Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18786357 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING TRAINING SIGNAL | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18781010 | VIRTUAL SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CARD FOR EDGE DEVICE | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18649855 | TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617414 | GRADUAL SENSING FOR USER EQUIPMENT POWER SAVING IN SIDELINK OPERATION | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615223 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF SIGNALING FOR RESOURCE SELECTION AND RESERVATION IN SIDELINK TRANSMISSION | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18595946 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PDCCH REPETITION IN MULTI-TRP SYSTEM | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18440884 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DATA FLOW CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18439447 | NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALING | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18294052 | FREQUENCY OFFSET MEASUREMENT FOR IMPROVED BEAM SELECTION | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING WIRELESS DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18406674 | UPLINK SIGNALING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18529683 | Technique for Configuring a Phase Tracking Reference Signal | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18512740 | DISCONTINUOUS DOWNLINK CHANNEL MONITORING | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 50 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497841 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF SCHEDULING TIMING IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552480 | FEEDBACK INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370230 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION SWITCHING FOR INTRA-BAND NONCONTIGUOUS UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18467028 | FLEXIBLE SCOPE OF PACKET FILTERS FOR REFLECTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18279821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO LINK MONITORING AND BEAM FAILURE DETECTION MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18453473 | CYCLIC SHIFT DIVERSITY-BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547241 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING BANDWIDTH FIELD BY EXCLUDING BIT INDICATING SPECIFIC BANDWIDTH OF TB A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL ACCORDING TO CHANNEL STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18228857 | PHYSICAL LAYER IMPROVEMENTS FOR SHORT RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263272 | CONFIGURING TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCES | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18360345 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT MODE SELECTION PROCEDURE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINTS | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18356203 | FALLBACK PROCEDURES FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LIGHT CONNECTION IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335931 | PRACH PROCESSING FOR O-RU | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18332108 | SUPERIMPOSED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS ON UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSIONS | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331708 | NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALING | June 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18331116 | F1 CONNECTION OPTIONS IN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL HANDOVER SCENARIOS | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256009 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD, UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION RECEPTION METHOD, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICE | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256011 | SIDELINK RESOURCE CONFLICT INDICATION | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18265037 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | June 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254080 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A-PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254097 | Communication Method and Apparatus, Chip, Storage Medium, and Program Product | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318234 | 5G NETWORK HAVING AN EXTERNAL MULTI-PATH TRANSPORT PROTOCOL PROXY NODE | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18195379 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING TRAINING SIGNAL | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195032 | Method for Determining Transmission Frequency and Communication Device | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141494 | COOPERATION WITH DIGITAL FREQUENCY-TRANSLATION REPEATER FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION-REPEATER BEHAVIOR | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18300946 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK DATA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193833 | RADIO PDCCH TO FACILITATE NUMEROLOGY OPERATIONS | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18246271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION (CQI), AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124141 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC OR CHANGING MAPPING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE SET OF DOMAIN NAMES AND THE NETWORK ADDRESSES | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18109273 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING MESH CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER CONFIGURATION AND REPORTING OF VIRTUAL SERVICES | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18157575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELAY SERVICES | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157032 | COHERENT PUCCH FORMAT FOR THE TIME-DOMAIN SINGLE-CARRIER WAVEFORM | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015967 | Methods for selectively enabling and disabling UL HARQ retransmission in NTN communications and communication apparatus utilizing the same | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096495 | Method And Apparatus For Satellite Access Network Measurement Within Overlapping Gaps | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18014719 | HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ)-ACKNOWLEDGMENT (ACK) ENHANCEMENT FOR SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULED (SPS) PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) IN AN UNLICENSED NEW RADIO SPECTRUM (NR-U) | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092969 | INTER-BUNDLE CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DOWNLINK DATA RECEPTION | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18148365 | AUTOMATING CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT IN CELLULAR NETWORKS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18003674 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) PROCESSING FOR UE INITIATED CSI AND DOWNLINK GRANT CSI | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145987 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145836 | TRANSMISSION DELAY COMPENSATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084798 | DEEP PACKET ANALYSIS | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011309 | CORE NETWORK NODE, MEC SERVER, EXTERNAL SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084185 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002465 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18076672 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRONTHAUL TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING WIRELESS DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18007720 | SCHEDULING FOR ACTIVE BANDWIDTH PARTS | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007631 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928348 | RADAR METADATA IN FRONTHAUL MANAGEMENT PLANE SIGNALING | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758378 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17992123 | CROSS LINK INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR FULL DUPLEX WIRELESS SYSTEMS | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17789371 | PRE-CONFIGURED PRS TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986486 | Technique for Configuring a Phase Tracking Reference Signal | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17985934 | UPLINK TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18051154 | TECHNIQUES FOR RETRANSMISSION WITH COMPONENT CARRIER SWITCHING CONFIGURATION | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050170 | COMMUNICATION SIMULATION BETWEEN AN ACCESS POINT AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | October 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17996567 | TECHNIQUES FOR REPEATING A TRANSPORT BLOCK USING SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17967561 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17910944 | 4X LTF SEQUENCE FOR 320MHZ BAND | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17910274 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939919 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION NODE | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801069 | DISCOVERY AND PROVISIONING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904188 | TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND BASE STATION | August 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886028 | GATEWAY HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868049 | DEDICATED PILOT SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIO FREQUENCY IMPAIRMENT COMPENSATION | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868588 | FALLBACK PROCEDURES FOR TWO-STEP RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758458 | REPETITION AND TIME DOMAIN COVER CODE BASED SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCES FOR ANTENNA SWITCHING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850107 | FRAME DATA PROCESSING | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850190 | UPLINK SIGNALING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806942 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DATA FLOW CONTROL INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838270 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA, AND DEVICES | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17751163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17741032 | Communication Method, Network Device, and Terminal | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775481 | RACH PROCEDURES BASED UPON DOWNLINK RECEIVE CAPABILITY LEVEL OF A USER EQUIPMENT | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727087 | ON-BOX BEHAVIOR-BASED TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION | April 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17718099 | NR (NEW RADIO) DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) PORTS MAPPING AND RELATED SIGNALING | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765497 | Determination of PRACH Occasions and PUSCH Occasions for 2-Step Random Access | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765615 | ENHANCEMENT FOR HIGH SPEED TRAIN MEASUREMENTS AND SIGNALING | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703430 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FLOW CONTROL IN 5G CELLULAR NETWORKS AND BEYOND | March 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17655537 | ENHANCED APERIODIC OR SEMI-PERSISTENT CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORT ON MULTI-BEAM PUSCH REPETITION | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655488 | SIDELINK BEAM MANAGEMENT | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655507 | SCHEDULING ENHANCEMENTS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694060 | ON-BOX BEHAVIOR-BASED TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KRUEGER, KENT K.
With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 36.4% 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 KRUEGER, KENT K works in Art Unit 2474 and has examined 383 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner KRUEGER, KENT K's allowance rate of 87.2% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KRUEGER, KENT K receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% 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 KRUEGER, KENT K 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 +10.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KRUEGER, KENT K. This interview benefit is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 31.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 46% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% 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 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 43.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 36% 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 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% 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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