Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218571 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SYSTEM BIOMASS AND COAL CO-COMBUSTION TO PREPARE GRAPHITE SAMPLE | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19097214 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR | April 2025 | November 2025 | Abandon | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19085651 | GRAPHENE OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING GRAPHENE OXIDE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19085664 | GRAPHENE OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING GRAPHENE OXIDE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19085677 | GRAPHENE OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY USING GRAPHENE OXIDE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19038859 | CARBON MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18872278 | CARBON NANOTUBES, CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION, CARBON NANOTUBE RESIN COMPOSITION, MIXTURE SLURRY, ELECTRODE FILM, SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18808363 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MEDIUM- AND HIGH-MODULUS LARGE TOW CARBON FIBERS | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18838514 | CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING OF CARBON FOAM STRUCTURES AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767251 | WATER TREATMENT METHOD WITH PORPHYRIN-CONTAINING ADSORBENT | July 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18761880 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR | July 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18678425 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CARBON NANOTUBE | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18672270 | Carbon Nanomaterial Derived from Human Waste | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18712758 | FUNCTIONALIZED ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCTS, PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONALIZED ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCTS, AND USES OF FUNCTIONALIZED ACTIVATED CARBON PRODUCTS | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653364 | MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE AND A PHOTOCATALYSIS PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18624173 | SOLID NANOMATERIAL ADSORBENT | April 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18602160 | Columnar-Carbon and Graphene-Plate Lattice Composite | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18602454 | METHOD OF FORMING GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS FROM COAL | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18441805 | ADDITIVE FOR LIQUID FUELS, FUEL COMPOSITIONS BASED ON THE ADDITIVE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18292792 | CARBON MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18419231 | PH-BASED STRUCTURAL CHANGE OF WATER SOLUBLE CARBON NANOPARTICLES FOR ENCAPSULATION AND RELEASE OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS | January 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413501 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS SYNTHESIZED FROM DEPOLYMERIZED LIGNIN VIA FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410566 | ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE FIBER WITH BIDIRECTIONAL LINEAR STRAIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408469 | DEVICE TO RECYCLE MATERIAL AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18505943 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING INPUTS TO A PYROLYSIS REACTOR TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBES | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18369933 | Method of Preparing Carbon Nanomaterials | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235382 | GRAPHENIC CARBON NANOPARTICLES HAVING A LOW POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATION AND PROCESSES OF MAKING SAME | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450815 | MODIFIED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES INCLUDING MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AND CARBOXYLATE MOIETIES AND RELATED METHODS | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232376 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING GRAPHENE FELTS WITHOUT USING BINDERS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18275732 | MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MATERIAL AND FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES | June 2023 | February 2024 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18038625 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR | May 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18319145 | METHOD OF MAKING CARBON NANOTUBE BUNDLES | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195530 | PROCESS OF CONTROLLING THE MORPHOLOGY OF GRAPHITE | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250700 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138421 | PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHIUM CARBONATE | April 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138020 | LAYER-NUMBER-CONTROLLABLE GRAPHENE DERIVED FROM NATURAL BIOMASS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303567 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF A CARBON SHEET | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18136473 | PLASMA INDUCED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18249492 | Pitch Compositions For Spinning Into Carbon Articles And Methods Relating Thereto | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126432 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-POROUS BIOMASS CARBON MATERIAL | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126247 | METHOD FOR CARBON NANOTUBE PURIFICATION | March 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124792 | PREPARATION METHOD OF NANO ALUMINUM OXIDE (NANO-Al2O3) WITH CONTROLLABLE HYDROXYL CONTENT AND USE THEREOF | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124219 | CARBON NANOTUBE-FUNCTIONALIZED REVERSE THERMAL GEL AND METHODS OF FORMING AND USING SAME | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123243 | EXTRACTING BASE METALS USING A WETTING AGENT AND A THIOCARBONYL FUNCTIONAL GROUP REAGENT | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121974 | EXFOLIATION OF GRAPHENE FROM BIOCHAR | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245159 | CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL DISPERSION LIQUID, METHOD OF PRODUCING SLURRY FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, METHOD OF PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182033 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PEROVSKITE NANOPOWDER THROUGH A RHEOLOGICAL PHASE REACTION AT LOW-TEMPERATURE | March 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044608 | Directionally-arranged Graphene Heat-conducting Foam, Directionally-arranged Graphene Heat-conducting Film, Preparation Methods of Directionally-arranged Graphene Heat-conducting Foam and Directionally-arranged Graphene Heat-conducting Film, and Electronic Product | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116267 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING AVOCADO PEEL INTO HARD CARBON POWDER USEFUL FOR BATTERY ANODES | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173090 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECYCLING CARBON FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042659 | MODIFIED FINE PARTICULATE CARBON MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172229 | FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTICS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING FIBERS CONTAINED THEREIN | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111508 | GRAPHENIC CARBON NANOPARTICLES HAVING A LOW POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONCENTRATION AND PROCESSES OF MAKING