 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16369591 | GAS GENERANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A THERMALLY STABLE CRYSTALLINE HYDRATE COMPOUND FOR COOLING COMBUSTION FLAME TEMPERATURE AND IMPROVING BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE | March 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16369577 | GAS GENERANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MELAMINE OXALATE FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE RESTRAINT DEVICES | March 2019 | February 2026 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16353918 | EXTERNAL HOMOGENIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | March 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16298502 | DETONATOR-SENSITIVE ASSEMBLED BOOSTER CHARGES FOR USE IN BLASTING ENGINEERING AND THE USE THEREOF | March 2019 | August 2020 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16290200 | THREE PART MIXING PROCESS FOR ENERGETIC MATERIALS AND EPOXY BINDER | March 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16273942 | EXTREMELY SLOW PYROTECHNIC STROBE COMPOSITION WITH REDUCED TOXICITY | February 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16270016 | CRYOGENICALLY COMPATIBLE ROCKET PROPELLANT | February 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 55 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16260157 | BISMUTH-BASED ENERGETIC MATERIALS | January 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16258298 | MECHANICALLY-GASSED EMULSION EXPLOSIVES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO | January 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16250317 | NON-AMMONIUM NITRATE BASED GENERANTS | January 2019 | March 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FELTON, AILEEN BAKER.
With a 40.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success 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, 41.3% 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 FELTON, AILEEN BAKER works in Art Unit 1734 and has examined 310 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 61.6%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.
Examiner FELTON, AILEEN BAKER's allowance rate of 61.6% places them in the 22% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by FELTON, AILEEN BAKER receive 2.12 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 57% 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 FELTON, AILEEN BAKER is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 10% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FELTON, AILEEN BAKER. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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 11.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 37.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 35% 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 65.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 17.9% 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, 60.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
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 13.6% of allowed cases (in the 91% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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