USPTO Examiner RIVAS SALVADOR E - Art Unit 2413

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19050923Techniques and Apparatuses for Sidelink Transmissions in Unlicensed Bands based on Priority ValuesFebruary 2025November 2025Allow910NoNo
18899141SLIDELINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON SIDELINK LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK FAILURE ON A SHARED SPECTRUMSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1010YesNo
18668493SIGNAL STRENGTH PREDICTION BASED ON LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSISMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18656903Methods and Apparatus for Utilizing Short Transmission Time Intervals in a Wireless Communications NetworkMay 2024October 2025Allow1820NoNo
18646532METHOD OF SETTING RESERVED SUBFRAMES FOR RESOURCE POOL, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18596413COMMUNICATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY (HE) LONG TRAINING FIELDS (LTFS) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)March 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18573425BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR POINT-TO-POINT LINKDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18522908MANAGING OR HANDLING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK EMPLOYING A LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK PROCEDURENovember 2023December 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18504904CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING/RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18383480METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NODE FOR V2X TIMINGOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18486657METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DYNAMIC CROSS-LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010YesNo
18371690USER EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCE MONITORING METHOD USING A RE-EVALUATION AND PRE-EMPTION CHECKING PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING A SUBSET OF RESOURCES IN A SLOT FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18370953TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING ACCORDING TO A DETERMINED SUBCARRIER SPACINGSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18244439RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) RESPONSE (RAR) RECEPTION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SPECTRUM BANDSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18221813METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18217400METHOD OF TIMING ADVANCE UPDATE OF PRECONFIGURED UPLINK RESOURCE, AND USER EQUIPMENTJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18209127LATENCY NEGOTIATION IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK OF SYNCHRONIZED SPEAKERSJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18202497METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES FOR SECONDARY NODE ADDITIONMay 2023September 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18195952METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR MULTIPLE TB SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18301691FAST WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFER RATE PARTITIONING AND COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSIONApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18031107METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING GROUPCAST TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18295608METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION CONTENTION IN DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18122728METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE USED FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18110769METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE TO TERMINAL HAVING LIMITED RECEPTION OPERATION IN NR V2XFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18040589TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING REPETITION TRANSMISSION OF AN UPLINK SIGNAL USING AN UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL FOR A REPETITION TRANSMISSION TYPE A OF THE UPLINK SHARED CHANNELFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3620NoNo
18146272EXCHANGING QUASI COLOCATION INFORMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATIONDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2730NoNo
17916735METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDSCH TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS MULTI-TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17951376METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SUPPORTING REAL-TIME APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4011NoNo
17946091METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING PRIORITIZATION OF SIGNALING FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE CONFLICT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022February 2023Allow510NoNo
17911888METHOD OF PERFORMING PHASE NOISE COMPENSATION IN A SYMBOL COMPRISING THE CYCLIC PREFIX BY A USER EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMESeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17911583METHOD OF PERFORMING PHASE NOISE COMPENSATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMESeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17823865CONFIGURATION BASED HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST TRIGGERAugust 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17907935SUBBAND REPORTING FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION RECEPTION POINTSAugust 2022August 2025Allow3610YesNo
17891611REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCE BLOCK ALLOCATION DURING POWER BOOST FOR SHAPED TRANSMISSIONAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710YesNo
17889142APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING COLLISION BETWEEN SSB TRANSMISSION AND PERIODIC TRANSMISSIONAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110NoNo
17904199TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17798464TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATIONAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17883312METHOD FOR INDICATING PREEMPTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING A BITMAP CORRESPONDING TO RESOURCESAugust 2022March 2024Allow1910NoNo
