Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18819635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18787267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18642952 | Wireless Device and Network Node for Verification of a Device Category as Well as Corresponding Methods in a Wireless Communication System | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18621425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | March 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 2 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | March 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | March 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532175 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | December 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472846 | SCALING FACTOR FOR NEW RADIO GAP BASED MEASUREMENT | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18470540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | September 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | August 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | August 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228765 | CLOSE PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18200783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS RESOURCE SELECTION | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18307673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROTOCOL DATA UNIT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130903 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING FRAME AGGREGATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179028 | RADIO DEVICE, METHOD TO OPERATE A RADIO DEVICE | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18019717 | APPLICATION FUNCTION INFLUENCING INTRA-5G PROPAGATION DELAY COMPENSATION | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18162241 | OPTIMIZED ROUTING IN CONNECTED ENVIRONMENTS | January 2023 | January 2024 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18075988 | METHODS FOR OBTAINING CELL STATUS INFORMATION FROM A CELL SITE AGGREGATION FRONTHAUL ROUTER | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18059414 | EVALUATION OF DL IP SCHEDULED THROUGHPUT FOR INTER ENB CARRIER AGGREGATION | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17979702 | NETWORK SPEED MAP | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18047090 | SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL PERIODICITY ADJUSTMENT | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914820 | User Equipment Capabilities for Time Sensitive Networking | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17932558 | DATA SIGNALING WITH SUPERIMPOSED PILOTS | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17941314 | Transmitting or Dropping HARQ Feedback Based on Transport Block Priority | September 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UL PERFORMANCE WITH SRS ANTENNA SWITCHING | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883365 | LOAD INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD AND DEVICE, PROCESSOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879243 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH STATE-SWITCHING CONTROL TO SYNCHRONIZE AND CONTROL SWITCHING AMONG COMMUNICATION STATES | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795629 | METHODS, DEVICES AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION DURING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845980 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODES USED FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841269 | METHOD TO PRIORITIZE 5G NSA CELL (RE) SELECTION, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785204 | ADVANCED FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MOBILE INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL DEPLOYMENT | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785274 | Methods for Enhanced Radio Link Failure Recovery | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750620 | NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17737039 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF TRANSMISSION RELATING TO SYNCHRONIZATION AND DUAL LINK FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774403 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POINT IN TIME FOR APPLYING CHANGED MINIMAL SCHEDULING OFFSET IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING METHOD | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17755396 | METHOD BY A USER EQUIPMENT INCLUDES PERFORMING PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING BASED ON A SEARCH SPACE SET SATISFYING A PREDETERMINED CONDITION | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17661049 | RADIO FREQUENCY PARAMETER PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770774 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SERVICE TO USER DEVICE BY USING NETWORK SLICE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17659248 | INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17765971 | SHARING OF PHYSICAL RANDOM CHANNEL RESOURCES AMONG DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765718 | METHOD FOR FINE TA ADJUSTMENT, AND NODE USING SAME | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688596 | USER EQUIPMENT AUTONOMOUS SERVING CELL SELECTION IN NEW RADIO | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651634 | HANDOVER RELATED INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651569 | PERIODIC TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17651361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTING LATENCY FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS | February 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17588508 | VARIABLE SUBBAND CONFIGURATION OF SEARCH SPACE | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 7 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17630305 | TIME OF ARRIVAL BASED CORRECTION AND VERIFICATION FOR UPLINK CHANNEL SYNCHRONIZATION | January 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17626706 | TERMINAL | January 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17571806 | COLLISION INDICATION AS SPS RESOURCE SELECTION TRIGGERING | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17567617 | MEASUREMENT METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINTS (TRP) IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622030 | EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY OR CARRIER AGGREGATION | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17550468 | FINE TUNING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS POWER BOOSTING OVER 5G NETWORK | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17547489 | LATENCY COMPENSATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17533987 | EFFICIENT VALIDATION OF TIME-SYNCHRONIZATION ACCURACY IN A SCHEDULED TIME SENSITIVE NETWORK (TSN) | November 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PACKET IN VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING SERVICE | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17510313 | MECHANISM TO DETERMINE CELLULAR SIGNAL REPUTATION OF A LOCATION AND INTELLIGENTLY MANAGE