Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18648438 | LARGE-SCALE DYNAMIC DOUBLE-EFFECT SCHEDULING METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE JOB SHOP BASED ON GENETIC PROGRAMMING | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18604864 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DEPTH POSITIONING OF WIRE CONVEYED OPERATIONS | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18437483 | DETERMINING CAUSAL MODELS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTS | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18430606 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMULATING AN ENERGY-SAVING STRATEGY FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION LINE BASED ON MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18533623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION USING PREDICTIVE MODELING | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18496196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW IN AIR HANDLING UNIT | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18242362 | HYDRONIC BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18232671 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE AND SETPOINT SYNCHRONIZATION AND CONTROL | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18223559 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING SHORT-TERM VOLTAGE STABILITY OF POWER GRID BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS SPATIO-TEMPORAL INFORMATION LEARNING | July 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18197125 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR OPTIMIZING OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196661 | Apparatus for mounting components on a substrate | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18193096 | REAL-TIME ESTIMATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CLASSES OF ENERGY GENERATORS IN RESIDUAL LOAD SIGNALS | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120344 | HYDRONIC BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18105090 | BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTELLIGENT LOAD SHEDDING | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS FROM MACHINE LEARNING COMPUTATIONAL TASKS | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18096301 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INSTANT FEEDBACK ON CONFIGURATION | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060470 | MANAGING TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF A HEATING ELEMENT OF AN OUTDOOR FURNITURE PIECE | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A FLUID TRANSPORT SYSTEM | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046156 | INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS BASED ON ABNORMAL IDENTIFICATION, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIA THEREOF | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948797 | System and Methods for Actively Managing Electric Power Over an Electric Power Grid | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17911884 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH CIRCULATING FLUID | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17899920 | CONSISTENT POWER DELIVERY VIA STRETCH POWER DELIVERY MODE | August 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17905188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WELL FLUID EQUIPMENT | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17802420 | MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM, SETTING DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17890594 | OPERATING FACILITY FOR A CNC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE TOOL WITH A ROTARY CONTROLLER | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17882067 | POWER SYSTEM BASED FAN CONTROL METHOD | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759989 | OPTIMIZED MACHINING CONDITION DETERMINATION DEVICE | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17796342 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS | July 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17815719 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION USING PREDICTIVE MODELING | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17874775 | ROBOTIC ASSISTED TOOL AND DIE MAKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809582 | SYSTEM FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION FACILITY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809162 | ADAPTIVE TUNING METHOD FOR A DIGITAL PID CONTROLLER | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17786119 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR MONITORING A CHEMICAL PRODUCTION PLANT | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17840513 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17784619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT IN A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783423 | SIMILARITY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ALTERATIONS | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17745697 | HVAC SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED SOURCE TO LOAD MATCHING IN STRUCTURES | May 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17663199 | HVAC BALANCING AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17775397 | OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND METHOD THEREOF | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17736199 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring of Electric Drives in an Industrial System | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723688 | AUTOMATED STRATEGY PLANNING FOR SEVERE WEATHER-DRIVEN PROACTIVE OUTAGE AND RESTORATION EVENTS IN A POWER GRID | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17722580 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING COMMON COMMAND INFORMATION FROM PLC LADDER INFORMATION | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17713088 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND DEVICES PERFORMING METHOD | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17703950 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A COATING MACHINE | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655960 | PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE SCHEDULING FOR A THERMOSTAT USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655984 | PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE SCHEDULING FOR A THERMOSTAT USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655936 | PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE SCHEDULING FOR A THERMOSTAT USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655956 | PREDICTIVE TEMPERATURE SCHEDULING FOR A THERMOSTAT USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693564 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | March 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17641196 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING COLD STORAGE OF AIR CONDITIONER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688722 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MANUFACTURING PROCESS RISKS | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688794 | LEARNING PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, LEARNING PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING LEARNING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686420 | CONTROL DEVICE OF ADJUSTING ELECTRIC POWER REMOTELY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | March 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686990 | CENTRAL PLANT WITH AUTOMATIC SUBPLANT MODELS | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17639956 | CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGY | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17684326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE