Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17131330 | METHOD OF SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER TO A COMPUTER SYSTEM | December 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEATING COMPUTING ELEMENTS IN VEHICLES | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103585 | CLOCK PHASE-SHIFTING TECHNIQUES IN PHYSICAL LAYOUT DESIGN | November 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101650 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE POWER CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY IN A MULTI-MODE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17101234 | INDEPENDENT THERMAL THROTTLING TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMS | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17094283 | APPLICATION OVERRIDE OF POWER ESTIMATION MECHANISM | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17087357 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCED COMPUTING DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION | November 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17086497 | THERMAL MASS AWARE THERMAL MANAGEMENT | November 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17086569 | Automatically Budgeting Power for Data Center Equipment | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17052066 | Nanosecond-Scale Power Resource Allocation Method and System for Microservices | October 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING POWER FAILOVER | October 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17073626 | Low Power Operation Method for Apparatus Having Data Transmission Rate | October 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17071372 | SYSTEM TO WAKE ELECTRONIC PLUG-IN DEVICES (EPIDs) AND RELATED METHOD(S) THEREOF | October 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17046005 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN POWER ADAPTERS TO DELIVER POWER TO A POWER OUTPUT COUPLED TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH POWER SUPPLY CAPABILITY INFORMATION | October 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17043021 | MODIFICATIONS OF POWER ALLOCATIONS FOR GRAPHICAL PROCESSING UNITS BASED ON USAGE | September 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17033000 | COMPILER DIRECTED FINE GRAINED POWER MANAGEMENT | September 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17030324 | ENABLING PERFORMANCE FEATURES FOR VOLTAGE LIMITED PROCESSORS | September 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17026211 | POWER GLITCH SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT, SECURITY CHIP AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | September 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17023360 | DEVICES CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND ALLOCATING POWER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17000750 | APPLICATION PROCESSOR, MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF SELECTING A CLOCK SIGNAL FOR AN APPLICATION PROCESSOR | August 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16996256 | POWER CONFIGURATION COMPONENT INCLUDING SELECTABLE CONFIGURATION PROFILES CORRESPONDING TO OPERATING POWER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POWER CONFIGURATION COMPONENT | August 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16994073 | DYNAMIC POWER BUDGET ALLOCATION IN MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM | August 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16944070 | DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SELECTION FOR A SINGLE POWER RAIL IN A MULTI-CORE DOMAIN | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16940171 | GOVERNING POWER BUDGET WITH TOKEN PASSING | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16929202 | INTERFACE BRIDGE CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF REDUCING HEAT GENERATION | July 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16917888 | MULTIPLE DIES HARDWARE PROCESSORS AND METHODS | June 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16904050 | POWER PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16883897 | Shaped and Optimized Power Cycles | May 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15929732 | SELECTIVE COUPLING OF MEMORY TO VOLTAGE RAILS FOR DIFFERENT OPERATING MODES | May 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16874109 | PERFORMING AN ACTION BASED ON A PRE-BOOT MEASUREMENT OF A FIRMWARE IMAGE | May 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16762554 | METHOD OF POWER MANAGEMENT AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT | May 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16863651 | BOOTSTRAPPING A MICROSERVICES REGISTRY | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16861383 | METHOD OF PERFORMING DYNAMIC VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY SCALING BASED ON POWER STEP | April 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16853570 | HYBRID PRIORITIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION in THERMALLY- or POWER-CONSTRAINED COMPUTING DEVICES | April 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16851953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TIMED FUNCTIONS IN A WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE | April 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16835241 | HIGH PERFORMANCE INTERCONNECT PHYSICAL LAYER | March 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814709 | TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16800431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CREATE AN AIR FLOW MAP AND DETECT AIR RECIRCULATION IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM | February 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16781130 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SAVES POWER IN POSITION ACQUISITION | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16750513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISTRIBUTED POWER MANAGEMENT WITHOUT POWER CYCLING HOSTS | January 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16731769 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZING METHOD OF A MULTIPLE CLOCK DOMAIN MEMORY DEVICE | December 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16707932 | ENHANCED POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SUPPORT OF PRIORITY SYSTEM EVENTS | December 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16698525 | DYNAMIC PROCESSOR CORE FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT | November 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16616594 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A SUPPLY VOLTAGE AND A CLOCK SPEED | November 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16685339 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM HAVING SYNCHRONIZED POWER LOSS DETECTION ARMED STATE | November 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16673630 | PERFORMING A POWER SAVING OPERATION BASED ON A RECEIVED POWER SAVING SIGNAL AND POWER SAVING SIGNAL CONFIGURATION | November 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16671653 | COMPUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INITIATING AUTOMATIC BOOTING PROCESS WHEN COVER IS OPENED | November 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16666999 | DYNAMIC SYSTEM MANAGEMENT BUS | October 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16663645 | System, Apparatus And Method For Loose Lock-Step Redundancy Power Management | October 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16663658 | System, Apparatus And Method For Loose Lock-Step Redundancy Power Management | October 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16590752 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT APPLICATION INSTANTIATION | October 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16590111 | WAKING AND SLEEPING A DISPLAY AMONG A PLURALITY OF DISPLAYS USING GESTURES | October 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16586444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF AN ENERGY DEVICE BASED ON TEMPERATURE | September 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16583668 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16546441 | System, Apparatus And Method For Loose Lock-Step Redundancy Power Management In A Processor | August 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16528503 | Automated Identification and Disablement of System Devices in a Computing System | July 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16451414 | THROUGH-BOARD POWER CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES | June 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16443396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING