Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985300 | Super Absorbent Polymer Based on Polyacrylic Acid or Its Salts | December 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18632743 | MODIFIED ZEOLITES THAT INCLUDE ZIRCONIUM-CONTAINING ORGANOMETALLIC MOIETIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18618114 | METHOD OF MAKING MODIFIED ZEOLITES THAT INCLUDE AMINE-CONTAINING ORGANOMETALLIC MOIETIES | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18604183 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE INCLUDING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582824 | CERAMIC BALL MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC BALL USING SAME, AND CERAMIC BALL | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416471 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE NCM-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18573786 | Polyethylene Powder, and Molded Body Thereof | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18569292 | POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEAD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND MOLDED ARTICLE OF POLYPROPYLENE-BASED RESIN EXPANDED BEADS | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536313 | COMPOSITE OXIDE AND TRANSISTOR | December 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18569171 | INCREASING GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION BY SPECTRAL-SHIFTING AND UNIDIRECTIONAL LIGHT-EXTRACTING PHOTONICS | December 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18528271 | High Strength and Translucency Dental Ceramic Materials, Devices, and Methods | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458597 | SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY POWDER, MAGNETIC CORE, MAGNETIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456860 | CHROMATE-FREE AND PHOSPHATE-FREE CERAMIC COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR HOT CORROSION PROTECTION OF SUBSTRATES | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277550 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING AND HOT-STAMPED MEMBER | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18276000 | Gradient Single-Crystal Positive Electrode Material, And Preparation Method Therefor and UseThereof | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360828 | RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING LIPOPHILIC POLYMER-MODIFIED INORGANIC WHISKERS, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359990 | MODIFIED ZEOLITES THAT INCLUDE HAFNIUM-CONTAINING ORGANOMETALLIC MOIETIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH | July 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18345096 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-DIMENSIONAL NANOSHEETS | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213444 | Ceramic Ball Material comprising a band-portion over surface of a spherical portion, and Method For Manufacturing Ceramic Ball | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18268269 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET LAMINATE HAVING HIGH STACKING FACTOR AND COMPRISING A POLYMERIC ADHESIVE LAYER COMPRISING NANOPARTICLES OF SiO2, TiO2 AND/OR ZnO | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335335 | TUNGSTEN OXIDE POWDER AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18205384 | PARTICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18202581 | FLUORESCENT MICROSPHERES EVENLY COATED WITH MAGNETIC PARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314055 | ABRASIVE PARTICLES HAVING COMPLEX SHAPES AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18142250 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PERMANENT MAGNET | May 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129441 | UNCALCINED GEOPOLYMER-BASED REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192049 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM COMPRISING epsilon-IRON OXIDE , MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18025831 | RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING COATED METAL OXIDE PARTICLES, RESIN-ATTACHED METAL FOIL, METAL-CLAD LAMINATED SHEET, AND CAPACITOR ELEMENT | March 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115184 | ENTANGLED-TYPE CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113096 | NANOMETRIC COPPER FORMULATIONS | February 2023 | April 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18166459 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | February 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101923 | MODIFIED ZEOLITES THAT INCLUDE TITANIUM-CONTAINING ORGANOMETALLIC MOIETIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101963 | MODIFIED ZEOLITES THAT INCLUDE HAFNIUM-CONTAINING ORGANOMETALLIC MOIETIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18005965 | MODIFIED HIGH-NICKEL CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004561 | ALLOY OF AT LEAST THREE METAL ELEMENTS, AGGREGATE OF ALLOY NANOPARTICLES, AND CATALYST | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061279 | ABRASIVE ARTICLE INCLUDING SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES COMPRISING A PARTICULAR TOOTHED BODY | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074108 | GLASS WITH UNIQUE FRACTURE BEHAVIOR FOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927808 | ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | November 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990044 | COMPRESSED POWDER BODY COMPRISING SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987801 | POWDER COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | November 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984296 | COMPOSITE OXIDE COMPRISING In AND Zn, AND TRANSISTOR | November 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052597 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL PARTICLES OF CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE HAVING SPECIFIC BANDGAP RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CORE AND THE SHELLS, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18052299 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CERAMIC SINTERED BODY AND CERAMIC SINTERED BODY | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17979999 | Inorganic Sorbent for Extraction of Lithium from Lithium-Containing Brines | November 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050816 | HIGH TEMPERATURE BRAZING OF METALS AND CERAMICS TO CARBON SUBSTRATES | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17997074 | Coated Rubber Particle, Its Preparation and Application Thereof | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17968627 | SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY POWDER COMPRISING Fe, Co and Si, DUST CORE, AND MAGNETIC DEVICE | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918713 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE FOR VAPOR PHASE GROWTH, VAPOR PHASE GROWTH SUBSTRATE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEM | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907577 | PAINTS HAVING ENHANCED REFLECTIVITY | September 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907515 | BORON NITRIDE SINTERED BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951939 | CARBON-BASED CLATHRATE COMPOUNDS | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913516 | COPPER BASE SUBSTRATE COMPRISING AN INSULATING LAYER HAVING A SPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THICKNESS AND ELASTIC MODULUS | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17913613 | FOAMING ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17912738 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEROVSKITE COMPOUND, AND PEROVSKITE COMPOUND | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17910303 | WHITE EASY-ADHESIVE POLYESTER FILM COMPRISING A NITROGEN-CONTAINING ANTISTATIC AGENT | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907758 | HARD COATING FILM | August 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17819075 | CARBON PARTICLES HAVING LOW CONTENT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | August 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17799024 | Positive Electrode Active Material Precursor and Preparation Method of Positive Electrode Active Material Precursor | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17878195 | RECYCLABLE BLANKS AND CONTAINERS MADE THEREFROM HAVING CONTROLLED FLUID PERMEABILITY | August 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856854 | COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SEMICONDUCTOR AND METALLIC NANOPARTICLES, AND ASSEMBLIES THEREOF | July 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17853228 | LAMINATE COMPRISING A WAVELENGTH-CONVERSION MATERIAL AND A WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ABSORPTION LAYER, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE | June 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17838450 | MICROENCAPSULATED THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS AND USES THEREOF | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783720 | DIELECTRIC FILM, FILM CAPACITOR AND CONNECTED CAPACITOR INCLUDING DIELECTRIC FILM, INVERTER, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829728 | Nonwoven Fabrics Suitable for Medical Applications | June 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828633 | RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING TWO TYPES OF PARTICLES FOR ACOUSTIC MEMBER, ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | May 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828510 | LIGHT-SELECTIVE PARTICLES, RELATED METHODS AND RELATED APPLICATIONS | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17779705 | COMPOSITION FOR COATING AN OVERHEAD CONDUCTOR COMPRISING A REFLECTIVE AGENT AND A PHOTOCATALYTIC AGENT | May 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779666 | CURED EPOXY RESIN COATING | May 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17777455 | ASYMMETRICAL GLASS LAMINATES HAVING COMPOSITE INTERLAYER AND RELATED METHODS | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774233 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BODY PROTECTION ITEM AND RESULTING BODY PROTECTION ITEM | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734233 | PLASTER COMPOSITION | May 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770567 | SURFACE FINISHING MOULDING MATERIAL COMPRISING A RHEOLOGY-MODIFIED EPOXY LAYER | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769629 | RESIN-COATED METAL POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND AQUEOUS COATING COMPOSITION USING SAME | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767246 | LITHIUM-MANGANESE RICH MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17766712 | PLATE-LIKE ALUMINA PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLATE-LIKE ALUMINA PARTICLE | April 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707373 | CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE THIN WIRE CONTAINING A METAL AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF | March 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17760979 | TAGGANT SYSTEMS WITH REMOTELY DETECTABLE SPECTRAL SIGNATURES | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17760571 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A PARTICULAR SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA, MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGE | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691370 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING AN OXIDE OF ZINC AND TITANIUM, FILM AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17753209 | SUPER-WET SURFACE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | February 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17676757 | Colored Roofing Granules With Increased Solar Heat Reflectance, Solar Heat-Reflective Shingles And Process For Producing Same | February 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649403 | IMITATION CORN KERNELS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17583379 | POLYOLEFIN-BASED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE CONTAINING ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17583350 | ALUMINUM OXIDE-FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582751 | UREA GRANULES COMPRISING LIGNOSULFONATE COATING | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17629018 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WITH SCENT AGENTS | January 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17627661 | Fireproof Water-Resistant Wood Chip Material and Method of its Production | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546289 | QUANTUM DOT-CONTAINING MATERIAL COMPRISING AN AZIDE GROUP AND A CHARGE TRANSPORT GROUP, METHOD OF PREPARING THEREOF, CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL THEREOF, METHOD OF PREPARING CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING CROSS-LINKED MATERIAL | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17545044 | COATING PROVIDING PANCHROMATIC SCATTERING | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614654 | GRANULATE MATERIAL AND ASSOCIATED COATING THAT IS LOW IN ODOR AND EMISSIONS, PARTICULARLY A CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT COATING, FOR EXAMPLE A FLOOR COATING, BASED ON A RADICAL POLYMERIZATION | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17535570 | CORE-SHELL STRUCTURED PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALLINE PARTICLE LIGHT-EMITTING BODY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17529754 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR CAPACITOR COMPRISING BORON-DOPED NANODIAMOND | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17611951 | SURFACE-COATED INORGANIC PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ORGANIC SOLVENT DISPERSION CONTAINING SAME | November 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17513618 | RESIN POWDER FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION, DEVICE FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION OBJECT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION OBJECT | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17505647 | RESIN PARTICLES COMPRISING A BIODEGRADABLE RESIN AND A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF A METAL ELEMENT | October 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17605115 | POWER PLANT BOILER SAND COMPRISING DISCARDED FOUNDRY SAND, USE OF POWER PLANT BOILER SAND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWER PLANT BOILER SAND AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POWER PLANT BOILER SAND | October 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17498533 | RETROREFLECTIVE COMPOSITE REFLECTIVE MICROSPHERES AND REFLECTIVE INORGANIC MATERIAL | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17487095 | Roofing Granules with High Solar Reflectance, Roofing Products with High Solar Reflectance, and Processes for Producing Same | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440023 | RESIN PARTICLES, CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES, CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17474908 | UNCALCINED GEOPOLYMER-BASED REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LE, HOA T.
With a 21.4% 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, 33.3% 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 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 LE, HOA T works in Art Unit 1788 and has examined 870 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner LE, HOA T's allowance rate of 74.0% places them in the 38% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LE, HOA T receive 1.98 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% 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 LE, HOA T is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LE, HOA T. This interview benefit is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 48.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 73% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 70.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 39.4% 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, 59.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 63% 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 3.1% of allowed cases (in the 80% 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 4.3% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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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