17797618TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE TRIGGERED BY INDICATION INFORMATION OF AT LEAST TWO SECOND CELLS CONTAINED IN THE INFORMATION FIELD OF A DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) AND THE MAPPING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDICATION INFORMATION AND THE SECOND CELLSAugust 2022August 2025Allow3720NoNo
17797279Systems and Methods for PTRS and DMRS Port Association for Transmission of PUSCH on Multiple BeamsAugust 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17760061METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONGESTION CONTROL IN NR V2XAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310NoNo
17869274DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON A RECEIVED RRC SIGNALING INDICATING A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FUNCTION OF A HARQ PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONFIGURED GRANT IS ENABLED OR DISABLEDJuly 2022August 2025Allow3720NoNo
17867420DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC RACHJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17758789TERMINAL AND BASE STATION FOR INDICATING A RESOURCE SET TO BE TRIGGERED TO ENHANCE SYSTEM FREQUENCY UTILIZATIONJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17791097SUPPORTING A NARROW SERVING BEAM IN A HIERARCHICAL BEAM CONFIGURATIONJuly 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17858728METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA CHANNEL BASED ON A PLURALITY OF SYMBOL SETS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAMEJuly 2022July 2024Allow2520YesNo
17791098TERMINAL AND BASE STATION FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK TRANSMISSION BASED ON AN ODD/EVEN SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER (SFN) CONFIGURATIONJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17790538FREQUENCY RANGE DRIVEN NETWORK SLICINGJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210YesNo
17853528COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE A NETWORK DEVICE TO SUPPORT COMMUNICATION OF A NEW TYPE OF TERMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT ADDITIONALLY SENDING A SET OF COMPLETE SYSTEM INFORMATIONJune 2022January 2026Allow4320NoNo
17807674TECHNIQUES FOR INTER-UE COORDINATION PRIORITIZATION FOR COLLISION INDICATIONJune 2022November 2023Allow1720NoNo
17842747METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BITS OF A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) CODEBOOKJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17840179METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSION BASED ON SCHEDULING OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNELS (PDSCHS)June 2022January 2024Allow1910YesNo
17839509WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MIDAMBLE AND CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWERJune 2022October 2024Allow2830NoNo
17838854METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PDSCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022July 2024Allow2520NoNo
17831844MANAGING OR HANDLING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK EMPLOYING A LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK PROCEDUREJune 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17746895METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR FACILITATING PROCESSING OF INTER-PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) MESSAGES RELATING TO EXISTING SUBSCRIPTIONSMay 2022November 2025Allow4211YesNo
17776449USE OF A FULLY PROTECTED CONNECTION RESUME MESSAGE BY A BASE STATION (BS) AND USER EQUIPMENT DEVICE (UE)May 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17741224METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING COMMUNICATIONSMay 2022December 2025Allow4310YesNo
17662541METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL MESSAGE IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17772890METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN NETWORKS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMApril 2022February 2025Allow3420NoNo
17769296WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD TO COORDINATE REFERENCE SIGNAL WAVEFORMSApril 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17716659SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION INVOLVING SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE V2X SIDELINK TECHNOLOGIESApril 2022July 2024Allow2760YesNo
17711934RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE INVOLVING PLURALITY OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PREAMBLES, IN WIRELES COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAMEApril 2022March 2023Allow1220NoNo
17712029MAXIMIZING AN AMOUNT OF DEGRADATION FOR THE NR OPERATING BAND BASED ON CHANNEL BANDWIDTHApril 2022May 2025Allow3810NoNo
17706678METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING CONTENTION RESOLUTION FOR A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022August 2023Allow1730YesNo
17764533METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN CONFIGURATION OF RANDOM ACCESS OCCASION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022April 2025Allow3710NoNo
17762619BEAM BASED CRITERIA EVALUATION FOR ADAPTATION OF RRM MEASUREMENTSMarch 2022December 2024Allow3200YesNo
17762033METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING A TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR RECEIVING MBS DATA BASED ON SPLIT RADIO BEARER STRUCTUREMarch 2022July 2025Allow4020NoNo
17762023Clustering Routing Optimization Method Based on Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithm for Wireless Sensor NetworkMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17698807METHOD OF SETTING RESERVED SUBFRAMES FOR RESOURCE POOL, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATIONMarch 2022January 2024Allow2210NoNo
17760593DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL DATA SESSION ESTABLISHMENT TO CONTROL LOAD SHARING WITHIN A FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS DOMAIN ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED CRITERIAMarch 2022September 2025Allow4321NoNo
