USPTO Examiner HEDRICK TYLER DEAN - Art Unit 2115

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19024035ERROR COMPENSATION METHOD FOR MULTI-AXIS PARALLEL KINEMATICS MACHINE TOOLS, A DEVICE, AN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND A STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFJanuary 2025September 2025Allow810YesNo
18724631MOTOR DRIVER AND SERVO DRIVE SYSTEMJune 2024March 2026Allow2030YesNo
18704086RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAMMING SUPPORT APPARATUSApril 2024July 2025Allow1520YesNo
18012266INDUSTRIAL PLANT MONITORINGDecember 2022January 2026Allow3620NoNo
17909102HUMAN ACTION RECOGNITION AND ASSISTANCE TO AR DEVICESeptember 2022October 2025Allow3720YesNo
17886669METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY SCHEDULING OF SHARED ENERGY STORAGE CONSIDERING DEGRADATION COST OF ENERGY STORAGEAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17867401Optimization of a Working State of a SystemJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17809824AUTOMATED MODULAR PILL DISPENSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODSJune 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17744992Electric Power System Planning Operation Device, Method, and SystemMay 2022November 2025Allow4220NoNo
17738347SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF POWER GENERATORSMay 2022October 2025Allow4130YesNo
17730695SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND OPTIMIZATION THROUGH AN ENERGY VIRTUAL TWINApril 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17723441ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DYNAMIC CONTROL HEAT DISSIPATION METHOD AND DYNAMIC HEAT DISSIPATION CONTROL SYSTEMApril 2022November 2025Allow4330YesNo
17768917METHOD FOR A MODEL-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF A FILM PRODUCT DURING A PRODUCTION ON A FILM EXTRUSION LINEApril 2022July 2025Allow3920YesNo
17719133CALIBRATION METHOD AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOLSApril 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17595474COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COMPUTER-AIDED GENERATION OF AN EXECUTABLE CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE CONTROL AND/OR REGULATION OF A TECHNICAL PROCESSApril 2022August 2025Allow4530YesNo
17765527METHOD OF IDENTIFYING DENTAL CONSUMABLES EQUIPPED INTO A DENTAL TOOL MACHINEMarch 2022December 2025Allow4430YesNo
17762632Event-Oriented Transmission of Measured Process ValuesMarch 2022August 2025Allow4120YesNo
17655232ESTIMATING WELLBORE CURVATURE USING PAD DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17695430Method for Computer Analysis of As-Programmed Surface Quality of Composite StructureMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17641856METHOD FOR PROVIDING DENTAL ABUTMENTMarch 2022January 2026Allow4640YesNo
17689166APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SUPERIMPOSING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PRINTS ONTO THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF A PART FOR MANUFACTUREMarch 2022November 2023Allow2010YesNo
17687687ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMarch 2022September 2025Allow4230NoNo
17639581PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PRODUCTMarch 2022August 2025Abandon4130NoNo
17586702DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO TOOL MATCHING AND FULL-TRACE DRILL-DOWN ANALYSIS METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENTJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3520YesNo
17557651REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT PROCESSOR REDUNDANCY SYCHRONIZATIONDecember 2021June 2025Allow4220YesNo
17557259CIRCUIT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2021February 2025Allow3720YesNo
17618558Control Device for Use on a Numerically Controlled Machine Tool, and Machine Tool Comprising a Control DeviceDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920YesNo
17618711A CONTROL UNIT AND A CONFIGURATION TAG OF A MILK ANALYSIS APPARATUSDecember 2021May 2025Allow4120NoNo
17613808SELF-ADAPTIVE TEST METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT PREDICTION ALGORITHM OF ANALOG MEASURED VALUESNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17455096MOLDING MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMNovember 2021March 2025Allow4020YesNo
17524384INTEGRATED CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMNovember 2021December 2023Allow2510NoNo
17523150SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT THROUGH IOT SENSORS AND AUGMENTED REALITY IMPLEMENTATIONNovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17522690MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTSNovember 2021December 2023Allow2510YesNo
17522634METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLEANING PROCESS SEQUENCE MANAGEMENTNovember 2021August 2023Allow2210YesNo
17606885Controlling of Operations Using a Tool during Production of an Assembly of PartsOctober 2021September 2025Allow4730YesNo
17605355SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING A PHYSICAL PARAMETER OF A REAL TURBOMACHINE SYSTEM FROM A PHYSICAL PARAMETER SET POINTOctober 2021February 2025Allow4020YesNo
17500982COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED DETERMINATION OF A QUALITY INDICATOR OF A PRODUCTION BATCH-RUN OF A PRODUCTION PROCESSOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310YesNo
17498939ADAPTIVE PID GAIN FOR A ZERO ORDER PROCESSOctober 2021December 2023Allow2610NoNo
17491360AUTONOMOUS ONSITE REMEDIATION OF ADVERSE CONDITIONS FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IN A FIFTH GENERATION (5G) NETWORK OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4730YesNo
17442805METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING REPORTS OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM, MORE PARTICULARLY AN INDUSTRIAL PLANTSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4730YesNo
17484657MODEL ASSET LIBRARY AND RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3130YesNo
17439189METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TOOTH REPLACEMENT PARTSeptember 2021July 2025Allow4620NoNo
17437884METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSESSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4220NoNo
17411595SMART TOOL WITH INTEGRATED NEURAL NETWORK IMAGE ANALYSISAugust 2021February 2025Allow4230NoNo
17404617SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC BIOMETRIC CONTROL OF IOT DEVICESAugust 2021March 2024Allow3110YesNo
