USPTO Examiner GUILLERMETY JUAN M - Art Unit 2682

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18615245COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH A TARGET APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18582006ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR INSTALLING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS SUITABLE FOR HARDWARE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18420802System, Device, and Method for Improved Image Encoding that Non-Iteratively Targets and Achieves a Visual-Quality Threshold and a Compression Efficiency ThresholdJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18420070PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING A STATIC-CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2630YesNo
18402819COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18398287PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM THAT INITIALIZE COUNTER VALUE AFTER RESTRICTION PERIOD IS STARTEDDecember 2023June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18537640COMMUNICATION APPARATUS PERFORMING COMMUNICATION THROUGH ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18536189SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEAR ASSESSMENT OF GROUND ENGAGING TOOLSDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200NoNo
18530079IMAGE RESTORING CIRCUIT USING NEURAL NETWORK AND IMAGE RESTORING METHOD USING THE CIRCUITDecember 2023November 2025Allow2300NoNo
18511058MAINTENANCE CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING A MAINTENANCE CONTENT OF A PRINTING APPARATUSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18559334DEEP LEARNING-BASED METHOD FOR IMPROVING FEATURE MAP COMPRESSION EFFICIENCYNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18384847MULTIMODAL MOTION VISION BASED AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM A METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18496567On-Device Content-Specific Model Orchestration for Optimizing User-Generated ContentOctober 2023October 2025Allow2300YesNo
18486074INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING A PRINT SETTING SCREEN, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOROctober 2023February 2026Allow2830YesNo
18485511MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE TO GENERATE A BLOOD VESSEL DIAGRAM SHOWING A BLOOD VESSEL DISTRIBUTIONOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18462575INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INSPECTING PRINTED MATERIALSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1710YesNo
18548479IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSAugust 2023September 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18234878IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MALFUNCTIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1120YesNo
18263891INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAMAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1620YesNo
18356503INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TO EXTEND PRINT FUNCTION AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023September 2025Allow2630YesNo
18223235INTELLIGENT PAPER TRAY CONFIGURATION FOR PRINTING DEVICEJuly 2023April 2024Allow920YesNo
18353547SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT OF PRINTER DRIVERS AND PRINTER PROFILESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18352591IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT STORES DATA INCLUDING A TOKEN, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18352163GENERATING FUNCTIONAL BRAIN MAPPINGS AND ACCOMPANYING REFERENCE INFORMATIONJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210YesNo
18352062LANDMARK LOCALIZATION USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATIONSJuly 2023September 2025Allow2700NoNo
18351818SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT TRANSMIT A PRINT TARGET BY ROTATING AN IMAGE IN A CASE WHERE AN ACQUIRED CAPABILITY DOES NOT SATISFY A CONDITIONJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18350070COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRINTING COMPOSITE IMAGEJuly 2023July 2025Allow2440NoNo
18349472IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT REQUESTS COLLECTION OF CONSUMABLE, CONTROLLING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFORJuly 2023December 2024Allow1830YesNo
18344163METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A USER WITH OPERATION OF MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER USING MOBILE DEVICEJune 2023November 2024Allow1720NoNo
18340150PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH ERROR NOTIFICATION CONTROLJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18339458Anti-Spoofing Detection Using Multi-Light Point IrradiationJune 2023February 2026Allow3210YesNo
18335495TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING DIRECTION TOWARD TARGET POSITIONJune 2023September 2024Allow1520NoNo
18334453IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE AND COLOR GAMUT CONVERSIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18330095COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT NETWORKSJune 2023March 2025Allow2130YesNo
18265485DISEASE FEATURE RECOGNITION IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES AND DISEASE PROGRESSION PREDICTIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3120NoNo
18323692INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR SETTING PRINTING CONDITIONS FOR MULTILAYER PRINTINGMay 2023May 2025Abandon2440NoNo
18321278IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFMay 2023August 2025Allow2700NoNo
18144764PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOW TO SOLVE CAUSE OF A JOB PROCESSING FAILUREMay 2023April 2025Abandon2340NoNo
