Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296083 | HIERARCHICALLY ORDERED CRYSTALLINE MICROPOROUS MATERIALS WITH LONG-RANGE MESOPOROUS ORDER HAVING CUBIC SYMMETRY | August 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19245521 | RECYCLABLE CATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE | June 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19238128 | CATALYST FOR ETHYLBENZENE DEHYDROGENATION TO FORM STYRENE | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19206605 | HYDROCARBON LIQUID BASED CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND TREATMENT METHODS USING SAME FOR REMEDIATING H2S AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN FLUIDS AND MIXTURES OF CONTAMINATED FLUIDS | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19041482 | PRODUCTION OF HYDROCARBON FUELS FROM LIGNIN-DERIVED MATERIALS | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19022557 | CATALYST SELECTION FOR IMPROVED LIPID FEEDSTOCK CONVERSION | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18992414 | PROCESS FOR THE RECYCLING OF WASTE PLASTICS BASED OIL | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19012317 | Process for Hydroprocessing of Non-Petroleum Feedstocks with Hydrogen Production | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19006100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18978690 | PROCESS FOR INCREASING LIQUID FUEL YIELD FROM CARBON OXIDES | December 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18941013 | CONTINUOUS RECIRCULATION FOR SEPARATION OF FLUIDS PRODUCED DURING DRILL OUT AND FLOW BACK | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18916835 | SOLID OXIDE AND CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF POLYETHYLENE | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18830007 | Eco-Friendly Biodiesel Production Method Using Waste Olive Oil and Pulp-Derived Catalysts | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18826471 | REMOVABLE INNER FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18785174 | CONTINUOUS RECIRCULATION FOR SEPARATION OF FLUIDS PRODUCED DURING DRILL OUT AND FLOW BACK | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735232 | RECYCLE CONTENT CRACKED EFFLUENT | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18611495 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING AND REUSING DEPOLYMERIZATION CATALYST | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18610421 | RECYCLE CONTENT ALPHA OLEFINS AND FATTY ALCOHOLS | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18610557 | BLEND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYOIL INTO A LIQUID STREAM PROCESSED INTO A GAS CRACKER | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594296 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | March 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433580 | SOLID OXIDE AND CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF POLYETHYLENE | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18427821 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL | January 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422760 | LOW DUSTING, SMALL CLUMPING HIGHLY ABSORPTIVE ANIMAL LITTER | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18421962 | FULL RECOVERY PROCESSES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE DISCHARGED FROM CATALYTIC CRACKING REGENERATION DEVICES | January 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18575096 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS LOW-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18417926 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING JET FUEL FROM ALCOHOLS AND MIXTURES CONTAINING ALCOHOLS | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536405 | SOLID OXIDE AND CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYALPHAOLEFINS | December 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535209 | MODIFIED POLYAMINES GRAFTED TO A PARTICULATE, SOLID SUPPORT AS SORBENT MATERIALS FOR REMOVAL OF TARGET SUBSTANCES FROM FLUIDS | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529063 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529061 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525852 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PYROLYSIS OIL WITH REDUCED IMPURITIES | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18521007 | Enhanced Distillate Oil Recovery from Thermal Processing and Catalytic Cracking of Biomass Slurry | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514569 | SYNTHETIC FUELS, AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF | November 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377376 | EVAPORATOR FOR AMBIENT WATER BODIES, AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481427 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479896 | PROCESS OF UPGRADING A PYROLYSIS OIL AND UPGRADING SOLUTION USED THEREIN | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044144 | CATALYST PRECURSOR, CATALYST USING SAME, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR CATALYST | September 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461210 | PREPARATION METHOD OF ALKALI METAL ION MODIFIED TITANIUM SILICALITE ZEOLITE FOR GAS PHASE EPOXIDATION OF PROPYLENE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241987 | Method of Manufacturing Erosion and Sediment and Pollution Control Products Using Rice Hulls | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239396 | METHOD OF ACTIVATING METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK WITH DIMETHYL ETHER | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452605 | DEODORIZATION FIBER AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235367 | Reactor of UOP Propane Dehydrogenation Apparatus and Maintenance Method Thereof | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18449865 | CIRCULAR CHEMICALS OR POLYMERS FROM PYROLYZED PLASTIC WASTE AND THE USE OF MASS BALANCE ACCOUNTING TO ALLOW FOR CREDITING THE RESULTANT PRODUCTS AS CIRCULAR | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MIXED SOLID WASTE | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18351862 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING FUEL | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18217811 | HYDROCARBON LIQUID BASED CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND TREATMENT METHODS USING SAME FOR REMEDIATING H2S AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS IN FLUIDS AND MIXTURES OF CONTAMINATED FLUIDS | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260071 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING BUTENES FROM C4 HYDROCARBON STREAMS, WITH SUBSEQUENT OLIGOMERISATION | June 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216149 | Supported Hydrotreating Catalysts Having Enhanced Activity | June 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18259805 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING LIQUEFIED WASTE POLYMERS | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215101 | ACID-FREE PYROLYTIC SYNTHESIS OF M-N-C CATALYST | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210778 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210818 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING PLASTIC | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334086 | METHODS OF PREPARING CRACKING CATALYST WITH ALUMINA BINDER AND PHOSPHORIC ACID | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209004 