Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18737009 | Configuration of Secondary Control Channel Group by Base Station | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18604223 | USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OPERATIONS | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18601256 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434618 | MAINTAINING PROCESSING CORE AFFINITY FOR FRAGMENTED PACKETS IN NETWORK DEVICES | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18527812 | GEOGRAPHICALLY REDUNDANT AND HIGH AVAILABILITY SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR A HYBRID CLOUD CELLULAR NETWORK | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK PERFORMANCE OF ENHANCED MOBILE BROADBAND (eMBB) WHEN IMPACTED BY LOW LATENCY TRAFFIC | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472913 | DYNAMIC TDD UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION USING DCI | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243234 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FALLBACK | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18229690 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, NETWORK CONNECTION NODES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225620 | System, Security and Network Management Using Self-Organizing Communication Orbits in Distributed Networks | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212677 | HIGH-AVAILABILITY EGRESS ACCESS WITH CONSISTENT SOURCE IP ADDRESSES FOR WORKLOADS | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203251 | Configuration of Secondary Control Channel Group by Base Station | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201968 | RELAY MODE CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, RELAY COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18112210 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATION | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169696 | MAINTAINING PROCESSING CORE AFFINITY FOR FRAGMENTED PACKETS IN NETWORK DEVICES | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104832 | MEDIUM ACCESS PROTOCOL DATA UNIT ASSEMBLY IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058928 | BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINT FOR MULTIPATH SEGMENT ROUTING | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052680 | DYNAMIC TDD UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION USING DCI | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960670 | Aggregated Cloud Networking for a Hybrid Cellular Network | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960672 | Geographically Redundant and High Availability System Architecture for a Hybrid Cloud Cellular Network | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904656 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING, BY USER EQUIPMENT, BEAM MANAGEMENT SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING SIDELINK, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880800 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876785 | ACCESSING A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A LAND BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17875694 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863777 | CONFIGURABLE NETWORK SWITCH FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS INCLUDING DETERMINISTIC NETWORKS | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790518 | METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758310 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | July 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849166 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842442 | RRC CONNECTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) FEEDBACK PERFORMANCE OF ENHANCED MOBILE BROADBAND (eMBB) WHEN IMPACTED BY LOW LATENCY TRAFFIC | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17830579 | Measurement Reporting Method and Related Device | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17745350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743858 | NODE/NETWORK AGGREGATION GATEWAY DEVICE | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17755700 | Access Control at a Relay User Equipment | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17736709 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17726732 | DEEP PACKET INSPECTION IN A FRONTHAUL NETWORK OF A CLOUD RADIO ACCESS NETWORK | April 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660128 | FIREWALL LOAD BALANCING WITH TUNNEL SWITCHING PROTOCOLS | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17770660 | NETWORK ENTITY FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OVER A PACKET-BASED FRONTHAUL NETWORK | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17713537 | FEEDBACK CHANNEL MAPPING AND MULTIPLEXING HARQ REPORTS IN NR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765882 | TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763898 | METHOD BY WHICH USER TERMINAL TRANSMITS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND USER TERMINAL THEREFOR | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17698441 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING PERIODIC SIDELINK RESOURCES AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17698994 | SCHEDULING POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT SUBCARRIER SPACINGS | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691890 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17687793 | DATA LINK ERROR FEEDBACK SIGNALING | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651150 | Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ Feedback Information Transmission Method and Apparatus | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586204 | Distributed Routing Controllers for Multi-Region SDWAN | January 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17575464 | Gateway Arrangements for Wireless Communication Networks | January 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17647563 | MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATIONS OF A WIRELESS NETWORK | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17569305 | SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR (TCI) STATE ACTIVATION | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA RETRANSMISSION BASED ON AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17620629 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17644205 | POWER CONTROL PARAMETER CONFIGURATIONS FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNELS IN THE PRESENCE OF SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17643374 | USER TERMINAL AND BASE STATION | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17541465 | Method and Apparatus for Implementing Multicast | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17533998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTOELECTRONIC MATCHING | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532776 | DIAGNOSING AND RESOLVING ISSUES IN A NETWORK USING PROBE PACKETS | November 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17521686 | System, Security and Network Management Using Self-Organizing Communication Orbits in Distributed Networks | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17607969 