18311061IoT Integrated Real Time Management of Emissions Using Satellite DataMay 2023October 2025Allow3020YesNo
18251531MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR TUMOR IDENTIFICATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND GRADINGMay 2023October 2025Allow3010YesNo
18034433MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC FUSION BASED AUTHENTICATIONApril 2023December 2025Allow3110YesNo
18308330LAYING SHEET DISPOSED BETWEEN PRINTING DEVICE AND INSTALLATION SURFACEApril 2023May 2024Allow1220NoNo
18307314IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE NOTIFICATIONApril 2023December 2024Allow2030NoNo
18304214FEATURE MAP ENCODING AND DECODING BASED ON PRESENCE INDICATORApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18302647COMBINING NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING AND IMAGE SEGMENTATION TO INTELLIGENTLY POPULATE TEXT REPORTSApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18302623INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ASSOCIATING AN IMAGE WITH IDENTIFICATION INFORMATIONApril 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18194671PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING PRINT JOB WITH DESIRED PRINT SETTINGSApril 2023December 2024Allow2030NoNo
18192625METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FORMING CONSECUTIVE IMAGES WITH ALTERNATING RECORDING MEDIUM ARRANGEMENTMarch 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18186819SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION AND FEEDBACKMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910YesNo
18184160INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING A LOG RELATED TO COMMUNICATION AND EXECUTION OF A PROCESSINGMarch 2023May 2024Allow1430YesNo
18184508IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INSERTING IMAGE DATA IN A FILEMarch 2023August 2024Allow1720NoNo
18184170INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, FEE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT TRANSMITS USAGE FEE IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING THAT FIRST AND SECOND USERS BELONG TO A SAME GROUPMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18120407GENERATING AND DETERMINING ADDITIONAL CONTENT AND PRODUCTS BASED ON PRODUCT-TOKENSMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18118395PRINTING FROM A HANDHELD DEVICE VIA A REMOTE SERVERMarch 2023March 2024Allow1220NoNo
18177243AUTOMATIC TUNING COMPENSATION MECHANISMMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18177384SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A DRIVER OF A HOST VEHICLE AND DRIVERS OF ONE OR MORE REMOTE VEHICLESMarch 2023March 2026Abandon3620YesNo
18173987PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM THAT INITIALIZE COUNTER VALUE AFTER RESTRICTION PERIOD IS STARTEDFebruary 2023September 2023Allow700NoNo
18173127IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND FEED TRAY THAT INCLUDES A SIDE GUIDE INSIDE A PAIR OF SIDEWALLS FOR ROLL PAPERFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800YesNo
18173023INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CREATING COMPOSITE LABEL BASED ON FIRST LABEL DATA AND SECOND LABEL DATA WHICH IS GENERATED BY USING THE FIRST LABEL DATAFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1520YesNo
18172134OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, LABEL SYSTEM, LABEL MODULE, AND RECOGNITION METHODFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3621YesNo
18020826STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC PREDICTION FOR A HONEYCOMB BODY USING IMAGE ABSTRACTIONFebruary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18163909SERVER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ADMINISTRATOR'S DEVICE, A TERMINAL DEVICE, A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND A CONTROLLER HAVING HARDWAREFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18161289METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING CT IMAGESJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3110YesNo
18159210COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTION FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT OPERATE IN PARALLEL IN A FIRST MODE AND A SECOND MODEJanuary 2023October 2023Allow800YesNo
18159009COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONNECTION APPLICATION FOR TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJanuary 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18083752INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING WEB SERVER COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022June 2024Allow1820NoNo
18068145METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAY OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ARTICLE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS AND DETERMINED USER INTERESTDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
18064328COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH A TARGET APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210YesNo
18062781MEDIATION SERVER MEDIATING BETWEEN TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEDecember 2022February 2024Allow1520NoNo
18076648CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUSES, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS.December 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
18008839METHOD FOR ANALYZING A DENTAL SITUATION OF A PATIENTDecember 2022November 2025Allow3611NoNo
18071460FACE IMAGE VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18059032IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMNovember 2022January 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18058790FOOL-PROOF REGISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOFNovember 2022February 2026Allow3820NoNo
