Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979271 | SPECTRAL SHAPING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18916052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PC5 RADIO LINK FAILURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18909543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING END-TO-END PC5 RADIO LINK FAILURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18779540 | DETERMINING WHETHER AN INACTIVE RELAY WTRU MAY INDEED SERVE A NETWORK-INITIATED CONNECTION AT A REMOTE SERVED WTRU | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18777889 | SIDELINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18778509 | METHODS FOR PRIVACY PROTECTION USING COORDINATION OF INITIAL CONNECTION RELEASE DURING RELAY RESELECTION | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18778299 | DEVICE TO DEVICE RELAY CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT AND CONFIGURATION | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18665889 | SIDELINK CAPABILITY INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SECURITY BETWEEN PEER TERMINALS | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18653605 | CONSISTENT SIDELINK LISTEN BEFORE TALK FAILURE | May 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18616761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UPLINK COVERAGE | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18595008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE-TO-UE RELAY TRANSMITTING SIDELINK UE INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18686219 | SPECTRAL SHAPING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18518011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING DISCOVERY INTEGRATED INTO DIRECT LINK ESTABLISHMENT PROCEDURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18379491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-PATH TRANSMISSION SCENARIO 1 BUFFER STATUS REPORTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377707 | Location Based Sidelink (SL) Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Feedback Transmission | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475377 | POSITIONING REFERENCE UNIT SELECTION | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354418 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18205477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING COMMUNICATION POLICY | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18201060 | EXPANSION OF PACKET DATA WITHIN PROCESSING PIPELINE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18253532 | MANAGEMENT OF INTERFERENCE ON A V2X CHANNEL, BY DISABLING A FUNCTION ON A VEHICLE | May 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18199149 | Mobility Robustness in a Cellular Network | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18315694 | COMMISSIONING AND CONTROLLING LOAD CONTROL DEVICES | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18031430 | AN AUTOMATIC READING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A PLURALITY OF BATTERY-POWERED STATIONARY MEASURING DEVICES AT A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTED INSTALLATION LOCATIONS | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18127377 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189981 | 5G PRB BLANKING SYSTEM WITH 5G PHONE TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE WITH SATELLITE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121393 | AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180658 | MEASUREMENT REPORTING CONFIGURATION FOR AIDING THE SORTING OF BEAM/CELL LEVEL MEASUREMENTS | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18118851 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DMRS FOR PSSCH IN NR V2X | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179318 | V2X Sidelink Channel Design | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING HARQ FEEDBACK TO BASE STATION IN NR V2X | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18091076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SIDELINK RELAY ADAPTATION LAYER FOR UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011464 | THIRD STAGE SIDELINK CONTROL INFORMATION DESIGN | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18083533 | STATEFUL SERVICES ON STATELESS CLUSTERED EDGE | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18075082 | OPERATION METHOD OF UE ASSOCIATED WITH SCI IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17927726 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION METHOD, SERVER, CLIENT DEVICE, NETWORK SIDE DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17964660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RRC CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT TO SUPPORT UE-TO-NETWORK RELAYING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17916685 | RESOURCE ATTRIBUTE CONFIGURATION | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17955657 | SIDELINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHODS AND APPARATUSES | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17956174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT (UE) TO PERFORM DIRECT TO INDIRECT PATH SWITCHING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2022 | August 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949877 | SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | September 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17912717 | TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17946589 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INTER-UE COORDINATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17939496 | Communication Method and Communications Apparatus | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897347 | V2X COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH AUTONOMOUS DRIVING INFORMATION | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893565 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RADIO RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17821787 | SUPPORTING MOVEMENT OF 5G PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SESSIONS TO HIGHER PRIORITY NETWORK ROUTES | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING SIDELINK RADIO LINK FAILURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886531 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING RESOURCES TO BE SENSED FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799335 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880529 | Network Performance Monitoring Devices | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17759845 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION MULTIPLEXING FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM SHARING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A REMOTE USER EQUIPMENT (UE) TO SUPPORT DIRECT TO INDIRECT COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCHING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17814471 | MODE 1 NETWORK ENTITY INITIATED NETWORK CODING HANDOVER | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17870748 | SIDELINK RESERVATION ACROSS FREQUENCY BANDS | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17813507 | DOWNLINK FEEDBACK INFORMATION WITH PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL REPETITION | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17868003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SYSTEM INFORMATION | July 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17860737 