NETWORK NODE BY PROVIDING A VIRTUAL POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT | June 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16435214 | Portable Playback Device Power Management | June 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16431444 | CONTROLLED CUSTOMIZATION OF SILICON INITIALIZATION | June 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16416600 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING CLOCK MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR OUTPUTING CLOCK AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALS TO AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BLOCK | May 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16394652 | Systems And Methods For Dynamically Locating And Accessing Operating System (OS) File System Data From A Pre-Boot Environment | April 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16394646 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT IN AN ACCELERATOR SLED | April 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16344411 | RELATION AMONG STATES APPENDING DEVICE, RELATION AMONG STATES APPENDING METHOD, AND RELATION AMONG STATES APPENDING PROGRAM | April 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16393081 | VECTOR DECODING IN TIME-CONSTRAINED DOUBLE DATA RATE INTERFACE | April 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16392518 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING ENERGY USAGE OF API CALLS THAT ASYNCHRONOUSLY INVOKE FUNCTIONS | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16390821 | CURRENT DISTRIBUTION FROM DIFFERENT POWER SOURCES | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16390061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE FROM A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | April 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16391124 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEM FOR SMART BOOT SEQUENCE FORMATION OF VMS FOR DISASTER RECOVERY | April 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16387279 | CAPTURING PRE-FETCH BLOCKS OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE BOOT PERFORMANCE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | April 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16383146 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE POWER CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY IN A MULTI-MODE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16376785 | Serialization Floors and Deadline Driven Control for Performance Optimization of Asymmetric Multiprocessor Systems | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16375695 | Method for Managing Multiple Operating Systems in Integrated Circuit Cards, Corresponding System and Computer Program Product | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16373005 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, POWER-SAVING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | April 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16371458 | POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SUPERVISORY CIRCUIT THAT CONTROLS A SWITCH ARRANGED BETWEEN A NODE OF AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE CIRCUIT AND A REFERENCE POTENTIAL NODE | April 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16371191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOOTING PROCESSORS WITH ENCRYPTED BOOT IMAGE | April 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16371202 | MITIGATING VOLTAGE DROOP | April 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16371745 | TRACKING A BOOT DISK OF A COMPUTING DEVICE THROUGH ONE OR MORE REBOOTS OF THE COMPUTING DEVICE | April 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16370930 | HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE POWER-DELIVERY MANAGEMENT POLICY | March 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16370129 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SECURELY LOAD NON-UEFI BASED FILE FORMAT AS OEM BASED UEFI CUSTOM CAPSULE FORMAT IN UEFI LOADER | March 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16370452 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) BASED POWER SHIFTING FOR USB DEVICES | March 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16369580 | SYSTEM-WIDE NETWORK ACTIVITY FORECASTING FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT | March 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16370566 | TUNNELING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS OVER AN ENHANCED SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE | March 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16369696 | POWER REDUCTION IN PROCESSOR PIPELINE BY DETECTING ZEROS | March 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16369113 | System, Apparatus And Method For Bulk Register Accesses In A Processor | March 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16367846 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE LOW POWER LINK STATE WAKE-UP OPTIONS | March 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16361112 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SLEEP MODE TO A CONFIGURABLE LOGIC BLOCK USING AN INTERMITTENT POWER SAVING LOGIC | March 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16360235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT AND ADAPTATION OF CONFIGURATION FILES AT COMPUTING DEVICES | March 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16356155 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH NOTIFICATION BASED ON BATTERY REMAINING POWER | March 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16352454 | CENTRALIZED OFF-BOARD FLASH MEMORY FOR SERVER DEVICES | March 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16299019 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO CONTROL POWER GATES DURING AN ACTIVE STATE OF A GATED DOMAIN BASED ON LOAD CONDITIONS OF THE GATED DOMAIN | March 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16290566 | Booting and Power Management By Coordinating Operations Between Processors | March 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16276603 | NETWORK VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT | February 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16275396 | POWER MANAGEMENT OF A MEMORY DEVICE BY DYNAMICALLY CHANGING SUPPLY VOLTAGE | February 2019 | March 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16274392 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEAMLESS THIN CLIENT CONVERSION | February 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16267409 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND CLOCK SUPPLY METHOD INCLUDING A SAMPLE AND HOLD CIRCUIT | February 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16323295 | SENSOR SYSTEM, INCLUDING DETECTION AND COMMUNICATION UNITS FOR DETECTING AND COMMUNICATION MEASURED VALUES, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SENSOR SYSTEM | February 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16267248 | PRE-BOOT REMOTE CONNECTION FOR INTERFACE DATA TRANSFER | February 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16266248 | Package Power Zone for Limiting Power Consumption Even When Individual Consumers Do Not Exceed Individual Limits | February 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16322989 | POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DC POWERED DEVICE ARRANGEMENT | February 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PATEL, NITIN C.
With a 50.0% 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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ 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 PATEL, NITIN C works in Art Unit 2186 and has examined 240 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.
Examiner PATEL, NITIN C's allowance rate of 94.6% places them in the 83% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by PATEL, NITIN C receive 1.06 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PATEL, NITIN C is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PATEL, NITIN C. This interview benefit is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 44.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% 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.
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 7% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 23.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 12% 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 13% 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 6.2% of allowed cases (in the 85% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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