Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18756661 | MECHANISMS FOR EFFICIENT ACCESS AND TRANSMISSION IN NR | June 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18752191 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ROUTES OF HIERARCHICAL FOWARDING INFORMATION BASES | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18737496 | TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMICALLY AGGREGATING A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731372 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18678549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A MOBILE GATEWAY DEVICE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18665269 | Device Configuration by Natural Language Processing System | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18650446 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF HARQ CODEBOOK DETERMINATION FOR MULTIPLE PUCCH | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18650989 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPORTING BEAM FAILURE OF SECONDARY SERVING CELL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18639256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) CODEBOOK WITH MULTIPLE VALID UNICAST DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) PER MONITORING OCCASION INDEX PER SERVING CELL | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418089 | MECHANISMS FOR EFFICIENT ACCESS AND TRANSMISSION IN NR | January 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544576 | EXCHANGE OF PARAMETERS RELATING TO MEASUREMENT PERIODS | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543751 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH REPETITION IN MULTI-TRP SYSTEM AND CORESET PRIORITIZATION | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18527788 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMIC SECURITY BASED GRID ROUTING | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18290168 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF PDSCH PROCESSING PROCEDURE TIME DERIVATION FOR HARQ-ACK FEEDBACK OF PDSCH SCHEDULED BY ENHANCED PDCCH E | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18504934 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18382201 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477850 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BEAMFORMED SYSTEM INFORMATION TRANSMISSION | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18552872 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIB1 IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465616 | SYSTEM FOR SATELLITE DISCOVERY AND DECOMMISSION OF ORBITAL OBSTRUCTIONS | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465411 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM FOR SHARING CONTENT DURING VoIP-BASED CALL | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ROUTING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS WITH SEPARATE ROUTING MASTERS | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18280499 | INTER-UE COORDINATION SIGNALING FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547975 | UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN NEXT AVAILABLE SLOTS | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455912 | FEEDBACK TIMING DETERMINATION SCHEMES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18275419 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING NETWORK TOPOLOGY AND INDOOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263120 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING ON A PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL WITH MULTIPLE UPLINK BANDWIDTH PARTS | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354132 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL AND DEVICE USING SAME | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18350682 | CONFIGURING INTERFERENCE PREDICTION MODES | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18270951 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342815 | TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMICALLY AGGREGATING A PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341736 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214520 | TCI FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-TRP TRANSMISSION | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256195 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING MDT LOGGING IN CASE OF IDC PROBLEM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327338 | AVOIDING MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL PADDING OF TRIGGER-BASED PHYSICAL LAYER CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL DATA UNIT | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251292 | METHOD FOR SENDING INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18308787 | Transmission Configuration Indicator State Management | April 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18306159 | SCHEDULING OF AN UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE TRANSPORT BLOCKS | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18131882 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248098 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND USER EQUIPMENT | April 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296787 | UPLINK (UL) TRANSMISSIONS IN FULL DUPLEX (FD) SYSTEMS | April 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18029425 | EFFICIENT MODULATION CONTROL | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18445084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COMMUNICATION MODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192632 | INFORMATION INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190411 | SCHEDULING RESOURCES FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATES IN MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVALS USING SINGLE DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18026384 | Random Access in a Wireless Communication Network | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176110 | MECHANISMS FOR REDUCED DENSITY CSI-RS | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18115307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) CODEBOOK WITH MULTIPLE VALID UNICAST DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) PER MONITORING OCCASION INDEX PER SERVING CELL | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114007 | BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174147 | INTRA-DEVICE COLLISION HANDLING | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18041760 | MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION CONTROL INDICATOR STATE ACTIVATION WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT TRANSMISSION | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165130 | Method for Enhancing Physical Downlink Control Channel, Communication Apparatus, and System | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158834 | EXCHANGE OF PARAMETERS RELATING TO MEASUREMENT PERIODS | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155804 | Data Transmission Method and Device | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015848 | METHODS AND EQUIPMENTS FOR LOCKING TRANSMISSION STATE | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151349 | SCHEDULING REQUEST RESPONSE MONITORING ALIGNMENT FOR ENERGY SAVINGS | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150710 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145652 | Adaptive Machine Learning For Dynamic Wireless Communication Configuration | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002408 | OTA ESTIMATION OF AN RF PARAMETER OF A RADIO TRANSMITTER | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001495 | DYNAMIC DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT INDICATOR (DAI) COUNTING AND HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (HARQ-ACK) CODEBOOK GENERATION FOR ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) TRANSMISSION | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18072857 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SPS HARQ-ACK TRANSMISSION | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DETERIORATION FACTOR OF WIRELESS QUALITY | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991040 | Device Configuration by Natural Language Processing System | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17986775 | UNIVERSAL GATEWAY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING DISPARATE PROTOCOLS | November 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977312 | WIRELESS EMERGENCY STOP SYSTEMS INCLUDING MOBILE DEVICE CONTROLLERS LINKED WITH SAFETY STOP DEVICES | October 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049869 | DYNAMIC COMPONENT CARRIER CONFIGURATION FOR UPLINK CONFIGURED GRANTS | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17971031 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920702 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION MESSAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967849 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING OF DATA LINK | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045546 | PERFORMANCE BASED ON INFERRED USER EQUIPMENT DEVICE SPEED FOR ADVANCED NETWORKS | October 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17917580 | SEGMENT ROUTING HEADER COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17917546 | FRAME STRUCTURE DESIGN FOR DOWNLINK TDD-TDD CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH PUSCH-LESS CELL | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957555 | DATA TRANSMISSION AND RETRANSMISSION FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING | September 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936593 | Packet Processing Method, Device, System, and Storage Medium | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORK SELECTION | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941440 | MOBILE NETWORK ENTITY CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907882 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING 16 - QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM) IN NARROW BAND TRANSMISSIONS | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886964 | DYNAMIC PRIVATE WI-FI CHANNEL SELECTION | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17880899 | PORT MAPPING FOR BONDED INTERFACES OF ECMP GROUP | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797583 | MULTIROUTE INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL NETWORKS | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17797399 | INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879212 | CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR UL TRANSMISSION | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877027 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17877477 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING RESOURCE AND TRANSMITTING PSSCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING RANGING BY USING ULTRA WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | July 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810896 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC ANTENNA TILT COORDINATION | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810417 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ROUTING ACROSS MULTIPLE NETWORKS WITH SEPARATE ROUTING MASTERS | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855502 | CAPTURING MULTIUSER DATA PACKETS BY GROUPING ACCESS POINTS ON A WIRELESS NETWORK | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17854567 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17843953 | MULTIPATH TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838268 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17833499 | TECHNIQUES FOR BEAM SWEEP BASED SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING / CONFIGURED GRANT ACTIVATION | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17830880 | Uplink Transmission in TDD Supporting feNB-IOT Operation | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17781604 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING SESSION-BASED PACKETS | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17781520 | METHOD FOR SECURING THE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN ETHERNET ON-BOARD NETWORK | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826781 | CALL PROCESSING SYSTEM, CALL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS | May 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17747221 | FEEDBACK-BASED DYNAMIC NETWORK FLOW REMAPPING | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776689 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR SESSION CONTROL | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776450 | Signal Block Reception with Automatic Gain Control Adjustment | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738640 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED PRODUCT | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734672 | FEEDBACK FOR MESSAGE B OF A TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TRUONG, LAN-HUONG.
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, 42.9% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner TRUONG, LAN-HUONG works in Art Unit 2464 and has examined 521 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner TRUONG, LAN-HUONG's allowance rate of 91.0% places them in the 75% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by TRUONG, LAN-HUONG receive 1.56 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 29% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TRUONG, LAN-HUONG is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TRUONG, LAN-HUONG. This interview benefit is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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, 181.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 92% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% 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'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 5.1% of allowed cases (in the 81% 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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