Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19049583 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING RULE ENGINES TO GUIDE USERS IN COMPLETING TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PAYLOADS | February 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18938996 | MULTI-PARTY COLLABORATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18905065 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE DEPLOYMENT | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18774009 | WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) DRIVEN EDGE SERVICE DISCOVERY AND SELECTION | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18759269 | MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PUSHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18721545 | Handling Discovery Requests in a Network | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18667344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING USER PLANE FUNCTION UPF IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18660306 | Network Reachability Impact Analysis | May 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18708589 | TRAFFIC INFLUENCE FOR INITIAL EAS SELECTION | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18645855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-DISRUPTIVE CLUSTER RECONFIGURATION | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18642785 | MULTIPARTY COMMUNICATION USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL INTERMEDIARY | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18637423 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVIDING FOR EFFICIENT AUDITING OF NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) PROFILES BY SERVICE COMMUNICATION PROXIES (SCPs) | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18690162 | Devices and Methods for Location-Dependent Prioritized Communication | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18435185 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR IMPROVED NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) DISCOVERY BETWEEN FORWARDED AND FORWARDING NF REPOSITORY FUNCTIONS (NRFs) TO AVOID PREEMPTION OF NF PROFILES OF PRODUCER NFs LOCAL TO FORWARDING NRF | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18543184 | AUTOMATED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SERVICE | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18528270 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLOW IDENTIFIER OF UNIDIRECTIONAL PACKET SEQUENCE FLOW IN TUNNEL-LESS SDWAN | December 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18518154 | CRYPTOMINING ASSET MANAGEMENT | November 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18382885 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROTATING SERVICE ENDPOINTS IN PREFAB REGIONS | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18371565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MONITORING | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18551654 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18468897 | TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18457900 | MULTI-SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION OF MULTIPLE SERVERS | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18224640 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVE RESILIENCY, REDUNDANCY AND SECURITY REMEDIATION ACROSS A NETWORK BASED ON DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18212286 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CONTROL PLANE PROCESS | June 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18328300 | SERVICE INSERTION IN A COMPUTER NETWORK USING DYNAMIC SERVICE PATH SELECTION | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18201856 | VIRTUAL STORAGE APPLIANCE WITH VIRTUAL DISK INSTANCES FOR BACKEND NON-VOLATILE DATA STORAGE | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CHAT PRODUCTION | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18142422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING CO2 EMISSIONS WITH GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMENT OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE WITH RESPECT TO DATA GEOLOCATIONS FOR IOT DATA GATHERING | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18301506 | CONFIGURATION CHECKING OF ASSET PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE | April 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18191981 | TERMINAL DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY STORING ACCOUNT INFORMATION | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18184863 | CLIENT IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL PLATFORMS | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18151779 | ASYNCHRONOUS WORKFLOW FOR CLOUD BASED PROCESSING | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18149127 | RESPONSE ENDPOINT SELECTION BASED ON AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18083068 | DISTANCE-BASED FRAMING FOR AN ONLINE CONFERENCE SESSION | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18077764 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING SERVER NODES FOR EDGE DEVICES USING LATENCY-BASED GEOROUTING | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17927277 | Communication Conversion Method, Gateway Device, Network System and Computer Medium | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936578 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL FOR ACCELERATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING TASKS OVER NON-VOLATILE MEMORY EXPRESS PROTOCOL | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17952920 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED USER CONTEXT AWARE SERVICE | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17911897 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DISCOVERY OF EDGE NETWORK MANAGEMENT SERVERS | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17945905 | HYBRID CLOUD COMPUTING NETWORK MANAGEMENT WITH SYNCHRONIZATION FEATURES ACROSS DIFFERENT CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17801555 | DYNAMIC SETTING OF SLICES | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17889698 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AN AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO CONFERENCE | August 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17870351 | DYNAMIC PLACEMENT OF SERVICES CLOSER TO ENDPOINT | July 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17790982 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK NODES FOR ENHANCING SERVICE PROVISION IN A NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING DEVICE NODES | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17782081 | Discovery of a Service-Providing Network Function | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17804389 | Network Reachability Impact Analysis | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17733782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE RESPECIATION | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17695405 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR NEUTRAL HOST CELLULAR NETWORKS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17695424 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17676055 | PROVIDING A BINARY DATA FILE TO A CLIENT APPLICATION USING A DOCUMENT MODEL | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17591659 | Network Appliance for Providing Configurable Virtual Private Network Connections | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17589242 | METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE, AND RELATED DEVICE | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17586582 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CSI CONFIGURATION | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17581725 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND TERMINAL | January 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17576299 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC PERMUTATION | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17626864 | NETWORK DATA ANALYTIC FUNCTION NODE, NETWORK FUNCTION NODE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17575428 | SECURE STARTUP METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL SYSTEM | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17626386 