Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19300901 | DISTRIBUTION OF VIDEO CONTENT | August 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19271242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVACY-AWARE WEAPON ANOMALY DETECTION VIA INTEGRATED OBJECT RECOGNITION AND SKELETAL MOTION ANALYSIS | July 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18986684 | Multi-Target Tracking Method Based on Feature Decoupling with Joint Detection and Feature Re-identification | December 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18790827 | PROVINCIAL-SCALE PREDICTION METHOD OF WINTER WHEAT GRAIN PROTEIN CONTENT | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18786223 | TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VISUAL ANALYSIS MODEL | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18761326 | PHOTOGRAMMETRIC GROUND CONTROL POINT QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD BASED ON MONTE CARLO TEST | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18724836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING AN IMAGE-TEXT MUTUAL RETRIEVAL MODEL, IMAGE-TEXT MUTUAL RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND DEVICE | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18752758 | SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGE BASED ON PRE-TRAINED MODEL | June 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18732548 | DUAL WATERMARKING METHOD FOR TRAJECTORY DATA BASED ON ROBUST WATERMARKING AND FRAGILE WATERMARKING | June 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18641560 | YARD MAPPING AND ASSET TRACKING SYSTEM | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617445 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18693152 | IMAGE STITCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELAYING 3D VR IMAGES IN REAL TIME | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A QUALITY DIAGNOSTIC OF ECG (ELECTROCARDIOGRAM) DATA | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18687954 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PERSON SEPARATION DEVICE AS WELL AS PERSON SEPARATION DEVICE | February 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18589714 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE DEPTH OF SOIL COVERAGE ALONG A RIGHT-OF-WAY | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18435359 | Method And Apparatus For Convolutional Neural Network-Based Video Denoising | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18423640 | DETERMINING ROAD LOCATION OF A TARGET VEHICLE BASED ON TRACKED TRAJECTORY | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERGONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON THREE DIMENSIONAL MOTION CAPTURE DATASETS | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404108 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING HEART DISEASE DIAGNOSIS | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18399404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL INSPECTIONS OF WIND TURBINE BLADES | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18392989 | UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING AND DIGITAL EMBEDDING PROCESSES TO GENERATE DIGITAL MAPS OF BIOLOGY AND USER INTERFACES FOR EVALUATING MAP EFFICACY | December 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18545046 | SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET WITHOUT SIGN CODING | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545438 | UTILIZING MASKED AUTOENCODER GENERATIVE MODELS TO EXTRACT MICROSCOPY REPRESENTATION AUTOENCODER EMBEDDINGS | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18502708 | APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE BY SKIP ENCODING AND METHOD FOR SAME | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485977 | ASSEMBLY LINE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC VISUAL INSPECTION | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18374229 | OBJECT TRACKING AND REDACTION | September 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373528 | VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT MODELING WITH A CAMERA | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372774 | FALSE POSITIVE REDUCTION OF LOCATION SPECIFIC EVENT CLASSIFICATION | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18367034 | DENSE FEATURE SCALE DETECTION FOR IMAGE MATCHING | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244879 | PRESENTING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18461027 | DEFECT DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18548775 | UNLIT FLARE DETECTION USING SATELLITE IMAGES | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448472 | OBJECT DETECTION IN DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446678 | METHOD FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED/PERSONALIZED HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18362915 | DETECTION OF MISSING OR ECTOPIC TEETH | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18227720 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTING AT LEAST ONE CAPTION FOR AN IMAGE | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360258 | METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE PROCESSING SEQUENCE, GENERATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218350 | MEDICAL MODULE INCLUDING AUTOMATED DOSE-RESPONSE RECORD SYSTEM | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING KEY POINT OF IMAGE, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18341679 | METHOD FOR TRACKING SPORT PARTICIPANTS, DEVICE FOR TRACKING SPORT PARTICIPANTS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING SPORT PARTICIPANTS | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336087 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING GROUND TRUTH DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING OF RECOGNIZER | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334971 | INFORMATION SUGGESTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SUGGESTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329997 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR NIGHTTIME DRIVING | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18324002 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC OBJECT AND/OR SEGMENT LABELING OF SENSOR TARGET DATA, USE OF SUCH LABELED SENSOR TARGET DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CONTROL DEVICE OR CENTRAL OR ZONAL COMPUTING MODULE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201756 | DETECTING BUBBLES IN IMAGES OF A SAMPLE IN WELLS OF A WELL PLATE | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18320332 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LEARNT WEIGHT | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18036446 | DETERMINING APPARATUS, DETERMINING METHOD AND DETERMINING PROGRAM | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315325 | SAMPLING BASED SELF-SUPERVISED DEPTH AND POSE ESTIMATION | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18307933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING IMPAIRMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303665 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THAT INSPECT A PRINT PRODUCT BASED ON FIRST AND SECOND DOCUMENT IMAGES | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGE DATA TO ANALYZE AN IMAGE | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18028953 | INFERENCE DEVICE, INFERENCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191256 | COLLECTING METHOD FOR TRAINING DATA | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18127533 | DETERMINING ROAD LOCATION OF A TARGET VEHICLE BASED ON TRACKED TRAJECTORY | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246503 | EMOTION ASSESSMENT APPARATUS, EMOTION ASSESSMENT METHOD AND EMOTION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18125680 | LANE LINE DETECTION METHOD, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188829 | PACKAGING BOX BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18027577 | AUTOENCODER WITH GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORK TO GENERATE PROTEIN SEQUENCES | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123146 | TRAINING OF MULTI-MODALITY OBJECT DETECTORS | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18044993 | MODEL GENERATION DEVICE FOR VISUAL INSPECTION AND VISUAL INSPECTION DEVICE | March 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18025844 | COMPARISON DEVICE, COMPARISON METHOD, AND PROGRAM | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18179626 | ETCHING PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF PREDICTING ETCHING QUALITY, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM OF ETCHING QUALITY PREDICTION STORING A PROGRAM CAUSING A COMPUTER TO IMPLEMENT A PREDICTION | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179748 | BATTERY SWAP ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND BATTERY SWAP STATION | March 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042660 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND COUNTING AT LEAST ONE GEOLOGICAL CONSTITUENT OF A ROCK SAMPLE | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022709 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA FOR GENERATING A FILTER | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18172190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COUNTING LIVESTOCK | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18021296 | LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, TRACKING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18021164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION PERSONALIZATION | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18019151 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR AUTOMATIC INTERFACE RECOGNITION IN TIRE PRODUCT PROFILES | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159159 | CUSTOMIZATION OF VEHICLE-RELATED IMAGES | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18006071 | Method for Detecting Imaging Degradation of an Imaging Sensor | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004295 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ALERTNESS LEVEL CALCULATING METHOD, AND ALERTNESS LEVEL CALCULATING PROGRAM | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013802 | Machine Learning for High Quality Image Processing | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064281 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND TRAINED MODEL | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A DEEP LEARNING MODEL TO DETERMINE VEHICLE VIEWPOINT ESTIMATIONS | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18073104 | TRACK REFINEMENT NETWORKS | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928437 | PICTURE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18057980 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO GENERATE A LIKELIHOOD MAP | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17989523 | POINT CLOUD ATTRIBUTE PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RELATED DEVICE | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17987240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING IMAGE | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979207 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING VIDEO QUALITY BASED ON OBJECTIVES OF VIDEO PRODUCER | November 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049252 | ASSOCIATING EVENTS WITH ACTORS USING DIGITAL IMAGERY AND MACHINE LEARNING | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18047538 | BOUNDING BOX ESTIMATION AND OBJECT DETECTION | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17963078 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A CUSTOMIZED/PERSONALIZED HEAD RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17958522 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION SYSTEM, RECEPTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE FUSION | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17940884 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMI-SUPERVISED STATE TRANSITION DETECTION FOR OBJECT TRACKING | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17898788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING DATA FROM TABLES WITHIN REGULATORY CONTENT | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897213 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889667 | OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, DEVICE, VEHICLE AND MEDIUM | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING USING FEATURE EXTRACTION AND SEGMENTATION | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17817896 | GENETIC MUTATION DETECTION USING DEEP LEARNING | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850146 | Systems and Methods for Constructing a Three-Dimensional Model From Two-Dimensional Images | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17841257 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING COMPRESSION METHODS AND APPARATUS | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17783601 | ESTIMATION METHOD, ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17825994 | DENSE FEATURE SCALE DETECTION FOR IMAGE MATCHING | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17746890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET WITHOUT SIGN CODING | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743138 | USING INTEGRATED SYSTEM TO ENHANCE A REFERENCE IMAGE | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17742027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING HONEYCOMB ARTIFACTS FROM OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE IMAGES BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662947 | AUTONOMOUS COGNITIVE INSPECTION | May 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q.
With a 33.3% 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, 47.1% 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 NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q works in Art Unit 2663 and has examined 389 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q's allowance rate of 91.3% places them in the 76% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q. This interview benefit is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% 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 52.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
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 11% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 58.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% 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 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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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