USPTO Examiner YIP KENT - Art Unit 2681

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18886611SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18634680SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING PRIVACY IN PRIVATE MAILApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18607062INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION OF DEFECTIVE IMAGE FORMING OPERATIONSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18540366IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A PDF PORTFOLIODecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18539421COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT REGULATES USE OF A SPECIFIC FUNCTION WHEN A PROGRAM UPDATE IS NOT EXECUTED, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18537500FOVEATED TEMPORAL FILTERINGDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200NoNo
18525859IMAGE PROCESSING METHODDecember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18516582SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LABEL PRINTINGNovember 2023June 2025Allow1930NoNo
18512715IMAGE TEXTURE MANIPULATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING DATA AUGMENTATIONNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18506014IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PRINTING PROCESSING BY A PRINTER DRIVER INSTALLED IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18500219STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TO EXECUTE CONTROL METHOD FOR SETTING A USER AS A DESTINATION OF A NOTIFICATION OF AN EVENT, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2023June 2025Allow2030YesNo
18487912IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GIVING NOTIFICATION OF CAUSAL PARTOctober 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18482198METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF TUMOR-AFFECTED TISSUEOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18479675SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SERVEROctober 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18475815NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTABLE BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18476115INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18473402INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18467003INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME THAT ALLOWS AN INSTRUCTION TO RE-DIAGNOSE A PRINTING APPARATUSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18459496CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SURFACE-SELECTIVE COATING OF AN INDIVIDUAL PHYSICAL DOCUMENT WITH A LIQUID COATINGSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18355333CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD EXECUTED BY CONTROL DEVICE DISPLAYING SERVICE NOTIFICATIONJuly 2023February 2025Allow1920YesNo
18352886IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN IMAGE QUALITY ABNORMALITYJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18349881INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION OF DEFECTIVE IMAGE FORMING OPERATIONSJuly 2023December 2023Allow500NoNo
18345721SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME PREVIEW OF HYPERSPECTRAL DATA DURING DATA ACQUISITIONJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18343385IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND INSPECTION METHODJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18341110IMAGE ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE ARRANGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18339354METHOD FOR GENERATE TRAINING DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED ON RECORD-MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING METHOD THEREFORJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18268730METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND USING CELL BEHAVIOR IN DRUG SCREENING AND DIAGNOSISJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18337599VARIABLE DATA PRINTING PIPELINE FOR DIGITAL PRINTINGJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18338324IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMJune 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18210743PRINTING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER ANOTHER DEVICE IS A SPECIFIC PRINTING APPARATUS BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY NFC, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME AND NON- TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023December 2024Allow1820NoNo
18209133METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING PRE-TRAPPED TEXTJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18205056IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COLOR TONE CORRECTIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18326779PRINT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRINT PROCESSING USING DATA BASED ON A PREDETERMINED CONTENTMay 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18323520DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE WITH FIRST RECEPTION PORT AND SECOND RECEPTION PORT, RELAY DEVICE, DEVICE TO BE MANAGED, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAMMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18314334METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN EDITED MEDICAL IMAGE OBTAINED BY APPLYING A TOOL SELECTED BASED ON AN ANATOMICAL REGIONMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18139149CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION LEGAL POSTAL MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2023September 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18189047IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18125497EXAMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE, EXAMINATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND EXAMINATION SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACQUIRING IMAGE SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO DISPLAY IMAGEMarch 2023February 2026Allow3520YesNo
18175506METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING RECONSTRUCTION IN LOW-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18167425ANALYZING TISSUE SUFFICIENCY IN BIOPSYFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18108039TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SENDING REPLY MESSAGE SHOWING THAT COMMUNICATION DEVICE RECEIVED IMAGE, SYSTEM HAVING THE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOFFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1720NoNo
18007210PLANT DIMENSION MEASURING METHODJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18160461METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A REFERENCE SCOUT IMAGE FOR X-RAY SOURCE CURRENT MODULATIONJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18160020MULTIPLEXED SUPER-RESOLUTION LABEL-FREE NONLINEAR MICROSCOPYJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3600NoNo
18159386IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MEETING MANAGEMENTJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2530NoNo
18101199IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18158759IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SELECTIVELY PERMITS REMOTE PRINTING OF RETAINED PRINT JOBS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1620NoNo
18158024PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR AUTHORIZED USAGE OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18158374PRINTING SYSTEM TO PRINT POP DATA, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18157884MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT INCLUDES NOTIFICATION UNIT, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT INCLUDES NOTIFICATION UNITJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18157214NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SUPPORTING PROGRAM FOR PRINTING PROGRAM OF OPERATION SYSTEM EXECUTABLE BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1820NoNo
18155176METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING MOLECULAR DATA BASED ON CT IMAGESJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18005192DYNAMIC JOINT ANALYSIS FOR JOINT REPLACEMENTJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3700NoNo
