USPTO Examiner FOX JOSEPH PATRICK - Art Unit 2622

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18747231SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONTROL CROSS-TALK OF AN OPTICAL FIBER-BASED SENSING MODULEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18669684DETECTION DEVICEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18608848STYLUS SPEEDMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18689398POWER MANAGEMENT AT HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE AND A STORAGE CASEMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1510YesNo
18594269TOUCH PANEL DEVICEMarch 2024November 2024Allow810YesNo
18586740DRIVE SCHEME FOR IMPROVED COLOR GAMUT IN COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18429192TOUCH-SENSING APPARATUSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1420YesNo
18402724METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH PANEL FOR SUPPRESSING EMI EFFECTJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18389782MULTI-LAYER DISPLAY MODULEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18522853TOUCH RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING LIDAR SENSORNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18494716MODULAR UNIT CELL DEVICES CONFIGURED TO BE INTEGRATED IN VARIOUS WEARABLE DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18286617GAMMA VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND GAMMA VOLTAGE CONVERSION METHODOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18373325DISPLAY PANELSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18263681AN INTERACTION SYSTEMJuly 2023October 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18359656ELECTRODE MEMBERJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18214614LOW ACOUSTIC MAGNETIC MOUSE SCROLL WHEELJune 2023June 2025Allow2430YesNo
18327419OPTICAL TOUCH SENSORJune 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18252626AR DISPLAY APPARATUS FRAME CAPABLE OF BEING MOUNTED ON SAFETY HELMETMay 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18143495TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18299722HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, TAPPING INPUT SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFApril 2023September 2024Allow1720NoNo
18297626DISPLAY DEVICE AND GRAYSCALE COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOFApril 2023May 2025Allow2520NoNo
18123561VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE, VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAMMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820YesNo
18120627DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023December 2024Allow2220NoNo
18118451TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2023August 2024Abandon1720NoNo
18044114PIXEL CIRCUITRY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANELMarch 2023June 2024Allow1510NoNo
18116104GATE DRIVERMarch 2023March 2025Allow2521NoNo
18114241DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1300NoNo
18110867TOUCH INPUT DEVICEFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2020NoNo
18095963DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1920NoNo
18150937INFRARED TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC LOCKSJanuary 2023June 2025Abandon2950YesNo
18091534POSITION INPUT DEVICE AND POSITION INPUT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2022May 2024Allow1610YesNo
18146635CONTROLLER WITH BIOMETRIC SENSOR PATTERNDecember 2022December 2024Allow2340YesNo
18069584PIXEL DRIVE CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18002560Information Input DeviceDecember 2022April 2025Allow2830NoNo
18064801DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAMEDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
18064872ELECTRONIC PENDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18075137STYLUS AND TOUCH INTERACTIVE DEVICEDecember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
18057153DISPLAY APPARATUSNovember 2022February 2024Allow1520YesNo
18055812AMBIDEXTROUS MOUSENovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17985669Electronic Device With Optical Sensor for Sampling SurfacesNovember 2022June 2024Allow1930NoNo
18049631DETECTOROctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
18048360SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS LOCATED ON A STATIONARY OR STABLE SURFACEOctober 2022August 2024Allow2220YesNo
17968977INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INPUT SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2024Allow1710YesNo
17950232DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICESeptember 2022February 2024Allow1710NoNo
17938984SENSING CIRCUIT AND SENSING METHODSeptember 2022May 2025Abandon3240YesNo
17802259PRESSURE SENSORAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17771073DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022February 2024Allow2210YesNo
17801043TOUCH RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING LIDAR SENSORAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17888975DETECTION DEVICEAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810YesNo
17818921DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022July 2023Allow1220NoNo
