Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17135654 | IRIS RECOGNITION WORKFLOW | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17132201 | METHOD OF TRAINING NEURAL NETWORK BY SELECTING DATA TO BE USED IN A SUBSEQUENT TRAINING PROCESS AND IDENTIFYING A CLUSTER CORRESPONDING TO A FEATURE VECTOR | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127174 | FINDING NATURAL IMAGES IN DOCUMENT PAGES | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122226 | Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Automatic Alignment of Parcels with Geotagged Aerial Imagery | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND MARKING A TARGET IN A FLUOROSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17110166 | SUGGESTED ACTIONS FOR IMAGES | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103867 | USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TO GENERATE AN AUTOMOBILE SURFACE PROTECTING DEVICE ATTACHED WITH AN ADHESIVE | November 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099023 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CALCULATING BLEEDING SITE AND TRAJECTORY OF BLOODSTAIN SCATTERED BY IMPACT | November 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17098967 | LID DETECTION METHOD FOR AN OVER-THE-RANGE APPLIANCE | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17091870 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OUTDOOR ACCESS CONTROL USING BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17091799 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL PEST CONTROL RECIPE DEPENDING ON PROGRESSION OF DISEASE AND PEST DAMAGE, AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17078003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HUMAN RELATED DATA INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS TO MAKE CONTEXT AWARE DECISIONS WITH DISTRIBUTED MACHINE LEARNING AT EDGE AND CLOUD | October 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17041934 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING A SIGNAL CAPTURED BY A SNAPSHOT COMPRESSIVE SENSING SYSTEM | September 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17028508 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GENERATING BIRD?S EYE SYNTHETIC IMA 7 | September 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16981400 | A METHOD FOR OBTAINING 3-D DEFORMITY CORRECTION FOR BONES | September 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17019314 | DETERMINING IMAGE CAPTURING PARAMETERS IN CONSTRUCTION SITES FROM PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED IMAGES | September 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17012551 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A SINGLE OBSERVATION IMAGE TO ANALYZE COATING DEFECTS | September 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17012715 | UAV Surveying System and Methods | September 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17010313 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF NEURAL NETWORKS CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT FIELDS OF VIEW | September 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17010102 | REFLECTION-BASED DISTANCE PERCEPTION | September 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17004440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ACTIONS PERFORMED BY A ROBOTIC DEVICE | August 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 14 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16998624 | USER IDENTIFICATION USING BIOMETRIC IMAGE DATA CACHE | August 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16991389 | DAM SLOPE DEFORMATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16939727 | Method and Apparatus for Shelf Feature and Object Placement Detection from Shelf Images | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16927159 | IMAGE PROCESSING WITH RECURRENT ATTENTION | July 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16925716 | Plane Estimation For Contextual Awareness | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16896220 | 4D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR VIDEO RECOGNITION | June 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16894065 | BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST CORRECTION FOR VIDEO EXTENSOMETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16883148 | ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION TO IMPROVE VIDEO ANALYTICS ACCURACY | May 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15931914 | CIRCUITRY FOR IMAGE DEMOSAICING AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD | May 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16867548 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING iMaG AUTOMATED GEOREGSTRATION SYSTEM GENERATED MULTI-ORBIT SATELLITE IMAGERY WITH A CADSTRAL DATA BASED IMAGERY BASE | May 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16867318 | OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16855979 | METHOD OF PERFORMING SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING WITH RESPECT TO A SALIENT OBJECT IN AN IMAGE | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16851722 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING VIRTUAL 3D OBJECT SURFACE INTERACTION | April 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16844021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A PATIENT IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16844036 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCANNING A PATIENT IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16753007 | LEAST SQUARE-BASED MECHANICAL ARM CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT EXPERIMENTAL TEACHING | April 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16837779 | Imaging Systems and Related Methods Including Radar Imaging with Moving Arrays or Moving Targets | April 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16837017 | VEHICLE CONTROL USING VISION-BASED FLASHING LIGHT SIGNAL DETECTION | April 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16835333 | OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON SHALLOW NEURAL NETWORK THAT PROCESSES INPUT IMAGES | March 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16831987 | Object Detecting Method, Object Detecting Device, And Robot System | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16828479 | GENERATING A BREATHING ALERT | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16823884 | FORWARD-LOOKING PERCEPTION AND MACHINE CONTROL DURING CROP HARVESTING OPERATIONS | March 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16822444 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM IMAGE FROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT PROCESSES AN IMAGE OF DENTITION INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF TEETH IN AN ORAL CAVITY | March 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16821962 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT POSITIONGING | March 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16813422 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS CONTROL USING BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | March 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810812 | TRANSFER LEARNING BASED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16806727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEEP LEARNING-BASED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION | March 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16807060 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A USER WITH AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE | March 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16804985 | PLUGIN AND DYNAMIC IMAGE MODALITY RECONSTRUCTION INTERFACE DEVICE | February 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16805461 | AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR BUILDING MATERIAL DETECTION IN REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY | February 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16773114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING NON-COMPLIANT IMAGES USING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES | January 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16749589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING TO FACILITATE DISPATCHING | January 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16629091 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECIDING THE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS DETECTED IN A VEHICLE | January 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730578 