USPTO Examiner RAMIREZ ALEX - Art Unit 1798

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18830226MOBILE BIOREACTOR SERVICE SYSTEMSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18674493SPECIMEN HOLDER WITH WIRELESS TRANSPONDER FOR ATTACHMENT TO SPECIMEN COLLECTION BODYMay 2024April 2025Allow1101YesNo
18422815One-Step Sample Extraction Cassette And Method For Point-Of-Care Molecular TestingJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1611YesNo
18422738HUMIDIFIED SAMPLE PREPARATION STATION FOR SERIAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHYJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18399924STICKPACK-TYPE PACKAGING FOR A TEST STRIPDecember 2023April 2025Allow1620YesNo
18470927FLUID CONTAINERSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18454999PIPETTE TIP RACK SYSTEMAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18354542FLOW CELL CARRIER DEVICEJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18143272METHODS FOR SORTING PARTICLESMay 2023March 2025Allow2220NoNo
17829321CELL SORTER WITH PIVOTAL SCUPPERSMay 2022April 2024Allow2210NoNo
17684719MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND FABRICATION METHODMarch 2022June 2024Allow2811NoNo
17425628DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AND SEPARATING SPECIMEN AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND SEPARATING SPECIMENFebruary 2022January 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17665482INTEGRATED AIR FILTERING AND CONDITIONING OF DROPLET CHAMBER IN A COMPACT CELL SORTERFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3111YesNo
17580894Vented Dual Port Centrifuge TubeJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3611YesNo
17547094SPECIMEN HOLDER WITH WIRELESS TRANSPONDER FOR ATTACHMENT TO SPECIMEN COLLECTION BODYDecember 2021February 2024Allow2610NoNo
17532703BIODEGRADABLE PIPETTE TIP RACKNovember 2021March 2024Allow2820NoNo
17519351PREPARING SUBSTANCES IN A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMNovember 2021September 2024Allow3521NoNo
17518801AID DEVICE AND METHODS FOR EMPTYING CONTENT FROM A TUBE AND FILLING CONTENT INTO A TUBENovember 2021December 2023Abandon2610NoNo
17518236FOLDABLE TEST TUBE RACKNovember 2021December 2023Abandon2510NoNo
17594751PORTABLE GAS ANALYZEROctober 2021March 2025Allow4111YesNo
17606511METHODS FOR DETERMINING BLOOD GAS OR METABOLIC PARAMETERSOctober 2021December 2024Allow3850YesNo
17603412MICROFLUIDIC DISPENSERS FOR LIMITING DILUTIONOctober 2021April 2025Allow4221YesNo
17602592ASSAY DEVICEOctober 2021April 2025Allow4210YesNo
17600090TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM, DETECTION SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD FOR MICRO-FLUIDIC CHIPSeptember 2021June 2025Allow4511NoNo
17487417REAGENT STORAGE AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZING APPARATUSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow2920NoNo
17473071Mixing System and Measurement SystemSeptember 2021April 2025Allow4330NoNo
17468744METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDICATING A SANITATION STATUS OF A SURFACESeptember 2021February 2025Allow4111NoNo
17437295PLATE CHANGERSeptember 2021May 2025Allow4411YesNo
17467869FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING VESSELSSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3721NoNo
17435229ON-FLOW CELL THREE DIMENSIONAL POLYMER STRUCTURESAugust 2021April 2025Allow4311YesNo
17461326One-Step Sample Extraction Cassette And Method For Point-Of-Care Molecular TestingAugust 2021November 2023Allow2621NoNo
17460287SPECIAL VERTICAL EMBEDDING BOX FOR TOMOGRAPHIC PLASTINATIONAugust 2021February 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17458824SPECIMEN TREATMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHODAugust 2021November 2023Abandon2601NoNo
17397383HUMIDIFIED SAMPLE PREPARATION STATION FOR SERIAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHYAugust 2021October 2023Allow2610NoNo
17390397Flow Control System for a Microfluidic Device, Microreactor System, DNA Synthesis Device, and Method for Controlling a Sequence of ReactionsJuly 2021March 2025Allow4311YesNo
17390010REAGENT KIT, MEASUREMENT KIT, AND MEASUREMENT METHODJuly 2021April 2025Allow4411NoNo
