Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18605389 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404527 | Cross-Carrier Spatial Relation Indication for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP-SRS) Resources | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18523370 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT MULTI-AP TRANSMISSION IN WLANS | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484953 | LOCATION-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN 5G NETWORKS | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230599 | CONTEXT FETCH PROCEDURE FOR INACTIVE DIRECT DATA TRANSMISSION | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18341180 | RELATING TO NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITY | June 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269447 | NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENT TRIGGERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18039636 | COMMUNICATION RELATED TO UE CONTEXT | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18320856 | AUTOMATIC BROADBAND INFORMATION CORRELATION & RECORD GENERATION | May 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317619 | COORDINATED TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250022 | MEETING AN ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE REQUIREMENT | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18184744 | CARRIER CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18025316 | SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145962 | REDUCED COMPLEXITY IN UPLINK RECEIVE BEAMFORMER CALCULATIONS | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012413 | Flexible Resource Partitioning for Multi-Hop IAB on Unlicensed Spectrum Band | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959409 | Cross-Carrier Spatial Relation Indication for Semi-Persistent Sounding Reference Signal (SP-SRS) Resources | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17916781 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR PARTIAL BANDS | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941472 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WHICH USE DISCONTINUOUS CHANNEL | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17901107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO NEW BASIC SERVICE SET | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17897281 | PRACH (PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL) RAMPING AND DYNAMIC BEAM SWITCHING OF CONTROL AND DATA TRANSMISSIONS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882353 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812684 | UE ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR POWER SAVING CONFIGURATION | July 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 40 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862958 | ENHANCED FREQUENCY COMPRESSION FOR OVERHEAD REDUCTION FOR CSI REPORTING AND USAGE | July 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17791972 | CONVERSION DEVICE, CONVERSION METHOD, AND CONVERSON PROGRAM | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17853660 | PSEUDO CHANNEL HOPPING USING SCAN DWELL TIMES IN MESH NETWORKS WITHOUT TIME SYNCHRONIZATION | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17663527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVERTISING IP VERSION 6 NETWORK LAYER ROUTING INFORMATION WITH AN IP VERSION 4 NEXT HOP ADDRESS | May 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17663052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION FUNCTION-INITIATED ADMISSION CONTROL FOR A CORE NETWORK | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17661157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC HANDOVER THRESHOLD ADJUSTMENT BASED ON CELL LOAD IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17723566 | DEVICE MOBILITY IN STAR TOPOLOGY NETWORK | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658911 | MULTIPLEXING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND SCHEDULING REQUEST WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL FORMATS | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17711976 | METHODS FOR UPLINK AND DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION WITHOUT GRANT AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694556 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675597 | UPLINK MULTI-USER MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT ESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17670897 | TARGET SYSTEM INFORMATION SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17671220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING MULTICAST CONTROL CHANNEL | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17667401 | IN-BAND TELEMETRY RATE LIMITING IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17589074 | Bundled Bandwidth Parts for Bandwidth Part Switching | January 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565605 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17526823 | MESH RELAY MODULE | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17525019 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING STATISTICS RELATING TO A LOGICAL FORWARDING ELEMENT | November 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453424 | TECHNIQUES FOR MODIFYING COMPONENT CARRIER OR LAYER CONFIGURATION IN MULTI-SUBSCRIPTION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594894 | FRACTIONAL COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT NETWORK OPERATION | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17508327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION AND PAGING VIA UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17598240 | CONTEXT FETCH PROCEDURE FOR INACTIVE DIRECT DATA TRANSMISSION | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17600081 | UE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF PDU SESSION REQUEST MESSAGE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17599047 | 5G NR Desired Buffer Size Adjustment | September 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442342 | PUCCH AND CELL GROUPING CAPABILITY FOR NR-CA AND NR-DC | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17479720 | Network Entities and Methods for a Wireless Network System for Determining Time Information | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17437909 | Wireless Device Initiated Channel Occupancy in Unlicensed Spectrum | September 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17467607 | FLOOD FILL MESH RADIO NETWORK | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436967 | BACKOFF MANAGEMENT FOR INTRA-QUEUE PRIORITY TRANSMISSION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17459428 | TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEM | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17402568 | DETECTING AND HANDLING LARGE FLOWS | August 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17427721 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427659 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) | August 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424273 | METHOD TO VALIDATE TIMING ADVANCE FOR PRECONFIGURED RESOURCE TRANSMISSION | July 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17369351 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING POWER CONSUMPTION STATE