Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218064 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIME STAMPING OF PACKET DATA IN VIRTUALIZED AND CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS | May 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738852 | VIRTUAL NETWORK DEVICE | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18626851 | Systems and Methods for Adapting a WAN Egress Shaper Rate | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623236 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18616049 | TRAFFIC ROUTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535729 | MECHANISM TO ENABLE INTERWORKING BETWEEN NETWORK SLICING AND EVOLVED PACKET CORE CONNECTIVITY | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18514948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC SHAPING AT THE DU/CU TO ARTIFICIALLY REDUCE THE TOTAL TRAFFIC LOAD ON THE RADIO RECEIVER SO THAT NOT ALL THE TTLs ARE CARRYING DATA | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18508242 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING LINK CONTROL MESSAGES RELATED TO RELIABILITY RELATIONSHIPS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18389023 | PROTOCOL SYNCHRONIZATION FOR HARQ | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18368571 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN FIRST NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450407 | COMPUTING POWER ROUTING METHODS, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIA | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354964 | RESOURCE SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIDELINK TRANSMISSION | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338323 | BANDWIDTH-DEPENDENT SELECTION OF A PACKET ROUTING NODE | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18326220 | DYNAMIC HANDOVER PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT BASED ON AMOUNT OF PACKET DROPS AT DUAL-CONNECTIVITY ACCESS NODE PAIR | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203053 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BAND STEERING AND/OR CHANNEL STEERING IN WIFI COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254661 | HANDLING SIDELINK TRANSMISSIONS AND RECEPTIONS | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18200182 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197388 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION APPARATUS | May 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197019 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOW BANDWIDTH AND HIGH BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES USING DIFFERENT USER EQUIPMENT PROFILES | May 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129755 | APPLICATION-BASED DATA LABELING | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190820 | WIRELESS BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187579 | STREAMING AUGMENTED REALITY DATA IN A FIFTH GENERATION (5G) OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORK | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING COLLISION DETECTION IN DATA TRANSMISSION | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155488 | ENHANCED NETWORK WITH DATA FLOW DIFFERENTIATION | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152724 | MULTIPLE SCG CONFIGURATIONS IN A RRC INACTIVE STATE | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18091673 | AI-BASED MODEL USE FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVINGS | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18148356 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18003267 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMANCE SCALING WITH PARALLEL PROCESSING OF SLIDING WINDOW MANAGEMENT ON MULTI-CORE ARCHITECTURE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18085563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SLICING INFORMATION, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084473 | USE OF CRDS AS DESCRIPTORS FOR APPLICATION UI IN AN O-RAN SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928775 | UE CAPABILITY REPORTING METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071100 | QUALITY OF SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18070049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN VEHICLE-TO-ANYTHING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984190 | DYNAMIC FACILITATION OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17977528 | Radio Access Network Dynamic Functional Splits | October 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978180 | NETWORK TRAFFIC LATENCY EQUALIZING | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17976746 | BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR POWER SAVING CONFIGURATION | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC IN PACKET-BASED NETWORK | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918712 | VIRTUAL DUAL QUEUE CORE STATELESS ACTIVE QUEUE MANAGEMENT (AQM) FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17935097 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) ENHANCEMENTS IN LTE SYSTEMS | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823578 | Network Path Testing via Independent Test Traffic | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888390 | TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (UCI) | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819486 | AUTOMATIC PAIRING BETWEEN WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND IN-VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799594 | CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING PRIMARY CELL, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONGESTION CONTROL USING A FLOW LEVEL TRANSMIT MECHANISM | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817157 | TOPOLOGY PATH OBTAINING METHOD OF MESH NETWORK AND SYSTEM THEREOF | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879745 | Method and Apparatus of Handling Coordinated Association in a Wireless Network with Multiple Access Points | August 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759783 | MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE REPORTING CONFIGURATION IN CARRIER AGGREGATION AND DUAL CONNECTIVITY | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871365 | REAL TIME QUBIT ALLOCATION FOR DYNAMIC NETWORK TOPOGRAPHIES | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17870499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INITIAL BANDWIDTH PART BWP, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793059 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD TO PERFORM CONFIGURATION ACCORDING TO RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL RECONFIGURATION MESSAGE | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17864790 | PATH SELECTION IN DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17859568 | TDD TIME SLOT SPLITTING | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847311 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELAYED CYCLIC FORWARDING OF MESSAGES | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837993 | VIRTUAL NETWORK | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756801 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING