Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18738569 | TAPE APPLICATOR WITH SPLIT WIPER | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18444936 | IN-PROCESS INSPECTION TOOL | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488053 | CONNECTION METHOD FOR YARN WIRE AND CIRCUIT BOARD | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555722 | Splice mechanism for a packaging assembly | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485759 | PROTECTIVE MASKING TAPE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD TABS | October 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483902 | HIGH-RATE LABEL APPLICATOR METHOD AND APPARATUS | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242064 | LABEL FEEDER FOR HYBRID IRREGULAR COMPONENT INSERTION ROBOT | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459601 | ROLLER UNIT FOR FEEDING TAPES, FIBER PLACEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459578 | ROLLER UNIT FOR FEEDING TAPES, FIBER PLACEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOLDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456101 | BONDED NUTPLATE RAPID CURE SYSTEM WITH FIXTURED HEATER | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364685 | Integrated Die Ejector for Die Attach Ejector Devices | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18362330 | POLE PIECE LABELING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE COMPONENTS | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18262444 | SURFACE MODIFYING APPARATUS AND BONDING STRENGTH DETERMINATION METHOD | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353630 | AUTOMATED ULTRASONIC WELDING OF CABLE TIES | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18334662 | SUBSTRATE FIXING DEVICE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18267360 | SEMI-INCOMBUSTIBLE PANEL BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | June 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333126 | Composite Reinforced Moisture-Proof Fiberboard, and Preparation Apparatus and Method thereof | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18325320 | TAPE AFFIXING APPARATUS | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201667 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LABELS TO A CUSTOMER CONTAINER FROM A WASTE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND/OR RECYCLING VEHICLE | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18034074 | LAMINATOR CAPABLE OF PREVENTING FILM JAMMING | April 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18033219 | Tape Deposition System | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18303158 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18134879 | AUTOMATED TOW/TAPE PLACEMENT SYSTEM | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132841 | Peel-Off Label Dispenser, System and Method | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18029663 | SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246336 | PLANT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERROMAGNETIC CORES OF ELECTRIC MACHINES | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18027864 | ADHESION DEVICE AND ADHESION METHOD | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18042581 | ABSORBENT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT STRUCTURES | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18112739 | HEAT DISSIPATING PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168437 | Novel touch screen assembly using improved bonding method | February 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18019433 | Asymmetric Peel Plate for a Label-Dispensing Apparatus and Peel Assist Plate | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156803 | SHEET LAMINATION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR HOLLOW SEALED GEOMETRIES WITHOUT INTERNAL SUPPORT | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18016088 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING A CURVED SURFACE FOR A FILM STRUCTURE | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18153513 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FUSED METAL SIGHT WINDOW WITH A HIGH FLOW TEMPERATURE OPTICAL MATERIAL | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18152071 | BONDING APPARATUS AND A BONDING DEVICE THEREOF | January 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091721 | STICKER AFFIXING SYSTEM, METHOD TO BE EXECUTED BY STICKER AFFIXING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY STICKER AFFIXING SYSTEM | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086292 | LABELING SYSTEM AND FLEXING LABEL APPLICATOR | December 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086312 | Label Flagger | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786811 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A STRAND OF CUSHIONING MATERIAL, AND CUSHIONING MATERIAL COIL | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18002390 | Rounded Sonotrode | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18062830 | CHIP PEELING APPARATUS AND CHIP PEELING METHOD USING THE SAME | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17928669 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CUFFS FOR WEARABLE ARTICLE | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17994511 | Multiple Composite-Layer Chopping Board Made of Heterogeneous Materials and Method of Making the Same | November 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17927399 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR INSULATING RESIN CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE | November 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986980 | METHOD FOR LABELLING REELS | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997847 | INTELLIGENT LABEL AUTOMATED CAPTURE SOLUTIONS | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18046589 | VEHICLE WITH 3D PRINTING DEVICE FOR ON-WHEEL TIRE REPAIR | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995931 | BONDING SYSTEM | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045257 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHAPING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17915030 | Tape Attachment Apparatus | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914813 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR LABELING CONTAINERS | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17914833 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING LABELS FROM REUSABLE CONTAINERS | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914102 | Pressing Apparatus Including Fluid and Electrode and Electrode Assembly Manufacturing Method Using the Same | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17912734 | Unit Cell Preparation Apparatus and Method | September 