Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19294954 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | August 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19294425 | MOBILE TERMINATED SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION BEARER HANDLING | August 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19279569 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING EMM TRANSPORT MESSAGE | July 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19207498 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVINBG ACCESS TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION CONTROL INFORMATION | May 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19199225 | SECURE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE NETWORKING SERVICE | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19090644 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR STORING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION CONTROL INFORMATION | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19053381 | Wearable Medical Device Data Connectivity System using Lora | February 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 19027244 | Early Timing Advance Acquisition | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19000923 | AUTONOMOUS AND RESILIENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE | December 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18874029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VOLTAGE BOOSTING TO A TIME DOMAIN DUPLEXING RADIO | December 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18960647 | HOME PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK CONTROLLED USER EQUIPMENT BEHAVIOR TUNING | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18769307 | AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING SIM-BREACH EVENTS | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18765662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ACTUAL DRIVER OF A VEHICLE BASED AT LEAST IN PART UPON TELEMATICS DATA | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18753798 | Automated Subscription Management for Wireless Devices Having Multiple Subscription Profiles | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18752110 | PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SESSION ESTABLISHMENT ASSOCIATED WITH AERIAL SERVICE | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18734908 | MULTIPLE SIM CARD OPERATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18733771 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PAGING | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731325 | GROUPCAST PROCEDURES FOR V2X | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669976 | METHOD OF INFORMING SERVING CELL OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE AT NEIGHBOR CELL CAUSED BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | May 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18651182 | ESIM CARD CHANGE METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18644817 | MOTION DETECTION USING COMMUNICATION CHANNEL CARRIER SIGNAL | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18692960 | A NETWORK DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A PLURALITY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVICES | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18597977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENT IN AND CONDITIONAL RECONFIGURATION NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK | March 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596748 | User Equipment Having Multiple Subscriber Identity Modules with Improved Suspend / Resume Operation | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18683143 | Delegated eUICC Profile Management | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434026 | REUSING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE INFORMATION FOR RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONVERSION | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18292928 | METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT | January 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415989 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING A RADIO TRANSCEIVER CHAIN FOR MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING PAGING IN WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18578071 | COMMUNICATION AND RADAR TARGET DETECTION METHOD BASED ON INTELLIGENT OMNI-SURFACE | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407971 | CONCURRENT USE OF MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS ON A SINGLE RADIO | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING ALARMS AND NOTIFICATIONS | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397645 | RESTRICTED ACCESS AND USE CONTROL FOR USER EQUIPMENT WITH REDUCED CAPABILITIES | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18393686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538525 | CONTROLLING INSERTION OF CONTENT INTO BROADCAST PAYLOAD | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530254 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529148 | AUTONOMOUS AND RESILIENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18520318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONVERGE A MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR (MNO) WITH A MULTIPLE-SYSTEM OPERATOR (MSO) | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18563936 | METHODS FOR GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION, SI, IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, MN, AND MNS THEREOF | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516787 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PAGING | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506487 | MULTICAST RULE TRANSFORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505126 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING BASED ON SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN SUPPLEMENTARY UPLINK IN RRC_INACTIVE STATE IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490555 | MOTION DETECTION USING COMMUNICATION CHANNEL CARRIER SIGNAL | October 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING USER CONSENT FOR ROAMING UE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552772 | CAPABILITY REPORTING METHOD AND DEVICE AND INFORMATION CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPT-IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471706 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURES UTILIZING CELLULAR NETWORK HOSTED ACCESS CONTROLLING SCHEMAS AND COMPUTING PLATFORMS CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE INTERNET PROTOCOL MEDIATED PAYMENT ACTIVITIES VIA CELLULAR NETWORKS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18369205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR START AND STOP TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR POSITIONING IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468661 | IMEI BINDING AND DYNAMIC IMEI PROVISIONING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18458993 | PRIMARY eSIM ACTIVATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICE WITH PHYSICAL SIM | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363334 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS AND SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION USING CONFIGURED RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227056 | WIRELESS DEVICE AUTHORIZATION BY UNCREWED AERIAL SYSTEM SERVICE SUPPLIER | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18223617 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REDUCING