Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990830 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING NITROGEN SOURCES LIFE SPAN IN PLANT GROWTH MEDIUMS AND METHODS OF MAKING | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18935699 | MICROBIAL PROTECTANT IN HIGH-NUTRIENT AND HIGH-ACTIVITY CHEMICAL FERTILIZER-BIOLOGICAL COMPOUND FERTILIZER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18935700 | HIGH-NUTRIENT AND HIGH-ACTIVITY CHEMICAL FERTILIZER-BIOLOGICAL COMPOUND FERTILIZER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18906175 | Novel Humic Material and Method to Formulate the Same | October 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18907328 | SOIL COMPOSITION INCLUDING BIOCHAR, COMPOST, AND BARK FINES | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18890344 | REACTION METHODS FOR PRODUCING NITROGENOUS PHOSPHORYL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE IN SITU FLUID COMPOSITIONS | September 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18750457 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF PROTIC AND APROTIC SOLVENT SYSTEMS | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18673450 | DESENSITIZED FERTILIZER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18673490 | DESENSITIZED FERTILIZER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660043 | CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK MATERIAL INTO A BIOCHAR PRODUCT | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641577 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS TO IMPROVE FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL AND SEQUESTRATION OF ACIDITY FROM SURFACE SEAWATER | April 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18633598 | ROCK FINES AS CARRIERS OF PLANT NUTRIENTS | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18612558 | AGENT FOR INCREASING A PLANT FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT CONTENT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594484 | MATERIALS SUITABLE AS SUBSTITUTES FOR PEAT MOSSES AND PROCESSES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18444291 | NUTRIENT AND BIOCHAR PRODUCTION USING HIGH MOISTURE FEEDSTOCK AND BLACK SOLDIER FLIES | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18432823 | BARK AND WOOD FIBER GROWING MEDIUM | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431971 | METHOD FOR PREPARING WEATHERED COAL-DERIVED HUMIC ACID/UREA-FORMALDEHYDE SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER GRANULES BY REACTIVE EXTRUSION PROCESS WITH DEPOLYMERIZATION-ACTIVATION-POLYCONDENSATION TRINITY AND FERTILIZATION METHOD | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425274 | COMPOSITIONS FOR INCREASING NITROGEN SOURCES LIFE SPAN IN PLANT GROWTH MEDIUMS AND METHODS OF MAKING | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411406 | NON-AQUEOUS ORGANO LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTAINING DISPERSED ORGANO POLYCARBOXYLATE FUNCTIONALITIES THAT IMPROVES EFFICIENCIES AND PROPERTIES OF NITROGEN SOURCES | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18408250 | Method and Device for Safely Generating Pure Ammonia for GC/CI-MS/MS and ICP-MS Applications | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18408482 | RECIPROCATING FREEZE CONCENTRATION FOR URINE-BASED FERTILIZER PRODUCTION | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18405089 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING PHOSPHORUS AND IRON AND USE THEREOF | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531067 | EFFICIENCY OF MAN-MADE AND/OR NATURAL ORGANIC BASED ANIMAL MANURE FERTILIZERS BY LIBERATING THE BOUND NUTRIENTS (MACRO AND MICRO) THROUGH THE USE OF ORGANIC, NON-AQUEOUS LIQUID DELIVERY FORMULATIONS CONTAINING ORGANIC POLY (ORGANICACIDS) AND/OR THEIR SALTS | December 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18504810 | Mineral Supplement Including Microbes to Promote Growth in Agriculture | November 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18502929 | HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL QUALITY PARAMETERS OF FERTILIZERS | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386018 | NON-AQUEOUS ORGANO LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS CONTAINING DISPERSED POLY (ORGANIC ACIDS) THAT IMPROVE AVAILABILITY OF MACRO & MICRO-NUTRIENTS TO PLANTS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472794 | CALCIUM SULFATE UREA GRANULES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547403 | PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF AMORPHOUS METAL OXIDE HOLLOW MULTI-SHELL MATERIAL | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18454062 | METHOD OF INCREASING IRRIGATION WATER AND FERTILIZER DELIVERY TO SOIL USING FORMIC ACID AND FORMATE SALTS | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18234926 | Method for Preparing Small-Molecule Organic Water-Soluble Fertilizer Using Biomass and its Waste, and Product and Application Thereof | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451768 | METAL-DECORATED BARIUM CALCIUM ALUMINUM OXIDE CATALYST FOR NH3 SYNTHESIS AND CRACKING AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | August 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18345464 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18342757 | MULTIPURPOSE FERTILIZER COMPOSITION HAVING ANTI-INSECT PROPERTIES, WATER-RETAINING, AND CAPABLE OF IMPROVING TO ABSORB MICRONUTRIENTS FOR PLANTS | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256554 | STRIPPING-TYPE UREA PLANT FOR DEF PRODUCTION | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206578 | CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK MATERIAL INTO A BIOCHAR PRODUCT | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18325442 | BIOCHAR PRODUCT, ITS USE IN FERTILIZERS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE BIOCHAR | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18297648 | APPLICATION OF FARNESENE IN PREPARING PLANT-DERIVED UREASE INHIBITOR | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191557 | ORGANIC LIQUID FERTILIZER | March 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121783 | DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON MATERIALS | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18119566 | PLANT GROWTH ENHANCER USING CARBON DIOXIDE TO INCREASE PLANT YIELD | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176016 | FERTILIZER COMPOSITION | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168473 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS | February 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167599 | Fertilizer Stick | February 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156209 | USE OF N-FUNCTIONALIZED ALKOXY PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS AS NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091290 | Compositions for Increasing Nitrogen Sources Life Span in Plant Growth Mediums and Methods of Making | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087183 | METHODS OF PRODUCING FERTILIZER COMPOSITIONS AND BIOGAS | December 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18068803 | MICROALGAE ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL CROP NUTRITION GRANULES | December 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078490 | FERTILIZER COMPOSITION INCLUDING ANIMAL MANURE AND CEMENT KILN DUST | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992777 | Novel Method to Formulate Humic Substances | November 2022 | July 2023 | Abandon | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979410 | PROCESSES FOR CRYSTALLIZING METAL SULFATES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLIZED METAL SULFATES | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970766 | TREATMENT METHOD FOR IMPROVING HERBAGE SEED YIELD | October 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048198 | CHLORELLA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF TO ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH | October 