17642799USER EQUIPMENT, NETWORK NODE AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17683779Methods and Apparatus for Utilizing Short Transmission Time Intervals in a Wireless Communications NetworkMarch 2022January 2024Allow2310NoNo
17681212METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION FOR VEHICLE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON FRAME INFORMATION INCLUDING MULTIPLE INFORMATION SCHEMESFebruary 2022December 2025Allow4531NoNo
17651086Transmission Resource Configuration Method and ApparatusFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3720NoNo
17635338METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA REPEATEDLY TRANSMITTED BASED ON A TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION (TCI) FIELD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3620NoNo
17588676MEASUREMENT METHOD, MEASUREMENT INDICATION METHOD, AND DEVICEJanuary 2022August 2025Allow4330NoNo
17574952METHOD FOR RESOLVING OVERLAPPING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON PRIORITIESJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4211NoNo
17571293GROUP BASED SCHEDULED AND AUTONOMOUS UPLINK COEXISTENCEJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2710NoNo
17568367COMMUNICATION OF HIGH EFFICIENCY (HE) LONG TRAINING FIELDS (LTFS) IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN)January 2022December 2023Allow2310YesNo
17566958DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORKDecember 2021January 2024Allow2410NoNo
17566956DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORKDecember 2021February 2024Allow2610YesNo
17566803DEVICE-ENABLED ACCESS CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORKDecember 2021July 2022Allow610YesNo
17561990EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION USING A MESSAGE 3 (MSG3)December 2021September 2025Allow4530NoNo
17561758APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF A TRANSMIT SECTOR SWEEP (TXSS) PROCEDURE OVER A MILLIMETERWAVE (MMWAVE) WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNELDecember 2021July 2025Allow4210YesNo
17560842METHOD OF AUTHORIZATION FOR NETWORK SLICINGDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920NoNo
17622258METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE CELL TARGET CONDITIONAL HANDOVERDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17621952METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPEATED RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2021May 2025Allow4120NoNo
17621373METHOD 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 LINKDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210YesNo
17557068METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK (NTN) NODE SELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONDecember 2021January 2025Allow3720NoNo
17620513TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHODDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17550793MIMO TRAINING METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICEDecember 2021December 2023Allow2410NoNo
17549003SIGNAL STRENGTH PREDICTION BASED ON LINE OF SIGHT ANALYSISDecember 2021February 2024Allow2610YesNo
17537477METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICENovember 2021October 2023Allow2310NoNo
17529723CHANNEL ACCESS INDICATION METHOD AND DEVICE USING FIRST AND SECOND SYNCHRONIZATION FRAMESNovember 2021December 2023Allow2510NoNo
17526702ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INDICATOR REGARDING NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOFNovember 2021February 2024Allow2720YesNo
17523732RATE-OPTIMIZED CONGESTION MANAGEMENTNovember 2021November 2023Allow2410YesNo
17453947COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN A MONITORING OCCASION FOR A BEAMNovember 2021August 2023Allow2210NoNo
17453248METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING S-SSB IN NR V2XNovember 2021May 2022Allow610YesNo
17511127METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL AND DATA INFORMATION RESOURCE MAPPING IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2021February 2025Allow4050YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RIVAS, SALVADOR E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
5
(38.5%)
Examiner Reversed
8
(61.5%)
Reversal Percentile
84.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 61.5% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
25
Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(44.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(56.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
72.5%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 44.0% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RIVAS, SALVADOR E works in Art Unit 2413 and has examined 299 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.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RIVAS, SALVADOR E's allowance rate of 89.6% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RIVAS, SALVADOR E receive 2.23 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.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RIVAS, SALVADOR E is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RIVAS, SALVADOR E. This interview benefit is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 40% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 61.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.1% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 44.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 37% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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 16% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

    Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

    • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
    • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
    • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
    • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
    • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
    • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

    Important Disclaimer

    Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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