Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16221783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL ON A SECONDARY CELL | December 2018 | November 2019 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15988866 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15757842 | MITIGATION OF UPLINK/DOWNLINK ASSYMETRY | March 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15753686 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | February 2018 | July 2019 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15753821 | PROSE RELAY RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION | February 2018 | December 2019 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15863653 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15554121 | FULL-DUPLEX POWER REPORTING | August 2017 | November 2019 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15553775 | TRAFFIC STEERING BETWEEN WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS | August 2017 | March 2019 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15553632 | SCHEDULING OF PACKETS IN NETWORK DEVICES | August 2017 | May 2019 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15547614 | TIME MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATION WITH SECONDARY CELLS | July 2017 | August 2019 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15656866 | UPLINK FEEDBACK METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | July 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15428317 | METHOD FOR RADIO SOURCE SCHEDULING | February 2017 | October 2018 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15343114 | MEDIA STREAMING SYNCHRONIZATION | November 2016 | April 2018 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15272028 | SERVICE DISCOVERY VIA LOW-POWER WAKE-UP RADIO | September 2016 | May 2018 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15266857 | System and Methods for Performing an Adaptive Access Procedure on a Multi-SIM Wireless Communication Device | September 2016 | April 2018 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15060993 | DYNAMIC CARRIER ASSIGNMENT OF CARRIER AGGREGATION IN AN LTE-ADVANCED SYSTEM | March 2016 | March 2018 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14901973 | TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECEPTION METHOD | December 2015 | March 2018 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14983515 | METHOD OF SHARING RESOURCE ALLOCATION INFORMATION AND BASE STATION APPARATUS THEREFOR | December 2015 | December 2017 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14806724 | SWITCH AND SETTING METHOD | July 2015 | May 2017 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14695359 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD | April 2015 | March 2017 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14590412 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VOICE CALL CONTINUITY USING DIFFERENT NETWORKS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2015 | March 2017 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14576994 | FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DATA TRANSMISSION OVER AN OPTICAL NETWORK | December 2014 | December 2016 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14576873 | ORDER-SENSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN PACKET REORDERING NETWORKS | December 2014 | January 2017 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14576829 | OPPORTUNISTIC DUAL-BAND RELAY | December 2014 | November 2016 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14576641 | FAST NETWORK FORMATION AFTER NETWORK POWER RESTORATION | December 2014 | December 2016 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14398862 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, USER TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | November 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14398834 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | November 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14398840 | METHOD AND USER DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK DATA, AND METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK DATA | November 2014 | May 2016 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14259352 | BASE STATION DEVICE, HANDOVER CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2014 | May 2016 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14259483 | NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION USING IP MAP AND ENCAPSULATION | April 2014 | April 2016 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14258598 | NETWORK LOAD ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS | April 2014 | January 2016 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14258446 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BROADCASTING DATA BY USING MMT IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM | April 2014 | February 2016 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14215831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TIMING OF A FIRST STATION TO TIMING OF A SECOND STATION FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA IN SEQUENTIAL SLOTS OF A TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS CHANNEL | March 2014 | June 2015 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14162015 | SCHEDULING REQUEST ENABLED UPLINK TRANSMISSION | January 2014 | November 2015 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14159017 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | January 2014 | December 2015 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14159128 | Method and Apparatus for Sending Packet | January 2014 | November 2015 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14101968 | CROSSTALK ANALYSIS METHODS USING SUPERPOSITION | December 2013 | March 2016 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14102151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON BUFFER STATUS INFORMATION OF NEIGHBORING CELL | December 2013 | November 2015 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14060604 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA VIA MULTI-CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS | October 2013 | August 2015 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14060539 | SELECTIVE SERVICE BASED VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK FLOODING | October 2013 | September 2015 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14113235 | WIRELESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, WIRELESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2013 | January 2016 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14010633 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2013 | August 2015 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13902653 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN THE DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM | May 2013 | May 2015 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13840566 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF COORDINATING FUNCTIONALITY IN A HYBRID COMMUNICATION NETWORK | March 2013 | February 2015 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13841232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING UPLINK AND DOWNLINK SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF BASE STATIONS AND A TERMINAL IN A COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK | March 2013 | September 2014 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13577014 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING USER EQUIPMENT IN A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF | December 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13660603 | Forwarding ASIC General Egress Multicast Filter Method | October 2012 | August 2014 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13660108 | QUEUE SPLITTING FOR PARALLEL CARRIER AGGREGATION SCHEDULING | October 2012 | September 2015 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13660397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VOICE CALL CONTINUITY USING DIFFERENT NETWORKS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13659752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY POWER AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZED SERVER INTERCONNECTS | October 2012 | October 2014 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13577285 | INTERWORKING FUNCTION BETWEEN AN INTELLIGENT NETWORK AND A HOME LOCATION REGISTER/HOME SUBSCRIBER SERVER | October 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13577474 | HANDLING ICS ENHANCED AND NON ENHANCED MSC IN A POOL | September 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13568796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE PER FLOW STATE | August 2012 | August 2015 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13517467 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING HOME BASE STATION FREQUENCY POINT AND HOME BASE STATION MANAGER | June 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13517255 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2012 | July 2014 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13517242 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN UPLINK HARQ IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2012 | June 2014 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13457379 