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED INORGANIC CONTAMINANT REMOVAL FROM HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266661 | METHOD FOR REJUVENATING A CATALYST FROM A HYDROPROCESSING AND/OR HYDROCRACKING PROCESS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204524 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204527 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204536 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18204519 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204521 | HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS DERIVED FROM PYROLYSIS OF POST-CONSUMER AND/OR POST-INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF | June 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325342 | MOLECULAR SIEVE SSZ-117x WITH HIGH ACIDITY | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325532 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325228 | MOLECULAR SIEVE BORON SSZ-117x | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254414 | ROTARY FEEDSTOCK PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH AN AXIALLY ADJUSTABLE ROTOR | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18253867 | Improved In-Situ MAO Derived Silica Supported Single-Site Metallocene Catalysts | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315573 | SOLID OXIDE AND CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF POLYETHYLENE | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144298 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | May 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310890 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF POLYMERS FROM WASTE PLASTIC FEEDSTOCKS | May 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137172 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18247773 | SOLID PARTICLE BED, FIXED BED, AND OIL HYDROGENATION METHOD | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030045 | PHOSPHORUS STABILIZED ZEOLITES | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246713 | DISPROPORTIONATION AND TRANSALKYLATION CATALYST, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188459 | NOBLE METAL NANOCLUSTER CATALYSTS FOR OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION AND WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183377 | Natural Gas Liquids Upgrading Process: Two-Step Catalytic Process For Alkane Dehydrogenation And Oligomerization | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18043307 | CARBON-SUPPORTED PLATINUM GROUP METAL CATALYST, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114601 | TUBULAR KNITTED GEOTEXTILES IMPLEMENTING HYDROPHOBIC CELLULOSE BASED THREADS, METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, AND EROSION SEDIMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL PRODUCTS MADE FROM THE SAME | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114292 | CATALYST FOR RESIDUE SUSPENDED BED HYDROCRACKING AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174297 | COMPOSITE PARTICLES WITH NON-POROUS HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIAL | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042897 | INCORPORATION OF BORON IN HYDROPROCESSING CATALYSTS, CATALYSTS OBTAINED AND USE THEREOF | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173196 | CIRCULAR CHEMICALS OR POLYMERS FROM PYROLYZED PLASTIC WASTE AND THE USE OF MASS BALANCE ACCOUNTING TO ALLOW FOR CREDITING THE RESULTANT PRODUCTS AS CIRCULAR | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18040756 | METHOD FOR MAKING COPPER-CONTAINING CATALYSTS | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154488 | ZEIN-BASED LOW DENSITY POROUS ABSORBENT | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151719 | OXYGEN-ABSORBING FILM | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151892 | HIERARCHICALLY ORDERED CRYSTALLINE MICROPOROUS MATERIALS WITH LONG-RANGE MESOPOROUS ORDER HAVING CUBIC SYMMETRY | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150210 | YOLK-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013309 | TRIMETALLIC CATALYST MADE FROM NICKEL, MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN AND USE THEREOF IN A HYDROTREATMENT AND/OR HYDROCRACKING PROCESS | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086089 | Catalyst Compositions Including Metal Chalcogenides, Processes for Forming the Catalyst Compositions, and Uses Thereof | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002540 | CURING CATALYST USED FOR CURING POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, MOISTURE-CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002470 | CURING CATALYST USED FOR CURING POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, MOISTURE-CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002463 | CURING CATALYST USED FOR CURING OF POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, MOISTURE-CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067317 | PROCESSES AND APPARATUSES FOR REGENERATING A CATALYST | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065805 | CATALYST DECONTAMINATION PROCESS | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074062 | HYDROTHERMIC LIQUEFACTION OUTPUTS AND FRACTIONS THEREOF | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927428 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFIN AND CATALYST FOR POLYMERIZATION OF OLEFIN | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990837 | Process and apparatus for cracking ammonia | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990187 | DRY SORBENT INJECTION WITH RECIRCULATION | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987810 | Water-Based Anti-Odor Fabric Treatment Compositions | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998836 | EFFICIENT AND SELECTIVE CONVERSION OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE INTO VALUABLE HYDROCARBONS | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984904 | CATALYTIC CARBON FIBER PREPARATION METHODS | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MCCAIG, BRIAN A.
With a 14.3% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority 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, 26.3% 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 MCCAIG, BRIAN A works in Art Unit 1772 and has examined 844 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.
Examiner MCCAIG, BRIAN A's allowance rate of 83.5% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MCCAIG, BRIAN A receive 1.21 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 15% 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 MCCAIG, BRIAN A is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCCAIG, BRIAN A. This interview benefit is in the 51% 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, 33.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 73% 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 63.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 88% 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, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 93% 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 56.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 77.8% 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, 53.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 54% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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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