Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861622 | ELECTRODE MIX FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY | October 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17260929 | CATHODE MATERIAL FOR A SODIUM-ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | January 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16979520 | BINDER COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL PASTE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SLURRY COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SEC | September 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17007707 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | August 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17002908 | FRONT-SIDE CONDUCTIVE PASTE FOR CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND SOLAR CELL | August 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16984892 | NOVEL MATERIALS WITH EXTREMELY DURABLE INTERCALATION OF LITHIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | August 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16924003 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITION, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, AND POLYMER USING THE SAME | July 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16959178 | SILVER NANOWIRE INK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | June 2020 | August 2021 | Abandon | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16907409 | HYDROPHYLIC SEMICONDUCTING SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE INKS | June 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16955957 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES, COMPOSITION, ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES | June 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16900809 | POLYMER-SILICA HYBRID PDOTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | June 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16771274 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE | June 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16767964 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE | May 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15931758 | IRIDIUM COMPLEX COMPOUND, COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE COMPOUND AND SOLVENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT CONTAINING THE COMPOUND, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE | May 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16850119 | NANOPLATELET | April 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16846287 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PAINTS AND CAULKS WITH CONTROLLABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES | April 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16753938 | Conductive Articles Produced from a Composite Material and Process to Produce Such Articles | April 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16753708 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE FOR FORMING SOLAR CELL ELECTRODE | April 2020 | July 2020 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16825880 | SULFUR-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL | March 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16811359 | METAL PASTE AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE | March 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16640441 | THICK-FILM RESISTIVE ELEMENT PASTE AND USE OF THICK-FILM RESISTIVE ELEMENT PASTE IN RESISTOR | February 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16795158 | PEST CONTROL AND DETECTION SYSTEM WITH CONDUCTIVE BAIT MATRIX | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16790964 | Method of Making Silicon-Carbide Reinforced Solid Electrolyte Battery Materials | February 2020 | June 2020 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16637265 | SLURRY FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES, AND FLEXIBLE ELECTRODE USING SAME | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16746697 | NOVEL MATERIALS WITH EXTREMELY DURABLE INTERCALATION OF LITHIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | January 2020 | July 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16739880 | Masterbatches for preparing a composite material based on semi-crystalline polymer with enhanced conductivity properties, process and composite materials produced therefrom | January 2020 | August 2021 | Abandon | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16717711 | FULLERENE DERIVATIVE BLENDS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF | December 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16714990 | ELECTRONICALLY ABRUPT BOROPHENE/ORGANIC LATERAL HETEROSTRUCTURES AND PREPARATION THEREOF | December 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16614403 | OXIDE SINTERED BODY AND SPUTTERING TARGET | November 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16614238 | OXIDE SINTERED BODY AND SPUTTERING TARGET | November 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16668161 | Silicon-Carbide Reinforced Solid-State Electrolytes | October 2019 | February 2020 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16658583 | Thermally Conductive Polymer Composition for a Heat Sink | October 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16601095 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PAINTS AND CAULKS WITH CONTROLLABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES | October 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16591129 | Lithium Complex Oxide for Lithium Secondary Battery Positive Active Material and Method of Preparing the Same | October 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16588574 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, AND COMPOUND AND POLYMER USING THE SAME | September 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16579107 | SILICON-BASED COMPOSITE ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE COMPRISING SAME | September 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16574309 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SOLAR CELL ELECTRODE AND SOLAR CELL ELECTRODE PREPARED USING THE SAME | September 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16554214 | Silicon-Carbide Reinforced Carbon-Silicon Composites | August 2019 | November 2019 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16540822 | Li-CONTAINING SILICON OXIDE POWDER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | August 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16540592 | PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | August 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16534253 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16483845 | CONDUCTIVE POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION | August 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16479232 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | July 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16479444 | COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR THE FORMATION OF AN ANTISTATIC LAYER OR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SHIELD | July 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16478990 | 1T-PHASE TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSHEETS | July 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16478193 | SILVER-COATED SILICONE RUBBER PARTICLES, CONDUCTIVE PASTE CONTAINING SAME, AND A CONDUCTIVE FILM PRODUCTION METHOD USING CONDUCTIVE PASTE | July 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16458429 | SELF-HEALING COMPOSITE AND DEVICE INCLUDING SELF-HEALING FILM | July 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16452176 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDROGELS WITH TUNABLE PROPERTIES | June 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16447701 | METHOD OF SPECTRALLY CAMOUFLAGING A STRUCTURE WITH A SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT | June 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16438806 | CONDUCTIVE HEATING COMPOSITION AND FLEXIBLE CONDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE USING THE SAME | June 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16415252 | Silicon-Carbide Reinforced Carbon-Silicon Composites | May 2019 | September 2019 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16415298 | FORMATION OF SILICON-CARBIDE REINFORCED CARBON-SILICON COMPOSITES | May 2019 | September 2019 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16411345 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING OPTICALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY ACTIVE PHOSPHORENE | May 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16404397 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16387206 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH TAILORED ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRAL PROPERTIES, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS FOR ENHANCED THERMAL