Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236336 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING COMPONENT DEGRADATION IN AN INVERTER | June 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19067753 | TEST METHOD FOR ALGORITHM APPLIED TO HANDLING EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18984832 | AI-Based 3-D Computer-Aided Design Merging | December 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18737287 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR SIMULATING SPACE-BASED IMAGING OF RESIDENT SPACE OBJECTS | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18636164 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF AN AEROSOL FOR PULMONARY DRUG DELIVERY AS WELL AS INHALER DEVICE, ORALLY INHALED AND/OR NASAL DRUG PRODUCT AND DRUG/DEVICE COMBINATION PRODUCT | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18512185 | INTERACTIVE DESIGN TOOL FOR REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION | November 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502198 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED PRODUCTION ADVISORY SYSTEM AND METHOD | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18498191 | DIGITAL AVATAR PLATFORM | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18381723 | BONE RECONSTRUCTION AND ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478025 | NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL VARIATES | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141262 | DEFECT REMOVAL FROM MANUFACTURED OBJECTS HAVING MORPHED SURFACES | April 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17940426 | METHODS OF CREATING A PATIENT-SPECIFIC BONE PLATE | September 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17663011 | Metalens with Corrected Phase | May 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657500 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SIMULATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17761025 | VIBRATION NOISE REDUCTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYZER FOR AUTOMOTIVE PANEL PARTS | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684868 | REMAINING USEFUL LIFE PREDICTIONS USING DIGITAL-TWIN SIMULATION MODEL | March 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17682720 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BLUEPRINT SELECTION FOR OPTIMIZED RESPONSE TO STATE CHANGING CONDITIONS | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17651362 | SIMULATING RESOURCE EXCHANGE IN MULTI-MACHINE ENVIRONMENT | February 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17670050 | DIGITAL TWIN BASED TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATING METHOD AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATING APPARATUS | February 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17648162 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE ANALYTICS WITH SIMULATED DATA | January 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17646036 | SIMULATION SYSTEMS USING INVERSE INTEREST | December 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558804 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING A SENSOR LAYOUT FOR PALLET ROUTING IN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT | December 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622183 | SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS OFFLOADING TO ACCELERATORS | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SILENT VARIABLES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE OF A MODELING SYSTEM | December 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17556479 | GENERATING SIMULATIONS BASED ON REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS | December 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17553403 | MACHINE-LEARNING FOR 3D OBJECT DETECTION | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457331 | SIMULATION SYSTEMS USING AN INVERSE INTEREST LIST | December 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURE AND RESERVOIR SIMULATION | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17454335 | DIGITAL TWIN SIMULATION BASED COMPLIANCE OPTIMIZATION | November 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17601432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING, SIMULATING AND OPTIMIZING FINFET DEVICE BASED ON SELF-HEATING EFFECT | October 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17493088 | METHODS OF DESIGNING INFLATABLE SHAPE-MORPHING STRUCTURES WITH TEXTURED PATTERNS | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17476784 | LIDAR SIMULATION SYSTEM | September 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17447337 | USING ELEMENTAL MAPS INFORMATION FROM X-RAY ENERGY-DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY LINE SCAN ANALYSIS TO CREATE PROCESS MODELS | September 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 52 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17354549 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTION DATA OBJECT PERFORMANCE PREDICTION AND MODELING | June 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17345944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND PRESENTING PLANNING, REAL ESTATE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS | June 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17298527 | CURATED NOTIFICATIONS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | May 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17332675 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL SIMULATION OF SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMMUNICATION SIGNAL | May 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17332496 | Simulation-Based Surgical Analysis System | May 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17297310 | HYDRAULIC FRACTURING JOB PLAN REAL-TIME REVISIONS UTILIZING COLLECTED TIME-SERIES DATA | May 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17296480 | CLASSIFYING LIQUID HANDLING PROCEDURES WITH A NEURAL NETWORK | May 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17324491 | Simulation by substitution of a model by physical laws with an automatic learning model | May 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17324023 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERIOR FURNISHING | May 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17293307 | BASE MODEL SELECTION DEVICE AND BASE MODEL SELECTION METHOD | May 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17315051 | System for Emulating an Environment for Testing a Time-of-Flight (ToF) Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) System | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17246735 | Context-Based Integrated-Circuit Model for Efficient Electrical Rule Checking (ERC) | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17239806 | Apparatus and Method for Immersive Computer Interaction | April 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17238705 | VEHICLE SIMULATOR | April 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17229900 | CONTROL SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL SUPPORT METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH CONTROL SUPPORT PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON AND CONTROL SYSTEM | April 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17281817 | Flexible Manipulation Device and Method for Fabricating the Same | March 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17203718 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR POINT CLOUD DATA AUGMENTATION USING MODEL INJECTION | March 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17192034 | EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM FOR SEARCHING FOR A CHEMICAL STRUCTURE HAVING A TARGET PHYSICAL PROPERTY THAT MAINTAINS STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY AMONG CANDIDATES | March 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 55 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17186608 | VOLUMETRIC TREATMENT FLUID DISTRIBUTION TO REMOVE FORMATION DAMAGE | February 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17179868 | BONE RECONSTRUCTION AND ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS | February 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17175744 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SIMULATION METHOD | February 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17153943 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSISTOR, SIMULATION METHOD FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING TRANSISTOR, AND NONTRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES SIMULATION PROGRAM FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSISTOR | January 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17152183 | EVALUATION OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS | January 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17138025 | MODELING COMPONENT LATENCIES IN DATA PROCESSING PIPELINES | December 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17101064 | SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE DEVICE | November 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17102292 | LEVERAGING DEEP CONTEXTUAL REPRESENTATION, MEDICAL CONCEPT REPRESENTATION AND TERM-OCCURRENCE STATISTICS IN PRECISION MEDICINE TO RANK CLINICAL STUDIES RELEVANT TO A PATIENT | November 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17005927 | APPLICATION OF BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ON VOXELIZED MESHES IN COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE DESIGN | August 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16916928 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESERVOIR SIMULATION COARSENING AND REFINEMENT | June 2020 | February 2026 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16870518 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESS WINDOW OPTIMIZATION IN A VIRTUAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION ENVIRONMENT | May 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 59 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16827037 | GENERATIVE NETWORKS FOR PHYSICS BASED SIMULATIONS | March 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16601919 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR ANIMATRONIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION | October 2019 | October 2024 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16540850 | COMPUTER-AIDED PROSTHESIS ALIGNMENT | August 2019 | November 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 8 | 0 | No | No |
| 16313344 | FISHER'S EXACT TEST CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | December 2018 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16307810 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING VIBRATION DAMPING STRUCTURE OF A TUBE BUNDLE DISPOSED IN A FLUID | December 2018 | October 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15904061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING COMPATIBILITY OF A NEW UNIT FOR AN EXISTING SYSTEM | February 2018 | August 2024 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 15896318 | CORRELATING VERIFICATION SCENARIO COVERAGE WITH HARDWARE COVERAGE EVENTS | February 2018 | November 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner COOK, BRIAN S.
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 COOK, BRIAN S works in Art Unit 2187 and has examined 49 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 48 months.
Examiner COOK, BRIAN S's allowance rate of 69.4% places them in the 31% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by COOK, BRIAN S receive 2.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 80% 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 COOK, BRIAN S is 48 months. This places the examiner in the 8% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COOK, BRIAN S. 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, 25.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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 7.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 7% 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 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 16.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 2% 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, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 2% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 15% 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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