Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17252394 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | December 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113421 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRENDING SEARCH TERMS | December 2020 | January 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17105425 | METADATA INDEXING FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT USING BOTH DATA RECORDS AND ASSOCIATED METADATA RECORDS | November 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17094346 | MAPPING EXPRESSION GENERATOR | November 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17089453 | Recommendations for Dynamic Time Period Data Comparison | November 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17086797 | Methods and Systems for Identifying a Level of Similarity Between a Filtering Criterion and a Data Item within a Set of Streamed Documents | November 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17017140 | RESUMABLE ORDERED RECURSIVE TRAVERSAL OF AN UNORDERED DIRECTORY TREE | September 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16936693 | BUILDING A DYNAMIC REGULAR EXPRESSION FROM SAMPLED DATA | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16912171 | QUERY EXECUTION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA, QUERY CONTAINING A COMPOSITE PRIMITIVE | June 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16896895 | ACCURACY METRIC FOR REGULAR EXPRESSION | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16845949 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR RESOLVING DATABASE QUERIES USING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS USING MATRIX-MATRIX MULTIPLICATION | April 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16835637 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION | March 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16834891 | SHARD HASHING FOR DATABASE OBJECTS WITHIN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE | March 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 60 | 9 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16817304 | Graphical User Interfaces for Assessment of Digital Transformation | March 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16787318 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CACHELINE CONSCIOUS EXTENDIBLE HASHING | February 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16782426 | RELIABLY MAINTAINING STRICT CONSISTENCY IN CLUSTER WIDE STATE OF OPENED FILES IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM CLUSTER EXPOSING A GLOBAL NAMESPACE | February 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16775139 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND PRODUCT FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF USERS MATCHING A SEARCH KEYWORD OF APPLICATION SYSTEM BASED ON HIERARCHICAL RELATIONS AMONG THE PLURALITY OF USERS | January 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16723313 | ASSET MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16708191 | VIDEO CONTENT OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM | December 2019 | January 2022 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16584454 | EMAIL ENABLED UPDATES OF DATABASE TIME RECORDS | September 2019 | June 2024 | Abandon | 56 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16570757 | GATHERING DATA OF A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM BASED ON DEFINED SAMPLING INTERVALS THAT HAVE BEEN RESPECTIVELY INITIATED BY SUCH SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE CONTENTION OF SYSTEM RESOURCES | September 2019 | January 2024 | Abandon | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16569000 | AUTOMATIC ARTIST AND CONTENT BREAKOUT PREDICTION | September 2019 | September 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16554233 | USING A DIALOG SYSTEM FOR LEARNING AND INFERRING JUDGMENT REASONING KNOWLEDGE | August 2019 | May 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16551734 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING KEY-VALUE IN TABLE WITHOUT HAVING TO DEFINE ALL KEYS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR | August 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16510108 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAPPING DATA ITEMS TO SPARSE DISTRIBUTED REPRESENTATIONS | July 2019 | August 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16507136 | DETERMINING CAUSES OF EVENTS IN DATA | July 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16454993 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR RESOLVING DATABASE QUERIES USING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS USING MATRIX-MATRIX MULTIPLICATION | June 2019 | February 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16451688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO EXTRACT DOMAIN CONCEPTS TO CREATE DOMAIN DICTIONARIES AND ONTOLOGIES | June 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16449596 | Facilitating Streaming Media Access Via A Media-Item Database | June 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16406885 | DETERMINING USER INTERACTIONS WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR (NPL) ITEMS IN DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES TO PRESENT NPL ITEMS IN DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW | May 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 50 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16389877 | DETERMINING MISSING CONTENT IN A DATABASE CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF KNOWN EMBEDDED SENTENCES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONTENT | April 2019 | February 2023 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16361578 | User interface for displaying and monitoring user interaction with synthesized content | March 2019 | June 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 9 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16358630 | PLATFORM FOR IMPLEMENTING A PERSONALIZED LEARNING SYSTEM | March 2019 | February 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16275811 | ASSET MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | February 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16274116 | Realtime Data Stream Cluster Summarization and Labeling System | February 