VELOCITY SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17683161 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE AND SETPOINT SYNCHRONIZATION AND CONTROL | February 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17677710 | HYDRONIC BUILDING SYSTEMS CONTROL | February 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17634648 | Device and Method for Automatic Calculation of Measurement Confidence in Flexible Modular Plants and Machines | February 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17666237 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CONDITION MONITORING FOR POWER SYSTEM ASSET HEALTH SCORING | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17591285 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE IN SUBTRACTIVE MACHINING | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17589596 | CONSISTENT POWER DELIVERY VIA POWER DELIVERY LIMITS | January 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17586701 | DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO TOOL MATCHING AND COMPARATIVE DRILL-DOWN ANALYSIS METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17572606 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR BRAIN-INSPIRED ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF RESOLVING BIAS-VARIANCE TRADEOFF, AND METHOD THEREOF | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17570803 | MULTILAYER CONTROL FOR MANAGING POWER FLOW | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17564790 | Automatic Control Loop Grading and Data Labeling | December 2021 | September 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645479 | HVAC CONTROL DURING DEMAND RESPONSE EVENT | December 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17597028 | AUTONOMOUS NETWORK, CONTROLLER AND METHOD | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17596997 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A PROCESS ENGINEERING INSTALLATION, AND PROCESS ENGINEERING INSTALLATION | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17618096 | ARITHMETIC OPERATION DEVICE, PLANT, ARITHMETIC OPERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17643618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING AN EVENT-ORIENTED CONTROL PROGRAM | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17548086 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE WITH A PLURALITY OF COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF OPERATION | December 2021 | July 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO CONTROL A DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CONSTRAINED HIERARCHY | December 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17602640 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY PRODUCTION AND EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT UNIT IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614670 | PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING CONTROL PARAMETERS FOR DEVICE THAT PERFORMS SERVO CONTROL | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526037 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR OPTIMIZING OPERATION OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT | November 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17611549 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MODEL PARAMETERS FOR A CONTROL STRATEGY FOR A TECHNICAL SYSTEM WITH THE AID OF A BAYESIAN OPTIMIZATION METHOD | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525862 | METHOD FOR MAKING SPATIO-TEMPORAL COMBINED OPTIMAL SCHEDULING STRATEGY OF MOBILE ENERGY STORAGE (MES) SYSTEM | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17605485 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CONTROL STRATEGY FOR A TECHNICAL SYSTEM | October 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17451605 | TESTING OPERATION OF AN HVAC SYSTEM | October 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17604491 | MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHOD | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17604432 | FAULT RISK ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD, AIR CONDITIONER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17497253 | METHOD FOR ROBUST LIQUID LEVEL CONTROL BASED ON ARTIFICIAL TIME-DELAY CONTROL USING IMC FEEDBACK | October 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17489805 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING POWER GENERATION AND REMAINING USEFUL LIFE PER SYSTEM AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17487304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLUCTUATING RENEWABLE ENERGY-BATTERY OPTIMIZATION TO IMPROVE BATTERY LIFE-TIME | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442517 | MODEL-BASED SCHEDULING FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440267 | PROCESS STATE MONITORING DEVICE AND PROCESS STATE MONITORING METHOD | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440600 | CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM with control parameter determined based on historical operation record | September 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17475572 | Magnetic Field Control Device and Magnetic Field Control Method of Synchronous Machine | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17474878 | FAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17437221 | DETERMINING CAUSAL MODELS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTS | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17437085 | A Method and System for Monitoring a Bio-Pharmaceutical Process | September 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17437390 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17435244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER AIDED OPTIMIZATION OF AN OCCUPANCY OF MAGAZINE SLOTS BY TOOLS | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17432553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH CIRCUITRY TO SEQUENTIALLY PROCESS RECEIVED DATA | August 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17405660 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DECISION LOGIC FOR A CONTROLLER | August 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17401546 | HVAC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TEMPERATURE OFFSET BETWEEN A DISCHARGED AIR TEMPERATURE AND AN INDOOR TEMPERATURE | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401608 | UTILITY GRID CONTROL USING A DYNAMIC POWER FLOW MODEL | August 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17400431 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING WAFER DETECTION TASKS, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398320 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE USING A CONTROL AGENT WITH PARALLEL TRAINING OF THE CONTROL AGENT | August 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C.
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, 16.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C works in Art Unit 2116 and has examined 249 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C's allowance rate of 88.8% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C receive 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 30% 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 PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 55% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C. This interview benefit is in the 68% 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, 31.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 35.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 34% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 30.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 8% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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