FRAUD FOR SMS OTP AUTHENTICATION | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222656 | Resource-Efficient Polling Method for Delivering Messages to 5G/6G Users | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221257 | METHOD OF INFORMING SERVING CELL OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE AT NEIGHBOR CELL CAUSED BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344761 | DISCOVERING AN EMBEDDED SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE ROOT DISCOVERY SERVICE ENDPOINT | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216039 | Handling Of MUSIM Gaps Collision In Mobile Communications | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341458 | CELLULAR SERVICE MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339483 | PROFILE AND SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE HAVING PROFILE | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336032 | METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING ROUTING RESOURCES OF WIFI6 ROUTER | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18265745 | NETWORK SLICING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206385 | DUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE (SIM) CONFIGURATION | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18255759 | BUNDLING OF COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES FOR MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES IN A CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203451 | Systems & Methods for Emergency Medical Communications | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325897 | System Enablers for Multi-SIM Devices | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318451 | GROUP SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALING FOR EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS IN SIDELINK SYSTEMS | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195257 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR STREAMING REAL-TIME DATA FROM A USER DEVICE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18310941 | SYSTEM, SOFTWARE APPLICATION AND METHOD OF ADVANCED INTERACTION WITH TRANSPORTABLE CONTAINERS | May 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310948 | SYSTEM, SOFTWARE APPLICATION AND METHOD OF ADVANCED INTERACTION WITH TRANSPORTABLE CONTAINERS | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 18032916 | Methods for UE Energy Consumption Reduction in RRC_Inactive State | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18033062 | INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031474 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130908 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING BASED ON SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN SUPPLEMENTARY UPLINK IN RRC_INACTIVE STATE IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130910 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR START AND STOP TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR POSITIONING IN MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | April 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295638 | Public Private Network Transitions with Single SIM Profile | April 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192344 | REUSING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE INFORMATION FOR RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONVERSION | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188180 | SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE BASED RADIO POLICY MANAGER | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125024 | MEMORY ARCHITECTURE OF A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18026118 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182530 | CONCURRENT USE OF MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS ON A SINGLE RADIO | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182813 | FACILITATION OF SMART COMMUNICATIONS HUB TO SUPPORT UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION NETWORK | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18119380 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115902 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK PERIODICITY MODIFICATIONS | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD TO A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174257 | INTER-MENB HANDOVER METHOD AND DEVICE IN A SMALL CELL SYSTEM | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112608 | PAGING AN IDLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE USING A CONNECTED SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE OPERATING IN A SINGLE RADIO CONFIGURATION FOR 5G OR OTHER NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS NETWORK | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111485 | PAGING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18021623 | METHODS AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING A UWB SYSTEM | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018771 | METHOD FOR SENDING PAGING CAUSE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING PAGING CAUSE | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160891 | ENABLING AN EFFICIENT TRANSITION OF MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES FROM ONE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TO ANOTHER | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018242 | RESPONSE INDICATION METHOD, AND RESPONSE DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING LIMITS TO DETERMINE POLICY DECISIONS NOT RELATED TO SESSION MANAGEMENT | January 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152959 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES | January 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18152073 | IDENTITY LAYER FOR IOT DEVICES | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEGOTIATION COMMUNICATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011682 | REMOTE SUBSCRIPTION PROFILE DOWNLOAD | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18082284 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING ALARMS AND NOTIFICATIONS | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074303 | CAPABILITY INDICATION METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK-SIDE NETWORK ELEMENT | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAFONTANT, GARY.
With a 38.5% 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, 42.3% 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 LAFONTANT, GARY works in Art Unit 2646 and has examined 471 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.
Examiner LAFONTANT, GARY's allowance rate of 74.7% 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 LAFONTANT, GARY receive 2.30 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 65% 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 LAFONTANT, GARY is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -5.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAFONTANT, GARY. This interview benefit is in the 5% 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, 19.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 19.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 77.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 58.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.8% 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, 38.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 28% 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 20% 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 27% 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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