Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19073579 | Delay Status Reporting | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19058060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEMETRY INFORMATION-BASED NETWORK ROLE REASSIGNMENTS IN WIRELESS BACKHAUL MESH NETWORK | February 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18873964 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18858803 | USING OR APPLYING USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY INFORMATION WHEN OPERATING A USER EQUIPMENT CONNECTED TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | October 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TELEMETRY INFORMATION-BASED NETWORK ROLE REASSIGNMENTS IN WIRELESS BACKHAUL MESH NETWORK | September 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18832098 | PATH SWITCHING BETWEEN A UU AND A PC5 INTERFACE | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18779174 | ENHANCEMENTS FOR EDGE NETWORK ACCES FOR A UE | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18662702 | TECHNIQUES FOR HYBRIDIZED ULTRA-WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND SIGNALING | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645386 | MULTI-LINK GROUP ADDRESSED TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18690890 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREIN FOR GENERATING RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLES | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18600223 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK TRACING, FORECASTING, AND CAPACITY PLANNING | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592556 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18587378 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTIVELY ROUTING A PACKET FLOW OVER ACCESS NETWORKS | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433315 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROPAGATING DATA PACKETS IN A NETWORK OF NODES | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425943 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RELAY FORWARDING ON INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL LINKS, INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18417885 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418000 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404910 | METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT | January 2024 | November 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18574782 | REFERENCING LOCAL RESOURCES IN USER EQUIPMENT (UE) ROUTE SELECTION POLICY (URSP) IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18569936 | Network Acceleration Method, Electronic Device, and Storage Medium | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18570049 | METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK NODE FOR FEATURE BASED RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE | December 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536235 | METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT | December 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18568861 | OPERATING AND/OR CONFIGURING A REPEATER DEVICE FOR ENABLING THE REPEATER DEVICE TO BE OPERATED TOGETHER WITH A USER EQUIPMENT | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18568301 | ROUTING OF DATA PACKETS, AMONG A PLURALITY OF NETWORK NODES OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ENERGY INTENSITY | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531252 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR FAST PATH SWITCHING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS WITH USER EQUIPMENT (UE) COOPERATION | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18511305 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION TIMING FOR RELAY NODE IN NEXT GENERATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18290496 | UE CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT INTER-UE COORDINATION (IUC) FEEDBACK FOR V2X SIDELINK COMMUNICATION WITH PEER UE COLLISION AVOIDANCE | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559325 | EARLY DATA COMMUNICATION WITH CONFIGURED RESOURCES | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386510 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING PREAMBLE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18558400 | METHODS FOR INTER IAB-DONOR-DU BAP TUNNELING | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495464 | Wireless Communications For Asymmetric Services | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18383680 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK SLICING AND POLICY-BASED ROUTING ENGINE | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492838 | WIRELESS ROUTE CONTROL METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS NODE | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481454 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING 5G MESH NETWORK FOR ENHANCED COVERAGE AND ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18553736 | ESTABLISHING A DATA PLANE SESSION FOR A USER EQUIPMENT WITH A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK USING AN ACCESS NETWORK OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478741 | WLAN CELLULAR AGGREGATION | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477567 | METHODS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475270 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE PROBING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTIVELY ROUTING A PACKET FLOW | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18455989 | DISTRIBUTED RADIO TRANSPARENT CLOCK OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450853 | Radio Frame Sending Method and Apparatus, and Radio Frame Receiving Method and Apparatus | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448724 | Wireless Communications for Asymmetric Services | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18546128 | ENHANCEMENTS FOR EDGE NETWORK ACCESS FOR A UE | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357938 | TAG MAINTENANCE, UPDATE, AND SIGNALING | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TDLS DISCOVERY FOR NSTR CONSTRAINED DEVICES | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18355406 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352562 | TDLS DISCOVERY PROCESS FOR MULTI-LINK OPERATION | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18272245 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220170 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260416 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341234 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING 5G MESH NETWORK FOR ENHANCED COVERAGE AND ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | June 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341599 | 1 BIT SIGNALING FEEDBACK TO CONFIGURE OR CHANGE THE SETTINGS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA UNIT BY IAB NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338326 | MULTI-LINK GROUP ADDRESSED TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211800 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING AUTOENCODER FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332568 | FORWARDING-CAPABLE NETWORK ENTITY RECONFIGURATION RATE CONTROL | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18200864 | MANAGING VPLMN CONFIGURATION UPDATES IN THE UE DUE TO HOME PLMN CONFIGURATION CHANGES | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18199648 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS BROADBAND USING A LOCAL MESH NETWORK | May 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319900 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OVER-THE-AIR USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY CONFIGURATION UPDATES | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250675 | HYBRID MEASUREMENT FOR SIDELINK RELAY SELECTION | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18305170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET REROUTING | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303733 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING PREAMBLE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18134569 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTIANTENNA PARAMETER CONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031705 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, ARCHITECTURES AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING LINK DEGRADATION AND/OR LINK FAILURE IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SLICE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296850 | NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR BATTERY POWERED DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128599 | 1X LTF SEQUENCE FOR 320 MHZ | March 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A RELAY USER EQUIPMENT (UE) SUPPORTING CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER REMOTE UE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246539 | MONITORING PROCEDURE FOR RELAY PATH SCENARIOS | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189788 | Intelligent NR Object Prioritization for 5G Service | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125246 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL NETWORK EDGE AND OVERLAY WITH VIRTUAL CONTROL PLANE | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125022 | APPLICATION ACCELERATION BASED ON LOCAL NETWORK CONDITIONS | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183032 | SYNCHRONIZATION MESSAGES FOR PERIPHERAL DEVICES | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18117287 | MULTIPLEXING TECHNIQUES FOR OVERLAPPING CHANNELS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175271 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RELAY FORWARDING ON INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL LINKS, INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173183 | METHOD FOR UPDATING OR RELEASING BACKHAUL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION AND RELATED PRODUCT | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167595 | Radio Frame Sending Method and Apparatus, and Radio Frame Receiving Method and Apparatus | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104534 | CONTROL OF UPLINK DATA SPLIT FROM REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT OVER MULTIPATH | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093686 | MULTIPATH COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18014332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET DUPLICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091588 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION, DEVICE, CHIP AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147753 | METHOD FOR A RELAYING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING AN AWARENESS OF THE RELAYING SYSTEM BY USER EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147518 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING 5G MESH NETWORK FOR ENHANCED COVERAGE AND ULTRA-RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | December 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012358 | SERVER DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069157 | INTELLIGENT NETWORK SLICING AND POLICY-BASED ROUTING ENGINE | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061702 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER EQUIPMENT ROUTE SELECTION POLICY REVALIDATION | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17994906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ROUTING BASED ON FLOW CONTROL FEEDBACK BY IAB NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17993391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DATA UNIT BY IAB NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989896 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056535 | Unified Quality of Service Management of Aircraft Data Traffic Through Satellite Communication System | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989418 | METHOD FOR TERMINAL RESENDING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING SAME | November 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17988579 | MULTI-LINK GROUP ADDRESSED TRAFFIC TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987213 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE PROBING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986553 | METHOD FOR SIDELINK RELAY COMMUNICATION UNDER DUAL CONNECTIVITY | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986189 | PROCESSING METHOD OF ABNORMALLY BEHAVING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, NETWORK ELEMENT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17982488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROPAGATING DATA PACKETS IN A NETWORK OF NODES | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052144 | DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18051752 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LINK-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17974282 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROBERTS, BRIAN S.
With a 11.1% 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 ROBERTS, BRIAN S works in Art Unit 2466 and has examined 794 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.
Examiner ROBERTS, BRIAN S's allowance rate of 88.7% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ROBERTS, BRIAN S receive 1.60 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 30% 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 ROBERTS, BRIAN S is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROBERTS, BRIAN S. This interview benefit is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 33.0% 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, 103.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 78% 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 60.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 34.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% 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 3.1% of allowed cases (in the 80% 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 20% 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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