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514149 | METHOD, DEVICE, EXTENDER, AND COMPUTER MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESTORING CONNECTION | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17607820 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATIONS AND SIGNALING FOR MULTIPLE ACTIVE CONFIGURED GRANTS | October 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509954 | DMRS for 5G Things Communication System | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509074 | INTENT-BASED NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION DESIGN | October 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506461 | USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OPERATIONS | October 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17503230 | MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICES | October 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17501156 | CROSS-RELAY INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN WIRELESS RELAYS THAT SERVE WIRELESS USER DEVICES | October 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17496065 | Configuration of Secondary Control Channel Group | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594197 | INTERLEAVING FOR CODE BLOCK | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17487708 | Communications Method And Apparatus | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17448691 | RESPONSE FOR TRP SPECIFIC BFRQ AND BEAM RESET | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17441696 | MEASUREMENT GAP CONFIGURATION FOR A FREQUENCY RANGE EQUAL TO OR LARGER THAN 52.6 GHz | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17429820 | Triggering Measurements before the Completion of Connection Resumption | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398381 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFECTIVELY MAPPING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR V2X COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17396152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391622 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | August 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17384419 | SIDELINK CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING | July 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17383335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A PROACTIVE ASSIGNMENT OF VIRTUAL NETWORK FUNCTIONS IN LOCAL DATA SYSTEMS | July 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17350266 | NETWORK DEVICE AND MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS LEARNING METHOD THEREFOR | June 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17332494 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD BETWEEN TERMINAL AND BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING NARROWBAND INTERNET OF THINGS, AND DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME | May 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17322369 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, NETWORK CONNECTION NODES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17320136 | AUTOMATIC SCALING FOR CONSUMER SERVERS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | May 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17318882 | TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION POINT (TRP) ASSOCIATION FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS PERFORMED ON PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CHANNELS | May 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17317814 | DELAYED DELIVERY OF RECONFIGURATION MESSAGE IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK | May 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17240098 | STATISTICAL INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, STATISTICAL INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17232431 | PACKET FORWARDING METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE | April 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17232067 | DETERMINATION OF UE-SPECIFIC PDCCH MONITORING OCCASIONS | April 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17230611 | SIDELINK APERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING TRIGGERED BY A BASE STATION | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17221816 | MANAGING MULTICAST GROUP TRAFFIC | April 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17221414 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE | April 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17219193 | Duplicated Data-Based Transmission Method and Related Devices | March 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17214617 | BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINT FOR MULTIPATH SEGMENT ROUTING | March 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17301081 | SIDELINK FEEDBACK FORMAT | March 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17275597 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MULTIPLEXING ON PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL | March 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17198949 | SCHEDULING RESOURCES FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | March 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17197417 | SLICE ALLOCATION AND INTERFACE TO APPLICATIONS | March 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17192510 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESS FAILOVER IN BRANCH DEPLOYMENTS BY SUPERIMPOSING CLUSTERING SOLUTION ON VRRP | March 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17273243 | SIGNALLING STORM MITIGATION IN A SECURED RADIO ACCESS NETWORK | March 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17273186 | INTER-RAT (RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY) RE-ESTABLISHMENT ENHANCEMENTS IN MULTI-RAT DUAL CONNECTIVITY (MR-DC) | March 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17249404 | TRAFFIC-AWARE CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17164860 | MANAGING NEIGHBOR AWARENESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY | February 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M.
With a 12.5% 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, 15.4% 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 CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M works in Art Unit 2466 and has examined 663 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M's allowance rate of 83.9% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M receive 1.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -0.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M. This interview benefit is in the 10% 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, 27.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 42.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 70.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 52.6% 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, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% 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 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 77% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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