Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18667286 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Switching Between User Interfaces | May 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18611418 | ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTED DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18440746 | Devices, Methods, and Systems for Manipulating User Interfaces | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18466808 | TOOL FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL STORE THAT EMULATES A PHYSICAL STORE | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18241114 | DOCUMENT CONTENT PRESENTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18236133 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR NAVIGATING A USER INTERFACE USING DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18234849 | CONNECTIONS INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION PLATFORM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18234163 | RECYCLING SUPPORT SYSTEM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18449309 | Microgrid Error Handling Framework and Method | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208995 | USER INTERFACE SUPPORT MODULE AND METHOD OF USE | June 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18038789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING WEARABLE DEVICE | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18201048 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED REPORTING AND EDUCATION FOR LABORATORY TEST RESULTS | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198631 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MULTI-WINDOW CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18032793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ON LOCK SCREEN INTERFACE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18032695 | Control Method, Management Device, Non-Transitory Computer Readable Storage Medium and Power System for Distributing Surplus Power | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE AMOUNT OF A CONSUMABLE ITEM | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18044616 | Application Access Method And Related Apparatus | March 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18044248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | March 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044104 | Navigation Bar Display Method, Display Method, and First Electronic Device | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18042232 | Screen Window Redrawing Method, Electronic Device, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18159524 | APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED MULTI-MODAL OPTIMIZATION FOR PARTICULAR CONTROL SCHEMES | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013830 | APPLYING TEXTURE PATTERNS TO 3D OBJECT MODELS | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089215 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT WITH STABLE QUALITY | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085063 | TABLETOP SPEAKER SYSTEM | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18000833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES PLATFORM | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17989036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BRANDED VIDEO TAGS | November 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981193 | SYNCHRONIZING NETWORK REFERENCE TIME AMONG POWER LINE COMPONENTS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978150 | SYMBOL-ASSISTED MENU SELECTION FOR TRANSACTION TERMINALS | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17969197 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND OPERATING FOLDABLE DISPLAY | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17967564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE REAL TIME QUANTIFICATION OF SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN A PLANAR MATERIAL AND IDENTIFICATION OF A CORRESPONDING SOURCE OF THE IDENTIFIED SUBTLE VARIATION | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963028 | PROVIDING CUSTOM MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17961971 | INJECTION MOLD APPARATUS FOR PRESSURE VESSEL | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17961589 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION EFFECTS FROM WEAR OF AN EDGE RING | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17916550 | RELIABILITY CALCULATION METHOD OF POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM CONSIDERING HIERARCHICAL DECENTRALIZED CONTROL OF DEMAND-SIDE RESOURCES | September 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891327 | BUILDING CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS AND METHODS | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807662 | CONTEXT SURFACING IN COLLECTIONS | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17806901 | MEDICINE INJECTION AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17757077 | AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE CONTROLLER ADAPTATION | June 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17753306 | System and Method for GUI Development and Deployment in a Real Time System | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17589671 | SECURITY FRAMEWORK MATRIX VISUALIZATIONS FOR NOTABLE EVENTS | January 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563352 | INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE FOR BUILDING NETWORKS OF TIME SERIES | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17548377 | SWEEP ALGORITHM FOR OUTPUT OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537466 | DYNAMIC FINGERPRINTS FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION | November 2021 | October 2023 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17609380 | USER INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR VIEWING A NUMBER OF USERS FOLLOWING A USER ON ASSOCIATED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS | November 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17601504 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A PREVIEW VIDEO BASED ON PAST PLAYBACK INFORMATION | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17471368 | LINKING GRAPH | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17469908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATION OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM COMPONENT WITH MULTIPLE INFORMATION SOURCES | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17231452 | READING REPORT CREATING APPARATUS | April 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 57 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17279969 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION ON MODELING AND OPTIMIZING SCALING AND CORROSION IN A WELLBORE | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17079355 | 3D Document Editing System | October 2020 | January 2026 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15680875 | Active Context Information for an Object and Contextually Associated Objects | August 2017 | June 2019 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15429359 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY PRESENTED MAP | February 2017 | May 2019 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15390776 | Interactive electronically presented map | December 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15298088 | ELECTRONIC PICTURE BOOK WHICH SEQUENTIALLY CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO SCROLL OPERATION | October 2016 | November 2018 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12109639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SCHEDULING | April 2008 | February 2014 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12043234 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INDICATION OF AUDIO COPY PROTECTION SUPPORT | March 2008 | September 2011 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12043602 | MANAGING MULTIPLE AND/OR REPEATED OUT OF OFFICE NOTIFICATION PERIODS | March 2008 | March 2013 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 11846230 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS TO AUTOMATICALLY COMPLETE A GUI TASK | August 2007 | December 2010 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 11845808 | UTILIZING MOOD SENSORS IN AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGING ENVIRONMENT | August 2007 | March 2012 | Allow | 55 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 10185343 | Indicating the context of a communication | June 2002 | November 2012 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TAN, ALVIN H.
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, 0.0% 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 TAN, ALVIN H works in Art Unit 2118 and has examined 20 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.
Examiner TAN, ALVIN H's allowance rate of 85.0% places them in the 61% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by TAN, ALVIN H receive 3.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TAN, ALVIN H is 42 months. This places the examiner in the 18% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -18.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TAN, ALVIN H. This interview benefit is in the 2% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 46% 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 5.0% of allowed cases (in the 86% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% 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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