Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18654399 | Self-Service Print Kiosk | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18433356 | Data Aggregation and Analytics for Digital Manufacturing | February 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIDGET LOAD FAILURE IDENTIFICATION | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18526901 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ADJUSTING DOCUMENT STYLE | December 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514101 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18511504 | METHOD FOR QUEUEING PRINT JOBS TO BE PRINTED ON RIGID PRINT MEDIA | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCAN TIME REDUCTION FOR PROPELLER MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ACQUISITION USING DEEP LEARNING RECONSTRUCTION | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18497090 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE GROUP INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICES, SERVER, AND MANAGEMENT TERMINAL | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496451 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE CONTROL PROGRAM | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18490829 | IMAGE REASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD APPLIED TO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PRODUCTION LINE PRODUCTIVITY WITH AN INDUSTRIAL PRINTER | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18480424 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477385 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18467103 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244643 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING INTELLIGENT RIP I/O FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18244611 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING PAGE COMPLEXITY DETECTION FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463756 | ADAPTIVE HUMAN INSTANCE SEGMENTATION WITH STEREO VIEW CONSISTENCY | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING A VEHICLE MANEUVER USING A SPATIOTEMPORAL ATTENTION SELECTOR | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461925 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSET ROUTING | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458507 | BLOCK-BASED LONG-RANGE CONTEXT MODEL IN NEURAL IMAGE COMPRESSION | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451238 | MEDICAL RECORD-GUIDED COMPUTER-AIDED DETECTION | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450180 | IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY APPARATUS | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366423 | SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18364106 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18263717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226944 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING POSITION OF EXTERNAL OBJECT ASSOCIATED WITH IMAGE BY USING INFORMATION OF CAMERA AND METHOD THEREOF | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18358427 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356451 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18221958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219715 | OPERATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM, OPERATION ANALYSIS APPARATUS, OPERATION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266152 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ISSUE WITH AN INDUSTRIAL PRINTER | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266233 | REGION-OPTIMZED VIRTUAL (ROVIR) COILS | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18265614 | DISPOSAL INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, ARTICLE INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, DISPOSAL INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | June 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329426 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328604 | PRINT JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18039228 | METHOD FOR TREATING FOOD IN AN APPLIANCE, FOOD TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202623 | SETTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, SETTING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PRINTER DRIVER | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REFINEMENT OF MACHINE LEARNING NETWORK PARAMETERS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324398 | VISUAL ODOMETRY FOR OPERATING A MOVABLE DEVICE | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319981 | METHOD OF GENERATING EXCISION TOOL INFORMATION USING CERVICOGRAPHY IMAGE AND ANALYSIS APPARATUS | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314584 | MONITORING AND THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOREGISTRATION OF VISUAL MEDIA PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18251687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT IMAGE PROCESSING | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18301985 | IMAGE SIZE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURE, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE SCALING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON STREAMING ARCHITECTURE | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031101 | Method and system for segmenting and identifying at least one tubular structure in medical images | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132526 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING TOPOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT AND TOPOGRAPHIC MEASURING MACHINE | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18191338 | VEHICULAR CAMERA FOCUS TEST SYSTEM USING LIGHT COLLIMATOR IN CONTROLLED TEST CHAMBER | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190167 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124084 | RESTRICTING PRINTING BASED ON PHYSICAL LOCAL PRESENCE OF A USER DEVICE | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124225 | DEFECT DETECTION DEVICE | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18121529 | INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING BY GROUPING APPARATUS FOR PEER-TO-PEER PRODUCTION PRINTING | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121566 | INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND VARIABLE PRINTING METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF VARIABLE CONTENT IN VARIABLE PRINTING OF PRODUCTION PRINTING BY PEER-TO-PEER | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044951 | INTERNET-OF-THINGS TERMINAL AND PICTURE UPDATING METHOD THEREFOR | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178790 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178147 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18024274 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING PART OF DENTAL IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18023432 | DETERMINING THE SIZE OF A PRINT MEDIA | February 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18172991 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112102 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT | February 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18006205 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF FOR REAL-TIME AUTOMATIC LABEL-FREE HOLOGRAPHY-ACTIVATED SORTING OF CELLS | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156438 | NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SUPPORTING PROGRAM EXECUTABLE BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157062 | PHOTO-BASED DENTAL APPLIANCE FIT | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152700 | PRINTING APPARATUS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18152162 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151302 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18147667 | ACCESS REQUEST RESPONSE METHOD, CONSUMABLE CHIP, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18013112 | Systems and Methods for Reconstruction of Digital Holograms | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087170 | SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING PLAYER BEHAVIOR AND GAME SITUATION IN SPORTS GAME VIDEO | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011672 | RECOMMENDED PRINT JOB DELIVERY PATHS | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065859 | PRINTING DEVICE CONNECTIVITY MANAGER FOR A DIGITAL FRONT END | December 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18059046 | COUNTER-AI CAMOUFLAGE | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18058876 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, CONTROLLING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057412 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND PRINTING SYSTEM | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057126 | FUSION TECHNIQUES FOR COMBINING MOST SIGNIFICANT BITS AND LEAST SIGNIFICANT BITS OF IMAGE DATA IN IMAGE PROCESSING OR OTHER APPLICATIONS | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055927 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND SERVER | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VITREOUS DISEASE SEVERITY MEASUREMENT | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING CONDITION OF DEVICE | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18053117 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980561 | MULTISTREAM FUSION ENCODER FOR PROSTATE LESION SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION | November 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048968 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY CALIBRATION | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18048866 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965956 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOCUMENT WITH SPECIALTY IMAGING AND COMPUTING DEVICE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17964160 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045962 | SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17938365 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND SERVER | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936909 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INSTALLATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944977 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | September 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944690 | CLOUD PRINTING METHOD AND CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931711 | JOINT HISTOGRAM BASED FLUORESCENT SIGNAL UNMIXING METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821698 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD CAPABLE OF SHARING IMAGE FORMING JOBS AMONG PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES | August 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892197 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE PRIORITY JOBS AT A MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891221 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889001 | HISTORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND HISTORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888751 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17886749 | GRAPHICS AND IMAGE PROCESSING FOR DEBUGGING FOR A PRINTING | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884948 | APPLYING A TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) KERNEL ON AN INPUT FEATURE MAP | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815706 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING HANDWRITTEN CHARACTERS ON AN IMAGE USING A CLASSIFICATION MODEL | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WALLACE, JOHN R.
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, 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.
⚠ 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 WALLACE, JOHN R works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 14 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.
Examiner WALLACE, JOHN R's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by WALLACE, JOHN R receive 1.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 WALLACE, JOHN R is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WALLACE, JOHN R. This interview benefit is in the 14% 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, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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 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 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 73% 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 0.0% 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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