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968792 | Extruded Granular Absorbent | October 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919288 | SPECIAL PIG MANURE CHARCOAL MODIFIED BY AMINO GRAFTING, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE REUSE OF NITROGEN FROM FARMLAND DRAINAGE | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952899 | ROCK FINES AS CARRIERS OF PLANT NUTRIENTS | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17933729 | METHOD OF FERTILIZATION AND/OR IRRIGATION USING POTASSIUM BISULFATE | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794915 | METHOD FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PHOSPHORIC ACID | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17897133 | COMPOSITONS AND METHODS COMPRISING NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF PROTIC AND APROTIC SOLVENT SYSTEMS | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17896354 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICRONIZED SULFUR | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893888 | Liquid Formulations of Urease Inhibitors for Fertilizers | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17892963 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS TO IMPROVE FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888342 | REACTION METHODS FOR PRODUCING NITROGENOUS PHOSPHORYL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE IN SITU FLUID COMPOSITIONS | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818579 | Growth Media for Improved Growth and Yield of Fungus Using Treated Lignocellulosic Biomass | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883190 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS TO IMPROVE FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817356 | MULTIPURPOSE FERTILIZER COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | August 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880553 | USE OF1,9-DECANEDIOL IN INHIBITING AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION FROM SOIL | August 2022 | July 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880140 | USE OF 1,9-DECANEDIOL IN RETARDING UREA HYDROLYSIS | August 2022 | July 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865911 | BARK AND WOOD FIBER GROWING MEDIUM | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17843828 | SWELLABLE FERTILIZER GRANULES CONTAINING ELEMENTAL SULFUR WITH INCREASED OXIDATION RATES | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17843807 | COMPACTED MURIATE OF POTASH FERTILIZERS CONTAINING MICRONUTRIENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835916 | BIOCHAR AS A MICROBIAL CARRIER | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835900 | REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FARMING USING BIOCHAR | June 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17830260 | FERTILIZER MICROBE COMBINATION | June 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17741638 | CALCIUM SULFATE UREA GRANULES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733252 | BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS ON FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17731602 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FUEL EFFICIENCY OF FUEL CELL VEHICLE IN UPHILL AND DOWNHILL DRIVING | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727497 | MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE AS RHEOLOGY MODIFIER IN HIGH IONIC STRENGTH AGRICULTURAL FORMULATIONS | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17715466 | ENHANCED EFFICIENCY FERTILIZER WITH UREASE INHIBITOR AND NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR IN SEPARATE PARTICLES | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17713091 | A PLANT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NITRIC ACID, A RELATED PROCESS AND METHOD OF REVAMPING | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17706886 | AGENT FOR INCREASING A PLANT FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT CONTENT AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17705828 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS CONTAINING A MIXURE OF PROTIC AND APROTIC SOLVENT SYSTEMS | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699864 | MINERAL SOLUBILIZING MICROORGANISM INFUSED BIOCHARS | March 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695783 | REACTION METHODS FOR PRODUCING NITROGENOUS PHOSPHORYL COMPOUNDS THAT ARE IN SITU FLUID COMPOSITIONS | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694413 | ENHANCED EFFICIENCY FERTILIZER WITH UREASE INHIBITOR AND NITRIFICATION SEPARATED WITHIN THE SAME PARTICLE | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17689849 | Nutritional Compositions for Plants and Soils | March 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17687528 | SYSTEM FOR COATINGS FOR GRANULAR MATERIALS | March 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17685465 | LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATORS AND METHODS OF FORMING LIQUID FERTILIZER CONCENTRATE | March 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 17678811 | BULK ANIMAL BEDDING | February 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636404 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, IMPLANT COMPRISING THEREOF, USE OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A MEDICAL DEVICE | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17673973 | CALCIUM SULFATE UREA GRANULES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665243 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS | February 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17570633 | Methods for Absorbing a Targeted Compound from a Gas Stream for Subsequent Processing or Use | January 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17566542 | DISSOLVABLE OBJECTS | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564335 | TREATED BIOCHAR FOR USE IN WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562177 | IRON-SUPPLEMENTED FERTILIZER | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561519 | NOVEL TECHNOLOGY TO COAT FERTILIZER AND IMPROVE FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY AND THEIR ASSOCIATED METHODS | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620132 | GRANULES OF POLYHALITE AND UREA | December 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643344 | Pharmaceutical Waste System | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540754 | NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS TO IMPROVE FERTILIZER EFFICIENCY | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LANGEL, WAYNE A.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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 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 LANGEL, WAYNE A works in Art Unit 1736 and has examined 1,364 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner LANGEL, WAYNE A's allowance rate of 81.9% places them in the 47% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LANGEL, WAYNE A receive 1.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% 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 LANGEL, WAYNE A is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +21.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LANGEL, WAYNE A. This interview benefit is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 69.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% 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, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 34% 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 76.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 68.8% 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, 56.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 71% 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 1.8% 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 2.1% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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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