MANAGEMENT, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | April 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16356992 | PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MODIFIED OXIDE COMPOSITIONS | March 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16274841 | NEGATIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY | February 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16254977 | FRONT-SIDE CONDUCTIVE PASTE FOR CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND SOLAR CELL | January 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16317348 | LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, TRANSITION METAL HYDROXIDE PRECURSOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSITION METAL HYDROXIDE PRECURSOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS | January 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16240257 | POLYMERIZED IN-SITU HYBRID SOLID ION-CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS | January 2019 | September 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16227057 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION AND SOLAR CELL USING THE CONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION | December 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16309795 | POLYMER-SILICA HYBRID PDOTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | December 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309729 | SILVER CHLORIDE PASTE | December 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16207801 | POLYIMIDE-BASED POLYMER THICK FILM RESISTOR COMPOSITION | December 2018 | August 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16202649 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME AND SOLAR CELL | November 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16304034 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL POWDER FOR SECONDARY BATTERY | November 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15780472 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR POTASSIUM ION SECONDARY CELL | November 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16183112 | GLASS COMPOSITION, GLASS POWDER, CONDUCTIVE PASTE, AND SOLAR CELL | November 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16182885 | QUANTUM DOT HAVING CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE | November 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16181357 | POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL ANISOTROPICAL BODY THEREOF | November 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15781254 | POTASSIUM COMPOUND AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR POTASSIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES CONTAINING SAME | November 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16179828 | RADIATION-SHIELDING MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16176987 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING OF ELECTRODE FILM MIXTURES | October 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16089172 | ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | September 2018 | March 2020 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16085940 | Ceramic Material, Varistor and Methods of Preparing the Ceramic Material and the Varistor | September 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16128409 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | September 2018 | June 2019 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16082545 | SHEET-SHAPED NITROGEN-PHOSPHORUS CO-DOPED POROUS CARBON MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF | September 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16118212 | INK COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT SINTERING, WIRING BOARD USING SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | August 2018 | July 2019 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16118096 | INK COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT SINTERING, WIRING BOARD USING SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | August 2018 | June 2019 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16110098 | ORGANIC MOLECULES, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES | August 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16109220 | PEST CONTROL AND DETECTION SYSTEM WITH CONDUCTIVE BAIT MATRIX | August 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16102088 | SILOXANE-CONTAINING SOLAR CELL METALLIZATION PASTES | August 2018 | November 2018 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16053704 | SEMICONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION FOR POWER CABLE | August 2018 | July 2019 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16053725 | SEMICONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION FOR CABLE | August 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16046619 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS WITH HIGH SURFACE CONDUCTIVITY | July 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16037041 | IONOMER ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING SLURRY | July 2018 | November 2020 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16068176 | STRETCHABLE CONDUCTOR COMPOSITION, PASTE FOR FORMING STRETCHABLE CONDUCTOR, GARMENT COMPRISING WIRING COMPRISING STRETCHABLE CONDUCTOR COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | July 2018 | September 2019 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16068303 | METHOD OF PRODUCING COBALT-COATED PRECURSOR, COBALT-COATED PRECURSOR PRODUCED THEREBY, AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PREPARED USING SAME | July 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16068298 | HYDROPHYLIC SEMICONDUCTING SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE INKS | July 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16027046 | THERMOSETTING ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PASTE COMPOSITION, AND SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE BOTH USING THE SAME | July 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16067873 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CONDUCTIVE COPPER PASTE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | July 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16065874 | ANODE COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARING ANODE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | June 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16014148 | SINGLE DOSE LAUNDRY DETERGENT PACKS HAVING ZINC RICINOLEATE AND SODIUM IMINODISUCCINATE | June 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16061888 | PROTON CONDUCTOR, CELL STRUCTURE, METHODS FOR PRODUCING PROTON CONDUCTOR AND CELL STRUCTURE, FUEL CELL, AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE | June 2018 | May 2021 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16003218 | WASHING METHOD | June 2018 | March 2020 | Abandon | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16060325 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN COMPOSITION AND METAL CABLE, OPTICAL FIBER CABLE, AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME | June 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15780861 | CROSSLINKED POLYMER BINDERS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | June 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15994276 | LITHIUM-ION CONDUCTIVE GARNET AND METHOD OF MAKING MEMBRANES THEREOF | May 2018 | April 2019 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15778720 | METAL-ADHESIVE, HYDROPHOBIC AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING, OF USE IN PARTICULAR AS PAINT FOR FUEL CELL BIPOLAR PLATE | May 2018 | August 2019 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15776410 | BONDING COMPOSITION | May 2018 | October 2019 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KOPEC, MARK T.
With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges 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, 20.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 KOPEC, MARK T works in Art Unit 1761 and has examined 759 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner KOPEC, MARK T's allowance rate of 81.6% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KOPEC, MARK T receive 1.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 13% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KOPEC, MARK T is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 78% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KOPEC, MARK T. This interview benefit is in the 53% 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, 35.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 70.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 92% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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, 39.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 7% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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