17796286DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ACTIVE STYLUS THEREOFJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17759836IMPROVED TOUCH-SENSING APPARATUSJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410YesNo
17875920INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MOUSE WITH AN ACOUSTIC ISOLATION ENCLOSUREJuly 2022October 2023Allow1520NoNo
17793673OPERATING DEVICEJuly 2022June 2024Allow2310NoNo
17859706MULTI-ELECTRODE ACTIVE STYLUS TIPJuly 2022June 2024Allow2340YesNo
17790627Stylus Pen with AntennaJuly 2022July 2024Allow2430YesNo
17758135OLED DISPLAY PANELJune 2022September 2024Allow2610NoNo
17781268DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHODMay 2022December 2024Allow3010NoNo
17780646TOUCH SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANELMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17826083SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITYMay 2022October 2024Allow2930NoNo
17760764STYLUS SPEEDMarch 2022December 2023Allow2120YesNo
17636376TOUCH PANEL DEVICEFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2120NoNo
17590814CHANGING A MODE OF OPERATION OF A COMPUTING DEVICE BY A PEN DEVICEFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17644118FORCE SENSORDecember 2021September 2024Allow3320NoNo
17549825TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021February 2024Allow2620NoNo
17544199ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021June 2023Allow1820NoNo
17489743PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH SIGNALS, AND ALL-IN-ONE TOUCH MACHINESeptember 2021October 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17478296TOUCH PANEL DEVICESeptember 2021December 2023Allow2621NoNo
17446060INPUT APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING INPUT APPARATUSAugust 2021June 2023Allow2220NoNo
17432262PRESSURE SENSING DEVICE AND METHODAugust 2021April 2024Allow3230NoNo
17424328INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM WITH ILLUMINATED BEZELJuly 2021September 2023Allow2630NoNo
17333408VERIFICATION OF A USER INPUT OF A USER INTERFACEMay 2021March 2024Allow3350YesNo
17269309INPUT DEVICE WITH A TOUCHSCREEN OR TOUCHPAD AND INPUT PART WITH SNAP HAPTICS LOCATED THEREINFebruary 2021December 2023Allow3320YesNo
17168387ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CAPACITIVE SENSOR DRIVEN BY STYLUS EXCITED BY MAGNETIC FIELD, TOUCH SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3030YesNo
16886547ENHANCEMENT OF EXTENDED REALITY (XR) INTERACTIONSMay 2020August 2023Allow3930YesNo
16699591DISPLAYING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SERVICE CARDNovember 2019January 2024Abandon5060NoNo
15088217ELECTRIC FIELD DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICEApril 2016December 2018Allow3201NoNo
14653113IMPROVEMENTS IN TIR-BASED OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEMS OF PROJECTION-TYPEJune 2015March 2019Allow4521YesYes
14675606FORCE ENHANCED INPUT DEVICE WITH SHIELDED ELECTRODESMarch 2015June 2017Allow2610YesNo
14305507INPUT SENSOR FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2014May 2017Allow3512YesNo
13596562DATA ENTRY SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2012August 2016Allow4840YesNo
13475644Self-Capacitance Measurement with Compensated CapacitanceMay 2012April 2014Allow2310YesNo
13502529AREA SENSOR, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH AN AREA SENSORApril 2012November 2014Allow3110NoNo
13332603TOUCH INPUT SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH INPUT SENSING METHODDecember 2011November 2015Allow4740YesNo
12941276SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSNovember 2010July 2013Allow3310NoNo
12940795METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCH POSITION, TOUCH POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH POSITION DETECTING APPARATUSNovember 2010January 2015Allow5050NoNo
12940831Adaptive Touch Sensor InterfaceNovember 2010September 2015Allow5851YesNo
12816034TOUCH PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAMEJune 2010August 2013Allow3820NoNo
12813585OPTICAL TOUCH APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2010April 2013Allow3420NoNo
12813599TOUCH SYSTEM AND POINTER COORDINATE DETECTION METHOD THEREFORJune 2010October 2013Allow4030YesNo
12813479FLEXIBLE SLIDE-TOUCH CONTROLLING DEVICE AND THE RELATED POSITION DETERMINATION METHODJune 2010November 2013Allow4131YesNo
12692666LIGHT EMITTING LAMP, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAMEJanuary 2010January 2014Allow4820YesNo
12224956Active Matrix Type Liquid Crystal Display Device and Drive Method ThereofSeptember 2008August 2014Allow6040NoNo
11499425System and method for outputting haptic effects in a mouse deviceAugust 2006February 2016Allow60100YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.7%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK works in Art Unit 2622 and has examined 86 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK's allowance rate of 93.0% places them in the 80% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK receive 2.07 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK. This interview benefit is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 39% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 20.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 11% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.