Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17131545 | NEIGHBOR REPORT FOR AN ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255216 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17247611 | ACCELERATING DISTRIBUTED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH IN-SWITCH COMPUTING | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17124108 | BEAM-SPECIFIC RSSI AND CO FOR NR-U | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17122208 | SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL WITH ETHERNET VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK ALL-ACTIVE MULTIHOMING | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PIPELINING HARQ RETRANSMISSIONS FOR SMALL CELL BACKHAUL | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17116312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICES | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16972463 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING NEIGHBOURING RADIO RESOURCES BASED ON SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS | December 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17102562 | WIRELESS IN-VEHICLE NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE | November 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17056408 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL AND DEVICE THEREFOR | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17055348 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RETRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17096130 | Downlink Subframe Shortening in Time-Division Duplex (TDD) Systems | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16624670 | TRANSFER OF MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17087078 | BASE STATION CAPABLE OF ALLOCATING CHANNEL-STATE REPORT AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CHANNEL-STATE REPORT | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074023 | Methods for UE-Specific RS Multiplexing | October 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17066689 | Method and Apparatus for Traffic Aggregation Setup between WLAN and 3GPP | October 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17039626 | FAULT DETECTION FOR LACP PACKET TIMEOUT | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17035923 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NODES | September 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17031440 | FULL-DUPLEX ELECTRICAL BALANCED DUPLEXER | September 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17020554 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING METHOD ON PDSCH (PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL) RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17013496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING BEAMFORMING | September 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17009725 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS PROXY (SCP)-SPECIFIC PRIORITIZED NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) DISCOVERY AND ROUTING | September 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16968609 | MPTCP INCAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODEL BASED ON A QUEUING NETWORK | August 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16968173 | GATEWAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE SYSTEM | August 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16983826 | EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION OF COMMUNICATION INVOLVING HALF-DUPLEX SYSTEMS | August 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16943590 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, REPORT TRANSMISSION METHOD PERFORMED BY TERMINAL DEVICE, AND REPORT RECEPTION METHOD PERFORMED BY BASE STATION DEVICE | July 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16934577 | SYSTEM TO MANAGE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16963348 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PAIRED WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | July 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16928156 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL | July 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16960321 | BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY METHOD, DEVICE, AND APPARATUS | July 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16960343 | Link Aggregation With Receive Side Buffering | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16908327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING USER EQUIPMENT HISTORY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16892950 | REDUNDANT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS | June 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16768460 | METHODS OF FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTRA-ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) SYMBOL MULTI RX-BEAM MEASUREMENT AND DYNAMIC RX BEAM SWEEPING | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15929858 | NETWORKING AGGREGATION SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM | May 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15929821 | TRANSMISSION OF UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF CELLS | May 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16868356 | MULTI-SITE MIMO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH HYBRID BEAMFORMING IN L1-SPLIT ARCHITECTURE | May 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16861584 | OPERATION FOR 3D BEAM FORMING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16759009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO DEVICES | April 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16833401 | QUEUE-TO-PORT ALLOCATION | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16642857 | SMART REFRIGERATOR-BASED NETWORKING AND CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND SMART REFRIGERATOR | February 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16642349 | SLOT FORMAT INDICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | February 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16787049 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD | February 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16634516 | Scintillation Mitigation in Geographically Distributed Satellite Access Nodes | January 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16741771 | RELAY SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | January 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16727246 | Method, Device, and System for Implementing MUX Machine | December 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16726345 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ISOLATING TRANSVERSE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TERMINAL DEVICES IN INTRANET | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16721964 | MANAGING FORWARDING ELEMENTS AT EDGE NODES CONNECTED TO A VIRTUAL NETWORK | December 2019 | November 2022 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16717717 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEERING TRAFFIC INTO SR-TE POLICIES | December 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16707927 | PREDISTORTER, PREDISTORTER CONTROLLER, AND HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER LINEARIZATION METHOD | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16682237 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IN-VEHICLE DEVICES OVER INTRA-VEHICLE NETWORK BASED ON AUTOMOTIVE ETHERNET | November 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16604171 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | October 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16497434 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF QUALITY OF SERVICE PROCESSING | September 2019 | April 2022 | Abandon | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16577864 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NODE PROTECTION ACROSS LABEL-SWITCHED PATHS THAT SHARE LABELS | September 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16544619 | MASTER NODE TRANSPORT NETWORK LAYER INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR DOWNLINK DATA FORWARDING OF A SECONDARY NODE TERMINATED BEARER | August 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16542546 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING A LEVEL OF QoE OF AN APPLICATION INTENDED TO BE RUN ON A WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT | August 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16542056 | DYNAMIC CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT DRIVEN BY CLIENT ANALYTICS | August 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16539864 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO NETWORK SLICES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16538546 | PROGRAMMABLE PACKET DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | August 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16537152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-TRANSPORT BLOCK GRANT TRANSMISSIONS | August 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16484740 | CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | August 2019 | April 2024 | Abandon | 56 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16535847 | Method for Wireless Fidelity Connection and Related Products | August 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16484013 | MEASUREMENT PERFORMING METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT | August 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16527532 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | July 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16479660 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL PACKET RETRANSMISSION | July 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16478460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS | July 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16509633 | RADIO SLICE CONTROLLER TO SUPPORT NETWORK SLICING AND QUALITY OF SERVICE | July 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16507468 | GATEWAY MANAGED TERMINAL UPLINK POWER CONTROL | July 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16507502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING METHOD ON PDSCH (PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL) RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16476260 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR V2X COMMUNICATION | July 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16476029 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING CHANNEL-CODING OF INFORMATION ON BASIS OF POLAR CODE | July 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16455702 | METHOD FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN TRANSFER OF NETWORK PACKETS | June 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16444416 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) CONNECTIVITY OPTION DISCOVERY | June 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16444631 | MECHANISM FOR RAPID NETWORK FAILURE DETECTION FOR FASTER SWITCH-OVER IN SERVER-TO-SERVER APPLICATIONS | June 2019 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16466446 | ENHANCEMENT ON SCHEDULING AND HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK FOR URLLC, MULTIPLEXING SCHEME FOR CONTROL/DATA CHANNEL AND DM-RS FOR NR, AND ACTIVATION MECHANISM, SCHEDULING ASPECTS, AND SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL (SS) BLOCKS FOR NEW RADIO (NR) SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE BANDWIDTH PARTS (BWPS) | June 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16404904 | METHOD FOR D2D SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL USING SAME | May 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 40 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16379534 | DOWNLINK DATA SENDING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND USER PLANE DEVICE | April 2019 | November 2021 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16378039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HEADER COMPRESSED PACKET IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | April 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16374017 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL | April 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16374549 | SIGNAL SAMPLING AND RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO OVXDM SYSTEM, AND OVXDM SYSTEM | April 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16369291 | Downlink Resource Scheduling Method, Terminal Device, and Network Device | March 2019 | December 2020 | Abandon | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16368724 | Communication Method, Base Station, and Terminal Device | March 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16361666 | Deep Packet Inspection Virtual Function | March 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16280273 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS | February 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16323246 | METHODS FOR MAPPING AND DETECTING BROADCAST CHANNEL, BASE STATION, AND USER EQUIPMENT | February 2019 | June 2021 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16266722 | CONTROL CHANNEL DETECTION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | February 2019 | November 2020 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16264431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING SHORT LOW POWER WAKE-UP REQUEST (WUR) FRAMES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16321887 | RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY, LOCAL GATEWAY, AND CONTROL PLANE NODE | January 2019 | April 2022 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16321770 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPORTING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE | January 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16257772 | UART-BASED COMMUNICATION-SPEED AUTOMATIC-SWITCHING METHOD | January 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16254176 | Systems and Methods to Enhance Spectrum Efficiency and to Reduce Latency by Using Dynamic Guard Time Selection in Wireless Systems | January 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16318995 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING COMMUNICATION | January 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 47 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16248523 | BEAM RECOVERY PROCEDURE USING A SECOND COMPONENT CARRIER | January 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 41 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16315997 | Transmitting and Receiving Data in a Wireless Communication Network Using a Combination of Real and Complex Modulation Types | January 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16314586 | SUPPORT OF PS DATA OFF IN A MOBILE SYSTEM | December 2018 | January 2024 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16235232 | Shared Communication Channel That Interleaves 1 PPS Signals and Messaging | December 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16233300 | BASE STATION CAPABLE OF ALLOCATING CHANNEL-STATE REPORT AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CHANNEL-STATE REPORT | December 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16233124 | BASE STATION AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD BASED ON SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING | December 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16313476 | COMMUNICATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, ALLOCATION DEVICE, BASE STATION AND TERMINAL | December 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16313282 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2018 | January 2022 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN.
With a 33.3% 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, 43.3% 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 LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN works in Art Unit 2414 and has examined 329 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN's allowance rate of 80.5% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 59% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN. This interview benefit is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 67% 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 35.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 118.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 71.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 68.2% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 19% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 17% 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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