Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024397 | DEVICE TRACKING BASED ON DISPLAYED MARKER | January 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19020058 | SMART SWITCH WITH FUNCTIONALITIES DETERMINED BASED ON A GROUNDED CONDUCTOR CONNECTION | January 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19019099 | HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY INCLUDING A CURVED TRANSPARENT COVER | January 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19002784 | FINGER INTERACTION TRAJECTORY ACQUISITION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18990965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME EYE TRACKING OF KIOSK USERAND BY PERFORMING INFERENCE ON A CALIBRATION MODEL | December 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18963891 | TOUCH DEVICE FOR PASSIVE RESONANT STYLUS, DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME AND TOUCH SYSTEM | November 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18963938 | TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING DETECTION THRESHOLD FOR IDENTIFYING A TYPE OF TOUCH | November 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18956272 | CAPACITIVE INPUT DEVICE WITH AJACENT ELECTRODE-BASEDDETECTION | November 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18934225 | DUAL-DISPLAY HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18918667 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING PIXEL CIRCUITS WITH MIRROR-SYMMETRICAL ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS | October 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18810790 | Orientation Aware Smart Input Correction | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18807413 | PEN INCLUDING HAPTIC ELEMENT, OFFSET TRANSMITTING SECTION, AND SEESAW SWITCH | August 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18786307 | UNIVERSAL TRACKING OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS IN AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENT | July 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18730672 | TERMINAL VIEWPOINT BASED VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTION METHOD, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18679952 | TOUCH SENSOR HAVING DEVICE HOLE DEFINED BETWEEN SENSING ELECTRODES AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18677566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TO REDUCING INCONVENIENCES WHEN A USER HOLDS A DISPLAY DEVICE | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660587 | DIRECTING TOUCH INPUT BASED ON DEVICE ORIENTATION | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18652932 | A SENSOR DEVICE FORMED FROM CONDUCTIVE GRAPHENE FILM | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18650163 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING BENDABLE TOUCH PANEL | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18644132 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS INCLUDING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TOUCH INPUT OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS HAS OCCURRED | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618421 | Motion-Model Based Tracking of Artificial Reality Input Devices to Enhance Camera-Based Tracking | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614922 | DATA MANIPULATION USING AN ORAL SENSING INTERFACE WITH INTEGRATED BAROMETER | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614558 | STYLUS WITH ATTACHMENT DETECTION | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18600799 | HAND TRACKING METHOD, HOST, AND HAND TRACKING SYSTEM UTILIZING A HAND-HELD DEVICE | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598492 | TOUCH SENSOR HAVING A TOUCH DETECTION ELECTRODE COMPOSED OF FINE METAL WIRES | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18593938 | Methods of Targeted Advertising and Interactive Kiosks | March 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18584847 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18444179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND ENABLING INTERACTION WITH AN EXTENDED REALITY USER INTERFACE | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18437829 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SMART MESSAGE DELIVERY AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING MOMENTS IN THE PAST | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18294851 | INDEPENDENT CONJUGATE IMAGE GENERATION OPTICAL SYSTEMS | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431775 | Systems and Methods for Determining Physiological State Based on Surface Biopotentials | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18294166 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING SENSING MODULE | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18426478 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT CAGE WITH A DOUBLE SWITCH PROTECTION TO PREVENT INSERTION OF AN IMPROPER SIZED POWER SUPPLY UNIT | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18423011 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION INDICATOR AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING GRIP PART AND TRACKER | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422649 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PIXEL DRIVE CIRCUITS AND SENSOR DRIVE CIRCUITS | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18580700 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE WITH REUSING CIRCUIT, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18578716 | DISPLAY PANEL HAVING A TOUCH STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406481 | TOUCH SENSOR INCLUDING AUXILIARY LINE OVERLAPPING SENSOR ELECTRODE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18575646 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS DURING FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18397082 | Display Device Including an Electrostatic Discharge Circuit for Discharging Static Electricity | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18542263 | TRAINING A GESTURE RECOGNITION MODEL USING TRANSFORMED GESTURE DATA | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18538736 | Aiming Device with a Diffractive Optical Element and Reflective Image Combiner | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538139 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHARING PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE REGISTERED TO SAME USER ACCOUNT AND METHOD THEREOF | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18521364 | TOUCH MICROCONTROLLER UNIT AND TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT FOR CALCULATING TOUCH COORDINATES | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18564605 | Image Display System, Head-Mounted Display, and Image Display Method with Brightness Adjustment Control | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18520338 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REDUCED DEAD SPACE, PHOTOMASK, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPLE USERS TO INTERACT IN A COMMON VIRTUAL SPACE | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384349 | SMART SWITCH WITH FUNCTIONALITIES DETERMINED BASED ON A GROUNDED CONDUCTOR CONNECTION | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493007 | Systems and Methods for Determining Physiological State Based on Surface Biopotentials | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18491351 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-CALIBRATING NEURAL DECODING | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489804 | MULTI-LASER EYE TRACKING SYSTEM THAT SCANS LIGHT FROM LASER LIGHT SOURCES DURING RESPECTIVE PERIODS OF TIME | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18486980 | POSE ESTIMATION FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18376746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING CURSOR SPEED ACROSS A PLURALITY OF VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT DISPLAY RESOLUTIONS | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244676 | Flexible Display Panel | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462037 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING DOCKING FOR