18015741EVENT-CONTROLLED VIEW SELECTIONJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18153097SERVER SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION INDICATING AN AMOUNT OF A CONSUMABLE TO BE USED IN A PRINTERJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1720YesNo
18152182SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING IMAGE FRAMINGJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3610NoNo
18146367SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RESOLUTION OF A DICTIONARY FOR A MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING RECONSTRUCTIONDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18010702DETERMINING AN AVOIDANCE REGION FOR A REFERENCE DEVICEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410YesNo
18062952PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INSPECTING A PRINT PRODUCTDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18072733A REMOTE SENSOR BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A SUBJECTDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18058990STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TO EXECUTE CONTROL METHOD FOR SETTING A USER AS A DESTINATION OF A NOTIFICATION OF AN EVENT, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
17991306METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR MANAGING TEETH USING ORAL IMAGENovember 2022February 2026Allow3910NoNo
18054731INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SCAN DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND SCAN DATA PROCESSING PROGRAMNovember 2022March 2024Allow1720NoNo
17984442TOOTH KEYPOINT IDENTIFICATIONNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
18054060IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR EXCELLENT USABILITY FOR USERS USING PRINT DATANovember 2022August 2024Allow2230NoNo
17984124REAL-TIME MOLTEN DROPLET ANALYZER WITH SPATIAL MODULATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGNovember 2022June 2024Allow1901NoNo
18052500IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT COMMUNICATES WITH A CHAT SERVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2022December 2024Allow2630YesNo
17950604INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR REFLECTING AN EDITABLE TAB RECEIVED FROM AN EXTERNAL DEVICE ON A SETTINGS SCREENSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010NoNo
17910101DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IRIS INFORMATION CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE BY USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17909891SCALABLE AND HIGH PRECISION CONTEXT-GUIDED SEGMENTATION OF HISTOLOGICAL STRUCTURES INCLUDING DUCTS/GLANDS AND LUMEN, CLUSTER OF DUCTS/GLANDS, AND INDIVIDUAL NUCLEI IN WHOLE SLIDE IMAGES OF TISSUE SAMPLES FROM SPATIAL MULTI-PARAMETER CELLULAR AND SUB-CELLULAR IMAGING PLATFORMSSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17909711MAP DATA CO-REGISTRATION AND LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2022March 2026Allow4220YesNo
17929991Face Authentication Anti-Spoofing Using UltrasoundSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17905760Pattern Recognition for Face-Authentication Anti-SpoofingSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17908642SCANNING DEVICE LIGHT GUIDE ASSEMBLY HAVING COMPLIANT MEMBERSeptember 2022June 2023Allow1000NoNo
17905241METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF AN AERONAUTICAL COMPONENTAugust 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17822031MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA STRUCTURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17821384IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO INSTRUCT EXECUTION OF CALIBRATION USING TEST CHART, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE CALIBRATION USING TEST CHARTAugust 2022April 2024Allow2020NoNo
17815184INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL IMAGE DATA, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2022January 2026Allow4210NoNo
17814715METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATIONJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17759130Determining the Risk of Opioid-Related Adverse Events Based on Pupillary MeasurementsJuly 2022October 2025Allow3810NoNo
17864320ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF DENTAL ARCH OVER TIMEJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17786802POSITION DETERMINATION BY MEANS OF NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2022October 2025Allow4010NoNo
17756882INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THAT PERFORMS AT LEAST ANY ONE OF PLURAL KINDS OF IMAGE PROCESSING ON A TAKEN IMAGEJune 2022June 2025Allow3610NoNo
17832212AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF STRUCTURES-OF-INTEREST FOR LAMELLA SAMPLE PREPARATIONJune 2022October 2025Allow4010YesNo
17780988SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS FROM OPTICAL DATAMay 2022March 2025Allow3400NoNo
17825781IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17716453ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHODApril 2022September 2025Allow4110NoNo
17713414FACSIMILE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING POLICIESApril 2022June 2023Allow1510NoNo
17707187INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION IF NO RESPONSE INDICATING INFORMATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED HAS BEEN MADEMarch 2022September 2023Allow1820NoNo
17705368INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR REGISTERING POSITIONAL INFORMATION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROLLED AS VIRTUAL PRINTER BY SERVERMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920NoNo
17687995INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE GENERATING FIRST PRINT DATASET AND SECOND PRINT DATASET BY USING APPEARANCE IMAGE CONFIGURED OF A PLURALITY OF COLORSMarch 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17434072CONSUMABLES ORDERING SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2023Abandon2710NoNo
17583954AUTOMATED SPINE HEALTH ASSESSMENT USING NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
17582180TRAINING PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTENDED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MAMMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OR EXCLUSION OF THE PRESENCE OF BREAST CANCERJanuary 2022August 2025Allow4210YesNo
17582678METHOD FOR DETECTING CROSSWALK USING LIDAR SENSOR AND CROSSWALK DETECTION DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHODJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17580023SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17576271METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING ANATOMICAL MODELS USING DIAGNOSTIC IMAGESJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4220YesNo
17573041ADVERSARIALLY ROBUST VISUAL FINGERPRINTING AND IMAGE PROVENANCE MODELSJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3200NoNo
17563761INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF STORING SETTING HISTORY INFORMATION BASED ON ACQUISITION SOURCE OF SETTING VALUEDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3340NoNo
17558787MEDIATION DEVICE FOR MEDIATING EXECUTION OF SOFTWARE UPDATING TASK, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MEDIATION PROGRAM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SOFTWARE UPDATING TASK, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMDecember 2021August 2023Allow2020NoNo

Appeals Overview

No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.

Examiner YIP, KENT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner YIP, KENT works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 28 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner YIP, KENT's allowance rate of 85.7% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by YIP, KENT receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by YIP, KENT is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by YIP, KENT. This interview benefit is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.9% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.3% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 4% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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