17256151FLUIDIC DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND MIXING METHODJuly 2021February 2024Allow3711NoNo
17375568PIPETTE FOR USE WITH A PIPETTE TIP WITH AN INTEGRATED PLUNGERJuly 2021February 2025Allow4330YesNo
17372822Filter Sampling BagJuly 2021April 2024Abandon3321NoNo
17373495PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND PRETREATMENT METHODJuly 2021October 2024Abandon3901NoNo
17371852POINT-OF-CARE MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC ANALYZER AND DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF SAMPLESJuly 2021January 2024Allow3011NoNo
17420048FLOW CELLSJune 2021May 2025Allow4611YesNo
17415161CELL TRAPPING ARRAYS WITH SELECTIVE EJECTIONJune 2021November 2024Abandon4101NoNo
17335373VIAL CAP FOR A LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SAMPLE VIALJune 2021November 2023Allow3021NoNo
17328330a-SYNUCLEIN SENSING FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND USE THEREOFMay 2021September 2024Allow3911NoNo
17294850PIPETTE TIP TRAY AND RACK ASSEMBLYMay 2021January 2025Allow4411NoNo
17321099INTEGRATED CONSUMABLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PLATFORMMay 2021May 2024Allow3621YesNo
17317184Uniformly Pressing Micro-Valve System for Controlling Path of Fluids in Miniaturized Capillary Connections and Methods of FabricationMay 2021November 2023Allow3010NoNo
17292794FLUORIDE ION COLORIMETRIC SENSING PI FILM, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOFMay 2021February 2025Abandon4511NoNo
17302271AUTOMATED PIPETTING EQUIPMENT, MULTI-CHANNEL PIPETTING ASSEMBLY, AND PIPETTING STRUCTUREApril 2021October 2023Allow3020YesNo
17288031Method for Testing a Chromatography Device Used for Ion ExchangeApril 2021January 2025Allow4510NoNo
17237049AUTOSAMPLER, AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE, SAMPLING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC INSPECTION METHODApril 2021October 2024Abandon4211NoNo
17235643REAGENT DELIVERY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2021November 2024Allow4311NoNo
17215711METHOD OF ANALYZING METAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PURIFIED POLYMER PRODUCTMarch 2021November 2023Allow3121YesNo
17214431APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF AMPHIPHILESMarch 2021August 2024Allow4011NoNo
17279890MULTI-CHANNEL DEVICE FOR CALCULATING COAGULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF A PATIENT'S LIQUID TEST SAMPLE AND METHODS OF USE RELATED THERETOMarch 2021November 2024Allow4411NoNo
17279161CENTRIFUGE TUBE, DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHODMarch 2021September 2023Allow3001YesNo
17210040FLUID CONTAINERMarch 2021June 2023Allow2710YesNo
17277999DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE IONIZATION, ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AND IONIZATION METHODMarch 2021July 2024Allow4001NoNo
17276501DEVICE FOR MEASURING WATER CONTENTMarch 2021October 2024Abandon4321NoNo
17275392AUTOMATIC ANALYZERMarch 2021October 2024Allow4430YesNo
17198640MULTI-COMPONENT SAMPLE HOLDERMarch 2021June 2023Allow2720YesNo
17273966MILKING SYSTEM WITH DETECTION SYSTEMMarch 2021February 2025Allow4720NoNo
17270990A SAMPLING DEVICE, A SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAMPLING DEVICE AND A METHODFebruary 2021October 2023Allow3211YesNo
17268002FILTER APPARATUS FOR USE IN AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THE PREPARATION OF A SAMPLE FOR A CHEMICAL OR COMPOSITION ANALYSISFebruary 2021January 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17157451POLYMER-BASED BIOSPECIMEN COLLECTION DEVICES AND USES THEREOFJanuary 2021August 2024Abandon4311NoNo
17262796TARGET MATERIAL EXTRACTION APPARATUS WITH REPLACEMENT OF MAGNETIC BAR BLOCK ALLOWEDJanuary 2021April 2024Allow3910NoNo
17262453METHOD FOR PROVIDING CANCER DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION USING THERMAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND PORTABLE CANCER DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING THERMAL ANALYSIS METHODJanuary 2021June 2025Abandon5331YesNo
17262061A System and Apparatus for Fluid Sample DeliveryJanuary 2021March 2025Allow5030NoNo
