Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048586 | NANOCOMPOSITE FOR PURIFICATION OF CONTAMINATED WATER | February 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19039812 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING POLLUTED WATER | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19019656 | WATER TREATMENT MATERIAL, PREPARATION, AND USE FOR ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED ADSORPTIVE FILTRATION | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19001707 | COF@HYDROMAGNESITE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLLICATION THEREOF | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18934939 | SULFER-DOPED SILVER TUNGSTATE (AG2WO4) NANOPARTICLES FOR WATER DECONTAMINATION | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18923553 | Low-carbon near zero emission process of industrial waste water | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18882384 | TREATING COOLING WATER IN IRON PRODUCTION FACILITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18771104 | Methods and Systems of PFAS Destruction using UV Irradiation at 222 Nanometers | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18756900 | ANIMAL HUSBANDRY NUTRIENT AND ODOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624536 | Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Storing, Treating And/Or Processing Blood And Blood Components | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592597 | GAS SEPARATION APPARATUS and METHOD OF GAS SEPARATION | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590948 | FILTER MEDIA RIBBONS WITH NANOFIBERS FORMED THEREON | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18444801 | TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER BY AEROBIC GRANULAR BIOMASS IN CONTINUOUS FLOW | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425489 | REMOVAL OF ARSENIC BY LOOFAH SPONGE ENRICHED WITH STEAM ACTIVATED BIOCHAR | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416844 | PROCESS OF PURIFICATION OF PROTEIN | January 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18521289 | CONTAMINANT REMOVAL BY ZERO-VALENT IRON-BASED GREEN SORPTION MEDIA | November 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18511968 | PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF CLAY/TANNIC ACID/METAL ION COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR EFFICIENT ADSORPTION OF ANTIBIOTICS | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385519 | SURFACE WATER BIOSOURCE AUGMENTATION PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380763 | SYNTHESIS OF AMINO-RICH MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES FOR REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL AND URANIUM CATIONS | October 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18287034 | METHOD FOR DEODORIZING SLUDGE WITH METAL SALT AND TANNIN EXTRACT TOGETHER, DEODORIZED SLUDGE, AND USE THEREOF | October 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18379374 | ADSORBENT USING BIOWASTE AND PLASTIC WASTE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | October 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378297 | ACTIVATED CARBON COMPOSITE FLAKES USING OLIVE STONE- POLYETHYLENE WASTE | October 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367766 | MICROPORE ULTRASONIC DISINTEGRATION DEVICE FOR SLUDGE CELL DISINTEGRATION | September 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241272 | WATER TREATMENT FOR REMOVING PFAS | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239405 | INTRADIALYTIC USE OF SODIUM THIOSULFATE | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353070 | RECYCLING TREATMENT EQUIPMENT FOR RECYCLING HEAVY METALS FROM COMPLEXED HEAVY METAL WASTEWATER | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213870 | PINCH VALVE FOR SOIL EXTRUSION SYSTEM | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211747 | PREPARING MAGNETITE AND AKAGAN�ITE NANOPARTICLES FROM STEEL SLAG AS A RAW MATERIAL FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328048 | HYDROCARBON AND SULFIDE REMOVAL IN DIRECT AQUEOUS EXTRACTION | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18202094 | Low Cost Technology Municipal Wastewater Treatment for Safe Irrigation Reuse | May 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195999 | Body Temperature Measurement Devices, Methods, and Systems | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138262 | DECONTAMINATION OF WATER USING GUAR GUM DERIVATIVES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | April 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18134810 | ION EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ION EXCHANGING GLASS ARTICLES | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301001 | RAINWATER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING STEPS FOR PRODUCING POTABLE FUNCTIONAL WATER | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18299366 | Integrated Device and Treatment Method for Synchronous Ecological Treatment of Domestic Sewage and Sludge | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18298168 | Systems and Methods for Carbon Sequestration Using Enhanced Weathering | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18132044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) AND MICRO-CONSTITUENTS FROM LEACHATE TREATMENT RESIDUAL WASTE STREAMS | April 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180642 | METHODS OF TREATING METAL CARBONATE SALTS | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172621 | ANTIMICROBIAL CAPTURE SYSTEM WITH CARBON CONTAINER | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111348 | Universal Chemical Processor with Radioisotope Source | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170378 | STORMWATER TREATMENT DEVICE | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18170392 | METHODS OF PRODUCING A SYNGAS COMPOSITION | February 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165366 | METHOD OF MAKING NANOCOMPOSITE FROM DATE PALM TREE AND SAUDI BENTONITE | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164194 | BIOPOLYMERIC WATER TREATMENT | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159769 | SYNERGISTIC ZERO-VALENT IRON-BASED GREEN SORPTION MEDIA FOR CONTAMINANT REMOVAL | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18100908 | Compositions And Methods For Reduction Of Free Chlorine And Related Odor | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100227 | BIODESALINATION USING MICROBIAL ATTACHED GROWTH CULTIVATION | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098845 | COLOR REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064736 | SELF-REGENERABLE FIBROUS ADSORBENT FOR HEAVY METAL ADSORPTION | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987915 | MODIFIED NANOCLAY FOR HEAVY METAL AND SALT REMOVAL FROM WATER | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17982085 | METAL POWDER MIXTURE AS HEAT SOURCE FOR TREATING ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIUM | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971367 | LIGNIN-BASED HIERARCHICAL POROUS CARBON WITH HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959086 | IMPROVED ION LITHIUM EXTRACTION APPARATUS | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959253 | SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT