USPTO Examiner BATAILLE FRANTZ - Art Unit 2683

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18588754MACHINE-LEARNING SYSTEM AND PRINT-QUEUE BASED ESTIMATOR FOR PREDICTING WAIT TIMESFebruary 2024May 2024Allow310YesNo
18354534INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18132452INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18132202IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODApril 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18110436IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18092951INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1220YesNo
18009818GENERATING USER INTERFACE FOR ONBOARDINGDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
17994533METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNovember 2022June 2024Allow1810NoNo
18058222IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSNovember 2022November 2023Allow1110NoNo
17921122PRINT JOB MANAGEMENT OF USAGE DATA AND CONSUMPTION DATAOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17970737SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT AUDIO OUTPUTOctober 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17970068DATA SHARING METHOD, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEMOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010NoNo
17951316IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17950138INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND INDUSTRIAL PRINTING METHOD FOR GENERATING AND REPRINTING PRINT JOB TO ARCHIVESeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910NoNo
17912959PROCESSING CONSTRAINED PRINT OPTION FUNCTIONSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17903220METHOD OF PREPARING A PRINT JOB FOR THE PRINTING OPERATIONSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17908287PRINT CONTROL BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RESIDUAL QUANTITY RATIO OF TONERSAugust 2022September 2023Allow1210YesNo
17892795IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17820575PRODUCTION METHOD, PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17820570PRODUCTION METHOD, PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17820331SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING SYSTEMAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17872592IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMJuly 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17836622LABEL IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE GENERATING A PLURALITY OF LABEL IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF A PLURALITY OF LABELS FOR CREATING COMPOSITE LABELSJune 2022March 2024Allow2110YesNo
17744978ALERT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE TO OUTPUT ALERT ABOUT OCCUPANT BEING LEFT IN VEHICLEMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17736493COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, ADMINISTRATION METHOD, AND ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17716867SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHODApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17716890SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SYSTEMApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17699213NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, SERVICE SYSTEM, AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHODMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17688531Selectively Handsfree Communications ModuleMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510NoNo
17673589SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING A VEHICLE DRIVER BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONS WITHIN A VEHICLEFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1810NoNo
17671725METHOD FOR SWITCHING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17665900LOCAL SOFTWARE BEACON FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENTFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2410NoNo
17592524In-vehicle Multi-user Wireless Communication ConnectivityFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710YesNo
17571669METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND WIRELESS OPERATION UNITJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1810YesNo
17618213PAGING METHOD FOR WTRU WITH MULTIPLE USIMSDecember 2021May 2024Allow2910NoNo
17546297AUTOMATED SECTOR CREATION IN PHYSICAL RADIOFREQUENCY NETWORK DEPLOYMENTSDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600NoNo
17544889MESSAGE REMINDING METHOD, APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17596313LEVERAGING CLOUD ANCHORS IN AUTHENTICATIONDecember 2021May 2024Allow3010YesNo
17541909COORDINATED RANGING BETWEEN ACCESS POINTS IN A NETWORKDecember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17539268SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON LOCATION-BASED COOKIESDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010YesNo
17611520NETWORK REGISTRATION METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17454835SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF RADIO ACCESS NETWORK SITENovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17525584ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING HANDOVER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOFNovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17525177HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE NETWORKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021April 2024Allow3010YesNo
17525563PEER TO PEER SOCKET BASE SYSTEM FOR MULTI USER AUDIO AND VIDEO CALL FRAME.November 2021July 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17522554Regional Parameterization for LoRaWANNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17594670DEVICE TYPE STATE ESTIMATIONOctober 2021January 2024Allow2600NoNo
