Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17132299 | Rasterising Aliased Lines | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17129668 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR NONLINEAR DATA ENCODING | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17116520 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CHANGING DISPLAYED IMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA POSITIONED BELOW DISPLAY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17114496 | VEHICLE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR PREVENTING DISPLAY COLOR DISTORTION ACCORDING TO A VIEW ANGLE OF A DRIVER | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17095532 | DISPLAY ORIENTATION ADJUSTMENT USING FACIAL LANDMARK INFORMATION | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17094228 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FOR VARIABLY DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17094106 | COLOR CORRECTION IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY | November 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17093563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND AUTOMATIC INSIGHT OF OUTLIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A SET OF DATA | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17090634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE CONTROL OF WINDOW/LEVEL PARAMETERS OF MULTI-IMAGE DISPLAYS | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17088793 | DISPLAYING PREFERRED AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT RESPONSIVE TO AN AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE | November 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17082670 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR TIME-DELAYED AUGMENTED REALITY PRESENTATIONS | October 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17073218 | CONFIGURABLE APRON SUPPORT FOR EXPANDED-BINNING | October 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17040545 | DRAWING DEVICE, DRAWING PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EDITING AND MANAGING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN OBJECT, SCREEN, AND PROJECT SCRIPTS | September 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17023263 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REMOTE SCREENSHOT, AND REMOTE SCREENSHOT METHOD | September 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16977707 | GENERATING A TRANSFORM-BASED COLOR MAPPING | September 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16991050 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | August 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16987983 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT MOTION ESTIMATION | August 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16984948 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | August 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16938141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT | July 2020 | October 2020 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16937312 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT | July 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16936859 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES | July 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16964574 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM FOR THE DISPLAY OF VIEWPOINT IMAGES OF A SHARED ENVIRONMENT | July 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | July 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16920395 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TEMPORARY IMAGE BASED ON HEAD TRACKING INFORMATION | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16912585 | AUGMENTED REALITY EFFECT RESOURCE SHARING | June 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16909831 | DEVICE USING LOCAL DEPTH INFORMATION TO GENERATE AN AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGE | June 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16893700 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD | June 2020 | November 2021 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16770232 | FREELY SELECTED POINT OF VIEW IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, REFERENCE IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, FREELY SELECTED POINT OF VIEW IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND REFERENCE IMAGE DATA GENERATING METHOD | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16876386 | AUGMENTED REALITY VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICULAR CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | May 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16868061 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING LIGHT SOURCES AS SPATIAL ANCHORS | May 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16755408 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE BETWEEN TWO DISPLAY SCREENS | April 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16842902 | CULTURE STATE DETERMINATION BASED ON DIRECTION-DEPENDENT IMAGE INFORMATION | April 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16800562 | COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY PLATFORM FOR GENERATING COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY ENVIRONMENTS | February 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16797883 | WOOD GRAIN COLOR REPRODUCTION METHOD | February 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16793952 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATION ON STRUCTURAL FEATURES USING ELECTRONIC INK | February 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16791613 | COMPUTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNTHESIZED DEPTH MAP | February 2020 | August 2021 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16778406 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC SYSTEM AND METHOD USING BOUNDARY LOOP SEGMENTS FOR SEGMENTING TEETH | January 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16777527 | OFFLINE SHOPPING GUIDE METHOD AND APPARATUS | January 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16744058 | COLOR IMAGING FOR CMP MONITORING | January 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16732977 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT MONOSCOPIC AND STEREOSCOPIC DETECTION APPARATUS | January 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16717418 | INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM FOR EXPERIENCING SOUND | December 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16714815 | METHOD FOR DEFORMING AN SELECTED ZONE OF IMAGE | December 2019 | March 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16621995 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | December 2019 | February 2022 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16712902 | RIDER-DRIVER LOCALIZATION FOR DETERMINING PLACEMENT OF AR CONTENT FOR PASSENGER | December 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16709170 | Creation and Rasterization of Shapes using Geometry, Style Settings, or Location | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16707203 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT INFORMATION OF AN IMAGE NEEDS TO BE REDUCED BASED ON VEHICLE INFORMATION | December 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16700804 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY AND INTERACTION EMBEDDED IN A COCKPIT | December 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16690269 | DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTION OF LOADS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING STRUCTURES IN COMPUTATIONAL RENDERING | November 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16686797 | OFFLINE SHOPPING GUIDE METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16686017 | OBTAINING HIGH RESOLUTION AND DENSE RECONSTRUCTION OF FACE FROM SPARSE FACIAL MARKERS | November 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16679870 | Segmenting Objects in Vector Graphics Images | November 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16673256 | POSE-VARIANT 3D FACIAL ATTRIBUTE GENERATION | November 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16665838 | ALLOCATING DEVICE BUFFER ON GPGPU FOR AN OBJECT WITH METADATA USING ACCESS BOUNDARY ALIGNMENT | October 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16608341 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2019 | January 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16656081 | DEFORMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | October 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16590867 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR CONTENT SELECTION