Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19083811 | PLASTIC-FREE DISHWASHER CLEANING PRODUCT | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19036122 | SILICONE RUBBER WITH ULTRAVIOLET AGING RESISTANCE AND LOW WATER ABSORPTION, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | January 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 19033860 | BIOMASS-ENHANCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE WITH PROSOPIS CINERARIA FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION AND THERMAL INSULATION APPLICATIONS | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18953569 | High Comparative Tracking Index Polycarbonate Compositions with Improved Flame Retardant and Hydro-Stability Properties | November 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18939012 | REFINED SURFACE MODIFIED CARBON BLACK AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18862056 | ANTIFOULING COATING COMPOSITION AND ANTIFOULING COATING FILM | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914821 | SURFACE MODIFIED CARBON BLACK TO SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVE ROLLING RESISTANCE, WET TRACTION, AND WEAR RESISTANCE | October 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18838352 | COATING COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED ARTICLE | August 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18730448 | Method of Adjusting Electrical Properties by Silica in Thermoplastic Compositions and Uses Thereof | July 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18722205 | ADDITIVES FOR USE IN LOW SURFACE-ENERGY APPLICATIONS | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643241 | HIGH EFFICACY CU-BASED ANTI-MICROBIAL FILMS AND SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18610935 | THIN ORGANIC SOLVENT RESISTANT GLOVE | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594581 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER CARBOXYLATE, A WOOD PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING COPPER CARBOXYLATE, AND A WOOD PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREFROM | March 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424579 | Bio-Based, Biodegradable Compositions and Articles Made Therefrom | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406248 | COMPOSITE ARTICLES WITH REDUCED DISCOLORATION AND METHODS OF PROMOTING OR REDUCING COLOR CHANGES IN COMPOSITE ARTICLES | January 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18557438 | FLAME RETARDANT-STABILIZER COMBINATION FOR THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469660 | Packaging Films And Methods of Making the Same | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233375 | Protective Starch-based Film and Its Preparation Method and Application | August 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233566 | STRETCHED POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18366764 | POLYESTER PACKAGING MATERIAL | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218790 | HIGH EFFICACY CU-BASED ANTI-MICROBIAL FILMS AND SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18339545 | LOW VOC UNIVERSAL COLORANT COMPOSITIONS | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18211928 | HIGH ULTRAVIOLET BLOCKING POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOSITE MATERIAL REINFORCED BY POSS MODIFIED BAMBOO POWDER AND A PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266582 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FILMS, MASTERBATCH, YARNS, FABRICS, AND ARTICLES COMPRISING SAME | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250603 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER COMPOSITIONS, ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18031227 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH EMI SHIELDING PROPERTIES AND PROCESS TO PRODUCE IT | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126297 | COMPOSITE POLYVINYL ALCOHOL PRESERVATIVE FILM, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246332 | SURFACE DISINFECTANT AND COATING | March 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115064 | POWDER DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020808 | ANTI-ICING/DE-ICING HONEYCOMB CORE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18040817 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TYRES WITH LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE AND GOOD WINTER PROPERTIES | February 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18016710 | GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156235 | Soil Biodegradable Blown Film Bag Formulation | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005678 | NON-CURABLE THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PITUITOUS SILICONE MATERIAL | January 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152115 | POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING GLASS FIBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086673 | CELLULOSE ACETATE AND CELLULOSE ACETATE COMPOSITION | December 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145466 | BINDER SYSTEM AND DEVICES FOR 3-D PRINTING AND ARTICLES PRODUCED THEREFROM | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18086519 | BIO-BASED, BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18001436 | BLENDS OF POLY(ETHERKETONEKETONE) POLYMERS | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927646 | POLYAMIDE RESIN, POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927247 | POLYAMIDE RESIN, POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE | November 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17923531 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, SURFACE-COATED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET FOR ADHESION AND LAMINATED CORE | November 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17979161 | ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER RESINS, FIBERS, AND YARNS WITH PHOSPHORUS CONTENT | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17920807 | POLYAMIDE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18046777 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SILICONE COMPOSITION | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17958581 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION FOR HIGH-BRIGHTNESS UNPAINTED METALLIC MATERIAL AND A MOLDED ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17916248 | PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER BLEND AND COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING LITHIUM-DOPED POTASSIUM SODIUM NIOBATE | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955678 | CURING ACCELERATOR FOR OXIDATIVELY POLYMERIZED UNSATURATED RESIN, PRINTING INK, AND PAINT | September 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17914862 | INFRARED-ABSORBENT RESIN COMPOSITION AND INFRARED-ABSORBENT FIBER | September 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17894680 | TRANSPARENT RESIN COMPOSITION AND TRANSPARENT RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17800676 | Articles and Structures with High Heat and Reflectance and Laser Direct Structuring Function | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17799241 | Black Elastomer Molded Article | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795768 | Flame-Retardant Composite Pad, Method for Manufacturing Same, and Secondary Battery Module and Secondary Battery Pack Comprising Such Composite Pad | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17854196 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER CARBOXYLATE, A WOOD PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING COPPER CARBOXYLATE, AND A WOOD PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREFROM | June 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17786806 | SYNERGISTIC FLAME & SMOKE SUPPRESSING COMPOSITION FOR PLASTIC APPLICATIONS | June 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786830 | THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, COVERLAY FILM, ADHESIVE SHEET, AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED WIRING BOARD | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785738 | POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, THICKENING INHIBITOR FOR POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE RESIN COMPOSITIONS, AND HYDROLYSIS INHIBITOR FOR MOLDED ARTICLES FORMED FROM POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE RESIN COMPOSITIONS | June 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806604 | CARBON FIBER BLENDED MODIFIED 3D PRINTING CONSUMABLES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBER BLENDED MODIFIED 3D PRINTING CONSUMABLES | June 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17755835 | BASE PASTE AND DENTAL ADDITIVE SILICONE IMPRESSION MATERIAL | May 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739080 | MODIFIED COLLAGEN FIBER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17774929 | THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE CURABLE COMPOSITION | May 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775060 | NON-HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT AND REINFORCED POLY(ALKYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) POLY(PHENYLENE ETHER) COMPOSITIONS METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USES THEREOF | May 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773086 | UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDING MATERIAL, AND MOLDED ARTICLE | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773109 | SOLVENT-FREE MOISTURE CURING SILICONE CONFORMAL COATING AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | April 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17731404 | Bio-Degradable Artificial Leather Composition | April 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715989 | CELLULOSE ACETATE AND CELLULOSE ACETATE COMPOSITION | April 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17765744 | CURABLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | March 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765616 | HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED PIGMENT COMPOSITION | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765286 | AQUEOUS EMULSION INCLUDING INTERPENETRATING NETWORK OF SILICONE GUM AND CROSSLINKED ORGANIC POLYMER | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17706269 | POLYMER FILM AND USES OF THE SAME | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699867 | POLYMER-BASED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17761360 | HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE FLOWABLE SILICONE COMPOSITION | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760542 | THERMAL STABILIZER FOR POLYESTER | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17640870 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17687653 | ENCAPSULATED FOIL LEATHER TRANSFER | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17638115 | ELASTOMER COMPOSITION FOR ACTUATOR, ACTUATOR MEMBER, AND ACTUATOR ELEMENT | February 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17676039 | CURABLE (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOSITIONS | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17588980 | Antimicrobial Thermoplastic Polyuethanes | January 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630538 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION, LAMINATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER RESIN FILM, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | January 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630805 | PROCESS OF PREPARATION OF AN AQUEOUS GEL INK WITH FIXED COLOR COMPRISING SILVER NANOPARTICLES | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585073 | MOLDED ARTICLE AND HOLLOW TUBE | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17629817 | FLUID-MANAGING MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES WITH MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACES | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17579004 | PACKAGING FILMS, AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF | January 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628274 | PREPARATION OF LOW-DUSTING OR NON-DUSTING WATERDISPERSIBLE CROSSLINKED POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE GRANULES | January 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17575896 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIN MOLDED BODY THEREOF | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17574676 | COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING COVALENTLY BOUND ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBERS | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 37 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625830 | DENTAL HYDRAULIC CEMENT COMPRISING ULTRAFINE CALCIUM SILICATE PARTICLES HAVING FAST HARDENING AND SUITABLE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | January 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17597430 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE MATERIAL HAVING IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES USING NATURAL POLYMER NANOFIBER AQUEOUS DISPERSION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | January 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17624933 | MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR POWDER BED FUSION | January 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17623468 | TRANSPARENT ULTRA-LOW HALOGEN FLAME RETARDANT POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITIONS WITH V0 AT 0.6 MM | December 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17622904 | Thermoplastic Composition Having a Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Closely Matched to Aluminum | December 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559122 | Ink Jet Ink Composition, Ink Jet Ink Set, And Ink Jet Recording Apparatus | December 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616230 | MOISTURE-CURABLE POLYURETHANE RESIN COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE AND MULTILAYER BODY | December 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17537637 | FORMULATION AND METHOD FOR PREPARING FIBROUS MATERIAL COMPRISING NANOFIBERS, AND FILTER COMPRISING THE FIBROUS MATERIAL | November 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17536740 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT PHASE-CHANGE COMPOSITION, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THE COMPOSITION | November 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532606 | ADDITIVES FOR PROTECTION OF POLYMERS AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT | November 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17610980 | POLYAMIDEIMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYAMIDEIMIDE RESIN | November 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17610301 | SHAPED OBJECT COMPRISING POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE AND ALUMINIUM | November 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17520303 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION FOR MICRO 3D PRINTING AND USES THEREOF | November 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17608337 | SILANE-BASED COATING COMPOSITION | November 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BUTCHER, ROBERT T.
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, 55.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner BUTCHER, ROBERT T works in Art Unit 1764 and has examined 285 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.
Examiner BUTCHER, ROBERT T's allowance rate of 70.9% places them in the 33% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BUTCHER, ROBERT T receive 1.82 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 42% 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 BUTCHER, ROBERT T is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BUTCHER, ROBERT T. 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, 30.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 62% 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 36.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 160.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 87.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 71.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 49.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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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