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL OF SIDELINK FEEDBACK CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17854740 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDBACK REGARDING RECEPTION OF DCI ASSOCIATED WITH SIDELINK IN NR V2X | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787154 | METHOD TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN SYNCHRONIZED MOBILE DEVICES, STORAGE MEDIUM AND MOBILE DEVICE | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAYING OR RECEIVING MESSAGE | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17824572 | METHODS FOR DYNAMIC UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17750308 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PILOT POWER, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17743591 | Method and Apparatus For Selecting A Voice Coding Rate Based On The Air Interface Efficiency Of The Serving Base Station | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17739692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17737484 | OPERATION METHOD OF UE ASSOCIATED WITH SCI IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17659450 | SIDELINK DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) SUPPORT INDICATION AND DETECTION | April 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17720131 | SIDELINK COMMUNICATION | April 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SMART BLUETOOTH OPERATION SWITCHING BASED ON BEACON BROADCAST | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17766617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AN UPLINK TRANSMISSION ASSIGNMENT | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17766709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING HARQ FEEDBACK TO BASE STATION IN NR V2X | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17712830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF SIDELINK FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692429 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING SIDELINK RADIO LINK FAILURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654401 | PROTOCOL OVERHEAD REDUCTION FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17654363 | TECHNIQUES FOR PRIORITIZING COMMUNICATIONS FOR DUAL SUBSCRIBER USER EQUIPMENT | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17654249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDGE DEVICE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION BASED ON RADIO FREQUENCY MODELING | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17653545 | POOLING OF BASEBAND UNITS IN FIFTH GENERATION NETWORKS AND BEYOND | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17681475 | VEHICULAR AD-HOC NETWORK MANAGER | February 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675001 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND MAPPING METHOD THEREOF | February 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635977 | INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND DEVICE, INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635885 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SIDELINK RESOURCE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17672290 | SIDELINK CAPABILITY INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND SECURITY BETWEEN PEER TERMINALS | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17667264 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DMRS FOR PSSCH IN NR V2X | February 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17589680 | TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION DATA UNIT SIGNALING | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17582994 | UNICAST SESSION OVER A DIRECT COMMUNICATION LINK | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17570259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A SIDELINK RESOURCE FOR A SIDELINK CSI REPORTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2022 | March 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17569091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UE-TO-NETWORK RELAY COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17554167 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING RADIO LINK CONTROL LAYER PARAMETER FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17549848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HANDLING TIME GAP FOR SIDELINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REQUEST (HARQ) IN NETWORK SCHEDULING MODE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17544322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING COMMUNICATION | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17529131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING VEHICLE TO EVERYTHING COMMUNICATION POLICY | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17523461 | COMMUNICATING VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION MESSAGES | November 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17520469 | Data Transmission from Smart Device to Headless IoT (Internet of Things) Device | November 2021 | December 2022 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17513521 | WIRELESS SYSTEM CAPABLE OF USING SHARED FREQUENCY, RADIO RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING SHARED FREQUENCY, AND BASE STATION | October 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17507626 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FEEDBACK REGARDING RECEPTION OF DCI ASSOCIATED WITH SIDELINK IN NR V2X | October 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17501541 | FLOW CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, CU, DU AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17494515 | EXPANSION OF PACKET DATA WITHIN PROCESSING PIPELINE | October 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17487797 | Communication Method and Communications Apparatus | September 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17486401 | TRANSMISSION OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) CONTROL DATA FROM A FIRST D2D DEVICE TO A SECOND D2D DEVICE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17473947 | METHODS OF EFFICIENT BANDWIDTH PART SWITCHING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION | September 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CAIRNS, THOMAS R.
With a 45.5% 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 CAIRNS, THOMAS R works in Art Unit 2468 and has examined 417 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.
Examiner CAIRNS, THOMAS R's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CAIRNS, THOMAS R receive 1.34 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% 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 CAIRNS, THOMAS R is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CAIRNS, THOMAS R. This interview benefit is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 70% 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 20.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 21.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 25% 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 65.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% 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, 5.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 6% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 50% 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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