Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19336529 | SYSTEM AND SOC COMPRISING HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSORS CAPABLE OF PROCESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND METHOD THEREOF | September 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19220466 | METHOD FOR MANAGING LOCAL AND GLOBAL MODELS ON AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19202544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OUTCOMES | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19174465 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATED COLLECTION OF DATA FROM THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS FOR PREDICTIVE AND ADAPTIVE UTILITY-BASED PERSONAL ASSISTANCE | April 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19040977 | TRAINING NODES OF A NEURAL NETWORK TO BE DECISIVE | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19037580 | HUMAN DE-IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE OPERATING HARDWARE ORCHESTRATION FOR INTERACTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LEARNING | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SITUATION-AWARE CONTROL SYSTEM MODEL UPDATES | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18594274 | DATA MANAGEMENT SUGGESTIONS FROM KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ACTIONS | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385143 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATIVE MACHINE-LEARNING GUIDED BY MODAL CLASSIFICATION | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18491817 | CROSS-MEDIA CORRESPONDING KNOWLEDGE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375371 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AND EXECUTING COMPUTER CODE USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION OF A DATA MANIPULATION TO BE PERFORMED ON A DATA SET | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228373 | Conversation Based Diagnosis and Troubleshooting of Maintenance Requests Using a Large Language Model Driven Chatbot | July 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357680 | SCHEMA-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MONITORING | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18196855 | LOCATING A DECISION BOUNDARY FOR COMPLEX CLASSIFIER | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18134137 | METHOD FOR COMPILING A PROGRAM FOR QUANTUM COMPUTER | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18300007 | LEARNING WITH MOMENT ESTIMATION USING DIFFERENT TIME CONSTANTS | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031009 | Identification method of urban functional areas based on mixing degree of functions and integrated learning | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18113922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ALIMENTARY ELEMENT PREDICTION MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18105424 | DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE REPAIR REQUESTS USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN CHATBOT | February 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18148225 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING USER-SPECIFIC, ACTIVITY SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT PREDICTING SCORES | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088834 | ADAPTIVE LEARNING NETWORK SYSTEM USING LOCALIZED LEARNING TO MINIMIZE PREDICTION ERROR | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085140 | DISTRIBUTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM USING TRANSMISSION OF COMPRESSED GRADIENTS AND MODEL PARAMETER, AND LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073959 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED DRIVER CLASSIFICATIONS | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18058937 | AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE BASE | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989810 | METHOD OF GENERATING TRAINING DATA OF MANIPULATOR ROBOT AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME | November 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999277 | AUTOMATED SIMILARITY MEASUREMENT AND PROPERTY ESTIMATION | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18055031 | BIAS REDUCTION IN MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING AND INFERENCE | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18049286 | CONTEXTUAL BANDITS-BASED ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDER SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZED PERSONALIZATION | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18048332 | System and Method for Training a Regression Neural Network for Localization of a Device in an Environment | October 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967725 | Counterexample-Guided Update of a Motion Planner | October 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995278 | METHOD OF EVALUATING DATA, TRAINING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17935067 | ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT INFERENCE IN MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENTS | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941033 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DETERMINATION METHOD | September 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17896927 | DATA MANAGEMENT SUGGESTIONS FROM KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ACTIONS | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17822321 | VERTICAL FEDERATED FOREST FOR DIVERSITY IN MACHINE LEARNING | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904872 | MEASURING LOCAL CD UNIFORMITY USING SCATTEROMETRY AND MACHINE LEARNING | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17888630 | VECTORIZED FUZZY STRING MATCHING PROCESS | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888920 | PREDICTIVE LEARNER RECOMMENDATION PLATFORM | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815851 | GENERATING SYNTHETIC DATA EXAMPLES AS INTERPOLATION OF TWO DATA EXAMPLES THAT IS LINEAR IN THE SPACE OF RELATIVE SCORES | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17869998 | EDGE-WEIGHTED QUANTIZATION FOR FEDERATED LEARNING | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810778 | IMITATION LEARNING FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS WITH SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATORS | July 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850411 | OBTAINING USER FEEDBACK ON MODELS VIA A HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) | June 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTION OF SURGICAL MISTAKES | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 43 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17840853 | EDUCATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17837444 | BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEM | June 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17718701 | Self-Learning in Distributed Architecture for Enhancing Artificial Neural Network | April 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17704298 | METHODS AND MECHANISMS FOR MEASURING PATTERNED SUBSTRATE PROPERTIES DURING SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING | March 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17650761 | LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRAINING | February 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557298 | BIAS MITIGATING MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING SYSTEM | December 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17555535 | METHOD AND PLATFORM FOR PRE-TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL AUTOMATIC COMPRESSION BASED ON MULTILEVEL KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION | December 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620805 | MINIMAL UNSATISFIABLE SET DETECTION APPARATUS, MINIMAL UNSATISFIABLE SET DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546085 | TEA IMPURITY DATA ANNOTATION METHOD BASED ON SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING | December 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17508665 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING HYPERPARAMETERS OF A MODEL AND ADVANCED CURTAILMENT OF A TRAINING OF THE MODEL | October 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17497752 | DEDICATED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM | October 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491435 | FEATURE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECOMMENDATION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17482057 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING USER-SPECIFIC, ACTIVITY SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT PREDICTING SCORES | September 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17440472 | AUTOMATED KNOWLEDGE BASE | September 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17459086 | Method to Train Model | August 2021 | March 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17408450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT SERVICE INTERMEDIATION | August 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17403668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BANK-BALANCED SPARSE ACTIVATION AND JOINT-ACTIVATION-WEIGHT-SPARSE TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORKS | August 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385054 | PREDICTIVE LEARNER SCORE | July 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 27 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17296638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING DATA | May 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17320876 | Real-Time Predictive Knowledge Pattern Machine | May 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 5 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17319282 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING DISTRIBUTED DATA-DRIVEN MODELS | May 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17315695 | TRAINING RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE SEQUENCES | May 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17313108 | SYSTEM AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN CERTIFIED AND UNCERTIFIED APPLICATIONS | May 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY COMMUNICATING TO A USER VIA A SYSTEM 1 OR SYSTEM 2 CHANNEL | April 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227851 | Federated Learning with Only Positive Labels | April 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 52 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227822 | CALCULATE FAIRNESS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | April 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227523 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR LOCATING INFORMATION IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | April 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 47 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227694 | Hybrid Low Power Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) Based Artificial Neural Network (ANN) with Analog Based Multiplication and Addition | April 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 55 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17225056 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | April 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217810 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING MACHINE LEARNING TO CHANGES IN USER INTEREST | March 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17208399 | VARIABLE SENSITIVITY NODE | March 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17192543 | PREDICTIVE DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES USING PREDICTIVE THRESHOLD OPTIMIZATION AND PROBABILISTIC AUTOMATED PROGRAMMING | March 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17186323 | DISPLAYING ITERATIVE LEARNING PROCESS AND SAMPLE ERROR TO EFFICIENTLY ELIMINATE NOISY SAMPLE DATA | February 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 59 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17166493 | ARCHITECTURES FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | February 2021 | July 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17166483 | STRUCTURE-BASED, LIGAND ACTIVITY PREDICTION USING BINDING MODE PREDICTION INFORMATION | February 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17250506 | IDENTIFYING SALIENT FEATURES FOR GENERATIVE NETWORKS | January 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17161210 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN A PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEM | January 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17160697 | SIDELINK-SUPPORTED FEDERATED LEARNING FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING COMPONENT | January 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17160480 | OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | January 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17261500 | INCENTIVE CONTROL FOR MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS | January 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17146556 | HYBRID VIBRATION-SOUND ACOUSTIC PROFILING USING A SIAMESE NETWORK TO DETECT LOOSE PARTS | January 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17143152 | CONTEXTUALIZED HUMAN MACHINE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | January 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132704 | Medical Fact Verification Method and Apparatus, Electronic Device, and Storage Medium | December 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130107 | ENTITY DISAMBIGUATION USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS | December 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17129023 | MATRIX REPRESENTATION OF NEURAL NETWORKS | December 2020 | December 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17128904 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER DECISION-MAKING BEHAVIOR | December 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115116 | Training a Neural Network Using Small Training Datasets | December 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115014 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE CONTENT OF A KNOWLEDGE DATASTORE | December 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107326 | Object Classification Method, Object Classification Circuit, Motor Vehicle | November 2020 | October 2025 | Abandon | 58 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107760 | PREDICTIVE LEARNER SCORE | November 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106858 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINED USING FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM N-GRAMS OF MOUSE EVENT DATA | November 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17107193 | Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Decision-Making Model for Orthodontic Diagnosis and Treatment Planning | November 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099338 | DATA TRAINING IN MULTI-SENSOR SETUPS | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17088146 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ALIMENTARY ELEMENT PREDICTION MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17051458 | CREATION DEVICE, CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17079516 | Coastal Aquatic Conditions Reporting System Using A Learning Engine | October 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074201 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BIAS DETECTION AND MITIGATION | October 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GARNER, CASEY R.
With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success 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, 42.9% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner GARNER, CASEY R works in Art Unit 2123 and has examined 235 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.
Examiner GARNER, CASEY R's allowance rate of 70.2% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by GARNER, CASEY R receive 2.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GARNER, CASEY R is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 11% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GARNER, CASEY R. This interview benefit is in the 57% 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, 24.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 37% 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 11.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
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, 20.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 10% 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 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 63% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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