Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17137240 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER DEVICES | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105996 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING DATA PACKET FIELDS ON FPGA | November 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17056047 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17097248 | RELAY NODE, RELAY NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17093035 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY NODE, AND BASE STATION | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17084323 | TIMESTAMP-BASED PACKET SWITCHING USING A TRIE DATA STRUCTURE | October 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17078408 | Communication System for Monitoring Process Units | October 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17068677 | VOICE ENCODING AND SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | October 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17032450 | MULTI-HOP PHYSICAL LAYER DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOL | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17031175 | MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVELY SWITCHING OPERATION MODE IN RESPONSE TO DATA TYPE CHANGE OF RECEIVED PACKETS, AND RELATED MAIN BLUETOOTH CIRCUIT AND AUXILIARY BLUETOOTH CIRCUIT | September 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17026393 | AUXILIARY BLUETOOTH CIRCUIT OF MULTI-MEMBER BLUETOOTH DEVICE CAPABLE OF DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING OPERATION MODE | September 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16982987 | A METHOD OF AND DEVICES FOR INQUIRING ADDRESS ANNOUNCE MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | September 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17026031 | TRANSACTIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK | September 2020 | February 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17000992 | GATEWAY FOR REMOTE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS OVER CONVERGED ETHERNET | August 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16995714 | USING ANYCAST AS AN ABSTRACT NEXT HOP (ANH) TO REDUCE INFORMATION RELATED TO BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCL (BGP) NEXT HOPS RECEIVED BY AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM BORDER ROUTERS (ASBRs) AND/OR TO IMPROVE BGP PATH CONVERGENCE | August 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16988972 | VEHICULAR MICRO CLOUD TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL | August 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16987456 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS | August 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16968063 | DATA TRANSFER METHOD, DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | August 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16940158 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SAME | July 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16934957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ON-PREMISE VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD RESOURCES | July 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16918249 | TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING VIDEO-BASED VERIFICATION | July 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16954834 | DETERMINING WHEN TO RELAY A DATA UNIT IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK | June 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16898675 | METHOD FOR ENABLING SMART DEVICE TO ACCESS NETWORK, NETWORK ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS AND SHOPPING SYSTEM | June 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16899329 | RESPONDING TO A NEW DATA INDICATOR FOR A HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESS | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16897404 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DEVICE | June 2020 | February 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16886218 | METHOD FOR SENDING SERVICE PACKET, NETWORK DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | May 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16884022 | MULTI-TERMINAL COOPERATIVE WORKING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MULTI-TERMINAL COOPERATIVE SYSTEM | May 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16765413 | UE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR UE | May 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16871474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL POSITION IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16850475 | EFFICIENT UPLINK SCHEDULING MECHANISMS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY | April 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16849444 | STORE AND FORWARD LOGGING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK | April 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16842222 | Traffic Shaping and End-to-End Prioritization | April 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16840465 | BASE STATION AND DATA RETRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF | April 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16826642 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME | March 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16817594 | TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OF DESIRED PACKET TRANSPORT TREATMENT | March 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16805929 | FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION DATA DETECTION DEVICE, FRAUDULENT TRANSMISSION DATA DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16643581 | CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND JUNCTION DEVICE | March 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16800234 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16639225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | February 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16786504 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER DEVICES | February 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16751949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF A TIME-DOMAIN FRAME STRUCTURE | January 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16735253 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING WIRELESS DEVICES | January 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16719524 | IDENTIFYING A RESOURCE FOR TRANSMITTING A FIRST UPLINK CHANNEL | December 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16717015 | HYBRID NETWORK PROCESSING LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16680211 | UNIFIED SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL DESIGN USED IN DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MODES | November 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16665130 | ASSOCIATION RULE ANALYSIS AND DATA VISUALIZATION FOR MOBILE NETWORKS | October 2019 | September 2021 | Abandon | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16663701 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | October 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16595637 | MEASUREMENT GAP REPETITION PATTERNS FOR INTER-FREQUENCY OFFLOADING IN HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS | October 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16566680 | Determining Connectivity Between Compute Nodes in Multi-Hop Paths | September 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16490055 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SERVICE DEVICE WITH COMMUNICATION MODULE | August 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16542513 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING DOWNLINK HARQ-ACK TIMING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | August 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16541595 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING NETWORK RESOURCE, METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO TARGET DEVICE IN