AND DISINFECTION OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17930771 | Universal Chemical Processor | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17895942 | Trivalent Doped Cerium Oxide Compositions for Biological Contaminant Removal | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892284 | MULTI-STAGE DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882489 | SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING FRESH, COMBINED AND SALINE WASTEWATER FROM RADIOACTIVE HEAVY METALS | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796364 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING DIALYZATE | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759326 | Method and device for water purification using metal-organic material | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794224 | SOLVENT-RESISTANT POLYMERIC NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANE, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865721 | PRODUCT FOR PFAS ADSORPTION | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812661 | METHOD FOR SOFTENING WATER WITH SPLIT-TYPE WATER SOFTENER | July 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860870 | SYSTEMS OF GAS INFUSION FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791444 | CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM ENHANCED BY IMMOBILIZED LACCASE | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858518 | METHOD FOR REMOVING ORGANIC POLLUTANTS FROM WATER | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810893 | FILTER DEVICE FOR A WATER-BEARING DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, A WATER-BEARING DOMESTIC APPLIANCE WITH A FILTER DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR FILTERING WATER WITH A FILTER DEVICE | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17854784 | FILTER and METAL ION REMOVING METHOD | June 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855776 | Wastewater Treatment System for Improved Primary Treatment and Volatile Fatty Acid Generation | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WASTE TREATMENT | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841774 | COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER FROM WATER | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841756 | Regenerable Nanoparticle for Removing Manganese and Preparatory and Use Methods | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838564 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF MIXING AND AERATION IN TREATMENT PROCESSES | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17834608 | METHOD FOR REMOVING A POLLUTANT FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION WITH A CROSSLINKED POLYMER | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834245 | WATER FILTRATION AND AERATION UNIT | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805628 | SORBENTS FOR IMMERSION COOLING | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756783 | Electroactive Bio-Carrier Module and Sewage Treatment Device with Same | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804574 | FILTRATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826967 | METHODS OF TREATING METAL CARBONATE SALTS | May 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826956 | NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMIC MEMBRANES FOR HYDROGEN ISOTOPE SEPARATION | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17824370 | METHOD FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | May 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17779269 | Gas-Liquid Separation Device and Refrigeration Cycle Apparatus | May 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750986 | RAPID REDUCTION OF AQUEOUS SELENATE WITH CHROMOUS IONS | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17778418 | TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR CEPHALOSPORIN WASTEWATER AND TREATMENT METHOD THEREOF | May 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776820 | COALESCING FILTER ELEMENT AND MULTI-PHASIC FLUID SEPARATING METHOD | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739850 | BIOLOGICAL SOLIDS PROCESSING | May 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739285 | DECONTAMINATION APPARATUS FOR EFFLUENTS | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714623 | PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION SYSTEM | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17712404 | FLOATING-ISLAND TYPE ARTIFICIAL WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM BASED ON LAKE CENTER PLATFORM | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709716 | REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER WITH ADSORBENTS | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ULTRAPURE WATER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION PROCESSES | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17761680 | METHOD OF MAKING METAL-IMPREGNATED OXYGENATED HIERARCHICALLY POROUS CARBON | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17698276 | DEEPWATER CABIN-BASED CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17696359 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REMEDIATING HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN HYDROCARBON BASED LIQUIDS | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688616 | FILTER MEDIA RIBBONS WITH NANOFIBERS FORMED THEREON | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17653081 | SYSTEMS FOR WATER BLENDING CONTROL | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17680670 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR USING PERMEATE TO FLUSH A REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTER | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17681283 | Universal Chemical Processor with Radioisotope Source | February 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17675794 | PROCESSING COOLING TOWER BLOWDOWN TO PRODUCE FERTILIZER | February 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BARRY, CHESTER 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, 25.0% 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 BARRY, CHESTER T works in Art Unit 1779 and has examined 1,094 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner BARRY, CHESTER T's allowance rate of 86.4% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BARRY, CHESTER T receive 1.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 28% 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 BARRY, CHESTER T is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BARRY, CHESTER T. This interview benefit is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 71% 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 61.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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, 150.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 88% 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 81.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 52.9% 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, 41.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% 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 0.8% 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 2.5% 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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