IN 360 VIDEO NARRATIVE PRESENTATIONS | October 2019 | April 2021 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16582070 | Synchronized Effects for Multi-User Mixed Reality Experiences | September 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16572426 | INTELLIGENT COLOR LABEL MATCHING | September 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16559817 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF A VIRTUAL IMAGE ON A PROJECTION SURFACE OF A VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16557103 | UBIQUITOUS AUTO CALIBRATION DEVICE AND THE CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF | August 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16512476 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR TRIANGLE-BASED PIXEL AREA CALCULATIONS TO PERFORM ANTI-ALIASING ON EDGES IN SCAN LINE CONVERSIONS | July 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16457652 | SINGULARITY REDUCTION IN QUADRILATERAL MESHES | June 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16450049 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF REGIONS | June 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16445066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ROBUST VIRTUAL VIEW GENERATION BETWEEN CAMERA VIEWS | June 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16428038 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM USING GAZE INTERACTIONS WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAY AREAS | May 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16404167 | MULTIPLE FRAME BUFFERING FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING | May 2019 | May 2021 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16396366 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR NONLINEAR DATA ENCODING | April 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16340730 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING COMPONENT SHAPE DATA FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND METHOD FOR CREATING COMPONENT SHAPE DATA FOR IMAGE PROCESSING | April 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16340496 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING VEHICLE SHAPE DATA | April 2019 | February 2021 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16371115 | WAVEFORM DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON WAVEFORM EXTRACTION | April 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16370597 | SYSTEM FOR OVERDRIVE COMPENSATION USING VARIABLE-SIZED FRAME MEMORY | March 2019 | January 2021 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16337174 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS | March 2019 | March 2021 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16358035 | GENERATION OF DIGITAL TWINS OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS | March 2019 | September 2021 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16289843 | MAP OF BODY CAVITY | March 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16277918 | PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING OF ENTERTAINMENT DATA FOR VIRTUAL REALITY | February 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16267361 | DYNAMIC ANGLE VIEWING SYSTEM | February 2019 | October 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16241306 | GPU RESOURCE USAGE DISPLAY AND DYNAMIC GPU RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A NETWORKED VIRTUALIZATION SYSTEM | January 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16223813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MACHINE TOOL OPERATIONS WITH SUPERIMPOSED CHRONOLOGICAL INFORMATION | December 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16221807 | COLOR CONVERSION TABLE ADJUSTMENT METHOD | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16308770 | Visual Diagnostics/Analytics System and Method for Smart Manufacturing Assembly Line Performance | December 2018 | July 2022 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16197341 | STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CHANGING SETTING VALUES OF A WEARABLE APPARATUS | November 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16177261 | VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR OVERLAPPING DISPLAY IMAGE ON REAL LANDSCAPE | October 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16162633 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL REALITY PICTURE CONTENT | October 2018 | December 2019 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16094025 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING FIXATION POINT OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL SPACE | October 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16157585 | EXCITEMENT PROPAGATION VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND EXCITEMENT PROPAGATION VISUALIZATION METHOD | October 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16158086 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE ROTATION PROCESSING | October 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16152328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE CONTROL OF WINDOW/LEVEL PARAMETERS OF MULTI-IMAGE DISPLAYS | October 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16149438 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16148680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND AUTOMATIC INSIGHT OF OUTLIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A SET OF DATA | October 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16148675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND AUTOMATIC INSIGHT OF SEGMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A SET OF DATA | October 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16148671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA VISUALIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING AND AUTOMATIC INSIGHT OF FACTS ASSOCIATED WITH A SET OF DATA | October 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16082434 | SIGNAGE TERMINAL, SIGNAGE SYSTEM, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD | September 2018 | October 2020 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16081064 | COLOR CHART FOR COLOR SELECTION, METHOD OF GENERATING COLOR CHART FOR COLOR SELECTION, AND PROGRAM OF GENERATING COLOR CHART FOR COLOR SELECTION | August 2018 | June 2020 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16080825 | MODELLING SYSTEM | August 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16059863 | DYNAMIC ANGLE VIEWING SYSTEM | August 2018 | November 2018 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16058087 | GRAPHIC PROCESSOR UNIT TOPOLOGY-AWARE ALL-REDUCE OPERATION | August 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16057952 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE DETERMINING SETTING VALUE OF DEVICE BASED ON AT LEAST ONE OF DEVICE INFORMATION OR ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | August 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16073252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SENSOR IMAGE CAPTURE | July 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16062899 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SERVER | June 2018 | March 2021 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16000741 | USER-TO-USER COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENT WITH AUGMENTED REALITY | June 2018 | July 2022 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner VALDEZ, PATRICK F.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 8.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner VALDEZ, PATRICK F works in Art Unit 2611 and has examined 165 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner VALDEZ, PATRICK F's allowance rate of 73.3% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by VALDEZ, PATRICK F receive 2.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% 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 VALDEZ, PATRICK F is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 81% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VALDEZ, PATRICK F. This interview benefit is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 35% 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, 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 11.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 2% percentile among all examiners. 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, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% 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 18% 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 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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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