RESOURCE AND POWER OF FULL DUPLEX OPERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805114 | PUBLIC SERVICE ANSWERING POINT CALL ROUTING ISSUE DETECTION AND RESOLUTION | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17830008 | MANAGING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17829493 | PT-RS Configuration Depending on Scheduling Parameters | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17664610 | EPHEMERAL DATA STREAM ROUTING SERVICE | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756156 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER MAPPING FOR PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNAL | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17776554 | NR-LIGHT RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE REPETITION | May 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738782 | TRAFFIC ROUTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | May 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17736092 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734566 | Systems and Methods for Adapting a WAN Egress Shaper Rate | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17721600 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNICATION DEVICE PERFORMANCE AND FACILITATING ENHANCEMENTS IN PERFORMANCE | April 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720016 | ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF NETWORK PATHS BASED ON LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS OF USER EXPERIENCE | April 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763939 | NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD | March 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763652 | METHOD OF OPERATING A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763889 | RESOURCE CONFLICT PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763604 | PHYSICAL SIDELINK CHANNEL-BASED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING PSFCH RESOURCE IN NR V2X | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ROADSIDE DEVICE IN VEHICLE ROAD COOPERATION, AND CLOUD CONTROL PLATFORM SYSTEM | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762284 | BASE STATION AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING LAYER 2 CONNECTIVITY | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17640203 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA PACKET AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | March 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17682549 | GENERATING ALARMS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678963 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING MEASUREMENT REPORT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17666315 | VIRTUAL NETWORK DEVICE | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17633248 | USER EQUIPMENT, TARGET ACCESS NODE AND METHODS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR HANDLING PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) SERVICE DATA UNITS (SDU) WHEN PERFORMING A DUAL ACTIVE PROTOCOL STACK (DAPS) HANDOVER | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC SHAPING AT THE DU/CU TO ARTIFICIALLY REDUCE THE TOTAL TRAFFIC LOAD ON THE RADIO RECEIVER SO THAT NOT ALL THE TTLs ARE CARRYING DATA | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17571368 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM THAT VIRTUALIZE A NETWORKS | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625259 | Mapping Information for Integrated Access and Backhaul | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17566986 | IEEE 802.11 COMMUNICATION UTILIZING CARRIER SPECIFIC INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17565416 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN FIRST NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557810 | RESOURCE SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17543159 | MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM METHOD INCLUDING SWITCHING BETWEEN RADIO RESOURCES BASED ON MEASURED SIGNAL PROPERTIES | December 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526478 | SYSTEM-LEVEL SCHEDULE GENERATION FOR INTEGRATED TSN AND 5G DEPLOYMENTS | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17606015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINGERPRINT DATABASE CREATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINGERPRINT DATABASE APPLICATION, CENTRALIZED PROCESSING DEVICE AND BASE STATION | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17451564 | CONTROLLING PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS DEVICE IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491694 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598462 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598223 | RACH PROCEDURES FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS FOR USER EQUIPMENT | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17442956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING RADIO BEARER | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING UPFS | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17469184 | DIRECTIONAL DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES IN SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436469 | METHODS FOR RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) CONFIGURATION FOR RELAY NODE | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17411069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING TSN-STREAM CONFIGURATION | August 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17432722 | TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING CAPABILITY INFORMATION AND RECEIVING OPERATION OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REFERENCE SIGNAL | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398644 | METHOD FOR CELL HANDOVER, AND DEVICES | August 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17429002 | METHODS FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MOVING NETWORKS | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HUANG, WEIBIN.
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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner HUANG, WEIBIN works in Art Unit 2471 and has examined 615 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner HUANG, WEIBIN's allowance rate of 90.9% places them in the 75% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by HUANG, WEIBIN receive 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% 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 HUANG, WEIBIN is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HUANG, WEIBIN. This interview benefit is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 55.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 81% 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, 160.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 91% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 71.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 59.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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 3.2% of allowed cases (in the 74% 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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