Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17110659 | METAL HYDRIDE NANOPARTICLES | December 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 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 |
| 16770763 | PROPELLANT CHARGE | June 2020 | December 2024 | Abandon | 54 | 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 |
| 16555709 | COOL BURNING GAS GENERANT COMPOSITIONS WITH LIQUID COMBUSTION PRODUCTS | August 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16602212 | Flexible halocarbon pyrolant | August 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 48 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 16248961 | Non-Conductive Pyrotechnic Mixture | January 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 56 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16243177 | PYROTECHNIC DELAY COMPOSITION | January 2019 | March 2023 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16313493 | LEAD-FREE INITIATING AGENTS OR INITIATING AGENT MIXTURES | December 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16230308 | METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING TEXTURE IN SIMULANTS | December 2018 | June 2023 | Abandon | 53 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16197373 | METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF INSENSITIVE HIGH EXPLOSIVE | November 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16192977 | PROPELLANT STABILIZER | November 2018 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16095928 | Chemical Heat Sources for use in Down-Hole Operations | October 2018 | June 2024 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16093609 | Water Resistance Additive for Particulate Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil (Anfo) Explosives | October 2018 | March 2024 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16091371 | EFFICIENT SMOKE COMPOSITION IN VISIBLE AND INFRARED RANGES | October 2018 | May 2022 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16062856 | VEHICLE ADAPTED FOR MAKING MIXTURES OF WASTE LUBRICATING OIL/FUEL OIL FOR THE IN SITU PRODUCTION OF BULK PRODUCTS, AND ASSOCIATED PROCESS | September 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 50 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16087692 | GAS PROPELLED MUNITIONS ANTI-FOULING SYSTEM | September 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16087440 | ENERGETIC MATERIALS | September 2018 | October 2023 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16137934 | Material and Method of Manufacture for Engineered Reactive Matrix Composities | September 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16125871 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENT WITH FUEL AND OXIDIZER | September 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15940209 | INCENDIARY CAPSULE | March 2018 | December 2023 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 15762761 | SOLID ROCKET MOTOR HAVING HYDORXYL -TERMINATED BINDER WEIGHT DIOL | March 2018 | June 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 15762745 | SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT WITH LOW GLASS TRANSITION | March 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 15762181 | SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT WITH BLENDED TRIAZOLE PLASTICZER | March 2018 | February 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 15925735 | ENERGETIC THERMOPLASTIC FILAMENTS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHODS FOR THEIR FABRICATION | March 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15920521 | HYPERGOLIC HYDROCARBON FUEL | March 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15921193 | METHOD OF PREPARING AND APPLYING A SLURRY MIXTURE TO A BRIDGE WIRE INITIATOR | March 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15758808 | PROPELLANT CHARGE | March 2018 | September 2023 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15756636 | BLASTING AGENT | March 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15751501 | GAS-PRODUCING MATERIAL | February 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15891557 | PYROTECHNIC DELAY ELEMENT DEVICE | February 2018 | June 2021 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15882172 | OPTO-THERMAL LASER DETONATOR | January 2018 | June 2021 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15746980 | PBX COMPOSITION | January 2018 | October 2021 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 15870395 | Gaseous Oxygen Propulsion System With Chemical Oxygen Generation | January 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15742432 | CAST EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION | January 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15740371 | COATED PARTICLES | December 2017 | December 2020 | Abandon | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15852886 | CO2 DESORPTION CATALYST | December 2017 | September 2020 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15849935 | GUNPOWDER PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | December 2017 | October 2020 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15849281 | High Temperature Energetic Formulations | December 2017 | December 2020 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15832744 | RADIATION CURABLE ENERGETIC MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE | December 2017 | May 2021 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15525757 | THERMAL PRE-IGNITION AGENT | December 2017 | March 2020 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15817746 | AMORPHOUS ENERGETICS | November 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15810756 | Catalyst Component for High Activity and high Stereoselectivity in Olefin Polymerization | November 2017 | November 2020 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15782290 | Synthesis of energetic material particles with controlled morphology | October 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15726731 | PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS FOR AN INSULATION, INSULATED ROCKET MOTORS, AND RELATED METHODS | October 2017 | December 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 15724086 | Propellant Composition | October 2017 | December 2021 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 15713600 | PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITIONS | September 2017 | September 2021 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 15690515 | High Density Hybrid Rocket Motor | August 2017 | June 2021 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15545570 | REACTIVE MATERIALS | July 2017 | October 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 15649105 | PRECURSOR FORMULATIONS OF A SOLID PROPELLANT, SOLID PROPELLANTS INCLUDING A REACTION PRODUCT OF THE PRECURSOR FORMULATION, ROCKET MOTORS INCLUDING THE SOLID PROPELLANT, AND RELATED METHODS | July 2017 | June 2021 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15539635 | TUNGSTEN OXIDE PRIMER COMPOSITIONS | June 2017 | September 2021 | Abandon | 51 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15604716 | HIGH FIDELITY SHEET EXPLOSIVE SIMULANTS | May 2017 | November 2020 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 15591173 | BEAD MILLED SPRAY DRIED NANO-EXPLOSIVE | May 2017 | May 2021 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 15582954 | SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING DEMN EUTECTIC, AND RELATED METHODS OF FORMING AN ENERGETIC COMPOSITION | May 2017 | July 2020 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 15521959 | EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF DELIVERY | April 2017 | September 2020 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15731136 | Stability of gas atomized reactive powders through multiple step in-situ passivation | April 2017 | December 2019 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15491433 | Copolymerized Bis-(Ethylene Oxy) Methane Polysulfide Polymer and Hydroxyl Terminated Poly Butadiene as a Solid Fueled Ramjet Fuel | April 2017 | December 2019 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15518701 | AN EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITION | April 2017 | September 2020 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15731053 | Stability of gas atomized reactive powders through multiple step in-situ passivation | April 2017 | May 2020 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FELTON, AILEEN BAKER.
With a 35.7% 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, 39.5% 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 FELTON, AILEEN BAKER works in Art Unit 1734 and has examined 276 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 61.2%, 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 61.2% places them in the 23% 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 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% 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 12% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FELTON, AILEEN BAKER. This interview benefit is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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 12.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 14% 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, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 37% 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 65.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 19.2% 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, 67.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 73% 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 0.4% 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 14.2% of allowed cases (in the 92% 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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