18055505INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ERROR INFORMATION AND SOLUTION METHODNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210NoNo
18054711METHOD FOR TRAINING IMAGE EDITING MODEL AND METHOD FOR EDITING IMAGENovember 2022September 2025Abandon3410YesNo
18054681IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME FOR MOVING A SENSOR AND READING AN IMAGENovember 2022November 2024Allow2430NoNo
18054625SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MULTI-FACTOR FACE AUTHENTICATION OF USERNovember 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
18053639PRINT DATA EDITING DEVICE EDITING PRINT DATA SUCH THAT PARTIAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO COLUMN IS SHIFTED IN SUB-SCANNING DIRECTION AND EDITING CONDITION IS METNovember 2022June 2023Allow700NoNo
17923629BOUNDARY CORRECTION IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSNovember 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17982456INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PEER-TO-PEER DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING IN COMBINATION OF PRODUCTION PRINTING APPARATUSESNovember 2022January 2024Allow1420YesNo
17980150METHODS OF ADDING AND VALIDATING A DIGITAL SIGNATURE IN A VIDEO DATA SEGMENTNovember 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
18050881IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY PERFORMING A SETTING PROCESS ON OR CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF A IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSOctober 2022November 2023Allow1210NoNo
18050558PRINTING DEVICE PERFORMING RESOURCE MONITORING PROCESS TO INCREASE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE SPACE OF MEMORYOctober 2022August 2024Allow2240YesNo
18049838SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTITY-BASED ANALYTE DETECTION AND ANALYSISOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17971978Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, Authentication Method And Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded With Authentication ProgramOctober 2022November 2024Abandon2540YesNo
17970840IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PRINTS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022October 2024Allow2440YesNo
18048178Method and system for analytical X-ray calibration, reconstruction and indexing using simulationOctober 2022February 2026Allow4020NoNo
17938521MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS GENERATING HUMAN BODY DATA BASED ON MEDICAL IMAGE DATAOctober 2022October 2025Allow3620YesNo
17916469METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A POSITIONING INSTRUMENTSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17954541IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HISTORY INFORMATIONSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1520NoNo
17914788SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND DEDUPLICATING IMAGES OF EVENT INDICATORSSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3520YesNo
17949871SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY USING MACHINE-LEARNINGSeptember 2022May 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17941710SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC TABS BASED SELECTION IN A ROLE-BASED SOFTWARE SYSTEM USER INTERFACESeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210YesNo
17899578INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR MANAGING MAINTENANCE OPERATION PERMISSIONAugust 2022November 2025Allow3920NoNo
17896820METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17892101INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR NOTIFYING UNAUTHORIZED OPERATIONSAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820NoNo
17887649System and Method for Identifying and Classifying a Feature in an Image of a SubjectAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17817605INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IN COMMUNICATION WITH IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH CHAT SERVICE. CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFORAugust 2022January 2024Allow1820NoNo
17815811STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERATING PROCESSED IMAGE DATA REPRESENTING PROCESSED IMAGE IN WHICH GAP AREA IS ARRANGED WITHIN RANGE INCLUDING LONGITUDINAL CENTER POSITION THEREOFJuly 2022June 2023Allow1100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GUILLERMETY, JUAN M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
10.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
5.8%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner GUILLERMETY, JUAN M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GUILLERMETY, JUAN M works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 69 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GUILLERMETY, JUAN M's allowance rate of 85.5% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GUILLERMETY, JUAN M receive 2.28 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 GUILLERMETY, JUAN M is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -6.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GUILLERMETY, JUAN M. 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.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 66% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 80.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 84% 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 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 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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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