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16233342 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL USING A CACHING TECHNIQUE WITH PROBE-LIMITED OPEN-ADDRESS HASHING | December 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16223602 | DENSITY-BASED COMPUTATION FOR INFORMATION DISCOVERY IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS | December 2018 | December 2022 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16223697 | RESTORING A DIRECTORY TO A STATE PRIOR TO A PAST SYNCHRONIZATION EVENT | December 2018 | November 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16157831 | DETERMINING CAUSES OF EVENTS IN DATA | October 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16157866 | BLOCKCHAIN DATA TRANSFORMATION | October 2018 | May 2022 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16136093 | Incremental Rendering of Responses from Transport Layer | September 2018 | July 2023 | Abandon | 58 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16123981 | PROCESSING A DATABASE QUERY USING A SHARED METADATA STORE | September 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 35 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16113670 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED DETERMINATION METHOD | August 2018 | August 2022 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16046212 | DETECTING SERVER PAGES WITHIN BACKUPS | July 2018 | November 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | No | No |
| 16004883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A PLATFORM FOR CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION | June 2018 | January 2020 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15978540 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN EVENTUAL EVENT CALENDARING PLATFORM | May 2018 | April 2022 | Abandon | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15968817 | COGNITIVE DATA SHARING | May 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15895584 | ASSIGNING STORAGE RESPONSIBILITY IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM WITH REPLICATION | February 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15865674 | MANAGING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS BASED ON USER GROUPS | January 2018 | June 2018 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15865721 | MANAGING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS BASED ON USER GROUPS | January 2018 | June 2018 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15834139 | COGNITIVE HUMAN INTERACTION AND BEHAVIOR ADVISOR | December 2017 | November 2023 | Abandon | 60 | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| 15832840 | MODEL-DRIVEN PROFILING JOB GENERATOR FOR DATA SOURCES | December 2017 | January 2021 | Allow | 37 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 15811124 | USING PERSISTENT MEMORY TO ENABLE RESTARTABILITY OF BULK LOAD TRANSACTIONS IN CLOUD DATABASES | November 2017 | June 2022 | Allow | 55 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15811090 | Funnel Locking For Sleepable Read-Copy Update | November 2017 | March 2021 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15811225 | DETERMINING USER INTERACTIONS WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR (NPL) ITEMS IN DOCUMENTS TO DETERMINE PRIORITIES TO PRESENT NPL ITEMS IN DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW | November 2017 | June 2023 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 15811152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH AND RECOMMENDATION | November 2017 | February 2020 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15811150 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, CLIENT-SIDE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM, AND CLIENT-SIDE PROGRAM | November 2017 | October 2020 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15677750 | TRANSACTIONAL AND BATCH-UPDATED DATA STORE SEARCH | August 2017 | August 2021 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15677737 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF BOUNDED SCANS ON MULTI-COLUMN KEYS OF A DATABASE | August 2017 | October 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15539686 | INFORMATION ITEM RETRIEVAL | June 2017 | November 2018 | Abandon | 17 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15607128 | SUGGESTED CONTENT GENERATION | May 2017 | January 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15486096 | Maximizing Content Item Information on a Search Engine Results Page | April 2017 | December 2019 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15473450 | EXPLOITING OBJECT TAGS TO PRODUCE A WORK ORDER ACROSS BACKUP ENGINES FOR A BACKUP JOB | March 2017 | September 2022 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15473283 | SHARING INTERMEDIATE DATA IN MAP-REDUCE | March 2017 | April 2021 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15473321 | EXTERNAL FALLBACK SYSTEM FOR LOCAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS | March 2017 | March 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15472255 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2017 | November 2020 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15437796 | SPATIAL DATA ANALYZER SUPPORT | February 2017 | August 2021 | Allow | 54 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 15437675 | AUTO-ADJUSTING DATA LOG RECORD TIMESTAMPS | February 2017 | October 2020 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15393794 | TARGETING OF DIGITAL CONTENT TO GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS | December 2016 | September 2017 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15530187 | Realtime data stream cluster summarization and labeling system | December 2016 | September 2018 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15316046 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA COMPRESSION UTILIZING MATCHES BETWEEN DATA BLOCKS AND ELEMENTS IN ONE OR MORE DATABASES | December 2016 | December 2021 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15312035 | Data Management Method and Terminal | November 2016 | December 2019 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15337836 | Assigning Storage Responsibility in a Distributed Data Storage System with Replication | October 2016 | October 2021 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15303234 | DATA SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SYNCHRONIZED DATA PROTECTION OPERATIONS AT NODES OF THE DATA SYSTEM, SOURCE NODE AND DESTINATION NODE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USE IN SUCH DATA SYSTEM | October 2016 | February 2021 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15279983 | RECOVERY PROCESSING FOR PERSISTENT FILE DATA CACHE TO REDUCE DATA LOSS | September 2016 | December 2020 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15266337 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY-INDEXING AGRICULTURAL CONTENT | September 2016 | September 2022 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15266160 | UNCERTAINTY-AWARE SELECTION OF QUERY EXECUTION PLAN | September 2016 | March 2021 | Allow | 54 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15241194 | METHOD FOR UPDATING A DATABASE | August 2016 | July 2020 | Abandon | 47 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 15239302 | MANAGING OBJECT IDENTIFIERS BASED ON USER GROUPS | August 2016 | May 2017 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15228004 | MODEL-DRIVEN PROFILING JOB GENERATOR FOR DATA SOURCES | August 2016 | January 2021 | Allow | 54 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 15228058 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANSWERING QUERIES BASED ON PARTIAL AGGREGATIONS OF A CONTINUOUS DATA STREAM | August 2016 | February 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15228113 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GRAPH DATA | August 2016 | August 2019 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15228006 | DATA VALUE SUFFIX BIT LEVEL COMPRESSION | August 2016 | June 2021 | Abandon | 58 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15227957 | System For Managing Relational Databases Using XML Objects | August 2016 | September 2020 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15227899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT REPURPOSING OF CONNECTIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT | August 2016 | May 2021 | Allow | 57 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15219851 | Methods and Systems for Identifying a Level of Similarity Between a Filtering Criterion and a Data Item within a Set of Streamed Documents | July 2016 | August 2020 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15219759 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2016 | September 2020 | Abandon | 50 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15216412 | AUTOMATIC ARTIST AND CONTENT BREAKOUT PREDICTION | July 2016 | June 2019 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15216688 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE WITHOUT REDUNDANT REPLICATION | July 2016 | July 2019 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15181050 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A PLATFORM FOR CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION | June 2016 | November 2018 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15181120 | NAVIGATING AN ELECTRONIC ITEM DATABASE VIA USER INTENTION | June 2016 | April 2021 | Abandon | 58 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15159570 | DIRECTING CONTENT TO USERS OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM BASED ON PREVIOUSLY ACCESSSED CONTENT | May 2016 | October 2018 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15158833 | ENABLING SESSION-BASED PERMISSION SETS | May 2016 | October 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15075881 | Unified Time-Indexed Catalogue for Multiple Archived Snapshots | March 2016 | October 2021 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15075936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE HASH TABLES | March 2016 | September 2021 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15076034 | BACKUP AND RECOVERY FOR END-USER COMPUTING IN VIRTUAL DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS | March 2016 | February 2020 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 14937701 | DATA PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR DATA CLEANSING | November 2015 | February 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14829885 | ADAPTIVE BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT OF A REPLICATION PROCESS | August 2015 | June 2021 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14829760 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAIL SEARCH RESULT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE MAIL CARD, AND MAIL SERVICE SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAME | August 2015 | June 2020 | Allow | 58 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14829901 | IMPROVED INTERFACES AND PROCESSES FOR RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BY APPLYING RETENTION RULES TO TRACK ELECTRONIC RECORDS AGAINST APPROPRIATE RETENTION SCHEDULES | August 2015 | May 2022 | Abandon | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LE, MICHAEL.
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, 26.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner LE, MICHAEL works in Art Unit 2163 and has examined 404 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 52.7%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 48 months.
Examiner LE, MICHAEL's allowance rate of 52.7% places them in the 16% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by LE, MICHAEL receive 3.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 95% 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 LE, MICHAEL is 48 months. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LE, MICHAEL. This interview benefit is in the 72% 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, 14.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 12% 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 14.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 18% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 44.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 55.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 54% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.5% of allowed cases (in the 82% 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 13% 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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