NETWORK, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | August 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16478267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16440029 | EFFICIENT UPLINK SCHEDULING MECHANISMS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY | June 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16423751 | Tracking Flows Having Encrypted Sequence and Acknowledgment Numbers | May 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16415694 | PLATFORM AGNOSTIC ABSTRACTION FOR FORWARDING EQUIVALENCE CLASSES WITH HIERARCHY | May 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16414814 | CONCEPT FOR SEGMENTING AN APPLICATION BUFFER INTO DATA PACKETS | May 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16413947 | MEDIATING CREATION AND USE OF CHANNELS OF A PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE SERVICE | May 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16461563 | FORWARDING PACKET | May 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16461653 | Indication Method and Related Device | May 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16397950 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME | April 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16370610 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL OFDM IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK | March 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16328703 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SAME | February 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16252324 | COMMUNICATION NETWORKS INCLUDING HOME NETWORK TRANSLATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | January 2019 | December 2019 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16240103 | FLOATING LINKS | January 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16225941 | APERIOD TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL | December 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16226457 | WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | December 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16225505 | RESOURCE ALLOCATING METHOD IN WIRELESS NETWORK AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME | December 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16219456 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PARTIAL CHANNEL PUNCTURING | December 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16218866 | DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTION METHOD, AND MESSAGE DELIVERY CONTROL DEVICE | December 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309838 | METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING | December 2018 | December 2022 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16216235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA NETWORK TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION | December 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16002745 | SECTOR LEVEL SWEEP FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS | June 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15985927 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | May 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15986614 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-CELL AND INTER-FREQUENCY MOBILITY OPTIMIZATION AND MITIGATION OF SESSION DISRUPTION IN A QUASI-LICENSED WIRELESS SYSTEM | May 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 46 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 15985356 | VOICE ENCODING AND SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | May 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15777876 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION CATEGORY BASED TRAFFIC STEERING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2018 | December 2020 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15773310 | SCRAMBLING INITIALISATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | May 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15771783 | MANAGEMENT OF INTEGRITY PROTECTION OF A LOGICAL LINK CONTROL PACKET DATA UNIT | April 2018 | January 2022 | Abandon | 44 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15963988 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED WIRELESS DEVICE | April 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15963313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING RESOURCE FOR CONTROL ELEMENT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15962635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL POSITION IN WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15961915 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION METHOD | April 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15961354 | SIGNALING PROCEDURE FOR NEW RADIO INITIAL ACCESS | April 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15960677 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION | April 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15957332 | RELIABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH A SOURCE USING RELAYED COMMUNICATION | April 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15949297 | STORE AND FORWARD LOGGING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK | April 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15949716 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | April 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 34 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15948881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAME LOOKUP AND FORWARDING IN A NETWORK | April 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15767060 | METHOD FOR RESOURCE MAPPING BETWEEN RESTFUL SERVER AND ONEM2M SYSTEM | April 2018 | November 2020 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15894861 | IOT DEVICE GROUPING AND LABELING | February 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15894732 | TIMESTAMP-BASED PACKET SWITCHING USING A TRIE DATA STRUCTURE | February 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15893304 | BUILT-IN TEST TRAFFIC GENERATOR | February 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15804064 | AUTOMATED SENSOR COVERAGE OPTIMIZATION WITH AN ACTUATING WALKER AGENT | November 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15803960 | DATAPLANE SIGNALED BIDIRECTIONAL/SYMMETRIC SERVICE CHAIN INSTANTIATION FOR EFFICIENT LOAD BALANCING | November 2017 | November 2020 | Abandon | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15804985 | IN-VEHICLE WIRELESS DATA EXCHANGE SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | November 2017 | July 2020 | Abandon | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15615218 | SOFTWARE-ENABLED ACCESS POINT WITH POWER SAVING | June 2017 | May 2020 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15315823 | MULTIPATH TCP WITH LTE CONNECTIONS | December 2016 | January 2021 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 15366814 | TECHNIQUES FOR INFORMING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OF DESIRED PACKET TRANSPORT TREATMENT | December 2016 | January 2020 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MORLAN, ROBERT M.
With a 50.0% 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, 40.0% 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.
✓ 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 MORLAN, ROBERT M works in Art Unit 2419 and has examined 109 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner MORLAN, ROBERT M's allowance rate of 89.9% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M receive 1.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 81% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -0.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MORLAN, ROBERT M. This interview benefit is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 38.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 60% 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, 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 54.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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