Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19216803 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | May 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19197605 | Performing Random Access Procedure in a Wireless Communication System | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19009204 | TIMING ADJUST INDICATION FOR INTER-CELL MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19009108 | PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL ENHANCEMENT FOR INTER-CELL MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18967198 | METHODS FOR RECEPTION OF CSI-RS AND CSI FEEDBACK | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18861892 | ROOT SEQUENCE INDEX DETERMINATION BASED ON EXPECTED INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER CELLS | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18931122 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18890387 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18797597 | METHOD APPLIED AT NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18833355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18771057 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF SMALL DATA | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731211 | RESOURCE MAPPING FOR RANDOM ACCESS REPETITIONS USING A SAME SPATIAL FILTER | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18731200 | METHOD FOR NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653985 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN REPETITION MODE IN WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18630912 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS AND CONNECTED MODE DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501591 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN UNLICENSED BAND, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377957 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING GROUPING FOR SENSING IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | October 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377691 | WIRELESS LAN SENSING PROCEDURE | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468858 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235462 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360114 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT | July 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263038 | CHANNEL ACCESS BASED ON MODE OF OPERATION | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354993 | RULES FOR RESOLVING CHANNEL AWARE TONE RESERVATION CONTENTION | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342383 | CONFIGURED GRANT RESOURCE CONFIGURATION FOR NEW RADIO-UNLICENSED | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INITIAL ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR LOW COST USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137845 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES, METHODS, SYSTEM, PROGRAMS AND RECORDING MEDIA | April 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN REPETITION MODE IN WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248256 | RESTRICTING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097660 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, BASE STATION, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015199 | CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURE | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090971 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147481 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007531 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING GROUPING FOR SENSING IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASE STATION TO PERFORM RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE WITH REDUCED CAPABILITY TERMINAL USING A PLURALITY OF COMMON CONFIGURATIONS AND A SINGLE TIME ALIGNMENT TIMER IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057786 | CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME (COT) STRUCTURE INDICATION | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17926792 | TIME SENSITIVE COMMUNICATION | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17985074 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979584 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN UNLICENSED BAND AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | November 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970606 | Communication Device, Method and System for Adjusting Network Allocation Vector of Communication device, and Electronic Device | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919451 | PUCCH REPETITION NUMBER INDICATION | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17917031 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF SMALL DATA | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959316 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17906806 | UPLINK CONTROL COMMUNICATION REPETITION IN MULTIPLE SLOTS USING DIFFERENT SETS OF TIME DOMAIN RESOURCES | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17820045 | ASSIGNMENT OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL RESOURCES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819186 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SELECTIVELY MONITOR UPLINK PREEMPTIVE INDICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY UPLINK AND NON-SUPPLEMENTARY UPLINK CARRIERS | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASE STATION TO PERFORM RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE WITH REDUCED CAPABILITY TERMINAL USING A PLURALITY OF COMMON CONFIGURATIONS AND A SINGLE TIME ALIGNMENT TIMER IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759231 | ACKNOWLEDGMENT REPORTING FOR MULTI-LINK TRANSMISSIONS | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865742 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MME, TERMINALS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863943 | Priority-Based Channel Coding for Control Information | July 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17850256 | Random Access Backoff Indicator | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17741504 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660668 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING UPLINK GRANT-FREE TRANSMISSION AND DEVICE THEREOF | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17696254 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM-ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURE IN UNLICENSED BAND, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | March 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654649 | CONSTRAINTS ON NO LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK (LBT) TRANSMISSION DURING UPLINK/DOWNLINK (UL/DL) SWITCHES | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17678562 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | February 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17674978 | HYBRID SECTOR SELECTION AND BEAMFORMING | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17590996 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649193 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | January 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586229 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE AND DEVICE THEREFOR | January 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17580043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL ACCESS SWITCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17624717 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17560504 | RANDOM-ACCESS CHANNEL IN 5G NETWORKS | December 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551015 | ONE-WAY DELAY (OWD) MEASUREMENTS IN NEXT-GENERATION MULTI-ACCESS NETWORKS | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17449991 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | October 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17466525 | ENHANCED CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT FOR SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17463214 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIDELINK DATA AND TERMINAL DEVICE | August 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17384842 | Scheduling Request and Consistent LBT Failure Recovery | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17383698 | CONFIGURABLE CONSTELLATION MAPPING TO CONTROL SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY VERSUS SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO | July 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17380924 | NETWORK-CONTROLLED WTRU ADDRESS/ANCHOR SELECTION | July 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17422141 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK IN UNLICENSED BAND, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | July 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17355419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE SIDELINK HARQ-ACK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347259 | INDICATION METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK CONFIGURATION CHANGES | June 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17346091 | MEASUREMENT-BASED RANDOM ACCESS CONFIGURATION | June 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17344423 | LICENSED ASSISTED SIDELINK ACCESS USING AN INDICATION OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS | June 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17341857 | CENTRAL CLOUD SERVER AND EDGE DEVICES ASSISTED HIGH SPEED LOW-LATENCY WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY | June 2021 | August 2021 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17303801 | USER EQUIPMENT TIMING MISALIGNMENT REPORTING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS | June 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 46 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17338647 | CHANNEL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL TRANSMISSION, AND PROGRAM | June 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17332069 | Resource Reselection Triggering Conditions for Sidelink Communications | May 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17321132 | TRANSMITTER MULTIPLEXING IN MULTI-OPPORTUNITY SIDELINK GRANT | May 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17240708 | RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE TRANSMISSION TIMING OFFSET | April 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17228622 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND CARRIER THEREOF | April 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17223980 | PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (PRACH) IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17216480 | TECHNIQUES FOR INDICATING COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | March 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17215693 | MESSAGE2 OR MESSAGEB WITH PDCCH INSIDE PDSCH RESOURCES | March 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17213208 | Conditions On Listen-Before-Talk Impact On MAC Counters In Mobile Communications | March 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17200983 | Scheduling Request and Consistent LBT Failure Recovery | March 2021 | June 2021 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17194898 | SIGNALING TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHODS, DEVICE, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17191374 | DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION INDICATION FOR RACH OCCASIONS | March 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17155560 | FLEXIBLE NB-IOT MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION ACROSS RADIO FREQUENCY BANDS | January 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130562 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127120 | FLEXIBLE MESSAGE REPETITION FOR RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17123565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SWITCHING BETWEEN 2-STEP AND 4-STEP RANDOM ACCESS | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17252418 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYSTEM ACCESS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM | December 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 50 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17117009 | TIMING ADVANCE SIGNALING FOR MULTI-TRANSMIT RECEIVE POINT OPERATION | December 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17110511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE SIDELINK HARQ-ACK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17105597 | Recovery from Consistent Uplink Listen Before Talk Failure | November 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17101765 | DATA PROVISIONING | November 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WEI, SIREN.
With a 50.0% 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, 45.5% 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 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 WEI, SIREN works in Art Unit 2467 and has examined 474 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner WEI, SIREN's allowance rate of 88.4% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by WEI, SIREN receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% 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 WEI, SIREN is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WEI, SIREN. This interview benefit is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 30.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 44% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 12.5% 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, 25.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% 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 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 55% 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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