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE PARALLEL ENCODERS | April 2012 | August 2013 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13455000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING DEVICES IN A NETWORK | April 2012 | June 2013 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13400326 | TDMA CONTROLLER FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME | February 2012 | November 2013 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13370573 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING FRAME IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME | February 2012 | February 2014 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13303418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING BACKUP CHANNEL IN MULTI-CHANNEL ENVIRONMENT | November 2011 | December 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13303420 | METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK, METHOD FOR ERROR-FREE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION, NODE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK | November 2011 | December 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13303468 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2011 | August 2013 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13271945 | INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2011 | June 2012 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13244266 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN THE DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM | September 2011 | February 2013 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13226018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH SPACE RECONFIGURATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | September 2011 | September 2013 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13225059 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING NETWORK CONNECTION | September 2011 | July 2013 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13172660 | RECEIVER WITH BYPASS MODE FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY | June 2011 | May 2014 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13089355 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING METHOD | April 2011 | April 2013 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13087148 | Load Control in Uplink Interference Cancellation Systems With Soft Decision | April 2011 | April 2013 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 13123820 | BASE STATION, TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR BASE STATION, PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2011 | September 2013 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12830328 | System and Methods for Scalable Processing of Received Radio Frequency Beamform Signal | July 2010 | October 2014 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 12825146 | TIME TRACKING LOOPS FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING A CYCLIC PREFIX | June 2010 | December 2012 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 12820058 | Media Streaming Synchronization | June 2010 | February 2016 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 12065531 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL TRANSFER MATRICES | June 2010 | June 2012 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12800091 | Full duplex network radio bridge with low latency and high throughput | May 2010 | February 2013 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12800076 | FULL DUPLEX NETWORK RADIO BRIDGE WITH LOW LATENCY AND HIGH THROUGHPUT | May 2010 | February 2013 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12727931 | LOCALLY DIAGNOSING AND TROUBLESHOOTING SERVICE ISSUES | March 2010 | December 2013 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12733515 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATING A PHASE SHIFT ON A SYNCHRONISATION SIGNAL RECEIVED BY AN ITEM OF REMOTE EQUIPMENT | March 2010 | May 2012 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12733521 | REDUCTION IN THE ACQUISITION DURATION OF A PHASE-LOCKED LOOP ABLE TO RECONSTITUTE A SYNCHRONISATION SIGNAL TRANSMITTED OVER AN IP NETWORK | March 2010 | April 2012 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12698213 | APPARATUS FOR, AND METHOD OF, REDUCING NOISE IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | February 2010 | May 2012 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12698349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | February 2010 | July 2012 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12697245 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS | January 2010 | July 2012 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12696809 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, UPLINK SINR MEASURING METHOD, UPLINK SCHEDULING METHOD, AND RECEPTION-QUALITY MEASURING METHOD | January 2010 | October 2012 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12693307 | IMPLEMENTING PRIORITY BASED DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENTS | January 2010 | April 2012 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12634874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS USING WIRELESS REPEATER HAVING SINGLE TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ANTENNA | December 2009 | August 2012 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12634651 | MULTI-LANE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUSES | December 2009 | March 2012 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12571138 | ROBUST MULTICAST BROADCASTING | September 2009 | April 2013 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12571109 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF A DE-JITTER BUFFER | September 2009 | November 2011 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12508406 | TIMESTAMP METERING AND ROLLOVER PROTECTION IN A NETWORK DEVICE | July 2009 | May 2011 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12496028 | MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR APPLICATIONS | July 2009 | August 2011 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12518242 | FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION AND STRUCTURE DETECTION METHOD IN DVB-S2 SYSTEM | June 2009 | July 2011 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12517777 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PILOT SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2009 | June 2011 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12517749 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TRANSPORT CONTROL PROTOCOL PERFORMANCE USING PATH RECOVERY NOTIFICATION OVER WIRELESS NETWORK | June 2009 | August 2011 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12516572 | APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING CONTROL MESSAGE, APPARATUS FOR RESTORING CONTROL MESSAGE, METHOD OF RECONSTRUCTING CONTROL MESSAGE, AND METHOD OF RESTORING CONTROL MESSAGE | May 2009 | May 2011 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12516494 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING NETWORK SITUATION USING SECURITY CUBE | May 2009 | May 2011 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12432840 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | April 2009 | February 2012 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12427452 | PROGRAMMABLE METERING BEHAVIOR BASED ON A TABLE LOOKUP | April 2009 | May 2011 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12405676 | MAIN APPARATUS AND CONTROL SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION REGULATION METHOD | March 2009 | March 2010 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12403536 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION WHEN RECEIVING A FRAME HAVING A LOW RECEPTION SUCCESS POSSIBILITY | March 2009 | April 2011 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MUI, GARY.
With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges 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, 33.3% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner MUI, GARY works in Art Unit 2465 and has examined 160 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 99.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner MUI, GARY's allowance rate of 99.4% places them in the 92% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by MUI, GARY receive 1.51 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 24% 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 MUI, GARY is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 78% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MUI, GARY. 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, 43.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 60.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 85.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 67% 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 73.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 27.3% 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, 18.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 9% 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 8.8% of allowed cases (in the 93% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 65% 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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