Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18584120 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER OUTPUT MANAGEMENT | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18545501 | Smooth and Jump-Free Rapid Target Acquisition | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506363 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459758 | METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RADIOLOGICAL VISUALIZATION DATA | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18228196 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF A BONE CEMENT VOLUME OF A BONE CEMENT FOR A PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358158 | QUASI-NEWTON MRI DEEP LEARNING RECONSTRUCTION | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341663 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18205238 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18204931 | Using a Custom Printer Driver to Automatically Electronically Create, Capture and Manage all Documents Utilized in a Transaction | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18326548 | EYE TRACKER WITH HARDWARE FILTERING AND SOFTWARE SORTING | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18311640 | EFFECTIVE LEVERAGING OF SYNTHETIC DATA FOR DEPTH ESTIMATION MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVOLUTION OF AN IMAGE | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311215 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING INTERPROXIMAL SPACES | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATE ASSET ROUTING | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18251220 | DECREASED QUANTIZATION LATENCY | April 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296400 | DOMAIN ADAPTION FOR PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128272 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK MODEL | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184066 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING AND PREDICTING THE PROGRESSION OF INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18178120 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED LESION DETECTION USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING DATA | March 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173254 | ESTABLISHING METHOD OF MENISCUS TEAR ASSISTED DETERMINATION PROGRAM, MENISCUS TEAR ASSISTED DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MENISCUS TEAR ASSISTED DETERMINATION | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100658 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODS TO MANAGE PRINTING DEVICES ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FOR EACH PRINTING DEVICE | January 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING PRINTING PERMISSION PROCESS TO PERMIT PRINTING | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992386 | IMAGE ANALYZER AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053421 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921117 | PRINT JOB LIFE CYCLES | October 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891075 | Using a Custom Printer Driver to Automatically Electronically Create, Capture and Manage all Documents Utilized in a Transaction | August 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17869276 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17826114 | WORKFLOW SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, QUALITY REPORT DATA CREATION METHOD, AND MEDIA | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17664280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING DATA AND PROGRAM | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17737425 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734608 | Non-Invasive Method Of Evaluating Blood Cell Measurement And Non-Invasive Blood Cell Measurement Evaluating System | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AQUIRING VISITOR INFORMATION | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720626 | METHOD AND DEVICE WITH IMAGE PROCESSING | April 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17766688 | Grid-Based Enrollment for Face Authentication | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17708584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17707149 | PERSONALIZED ONLINE LEARNING FOR ARTIFICIAL REALITY APPLICATIONS | March 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17707090 | METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING ADAPTIVE CONSUMABLE ESTIMATION IN PRINTING OPERATIONS | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17681351 | LANE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678761 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CLASSIFYING MENTAL STRESS USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK AND LONG-SHORT TERM MEMORY NETWORK | February 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17669760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH CALIBRATION | February 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17628665 | INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | January 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570752 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559461 | Artificial Reality Applications Through Virtual Object Definitions and Invocation | December 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17556157 | SYSTEM FOR REFINING A SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM POSE ESTIMATE OF A TARGET OBJECT | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17541264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17539247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FACIAL IMAGE ANONYMIZATION | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17538823 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | November 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17613458 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING HEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORONARY STENOSIS | November 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455417 | Output Validation of an Image Reconstruction Algorithm | November 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17527492 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM | November 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17521812 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17519794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SIMULATION OF TEETH TRANSFORMATION | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17503417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING AUTONOMOUS TARGET SELECTION | October 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17500088 | Smooth and Jump-Free Rapid Target Acquisition | October 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17495241 | SERVER AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | October 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491794 | HISTORICAL CROP STATE MODEL, PREDICTIVE CROP STATE MAP GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17476247 | TOOL FOR COUNTING AND SIZING PLANTS IN A FIELD | September 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17475630 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION OF NON-CARTESIAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING INFORMATION USING DEEP LEARNING | September 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17469376 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17384283 | MULTI-SCALE OUTPUT TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17423157 | METHOD OF VISUALIZING A DYNAMIC ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17374057 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17418692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17308243 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMAGE STYLE TRANSFER | May 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17232890 | SKY REPLACEMENT COLOR HARMONIZATION | April 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17212023 | Method and Apparatus for Predicting Result of Appearance Changing Operation | March 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17210717 | VERIFICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT PERFORM VERIFICATION FOR A FIRST REGION BY A FIRST ALGORITHM AND FOR A SECOND REGION BY A SECOND ALGORITHM | March 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17210250 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD | March 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17198536 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIRECTLY PRINTING MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS STORED OVER MULTIPLE/DIFFERENT CLOUD LOCATIONS | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17195891 | IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17181518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | February 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17161383 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM | January 2021 | February 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17157334 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17142324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM | January 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17126312 | ADJUSTING VEHICLE MODELS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS | December 2020 | August 2025 | Allow | 56 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17087005 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16805651 | CONFIGURING PRINTING DEVICES | February 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 45 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15814011 | Redirection of a File Based on Distance Between Physical Ports of an Intermediate Device | November 2017 | February 2018 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15499268 | OPTIMIZING BALANCE BETWEEN DUPLEX PRINT JOB PERFORMANCE AND DUPLEX PRINT ENGINE WEAR | April 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15475872 | HOT FOLDER CREATION AND MANAGEMENT | March 2017 | November 2018 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15297252 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | October 2016 | October 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15295729 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | October 2016 | October 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15069090 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14974703 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2015 | January 2017 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14964123 | Identifying Problematic Printers by Applying Markov Chain Model | December 2015 | April 2017 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14924505 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OPERATION ACCORDING TO PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE DATA CONTENT | October 2015 | November 2016 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14827818 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING NEAR-FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2015 | March 2019 | Allow | 43 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14806060 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | July 2015 | August 2016 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14647551 | Receipt Printing System, Control Method Of A Receipt Printing System, And Control Device | May 2015 | July 2018 | Allow | 38 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14076359 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A MOVABLE TAG READER FOR SENSING TAGS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS | November 2013 | March 2015 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14009409 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SERVER, AND PROGRAM | October 2013 | June 2015 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13649180 | PRINT SYSTEM HAVING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE EXECUTE PROCESSING REQUEST WITH ENCRYPTED CONTROL INFORMATION FROM A PRINT CONTROL DEVICE | October 2012 | December 2014 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13562146 | MODIFYING ELECTRONIC DATA LAYOUT FOR EFFICIENT PRINTING OF ELECTRONIC DATA | July 2012 | October 2014 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13434727 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SELECTING, DISPLAYING, AND PRINTING GROUP IMAGES BASED ON SELECTED DATES | March 2012 | February 2013 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13401823 | USER SELECTED SETTING UPDATE BETWEEN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES ON A NETWORK | February 2012 | October 2012 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13344466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A PRINTING DEVICE | January 2012 | May 2015 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13332994 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT SCANNING AREA FROM AN APEX POSITION AND A READING REFERENCE POSITION | December 2011 | July 2012 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13327543 | SCHEDULED AND SECURED CLOUD PRINT SERVICES | December 2011 | November 2016 | Allow | 59 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13302939 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2011 | November 2014 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZHANG, FAN.
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, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
⚠ 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 ZHANG, FAN works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 83 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Examiner ZHANG, FAN's allowance rate of 86.7% places them in the 65% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ZHANG, FAN receive 2.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% 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 ZHANG, FAN is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 30% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -2.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHANG, FAN. This interview benefit is in the 8% 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, 24.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 36% 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 37.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 57% 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 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% 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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