LATENCY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | July 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17419398 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR FINDING UNNECESSARY BEAM LINKS | June 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 55 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17357837 | LOCATION-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN 5G NETWORKS | June 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17346790 | MAC Address Dynamic Assignment for a Network Element | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347058 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-USER EQUIPMENT (UE) COOPERATION | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333698 | PROBABILITY FORWARDING IN A FLOOD FILL MESH RADIO NETWORK | May 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17320892 | DATA ROUTING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17319456 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE CELLS | May 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17313896 | MULTI-BAND INDICATION METHOD | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17291799 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT MULTI-AP TRANSMISSION IN WLANS | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17308510 | SELECTIVE CHANNEL STATE MEASUREMENT AND REPORT FOR SMALL DATA TRANSFER IN POWER SAVING MODE | May 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17236927 | SIDELINK GROUPCAST OVER MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCY BANDS | April 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17230226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING COVERAGE ACCESS | April 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17205389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING EN-DC CELL RESELECTION INDICATOR IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17193806 | MESSAGING FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS | March 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17190223 | EXCHANGING ANTENNA ARRAY PROPERTIES TO ASSIST BEAMFORMING ON A WIRELESS LINK | March 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17176881 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NON-COHERENT WAVEFORM TRANSMISSION | February 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17172639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNELS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MASSIVE MIMO | February 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17163970 | NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITY | February 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137919 | INTERFERENCE MITIGATOR | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137257 | BEAM TRAINING RESOURCE SELECTION BY FR2 SIDELINK UE | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17131867 | METHODS AND DEVICES IRREGULAR MODULATION TO AVOID RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY CIRCUIT NON-LINEARITIES | December 2020 | January 2025 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115771 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED INFORMATION REPORTING | December 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17078040 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SPATIAL RELATION INDICATION FOR UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS | October 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17076212 | BROADCAST DELIVERY TECHNIQUES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | October 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17014705 | Two-Step Contention-Based Random Access Over Radio Resources in LAA | September 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16976779 | SUBSCRIBER STATION FOR A SERIAL BUS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN A SERIAL BUS SYSTEM | August 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16976673 | TRANSCEIVER DEVICE FOR A BUS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CONDUCTED EMISSIONS | August 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16995354 | SON Assisted RAT Selection for UE in a Virtualized RAN Environment | August 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16989694 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRIGGERING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) FALL BACK AT A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) BASED ON DATA TRAFFIC INFORMATION | August 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16947287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15733418 | METHOD FOR NETWORK STATE IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR | July 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931551 | COORDINATED TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | July 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16930712 | DETECTING COMMUNICATION NETWORK INSIGHTS OF ALERTS | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16926855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO NEW BASIC SERVICE SET | July 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16961401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NETWORKS | July 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16923953 | PRIORITY-BASED TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL | July 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16910939 | SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL | June 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16956136 | BASEBAND AND METHOD FOR SELECTING A CO-ORDINATION SET OF NEIGHBORING BASEBANDS IN A CENTRALIZED RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (C-RAN) | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16771477 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AUDIO DATA TO EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16889968 | Packet Data Network Connection Re-Establishment | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16878392 | SIGNALING FOR INTER-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION | May 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16868536 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WHICH USE DISCONTINUOUS CHANNEL | May 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS.
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, 65.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ 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 STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS works in Art Unit 2464 and has examined 317 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS's allowance rate of 77.0% places them in the 43% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 60% 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 STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS 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 +14.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.7% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 13.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 14% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 85.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 72.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 16% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 66% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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