17604924ULTRA-WIDEBAND INDOOR LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2021April 2024Allow3010NoNo
17500933ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROTECTING CASING AND INTERFACING STRUCTURE WITH MAGNETIC CONNECTORSOctober 2021February 2024Allow2810NoNo
17593871NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITORINGSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17477954PORTABLE SEALED HOUSING FOR TABLETS, ELECTRONIC SENSORS AND LINKED PORTSSeptember 2021December 2023Abandon2710NoNo
17439356PAGING AND MULTI-IDENTITY MODULE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICESSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17439116TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR POSITION SENSINGSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110YesNo
17472175SYSTEM PROVIDING RELEVANT SERVICES TO TRANSIENT DEVICES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREOFSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17412391DEVICE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING INDOOR/OUTDOOR SEAMLESS POSITIONING ON BASIS OF DATA FUSION AND COMMON MESSAGE FORMAT IN MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATIONAugust 2021March 2024Allow3010NoNo
17412180ROBOTIC AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17432834Network Search Method and Terminal DeviceAugust 2021February 2024Allow2910YesNo
17431280Multi-Cell PositioningAugust 2021May 2024Allow3310NoNo
17397947MOBILE PHONE FILM ATTACHING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH REINFORCED GLASS FILMAugust 2021October 2023Allow2610NoNo
17390267COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJuly 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17389909RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) MESSAGE SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17390656SMART BATTERY LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEMJuly 2021July 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17387661METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING MOBILE WORK ZONESJuly 2021February 2024Allow3010NoNo
17385352IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTABLE BY IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSJuly 2021May 2022Allow1000NoNo
17443153METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A TERMINAL AND A SERVERJuly 2021March 2024Allow3210NoNo
16978206ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2021April 2024Allow4410NoNo
17358626APPARATUS FOR SHARING DATA OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFJune 2021September 2023Allow2610NoNo
17352988CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2021February 2024Allow3110NoNo
17309750Carrier Integration Through User Network Interface ProxyJune 2021April 2024Allow3410NoNo
17244566Paging Method, Terminal Device, And Network DeviceApril 2021October 2023Allow3010NoNo
17231458DISTRIBUTED TYPE TRAFFIC LINE TRACING APPARATUS, AND METHOD USING THE SAMEApril 2021November 2023Allow3110NoNo
17227444CELL SELECTION/RESELECTION BY A USER EQUIPMENT TRYING TO CAMP ON A RADIO CELL OF A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORKApril 2021January 2024Allow3310NoNo
17283337Mobile Device Context Transfer in a 5G SystemApril 2021January 2024Allow3310NoNo
17283403LOCATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING LOCATION OF TARGET TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND LOCATION MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREOFApril 2021January 2024Allow3310NoNo
17225031DETECTION OF A REROUTING OF A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OF A TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE CONNECTED TO AN NFC CIRCUITApril 2021December 2023Allow3210NoNo
17219151Data Transmission Method And ApparatusMarch 2021November 2023Allow3210YesNo
17211531GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION BASED TRACKING AREA MANAGEMENTMarch 2021November 2023Allow3210NoNo
17159963AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION SWITCH FOR A NODE JOINED TO A WIRELESS NETWORKJanuary 2021July 2023Allow3000NoNo
17147788INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2021January 2024Allow3610YesNo
16952932SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCURATE POSITIONS OF STATIONARY GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM SENSORSNovember 2020October 2023Allow3510NoNo
16975049EMERGENCY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING MOBILE DEVICEAugust 2020July 2023Allow3400NoNo
16966852ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENTJuly 2020October 2023Allow3810NoNo
15733361INFOTAINMENT DEVICE, INFOTAINMENT SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD, AND VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COMPRISING INFOTAINMENT DEVICEJuly 2020October 2023Allow3910NoNo
16374965PRINTING USING COLOR CHANGEABLE MATERIALApril 2019July 2023Allow5290YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner BATAILLE, FRANTZ - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BATAILLE, FRANTZ works in Art Unit 2683 and has examined 50 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BATAILLE, FRANTZ's allowance rate of 94.0% places them in the 82% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BATAILLE, FRANTZ receive 1.08 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 11% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BATAILLE, FRANTZ is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BATAILLE, FRANTZ. This interview benefit is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 78% 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 0.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 2% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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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