Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18668493 | SIGNAL STRENGTH PREDICTION BASED ON LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSIS | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18646532 | METHOD OF SETTING RESERVED SUBFRAMES FOR RESOURCE POOL, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596413 | COMMUNICATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY (HE) LONG TRAINING FIELDS (LTFS) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18573425 | BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR POINT-TO-POINT LINK | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522908 | MANAGING OR HANDLING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK EMPLOYING A LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK PROCEDURE | November 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18504904 | CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING/RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18383480 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NODE FOR V2X TIMING | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18486657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DYNAMIC CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18370953 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING ACCORDING TO A DETERMINED SUBCARRIER SPACING | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244439 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) RESPONSE (RAR) RECEPTION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SPECTRUM BAND | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221813 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209127 | LATENCY NEGOTIATION IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK OF SYNCHRONIZED SPEAKERS | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202497 | METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES FOR SECONDARY NODE ADDITION | May 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195952 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR MULTIPLE TB SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301691 | FAST WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFER RATE PARTITIONING AND COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122728 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE USED FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110769 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE TO TERMINAL HAVING LIMITED RECEPTION OPERATION IN NR V2X | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18146272 | EXCHANGING QUASI COLOCATION INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION | December 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING PRIORITIZATION OF SIGNALING FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE CONFLICT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911583 | METHOD OF PERFORMING PHASE NOISE COMPENSATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823865 | CONFIGURATION BASED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST TRIGGER | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17889142 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING COLLISION BETWEEN SSB TRANSMISSION AND PERIODIC TRANSMISSION | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904199 | TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | August 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17798464 | TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION | August 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883312 | METHOD FOR INDICATING PREEMPTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING A BITMAP CORRESPONDING TO RESOURCES | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONGESTION CONTROL IN NR V2X | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17867420 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC RACH | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758789 | TERMINAL AND BASE STATION FOR INDICATING A RESOURCE SET TO BE TRIGGERED TO ENHANCE SYSTEM FREQUENCY UTILIZATION | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858728 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL BASED ON A PLURALITY OF SYMBOL SETS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | July 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17791097 | SUPPORTING A NARROW SERVING BEAM IN A HIERARCHICAL BEAM CONFIGURATION | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17791098 | TERMINAL AND BASE STATION FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK TRANSMISSION BASED ON AN ODD/EVEN SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER (SFN) CONFIGURATION | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790538 | FREQUENCY RANGE DRIVEN NETWORK SLICING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17807674 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTER-UE COORDINATION PRIORITIZATION FOR COLLISION INDICATION | June 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842747 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BITS OF A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) CODEBOOK | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839509 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MIDAMBLE AND CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840179 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON SCHEDULING OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNELS (PDSCHS) | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17838854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PDSCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17831844 | MANAGING OR HANDLING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK EMPLOYING A LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK PROCEDURE | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776449 | USE OF A FULLY PROTECTED CONNECTION RESUME MESSAGE BY A BASE STATION (BS) AND USER EQUIPMENT DEVICE (UE) | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662541 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17772890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN NETWORKS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769296 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD TO COORDINATE REFERENCE SIGNAL WAVEFORMS | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716659 | SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION INVOLVING SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE V2X SIDELINK TECHNOLOGIES | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17712029 | MAXIMIZING AN AMOUNT OF DEGRADATION FOR THE NR OPERATING BAND BASED ON CHANNEL BANDWIDTH | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711934 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE INVOLVING PLURALITY OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLES, IN WIRELES COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17706678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CONTENTION RESOLUTION FOR A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17764533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN CONFIGURATION OF RANDOM ACCESS OCCASION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762619 | BEAM BASED CRITERIA EVALUATION FOR ADAPTATION OF RRM MEASUREMENTS | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17698807 | METHOD OF SETTING RESERVED SUBFRAMES FOR RESOURCE POOL, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762023 | Clustering Routing Optimization Method Based on Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Network | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17642799 | USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683779 | Methods and Apparatus for Utilizing Short Transmission Time Intervals in a Wireless Communications Network | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17651086 | Transmission Resource Configuration Method and Apparatus | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635338 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA REPEATEDLY TRANSMITTED BASED ON A TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION (TCI) FIELD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SAME | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574952 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17571293 | GROUP BASED SCHEDULED AND AUTONOMOUS UPLINK COEXISTENCE | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17568367 | COMMUNICATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY (HE) LONG TRAINING FIELDS (LTFS) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17566958 | DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORK | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17566803 | DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORK | December 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17566956 | DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORK | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622258 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE CELL TARGET CONDITIONAL HANDOVER | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17560842 | METHOD OF AUTHORIZATION FOR NETWORK SLICING | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPEATED RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LATENCY IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BY RECONFIGURING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE BASED ON A RECEIVED SIGNALING MESSAGE COMPRISING AN INDICATION OF A FAILURE IN A BACKHAUL LINK | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17557068 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620513 | TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | December 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17550793 | MIMO TRAINING METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17549003 | SIGNAL STRENGTH PREDICTION BASED ON LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSIS | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537477 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICE | November 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17529723 | CHANNEL ACCESS INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING FIRST AND SECOND SYNCHRONIZATION FRAMES | November 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526702 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INDICATOR REGARDING NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17523732 | RATE-OPTIMIZED CONGESTION MANAGEMENT | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17453947 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN A MONITORING OCCASION FOR A BEAM | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453248 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING S-SSB IN NR V2X | November 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17511127 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL AND DATA INFORMATION RESOURCE MAPPING IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 40 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17603555 | METHOD AND A FIRST DEVICE FOR AN ACCESS MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF A SECOND PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) PROVIDING DISASTER ROAMING SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17449945 | CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME CONTENTION GRANT FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS | October 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17449505 | CONFIGURING SUPER SLOTS FOR UPLINK AND DOWNLINK | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17488977 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17478709 | CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING/RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17476706 | RESOURCE SHARING BETWEEN PAGING RESPONSE AND RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL MESSAGE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593331 | Half Duplex Frequency Division Duplex for New Radio | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17476029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE SIDELINK RESOURCE SELECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17410757 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) RESPONSE (RAR) RECEPTION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SPECTRUM BAND | August 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17432798 | USER EQUIPMENT | August 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17393446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROADCASTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS AND SYSTEM INFORMATION IN A NEW TYPE CARRIER | August 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391533 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON SCHEDULING OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNELS (PDSCHs) | August 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17391938 | STAGGERED EXTENDED SLEEP CYCLES, COMPRISING ON AND OFF SLEEP DURATIONS, IN WIRELESS DEVICES | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17354940 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17304008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NR V2X RESOURCE SELECTION | June 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17344317 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING COLLISION BETWEEN SSB TRANSMISSION AND PERIODIC TRANSMISSION | June 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17340193 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING ACCORDING TO A DETERMINED SUBCARRIER SPACING | June 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17335636 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) BASED CONCURRENT SCAN OF NEIGHBOR CELLS | June 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17319775 | Uplink Beam Indication with Activated Beams | May 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17314931 | METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SIDELINK DATA TRANSMISSION | May 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 42 | 7 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17243814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USED FOR COMMUNICATING A BEAM CHANGE INDICATION BASED ON AN ACTUAL BEAM INDEX VALUE AND LOGICAL BEAM INDEX VALUE VALIDATION | April 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17243696 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD USING REMOVAL OF TRANSPORT STEAM PACKET HEADER | April 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17302051 | SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK (SSB) IN FULL-DUPLEX | April 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17224332 | METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES FOR SECONDARY NODE ADDITION | April 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17215038 | FAST WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFER RATE PARTITIONING AND COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION | March 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RIVAS, SALVADOR E.
With a 58.3% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 45.5% 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 RIVAS, SALVADOR E works in Art Unit 2413 and has examined 346 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner RIVAS, SALVADOR E's allowance rate of 89.6% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by RIVAS, SALVADOR E receive 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 RIVAS, SALVADOR E is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RIVAS, SALVADOR E. This interview benefit is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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 22.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% 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, 37.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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 61.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 36.8% 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, 34.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
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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