LACK OF CONNECTIVITY | October 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17603999 | TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT IN A CELLULAR NETWORK | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17602842 | WIRELESS MESH NETWORK SYSTEM | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17492834 | RADIO LINK QUALITY PREDICTION | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17449425 | SL RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT BY HALF DUPLEX AND COLLISION DETECTION | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17593930 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL, AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL | September 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593517 | Random Access Message Transmissions for Reduced Capability User Equipment | September 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437914 | DELAY OFFSET FOR REDUCING TIME SYCHRONIZATION ERROR IN TIME SENSITIVE NETWORKING (TSN) SYSTEMS | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17470482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVALS, FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION, AND FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY EMPLOYING MULTIPLE PORTS | September 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17469163 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2021 | October 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17468509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BANDWIDTH INTENSIVE DATA STREAMS USING VIRTUAL MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL AND PHYSICAL LAYERS | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436323 | Wireless Device and Network Node for Verification of a Device Category as Well as Corresponding Methods in a Wireless Communication System | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401255 | NETWORK FEEDBACK FOR UPLINK CONTINUITY | August 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17444524 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROTOCOL DATA UNIT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17444520 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROTOCOL DATA UNIT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391653 | IN-SERVICE FADE MARGIN MEASUREMENT | August 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17426795 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREIN FOR HANDLING COMMUNICATION | July 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17443518 | HETEROGENOUS NETWORK OF TACTICAL NETWORK AND MOBILE CORE NETWORK VIA MILITARY TRUSTED INTERWORKING FUNCTION (M-TIF) DEVICE | July 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17380798 | ENHANCED HANDOVER PROCEDURE TO FACILITATE ROUTE CHANGE IN AN IAB NETWORK | July 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17371012 | DYNAMIC UPLINK DATA SPLIT THRESHOLD | July 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17366625 | TRANSPORT BLOCK SEGMENTATION AND SIGNALING | July 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347370 | TRUST MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS | June 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17345652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSENSUS-BASED DISTRIBUTED GRAPH SPECTRAL RADIUS ESTIMATION | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17309653 | TIME SLOT CONTROL FOR RADIO POWER BOOSTING | June 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17413482 | TIMING INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17319663 | Vehicle-to-Everything Abnormal Behavior Detection Method, Apparatus, and System | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17290689 | DATA FORWARDING METHOD AND DEVICE, MASTER BASE STATION AND SLAVE BASE STATION | April 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17302297 | TIMING ADVANCE TIMER FOR FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION | April 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17240261 | METHODS FOR OBTAINING CELL STATUS INFORMATION FROM A CELL SITE AGGREGATION FRONTHAUL ROUTER | April 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17237731 | DETERMINING CONNECTIVITY TO A NETWORK DEVICE TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF NETWORK DEVICES | April 2021 | June 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17309042 | MEASURING CHANNEL PERFORMANCE IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS | April 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17280618 | SCALING FACTOR FOR NEW RADIO GAP BASED MEASUREMENT | March 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17279267 | TECHNIQUES IN SECONDARY CELL GROUP FAILURE MEASUREMENT REPORT | March 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17276134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION REFERENCE SOURCE SELECTION | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17249792 | CONTINUOUS SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPLE RADIO DEVICES TO PHYSICAL TIME | March 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17199346 | DYNAMIC MONITORING MODES FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK TRANSMISSIONS | March 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17198363 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK SLEEP MANAGEMENT | March 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17194847 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR A SIGNAL EXTENSION PADDING SCHEME | March 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17272796 | RANDOM ACCESS WAIT TIME SETTING METHOD | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17184832 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING DATA RE-DIRECTION | February 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17185519 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MEASURING QUALITY OF LINK | February 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17178369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM STATE DISCOVERY | February 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KHAWAR, SAAD.
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, 33.3% 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 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 KHAWAR, SAAD works in Art Unit 2412 and has examined 333 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner KHAWAR, SAAD's allowance rate of 87.4% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KHAWAR, SAAD receive 1.93 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 62% 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 KHAWAR, SAAD is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KHAWAR, SAAD. This interview benefit is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 28.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 83.3% 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, 16.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 8% 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 12% 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 14% 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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