GRAPHIC DISPLAYS WITHIN A MULTI-DISPLAY HMI ENVIRONMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237572 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH REDUCED FLICKERING OF IMAGE | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18236917 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL HAVING ELECTROSTATIC DISPERSION PAD | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HIGH-RESOLUTION LIVER CANCER PATHOLOGICAL IMAGE BASED ON IMAGE PYRAMID | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209247 | HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE BASED ON VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205334 | SLIDABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING DIGITIZER SEPARATION STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING TOUCH FILTER FOR SLIDABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18307847 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PIXELS INCLUDING PIXEL TFTS PROVIDED IN A DISPLAY AREA AND SWITCHING TFTS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE DISPLAY AREA | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18306308 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL | April 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 33 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18306498 | DISAGGREGATION DRIVING SEQUENCES FOR FOUR PARTICLE ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303260 | Radar-Gesture Input Notification for a Multi-Input Mode Based on a Threshold Distance and a Capability to Receive Radar-Gesture Input | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18303322 | Gesture Input Notification for a Multi-Input Mode | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18249294 | IP KVM DEVICES | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18130819 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT AND METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18192781 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A DETECTION LINE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION THEREOF | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172763 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING EXTENDABLE DISPLAY FOR EXPANDING AND REDUCING DISPLAY AREA THAT IS VISIBLE FROM FRONT SIDE OF HOUSING AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101424 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MODES THAT ASSOCIATE EMITTING STATES WITH REFLECTIVE STATES | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017906 | FURTHER REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION IN DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LOW-FREQUENCY DRIVING | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158367 | FRAME-LEVEL RESYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A DISPLAY PANEL AND A DISPLAY SOURCE DEVICE FOR FULL AND PARTIAL FRAME UPDATES | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18149289 | Extended Reality User Interfaces for Hand-based Input | January 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18091508 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHARING PERIPHERAL DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18089482 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF DISPLAYING IMAGES AND GENERATING DYNAMIC EFFECTS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18088300 | Ambience-Driven User Experience | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18069248 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOCALIBRATION OF A WEARABLE ELECTRODE SENSOR SYSTEM | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18066898 | INCONTINENCE DETECTION DEVICE | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18081596 | METHOD OF FORMING A GRAPHENE DEVICE USING POLYMER MATERIAL AS A SUPPORT FOR A GRAPHENE FILM | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18000827 | AIMING DEVICE WITH A DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND REFLECTIVE IMAGE COMBINER | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074658 | BIPOLAR PROJECTED HAPTICS WITH BALANCED LOADING | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073567 | CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON POSITION INFORMATION AND GESTURE INFORMATION OF DIFFERENT PARTS | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17925696 | SHIFT REGISTER HAVING SCAN CICUIT AND RESET CIRCUIT, SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17976534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING PARTICIPATION BETWEEN CONCURRENT EXTENDED REALITY APPLICATIONS | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965373 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING A FORCE TOUCH, BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951902 | Method, Device, and Medium for Content Transmission Based on Gesture Operation | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17944740 | REMOTE INTERACTION CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF A REMOTE INPUT DEVICE DETACHED FROM AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17899889 | METRIC-DRIVEN IMPROVEMENTS OF VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCES | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801568 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893669 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF TOUCH SCREEN PANEL TO CHANGE INPUT TYPE | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17801003 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890166 | INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING AND SCREW PLACEMENT APPARATUS | August 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889436 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A MULTILAYERED OPTICAL STACK IN COMBINATION WITH A DISPLAY PANEL AND A TOUCH PANEL | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885724 | TOUCH SENSOR HAVING DEVICE HOLE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17799094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THAT ENABLE SIMPLE CALIBRATION | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759702 | USER INTERACTIONS WITH A DISPLAY | July 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795754 | DEVICE FOR CREATING HAPTIC SENSATIONS ON A SURFACE USING ULTRASONIC WAVES PRODUCING ELLIPTICAL MOVEMENTS | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17869136 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RESPONDING TO OBJECT PERFORMING CONTACTLESS OPERATION | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17859493 | Sensor-Based Screen-On Control Method and Electronic Device | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17859006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF NON-CONTACT OPERATION ON OPERATION SURFACE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DAVIS, DAVID DONALD.
With a 35.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 33.6% 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 DAVIS, DAVID DONALD works in Art Unit 2627 and has examined 1,058 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.
Examiner DAVIS, DAVID DONALD's allowance rate of 72.6% places them in the 36% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by DAVIS, DAVID DONALD receive 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 DAVIS, DAVID DONALD is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 39% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DAVIS, DAVID DONALD. This interview benefit is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 33% 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 33.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 49% 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, 125.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 84% 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 84.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 56.5% 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, 76.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 4.6% of allowed cases (in the 85% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 41.9% of allowed cases (in the 97% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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