17260487BLOOD CLOTTING TIME MEASUREMENT CARTRIDGE AND BLOOD CLOTTING TIME MEASURING DEVICEJanuary 2021May 2024Allow4020YesNo
17143486PIPETTE TIP RACK SYSTEMJanuary 2021August 2023Allow3111NoNo
17134388CONSTRUCTION OF A FABRIC BASED MICROFLUIDIC POINT OF CARE AT HOME DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMDecember 2020September 2024Allow4511NoNo
17255714Chemical Analysis DeviceDecember 2020March 2024Abandon3920NoNo
17255299METHOD FOR DIRECT INOCULATION OF A BROTH FROM A SOURCE SUSPENSIONDecember 2020March 2024Allow3920YesNo
17254507COLORIMETRIC SENSORS AND METHODS AND USES THEREOFDecember 2020April 2024Abandon4001NoNo
17253503METHOD OF DETERMINING CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) FOR HIGH CHLORIDE SAMPLESDecember 2020December 2024Allow4840YesNo
17115841GAS SENSOR AND GAS SENSOR CARTRIDGEDecember 2020June 2024Allow4330NoNo
17113700COMBINABLE CAVITY TRAY, ASSEMBLY OF COMBINABLE CAVITY TRAYS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND USE OF A COMBINABLE CAVITY TRAYDecember 2020December 2023Allow3621YesNo
17105330FLOW CELL CARRIER AND METHODS OF USENovember 2020June 2023Allow3011YesNo
17095868APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINER, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF A LABORATORY SAMPLE CONTAINERNovember 2020May 2024Allow4220YesNo
17054675DEPOSITING MICRODOTS WITH ANALYTES ON ANALYSIS CHIPSNovember 2020July 2023Abandon3201NoNo
17053254METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL IMPURITY CONTENT AND KIT FOR ANALYZING METAL IMPURITY CONTENTNovember 2020April 2024Allow4211YesNo
17052828AUTOMATED ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING SAMPLENovember 2020January 2024Allow3810YesNo
17052751STICKPACK-TYPE PACKAGING FOR A TEST STRIPNovember 2020April 2024Abandon4121NoNo
17051171Micro-fluidic Chip and Analytical Instrument Having the SameOctober 2020July 2023Abandon3310NoNo
17051169LIQUID QUANTIFYING DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOFOctober 2020November 2023Allow3730NoNo
17050081SPECIMEN TUBE HOLDEROctober 2020May 2023Abandon3001NoNo
17049987MICROFLUIDIC DEVICESOctober 2020July 2023Allow3321NoNo
17049676MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICESOctober 2020May 2023Allow3011YesNo
17073398SAMPLING MECHANISM AND SAMPLING METHODOctober 2020July 2024Abandon4421YesNo
17073702MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED SURFACES FOR DYNAMIC IRIDESCENCEOctober 2020July 2024Abandon4431NoNo
17041937SENSOR CHIP, SENSING APPARATUS, COVER, BODY FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE, AND SENSORSeptember 2020April 2025Allow5550YesNo
16979470STORAGE METHOD OF FECESSeptember 2020September 2024Abandon4811NoNo
17001156Apparatus for Improved Disease DetectionAugust 2020April 2024Abandon4301NoNo
16968289METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING POROUS MEDIA BY MEANS OF ANALYTICAL PARTICLES AND USES THEREOFAugust 2020June 2025Abandon5940NoNo
16830617MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR CAPTURE OF MICROMETER SCALE OBJECTS AND METHODS OF USING THE DEVICEMarch 2020October 2023Allow4321YesNo
16496285METHOD FOR FORMING COMPLEX OF SUBSTANCE HAVING SUGAR CHAIN AND LECTINSeptember 2019February 2024Abandon5301NoNo

Appeals Overview

No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.

Examiner RAMIREZ, ALEX - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RAMIREZ, ALEX works in Art Unit 1798 and has examined 93 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RAMIREZ, ALEX's allowance rate of 72.0% places them in the 27% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RAMIREZ, ALEX receive 1.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RAMIREZ, ALEX is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 10% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +33.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RAMIREZ, ALEX. This interview benefit is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 56.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 79% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 7% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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