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17930197 | CONVEYING APPARATUS AND PEELING APPARATUS | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17903678 | FLEXING LABEL APPLICATOR | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17616713 | ATTACHED BODY PRODUCTION METHOD, ATTACHED BODY, AND MICROSTRUCTURE FORMATION METHOD | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17885421 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS WITH MULTI-PURPOSE LABELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810609 | VEHICLE WITH 3D PRINTING DEVICE FOR ON-WHEEL TIRE REPAIR | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856596 | INDEPENDENTLY DEPOSITING AND IN SITU CONSOLIDATING THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17810174 | METHODS OF DISASSEMBLING APPAREL PRODUCTS HAVING CYCLOALKENE ADHESIVES | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847766 | LABELLING SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17847682 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PICKUP APPARATUS | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF ANALYTICAL TEST STRIPS | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839204 | BLOW LABELER | June 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17784625 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COATING A WORKPIECE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750786 | FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD WITH AUGMENTED RESTART | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735745 | Label Reinforcing Device, and Related Systems and Methods | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17622551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE BOARD | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723042 | ANALYTIC SUBSTRATE COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD | April 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17719641 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17704295 | HOT-PRESSING MEMBER WITH IMPROVED FOCUS OF PRESSING AND LONGEVITY AND HOT-PRESSING DEVICE | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691255 | Ultrasonic Joining Method and Arrangement | March 2022 | April 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636177 | A Laminating Machine | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17669870 | TAPE ARRANGING DEVICE | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17667207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STACKING BATTERY CELLS | February 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17597018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630896 | EXPANSION HELD PREPEG COMPOSITE | January 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17584841 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEBONDING ENERGY OF A COMPOSITE LAMINATE | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17580684 | Sterile Connection Of Tubing | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628378 | MODULE FOR REMOVING MISASSEMBLED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND METHOD USING SAME TO REMOVE MISASSEMBLED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17647434 | AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT OF PLIES WITH STAGGERING | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17624310 | HEAT, CORROSION, AND IMPACT RESISTANT, LIGHTWEIGHT, MASS-PRODUCIBLE, AND ANTIBACTERIAL INSULATION MATERIAL | December 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17566284 | RESISTANCE REPAIR OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPONENTS | December 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17622054 | PREFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621167 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR COMPONENTS | December 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17554137 | VIBRATION WELDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17542893 | WELDING METHOD | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17457715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED ULTRASONIC BONDING | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17457051 | Laminate Nonconformance Management System | December 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17613637 | PIPE JOINT APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A JOINT | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17613308 | ULTRASONIC SETTING OF A CONNECTOR TO AN OBJECT | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532528 | TAPE APPLICATOR WITH SPLIT WIPER | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455025 | REWORK DEVICE AND REWORK METHOD | November 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17611160 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING ADHESIVES | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17610773 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURED THERETHROUGH, AND SECONDARY BATTERY | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17454261 | Continuously Moving Line for Making Composite Laminate Parts | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17454272 | MULTI-LANE TOWS FOR USE WITH PLY-BY-PLY FORMING MACHINES | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17610240 | TORCH AND PLASMA HEATING METHOD FOR PLACING COMPOSITE ROVINGS | November 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KOCH, GEORGE R.
With a 50.0% 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, 45.5% 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 KOCH, GEORGE R works in Art Unit 1745 and has examined 882 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner KOCH, GEORGE R's allowance rate of 75.9% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KOCH, GEORGE R receive 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% 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 KOCH, GEORGE R 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 +16.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KOCH, GEORGE R. This interview benefit is in the 56% 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, 27.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 48% 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 37.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 57% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 68.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.7% 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, 57.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 61% 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 2.6% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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 9.9% of allowed cases (in the 89% 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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