17430886METHOD FOR MEASURING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT RELATION AND TRANSFERRING IT INTO A VIRTUAL ARTICULATORAugust 2021August 2024Allow3610NoNo
17396647INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2021March 2024Allow3210YesNo
17429296OPERATING DEVICE AND METHODAugust 2021August 2025Allow4830NoNo
17429050COMPONENT TYPE MANAGEMENT DEVICEAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410YesNo
17391839METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF PRIMARY MANUFACTURING PROCESS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF PRODUCTAugust 2021July 2023Allow2410NoNo
17386148INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2021December 2023Allow2910NoNo
17385056PROCESS FOR GENERATING A CAM DATASETJuly 2021January 2024Allow3020YesNo
17419808METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A COOLING SYSTEM IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTINGJune 2021January 2025Allow4320NoNo
17419514METHOD AND SYSTEM TO GENERATE CONTROL LOGIC FOR PERFORMING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESJune 2021July 2024Allow3730YesNo
17414953PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRODUCTION QUANTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PRODUCTION QUANTITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMJune 2021April 2023Allow2210NoNo
17414264SENSOR-BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENCLOSURE AND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON SENSOR DATAJune 2021July 2025Allow4930NoNo
17345913INFERRING DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, INFERRING METHOD, AND TRAINING METHODJune 2021December 2024Allow4230YesNo
17312688METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A MACHINE IN A MANUFACTURING PROCESSJune 2021May 2023Allow2310NoNo
17341199REMOTE-CONTROLLED TRASH AND RECYCLING RECEPTACLESJune 2021May 2023Allow2310NoNo
17295193METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROOT CAUSE AFFECTING YIELD IN A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSMay 2021September 2023Allow2810NoNo
17293559CONVEYANCE TASK CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMMay 2021April 2023Allow2310YesNo
17292586METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROOT CAUSES OF EVENTS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND FOR MONITORING A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSMay 2021September 2023Allow2820YesNo
17309228METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING SIGNALLING OF A FIELD DEVICEMay 2021September 2024Allow4110NoNo
17314367BENCHTOP VISUAL PROTOTYPING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEMMay 2021May 2023Allow2510NoNo
17231059METHOD FOR VISUALIZING PROCESS INFORMATION DURING MANUFACTURING OF SHEET METAL WORKPIECESApril 2021January 2024Allow3320YesNo
17187566INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2021February 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17268255Industrial Bottleneck Detection and Management Method and SystemFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3010YesNo
17266830METHOD OF CONTROLLING COOLING IN A DATA CENTREFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3020YesNo
17114429LOG AND CANT OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2020September 2024Allow4520NoNo
17103112INTELLIGENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2020June 2024Allow4230NoNo
17056424INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2020February 2024Abandon3910NoNo
17099779CONTROLLER FOR DISTRIBUTED DEVICESNovember 2020December 2024Allow4920YesNo
17054716METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE AND MACHINE FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECENovember 2020June 2024Allow4310NoNo
17049515METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING CONTROL DATA FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICEOctober 2020November 2023Allow3620NoNo
17073577APPARATUS, CONTROLLER, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE DATA OF MOVEMENT PATH OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINEOctober 2020January 2024Allow3910YesNo
16982716COMPONENT MANAGEMENT DATABASE, COMPONENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPONENT MANAGEMENT METHODSeptember 2020August 2024Abandon4720NoNo
16981172OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATMENT FURNACE, AND A HEAT-TREATMENT FACILITY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFORSeptember 2020May 2024Allow4420YesNo
17015343SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMSeptember 2020July 2023Allow3430YesNo
17013040NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF GENERATING EMBROIDERY DATASeptember 2020August 2023Allow3510NoNo
16940646MACHINE TOOL SYSTEMJuly 2020July 2023Allow3610YesNo
16938677SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE LIFE MANAGEMENT BASED ON CORROSION RATE REDUCTIONJuly 2020July 2023Allow3620NoNo
16961733METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY IRRADIATING A MATERIAL LAYER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DATA SET, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2020August 2024Allow4920YesNo
16815121CRYOGENIC SPECIMEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF SECURING SENSITIVE DATA AND SERVICING COMPONENTSMarch 2020December 2024Abandon5730NoNo
16608376ENERGY SOURCE MONITORINGOctober 2019August 2023Allow4521NoNo
16245404APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL PROCESS SOLUTIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJanuary 2019August 2023Allow5520YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN works in Art Unit 2115 and has examined 62 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN's allowance rate of 93.5% places them in the 81% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN receive 1.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 39% 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 HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN. This interview benefit is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 45.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 67% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% 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 9% 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 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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