SAME | February 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020648 | POLYARYL CARBOXYLIC FULLERENE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF IN ANTI-CORONAVIRUS INFECTION | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18007484 | Melt pyrolysis of hydrocarbon feedstock containing nitrogen and/or hydrogen sulphide | January 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007191 | POLYACRYLONITRILE-BASED STABILIZED FIBER, CARBON FIBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005611 | OXIDIZED CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | January 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086714 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SELF-FLOATING TRANSPARENT NANO ULTRATHIN FILM | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068342 | CARBON FIBER FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CARBON NANOFIBER AND HYDROGEN THROUGH CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE PYROLYSIS | December 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075485 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH YIELD AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH YIELD AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075479 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH YIELD AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE | December 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008457 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH YIELD AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE | December 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17993733 | CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926140 | FILTERING AND SEPARATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING Fe3O4 NANO-PARTICLES | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986174 | REDUCED ACYLATED GRAPHENE OXIDE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17923052 | NITROGEN AND FLUORINE DOPED GRAPHENE AND USE THEREOF | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17969390 | WATER-BASED GRAPHENE DISPERSION MADE BY SHEAR STABILIZATION | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965946 | CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR FIBER, FIBER FOR CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR FIBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR FIBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING STABILIZED FIBER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBON FIBER | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965341 | PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARBON NANOTUBES GROWN FROM SOIL CLAY AND GRAPHENE OXIDE | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995903 | METHOD OF PREPARATION OF SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914321 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PRECIOUS METAL EXTRACTION FROM ORE | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904416 | NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHITIC NANOPLATE WITHOUT IRON DOPING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17945364 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GRAPHITE FILM | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911776 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBER BUNDLE | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17902818 | Apparatus and Method for Microwave Carbonization of Polymeric Materials for Carbon Fiber Production | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17902815 | Apparatus and Method for Close Proximity Carbonization of Polymeric Materials for Carbon Fiber Production | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17802991 | CARBON-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | August 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 17905118 | TREATMENT AGENT FOR CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR, AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF TREATMENT AGENT FOR CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR, CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBERS | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760324 | COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION OF GRAPHENE | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796979 | CARBON FIBERS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17873493 | METHODS FOR PREPARING HARD CARBON BY ACID OXIDATION | July 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17873343 | METHODS FOR PREPARING NANO-ORDERED CARBON PRODUCTS FROM REFINERY HYDROCARBON STREAMS | July 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872502 | POROUS CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | July 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793978 | Method for Producing Spherical Nanocarbon Fiber Assembly, Method for Producing Carbon Nanorod and Method for Producing Graphene Nanoribbon | July 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17869422 | SYNTHESIZING GRAPHENE DERIVATIVES FROM ASPHALTENE | July 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868333 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CARBON FIBER | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866560 | GRAPHENIC CARBON NANOPARTICLES HAVING A LOW POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBON CENTRATION AND PROCESSES OF MAKING SAME | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862611 | WATER-BASED GRAPHENE DISPERSION MADE BY SHEAR STABILIZATION | July 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17857761 | LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION OF OXIDIZED GRAPHENE | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847440 | CONDUCTIVE DIAMOND/AMORPHOUS CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME | June 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840628 | 2-DIMENSIONAL MICROPOROUS GRAPHENE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | June 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17831816 | SIZING AGENT COMPOSITION, CARBON FIBER MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756895 | Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Films and Method and Apparatus for Fabricating Thereof | June 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829720 | SUPERFINE CARBON FIBER THREAD OBTAINED BY SUBJECTING OPENE CARBON FIBER THREAD FROM CARBON FIBER RAW THREAD TO TWISTING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND STRAND OR WOVEN YAR WITH THE SAME | June 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779488 | Method For the Preparation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17664074 | GRAPHENE SYNTHESIS UNIT | May 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MCCRACKEN, DANIEL.
With a 46.7% 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, 41.7% 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 MCCRACKEN, DANIEL works in Art Unit 1736 and has examined 1,161 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner MCCRACKEN, DANIEL's allowance rate of 77.3% places them in the 44% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MCCRACKEN, DANIEL receive 1.69 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MCCRACKEN, DANIEL is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 63% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCCRACKEN, DANIEL. This interview benefit is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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 42.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% 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, 54.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 48% 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 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, 60.1% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 3.3% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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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