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ENABLING SECONDARY CELL GROUP (SCG) SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OR PRIMARY SECONDARY CELL (PSCELL) DEACTIVATION AND ACTIVATION | January 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17566548 | MASKING PRIVATE INFORMATION WHILE STREAMING A LIVE SESSION | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17643496 | COMPUTER SYSTEM PROVIDING USER SPECIFIC SESSION PRELAUNCH FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17512046 | CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION VALUE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17507834 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | October 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17602635 | USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17492456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE IP PACKET TYPES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT | October 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17466625 | TERMINAL MONITORING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TERMINAL MONITORING SYSTEM | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 50 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17444545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED HOME AUTOMATION CONTROL | August 2021 | October 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17393163 | SELECTION OF A COORDINATOR DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17382608 | RESILIENT FILE TRANSFER (ResiFT) MECHANISM FOR NETWORKED COMMUNICATION | July 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17367137 | MULTI-SERVER NODE SERVICE PROCESSING AND CONSENSUS METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON HEARTBEAT DETECTION MESSAGES | July 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17307676 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR NEUTRAL HOST CELLULAR NETWORKS | May 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17307698 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING FOR FEDERATED NEUTRAL HOST CELLULAR NETWORKS | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17241042 | DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL USERS RESPONSIVE TO TRIGGER EVENTS IN VIRTUAL SPACES | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17239446 | REMOTE STORAGE GATEWAY MANAGEMENT USING GATEWAY-INITIATED CONNECTIONS | April 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17230670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE DEPLOYMENT | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17184178 | CONSISTENCY CHECKING OF A DELEGATED TRIGGER IN AN AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT | February 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17181513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED VIRTUAL ASSISTANT-ENHANCED CUSTOMER SERVICE | February 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17161656 | SENSOR DATA DEVICE | January 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16884517 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NOTIFYING EVENT | May 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 52 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16861585 | ELICITING EVENT-DRIVEN FEEDBACK IN A SOCIAL NETWORK | April 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 43 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16513721 | CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM | July 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16446288 | METHOD FOR FEDERATING A CLUSTER FROM A PLURALITY OF COMPUTING NODES FROM DIFFERENT FAULT DOMAINS | June 2019 | March 2024 | Allow | 57 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15841862 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING OF A TASK UTILIZING A COPY OF AN ORIGINAL FILE STORED ON A RECOVERY SITE AND BASED ON FILE MODIFICATION TIMES | December 2017 | June 2018 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15829734 | PRIORITY BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION (NFV) ENVIRONMENT | December 2017 | October 2023 | Allow | 60 | 10 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15705602 | SWAPPING NON-VIRTUALIZING AND SELF-VIRTUALIZING DEVICES | September 2017 | November 2017 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15404347 | SWAPPING NON-VIRTUALIZING AND SELF-VIRTUALIZING DEVICES | January 2017 | August 2018 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15008563 | EXPANDING CAPTURED PORTIONS OF REFERENCES IN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEMS | January 2016 | September 2018 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14534087 | Building a Social Graph Based on Links Received and Selected by Recipients | November 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14503365 | ASSESSING A COMPUTING RESOURCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A COMPUTING RESOURCE POLICY REGIME SPECIFICATION | September 2014 | November 2017 | Allow | 37 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14482509 | CONFIGURING A GENERIC COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZING SPECIFIC COMPUTING DEVICE OPERATION INFORMATION | September 2014 | March 2017 | Allow | 30 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 14456486 | PRESERVING USER PRIVACY | August 2014 | December 2017 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14286768 | Building a Social Graph Using Sharing Activity of Users of the Open Web by Creating an Edge Representing a Category Type | May 2014 | October 2014 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14274671 | ASSESSING A COMPUTING RESOURCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A COMPUTING RESOURCE POLICY REGIME SPECIFICATION | May 2014 | December 2014 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14223714 | FRAMELESS VIDEO SYSTEM | March 2014 | July 2017 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14154248 | INDIVIDUAL XML MESSAGE PROCESSING PLATFORM | January 2014 | September 2017 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14089773 | ACCESS POINT WITH CAPABILITY OF DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING CURRENT CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT THRESHOLD VALUE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | November 2013 | July 2017 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14057223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES USING MASTER AND SLAVE DEVICES | October 2013 | November 2017 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14055298 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A PLURALITY OF DATA PORTIONS | October 2013 | August 2015 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13930840 | PACKET TRANSPORT SHARED MESH PROTECTION | June 2013 | September 2017 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13906102 | DYNAMIC MESSAGE RETRIEVAL BY SUBDIVIDING A MESSAGE QUEUE INTO SUB-QUEUES | May 2013 | January 2015 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13891733 | UNIFIED LTE CLOUD SYSTEM | May 2013 | February 2014 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BARRY, LANCE LEONARD.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 BARRY, LANCE LEONARD works in Art Unit 2457 and has examined 77 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner BARRY, LANCE LEONARD's allowance rate of 93.5% places them in the 81% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by BARRY, LANCE LEONARD receive 2.36 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 BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 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 +1.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BARRY, LANCE LEONARD. This interview benefit is in the 20% 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, 17.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 42.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 65% 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 8% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 2% 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 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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 50.0% of allowed cases (in the 97% 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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