Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18605048 | Method for Identifying and Highlighting Available Fibers in a Fiber Distribution Hub | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18689687 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY A SPACECRAFT COMPRISING A LASER TRANSMISSION MODULE | March 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375199 | Method for Identifying and Highlighting Available Fibers in a Fiber Distribution Hub | September 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342115 | MANY-TO-MANY LASER COMMUNICATION NETWORKING DEVICE AND METHOD | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324433 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS FOR LONG RANGE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18192716 | OPTICAL SPACE COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION TERMINAL AND OPTICAL SPACE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187863 | OPTICAL CABLE MISMATCH ERROR DETECTION/REMEDIATION | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116722 | CONTROL APPARATUS, OAM MODE-MULTIPLEXING TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, OAM MODE-MULTIPLEXING RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168757 | SELECTION AND USE OF BACKUP COMMUNICATION MODE FOR VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE MESSAGING | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108712 | Clock Recovery For Subcarriers In Optical Networks | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020193 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164828 | TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017719 | OPTICAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015849 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005318 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD RECEIVER | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093005 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18092410 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHROMATIC DISPERSION PRE-COMPENSATION | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18091870 | DIGITAL TONE-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF COHERENT OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068921 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SIGNAL ANALYSIS USING A HYBRID PHOTONIC-ELECTRONIC PROCESSOR | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001901 | CRYOGENIC WAVEFORM SOURCE | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081366 | Optical Channel Monitor With Built-In Sensors For Dynamic Measurements | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18076122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LAUNCH ENERGY, POWER AND EFFICIENCY FOR A SMART CHANNEL IN A DWDM NETWORK USING MACHINE LEARNING | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNSTREAM TRANSMISSION | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000352 | FREQUENCY GRADIENT METASURFACE DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON FAST BEAM STEERING SYSTEM | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17928146 | FREQUENCY GRADIENT METASURFACE-BASED FAST BEAM STEERING TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OWC | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775207 | OPTIMAL OPERATION METHOD OF HIGH-FREQUENCY PHASE DITHERING TECHNIQUE FOR COMPENSATING FOR INTERFERENCE NOISE IN ANALOG-OPTICAL TRANSMISSION-BASED MOBILE FRONTHAUL NETWORK, AND TRANSMITTER USING SAME | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990331 | Filter, Optical Amplifier, Communication System, Filtering Method, and Optical Amplification Method | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984690 | BI-DIRECTIONAL AND MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL MODULE WITH SINGLE TRANSMITTER AND MULTIPLE RECEIVERS IN SINGLE CASING | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978097 | OPTICAL SIGNAL ADJUSTMENT | October 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17976558 | FAULT LOCATING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048779 | CHIP-SCALE RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR FREE SPACE OPTICAL COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INTEGRITY AND RELIABILITY OF A NETWORK OF FIBER CABLES IN REAL-TIME | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919550 | MULTI-TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE TRANSMIT BRANCH COMBINATION FOR OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919572 | OPTICAL MODULE AND PARAMETER TRANSMISSION METHOD, DETECTION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND FRONTHAUL SYSTEM | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17966710 | PASSIVE OPTICAL TAP AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17995667 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17917759 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL FIBER | October 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946061 | STATION-SIDE DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND SEARCH METHOD | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17942883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADBAND SERVICES USING FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINKS | September 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17907776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE PROCESSING IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801287 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17801501 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE DIMMING AND MODULATION AND DEMODULATION METHOD | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892886 | OPTICAL LINK FAULT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17800201 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17800195 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17818909 | OPTICAL RECEIVERS | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17815270 | MODE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED FIBER RAMAN AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792280 | WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING VISIBLE-LIGHT COMMUNICATION AND LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17811565 | MULTI-NODE, MULTI-STREAM PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT-BASED FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790990 | TERMINAL DEVICES, COMMUNICATION METHODS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791122 | Handling band spectrum failures in a C+L band photonic line system | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17851811 | Time-sliced GMP mapping with modified sigma-delta mapping function | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845934 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL SUBCARRIER PARAMETER MODIFICATIONS FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834536 | Optical Cable for Transmission of Audio and Video Signals | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17832533 | OPTICAL MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) RECEIVER USING STOKES VECTOR MEASUREMENTS | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17831704 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17827419 | INTELLIGENT THERMAL AND POWER MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (WCS) | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17664919 | BEAM MANAGEMENT USING AN OPTICAL BEACON | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17775745 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, WIRELESS RECEIVING SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND WIRELESS RECEIVING METHOD | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773989 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECEIVING TERMINAL THEREFOR | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17712036 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD OF USE | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754435 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS SERVICE PROVISION THEREON | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709544 | FEEDFORWARD MOTION COMPENSATION FOR FSOC TERMINALS | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17708768 | DIGITAL BEACON FOR FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17655522 | NANOSCALE CIRCUIT TO USE INCIDENT LASER RADIATION TO GENERATE AND RADIATE TERAHERTZ HARMONICS | March 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING TERAHERTZ SIGNAL USING DIRECTLY-MODULATED LASER | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654200 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INDEPENDENT UNIT CELLS HAVING MULTI-POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17686177 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SUBSTRATE | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17638831 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | February 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17670119 | METHOD FOR AN ALL FIBER OPTIC, POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE, ETALON BASED OPTICAL RECEIVER FOR COHERENT SIGNALS | February 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631412 | OPTICAL-TIME-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING SINUSOIDALLY MODULATED OPTICAL SIGNAL AS INPUT PULSE SOURCE | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17629878 | Optical Module | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17568441 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FREE SPACE KEY EXCHANGE | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562253 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM IMPLEMENTED IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17561945 | FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS OPTICAL SUBCARRIERS | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17561805 | FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS OPTICAL SUBCARRIERS | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561858 | FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS OPTICAL SUBCARRIERS | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559659 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AN OPTICAL MULTIMODE CHANNEL BANDWIDTH ANALYZER | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621422 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MULTI-CORE FIBER DATA TRANSMISSION USING DATA PRECODING | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596854 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL IN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION TERMINAL AND RECEPTION TERMINAL THEREFOR | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17555343 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION USING DOUBLE SIDEBAND SUPPRESSED CARRIER MODULATION | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17619588 | A Security System | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17618885 | POWER OVER FIBER SYSTEM | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17537890 | WIRELESS OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS OPTICAL COMMUNICATION | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17607244 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Transmission of an Upstream Packet Traffic in a TDM PON-Based Fronthaul | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17606211 | METHOD FOR A DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A FIRST AND A SECOND MODULE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING MOBILE PARTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17603728 | UP/DOWN PHOTONIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER FOR INCOMING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNALS BUILT INTO THE OPTOELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR (OEO) | October 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17602954 | MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION METHOD | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17601438 | OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR SWIMMERS | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17476969 | DC AND OFFSET CANCELLATION FOR FULLY DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL RECEIVER | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17394735 | OPTICAL NETWORK USING OPTICAL AMPLIFIER IN GAIN SATURATION REGION | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17375575 | DIGITAL TONE-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF COHERENT OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS | July 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16770665 | Device and Method for Processing an Optical Signal | June 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16780703 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SKEW COMPENSATION | February 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15877744 | WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING USING SHARED PROCESS INFORMATION | January 2018 | December 2018 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15722297 | OPTICAL MODULE | October 2017 | February 2019 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15646687 | CONTINUOUS CARRIER OPTICAL PHASE OPTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OVER COHERENT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LINK | July 2017 | July 2018 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15610275 | OPTICALLY-SWITCHED DATA NETWORK | May 2017 | October 2017 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15291216 | MONITORING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND RECEIVER | October 2016 | December 2018 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15028097 | MIMO Visible Light Communication System Receiving Device | April 2016 | July 2018 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H.
With a 50.0% 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, 66.7% 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.
✓ 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 ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H works in Art Unit 2634 and has examined 92 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H's allowance rate of 97.8% places them in the 89% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H receive 1.48 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H 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 -8.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALAGHEBAND, ABBAS H. This interview benefit is in the 4% 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.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 32.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 47% 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, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 95% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% 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 below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 14.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 8% 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 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 68% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 25% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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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