Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899842 | DECODING/ENCODING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FOR IMAGE | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18821373 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CODING BASED ON FILTERING | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18820059 | Transform Unit Partition Method for Video Coding | August 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18807369 | Motion Vector Prediction Method and Related Apparatus | August 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18795094 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM THEREIN | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18793482 | ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE THAT DETERMINE A SCALING LIST | August 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18774107 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING VIDEOS CAPTURED BY TELEPRESENCE ROBOT | July 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18770531 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION-BASED VIDEO PROCESSING | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764753 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AFFINE MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION USING NEIGHBORING INFORMATION | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763019 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING A BITSTREAM INCLUDING AN ENCODED SIGNAL AND SYNTAX INFORMATION TO WHICH A DECODER PERFORMS A DECODING METHOD OF DECODING A CURRENT BLOCK BASED ON A PREDICTION IMAGE GENERATED USING AN INTERPOLATION FILTER | July 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18756593 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA BASED ON MATCHING TEMPLATE SIZE SELECTION | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18742676 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING MAXIMUM TRANSFORM SIZE RESTRICTION OF CHROMA COMPONENT ENCODING BLOCK, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738612 | NN-BASED IN LOOP FILTER ARCHITECTURES WITH SEPARABLE CONVOLUTION AND SWITCHING ORDER OF DECOMPOSITION | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660485 | ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS USING IBC MERGE LIST | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659336 | LOSSLESS MODE FOR VERSATILE VIDEO CODING | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654604 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING NEURAL NETWORK AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18643526 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING INTRA-PREDICTION MODE | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18635069 | RECEPTION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR PROGRAM CONTENT TYPE | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18633276 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND A TRANSMISSION METHOD USING MOTION VECTOR | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18631534 | ENCODER, DECODER, AND MEDIUM USING A FLAG INDICATING WHETHER TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION IS ENABLED | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623846 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE CODING LATENCY OF DECODER-SIDE MOTION REFINEMENT | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18622838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FLOW-BASED MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VIDEO USING A MOTION COMPENSATION | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VIDEO USING A MOTION COMPENSATION | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583462 | DETERMINING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER USING INDEX AND QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OF SPATIALLY NEIGHBORING UNIT | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583523 | DETERMINING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER USING INDEX AND QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OF SPATIALLY NEIGHBORING UNIT | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583487 | DETERMINING CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER USING INDEX AND QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OF SPATIALLY NEIGHBORING UNIT | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582055 | Waste Container Monitoring System | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684245 | CANDIDATE REORDERING FOR MERGE MODE WITH MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433946 | MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORK MODELS FOR FILTERING DURING VIDEO CODING | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18429224 | PREDICTING A QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR A CURRENT UNIT USING QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS OF SPATIALLY NEIGHBORING UNITS | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406308 | ENCODER AND DECODER, ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD FOR REFERENCE PICTURE RESAMPLING EXTENSIONS | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400662 | PREDICTING A QUANTIZATION PARAMETER FOR A CURRENT UNIT USING QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS OF SPATIALLY NEIGHBORING UNITS | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18398418 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARTITIONING A CODING UNIT USED FOR INTER PREDICTION BASED ON BI-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL FLOW INTO PARTITIONED PROCESSING UNITS | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18574563 | A METHOD OR AN APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FILM GRAIN PARAMETERS | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18542850 | TRANSFORM PREDICTION WITH PARSING INDEPENDENT CODING | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18569561 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534764 | ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS OF DEBLOCKING FILTER ADAPTATION | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532858 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING WITH A BLENDING OPERATION BETWEEN PARTITIONS IN A BLOCK | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18528154 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE USING SEQUENCE MMVD INFORMATION | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523309 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ANY TYPES OF BLOCK PARTITIONING | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18519996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18519287 | BLOCK SIZE DEPENDENT USE OF VIDEO CODING MODE | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513139 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING RECTANGULAR SLICE PARTITIONING IN CODED VIDEO STREAM | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18490939 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD DERIVING BLOCK FILTERING STRENGTH PARAMETER | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18490964 | IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD DERIVING FILTERING STRENGTH PARAMETER | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18374168 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370470 | VIDEO CODING WITH MOTION MODEL CONSTRAINED INTER PREDICTION | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243806 | IMAGING SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241755 | IMPLICIT MASKED BLENDING MODE IMPROVEMENT WITH HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18453232 | INTER PREDICTION ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD USING COMBINATION OF PREDICTION BLOCKS GENERATED BASED ON THE WEIGHTED SUMS OF PREDICTION BLOCKS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BITSTREAM TO BE DECODED THEREBY | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230184 | Image processing method based on segmentation map and related video processor | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364887 