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVACY PROTECTION DURING BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | December 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730816 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING BIOMETRICAL TEMPLATES USING FACIAL PROFILES OF USERS | December 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730288 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING SAMPLING POINTS OF FACIAL PROFILES OF USERS | December 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730378 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION DETECTION IN BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION | December 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR POSITION OF VEHICLE, AND CAMERA MODULE | December 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16723829 | ROAD NETWORK MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16620099 | DISPLAY PANEL DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | December 2019 | March 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16701290 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING AERIAL IMAGERY FOR USE IN GEOSPATIAL SURVEYING | December 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16697425 | PERSON COUNT APPARATUS, PERSON COUNT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16614539 | Method and Device for Terminal-based Object Recognition, Electronic Device | November 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16684954 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ASSISTING WITH SETTING OF WORK RESTORATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16614239 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING THE GEOMETRY OF SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION FRACTURES FROM BOREHOLE IMAGES | November 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16683339 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CELL DETECTION | November 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16678395 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BLURRING AN IMAGE | November 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16609360 | MICROBIAL ENGINEERING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING MICROBE FITNESS | October 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16664804 | TRACKING CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, AND AIRCRAFT | October 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16664332 | IMAGE-BASED ACTION DETECTION USING CONTOUR DILATION | October 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16661818 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING RESOLUTION OF IMAGES BASED ON REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT | October 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16658031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR POSITION OF VEHICLE USING DETERMINED ROAD-LINE OFFSETS | October 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16656354 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A MODEL OF A TO-BE RECONSTRUCTED AREA AND AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FLIGHT TRAJECTORY | October 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16605567 | GENERATING DOWNSCALED IMAGES REPRESENTING AN OBJECT TO BE GENERATED IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | October 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16595420 | CROP COMPONENT COUNT | October 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16590917 | BUILDING FOOTPRINT GENERATION BY USING CLEAN MASK GENERATION AND RECEIVED IMAGE DATA | October 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16590335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED HEMATOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY DETECTION | October 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16587302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ROTATION PREVIEWS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND FOUR-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES | September 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16577683 | METHOD FOR MERGING IMAGES AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | September 2019 | February 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16568819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOIL CLOD SIZE DISTRIBUTION USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | September 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16568104 | IN DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, AND OUTPUT GENERATION FOR USE IN ANALYSIS OF ONE OR A COLLECTION OF PHYSICAL ASSETS OF INTEREST | September 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16563012 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE | September 2019 | May 2023 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16560678 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECURE VIDEO FRAME MANAGEMENT | September 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16556660 | DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN OBJECT IN A ROTATION CORRECTED IMAGE | August 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16546423 | KNOWLEDGE-BASED ULTRASOUND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | August 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16545862 | Vehicle Localization Using Cameras | August 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16543209 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SELECTING IMAGES BASED ON A STANDARD | August 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16541707 | Methods for Diagnosing Neoplastic Lesions | August 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 56 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16523865 | Method of Crop Analysis using Drone with Flying and Driving Capability | July 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16479689 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYSING CELLS | July 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16516208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR VOLUME DATA VISUALIZATION | July 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16476948 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AROUND VIEW | July 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16504901 | IMAGE PREDICTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM | July 2019 | September 2020 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16504925 | IMAGE PREDICTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM | July 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16504851 | IMAGE PREDICTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM | July 2019 | September 2020 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16504879 | IMAGE PREDICTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM | July 2019 | September 2020 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16460338 | Vehicle Occupancy Reminder System | July 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16457733 | VISUALIZATION OF CLINICAL ORTHODONTIC ASSETS AND OCCLUSION CONTACT SHAPE | June 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16438128 | METHODS FOR AGRONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL MONITORING USING UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS | June 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M works in Art Unit 2668 and has examined 358 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M's allowance rate of 77.1% places them in the 46% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M receive 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 52% 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 RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M. This interview benefit is in the 6% 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, 24.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% 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 40.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
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 12% 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 85.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% 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 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, 73.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 78% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% 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 29% 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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