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD TO APPLY DEBLOCKING FILTER | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364269 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352775 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFORM KERNELS | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352796 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFORM KERNELS | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VIDEO USING A MOTION COMPENSATION | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VIDEO USING A MOTION COMPENSATION | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A VIDEO USING A MOTION COMPENSATION BASED ON MOTION VECTOR RESOLUTION INFORMATION | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216609 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE FOR MATCHING POLARIZED VIEWING ANGLES AND VIDEO STREAMS AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342514 | BLOCK SIZE RESTRICTIONS FOR DMVR | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211466 | GENERALIZED BI-PREDICTION AND WEIGHTED PREDICTION | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337330 | VIDEO ENCODER, VIDEO DECODER, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210577 | TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTING VERTICAL ANGULAR IMAGE MISALIGNMENT IN EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEMS | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING BASED ON MOTION VECTOR PRECISION ADJUSTMENT | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18199785 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING MAXIMUM TRANSFORM SIZE RESTRICTION OF CHROMA COMPONENT ENCODING BLOCK, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAM | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318731 | VIDEO IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND RELATED COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND APPARATUS | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318730 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18142166 | ENCODER THAT ENCODES A CURRENT BLOCK BASED ON A PREDICTION IMAGE GENERATED USING AN INTERPOLATION FILTER | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132225 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MOTION VECTOR | April 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192383 | ENCODING DEVICE AND DECODING DEVICE THAT DETERMINE A SCALING LIST | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246396 | INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18185899 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD FOR BITSTREAM BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18185982 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE USING SEQUENCE MMVD INFORMATION | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING IMAGE | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18146597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO SIGNALS USING MULTIPLE TRANSFORM KERNELS | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085988 | SIGNALING OF QUANTIZATION INFORMATION IN CODED VIDEO | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18084127 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE SIGNAL | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081297 | IMAGE CODING METHOD ON BASIS OF TRANSFORM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18080903 | ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS USING IBC MERGE LIST | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063404 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING ANY TYPES OF BLOCK PARTITIONING | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075169 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE CODING LATENCY OF DECODER-SIDE MOTION REFINEMENT | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17993243 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BITRATE OF A VIDEO STREAM CAPTURED WITH AN IMAGE AQUISITION DEVICE | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990065 | MULTI- ITERATION MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986762 | GENERAL CONSTRAINT INFORMATION FOR VIDEO CODING | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986052 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD USING TILES AND TILE GROUPS, AND VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING DEVICE USING TILES AND TILE GROUPS | November 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986722 | MODIFYING A SET OF ANGLE PREDICTION MODES FOR CODING AN EQUIRECTANGULAR PROJECTION FORMAT IMAGE | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17984063 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DECODING AND VIDEO ENCODING USING A PLURALITY OF CANDIDATE PREDICTION MOTION VECTORS | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17982015 | VIDEO ENCODER, VIDEO DECODER, METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AND VIDEO DATA STREAM FOR REALIZING ADVANCED VIDEO CODING CONCEPTS | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981132 | ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION FOR ENHANCEMENT LAYER VIDEO CODING | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17962391 | Intra Predictions Using Linear or Affine Transforms with Neighbouring Sample Reduction | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17938633 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE AND PROGRAM THAT ENCODE OR DECODE EACH TARGET BLOCK BY DIVIDING AN IMAGE THAT INCLUDES THREE OR MORE COMPONENTS | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17957625 | Video Compression Using Block Vector Predictor Refinement | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936300 | ACTIVATION FUNCTION DESIGN IN NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FILTERING PROCESS FOR VIDEO CODING | September 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950460 | CONDITIONAL SIGNALING OF REDUCED SECONDARY TRANSFORM IN VIDEO BITSTREAMS | September 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949013 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING DEBLOCKING FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO OR IMAGE CODING SYSTEM | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17906777 | Method and Apparatus for Signaling Slice Partition Information in Image and Video Coding | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947563 | AUTOMATIC LABELING OF OBJECTS IN SENSOR DATA | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17946624 | Using Video Parameter Set In Video Coding | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17896372 | THREE DIMENSIONAL GLASSES FREE LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY USING EYE LOCATION | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE.
With a 73.3% 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, 42.9% 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 PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE works in Art Unit 2486 and has examined 419 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE's allowance rate of 82.8% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE receive 2.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 54% 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 PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE 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 +16.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE. This interview benefit is in the 57% 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, 29.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 55% 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 40.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 51.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 22% 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 rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 49.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% 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 17% 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 22% 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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