Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18662806 | NON-VOLATILE STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (NVSRAM) WITH MULTIPLE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION CELLS | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661902 | MEMORY SELECTOR THRESHOLD VOLTAGE RECOVERY | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18636569 | MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAM OPERATION THEREOF | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18635365 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE HAVING FUSE ELEMENTS | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415023 | Integrated Assemblies | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412873 | CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DISCHARGE ENABLE CIRCUIT FOR DISCHARGING BIT LINES OF MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18535647 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SMART REFRESH OPERATION AND METHOD OF REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION DURING REFRESH | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513328 | MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING CLOCK SIGNAL BASED ON OPERATING SPEED AND PROPAGATION DELAY OF COMMAND/ADDRESS SIGNAL | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18509485 | CLOCK SYSTEM AND MEMORY | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480305 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239140 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING MEMORY CHIP BONDED TO A CMOS CHIP INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18365317 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH ERROR PER ROW COUNTER (EPRC) PERFORMING ERROR CHECK AND SCRUB (ECS) | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361559 | SECOND WORD LINE COMBINED WITH Y-MUX SIGNAL IN HIGH VOLTAGE MEMORY PROGRAM | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18226096 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MEMORY DEVICE | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347571 | IN MEMORY SEARCHING DEVICE | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18218243 | QUADRATURE ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217205 | SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH DIGIT LINE MULTIPLEXING | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340726 | Memory System Topologies Including A Memory Die Stack | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336418 | SRAM WITH TRACKING CIRCUITRY FOR REDUCING ACTIVE POWER | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18313948 | MEMORY SUBWORD DRIVER CIRCUITS AND LAYOUT | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139316 | METHOD OF REDUCING PROGRAM DISTURBANCE IN MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE UTILIZING SAME | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18138849 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR REDUCING ROW HAMMER DISTURBANCE, AND A METHOD OF REFRESHING THE SAME | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303522 | MEMORY DEVICES HAVING SENSE AMPLIFIERS THEREIN THAT SUPPORT OFFSET CANCELLATION HAVING IMPROVED SENSE AMPLIFIER CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18300706 | NON-VOLATILE STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (nvSRAM) WITH MULTIPLE MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION CELLS | April 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299363 | SEMICONDUCTOR-ELEMENT-INCLUDING MEMORY DEVICE | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184329 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING SENSE AMPLIFIER THAT SENSES DATA FROM MULTIPLE MEMORY CIRCUITS | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120136 | VARYING A TIME AVERAGE FOR FEEDBACK OF A MEMORY SYSTEM | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182305 | MEMORY DEVICE ARCHITECTURE USING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL CELLS PER BIT TO IMPROVE READ MARGIN AND TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED FOR MANAGING DEMARCATION READ VOLTAGES | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180117 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH SINGLE-TRANSISTOR DRAM CELLS WITH NO CAPACITORS, AND MEMORY CELLS STACKED IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION USING GATE-ALL-AROUND (GAA) TECHNOLOGY | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178915 | MEMORY DEVICE AND SENSE AMPLIFIER CAPABLE OF PERFORMING IN-MEMORY LOGICAL NOT OPERATION AND COMPUTING | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174186 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING AN ON-DIE ECC ENGINE | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18172136 | MEMORY DEVICE WITH VERTICAL PILLAR SHAPED CELLS AND SGT STRUCTURE | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164199 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY PERFORMING ISOLATION FUNCTION AND LAYOUT DISPLACEMENT METHOD THEREOF | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105442 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LOGIC/MEMORY DEVICES | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18104069 | DATA DESTRUCTION | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103226 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE ERASING PHASE OF A MEMORY DEVICE | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18100969 | TEST CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING WORD LINE DEFECT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099386 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING HOT CARRIER INJECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18153464 | BIT LINE LOGIC CIRCUITS AND METHODS | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095646 | READ-TIME OVERHEAD AND POWER OPTIMIZATIONS WITH COMMAND QUEUES IN MEMORY DEVICE | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151459 | MEMORY CIRCUIT, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064859 | Four-Poly-Pitch Sram Cell With Backside Metal Tracks | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18075570 | PERFORMING REFRESH OPERATIONS ON MEMORY CELLS | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17992651 | MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING CLOCK SIGNAL BASED ON OPERATING SPEED AND PROPAGATION DELAY OF COMMAND/ADDRESS SIGNAL | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999234 | A SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE WITH TWO POWER SOURCE PATHS | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986652 | RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY FOR EXCLUSIVE NOR (XNOR) NEURAL NETWORKS | November 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998782 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIAL-BASED SELECTOR WITH STACK UNIT, MEMORY UNIT, ARRAY, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986556 | STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING PUF | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17982382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A COMPRESSED BITCELL READ-ONLY MEMORY | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979591 | SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR PAGE BUFFER OF MEMORY DEVICE | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18051719 | MAGNETIC DOMAIN WALL-BASED MEMORY DEVICE WITH TRACK-CROSSING ARCHITECTURE | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17974852 | APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH IN-MEMORY DELAY DEPENDENT PROCESSING | October 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049855 | DIRTY WRITE ON POWER OFF | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971340 | STABILIZATION OF SELECTOR DEVICES IN A MEMORY ARRAY | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970212 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PROGRAM OPERATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | October 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970103 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR EVICTING COLD DATA FROM VOLATILE MEMORY AND STORING THE EVICTED COLD DATA INTO THE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | October 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045846 | SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH PRECHARGE, MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND SENSING METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045590 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING OPERATION CONDITION OF THE SAME | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17960660 | RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL CROSS-POINT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960346 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE USING CENTER DUMMY LINE TRANSISTOR FOR INCREASING BOOSTING EFFICIENCY AND PROGRAMMING METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17960139 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, MEMORY DEVICE FORMED ON A WAFER ON WAFER STACK IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD APPLIED TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM BASED ON WAFER-ON-WAFER ARCHITECTURE | October 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17953329 | INPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954176 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO DEPRIORITIZE TRAFFIC TO UNAVAILABLE MEMORY BANKS | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931457 | MEMORY SUBWORD DRIVER CIRCUITS WITH COMMON TRANSISTORS AT WORD LINES | September 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939594 | DETERMINING THRESHOLD VALUES FOR VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION METRICS | September 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903052 | MULTI-CHANNEL MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF SWITCHING REDUNDANCY MEMORY BLOCKS TO REPLACE FAILED MEMORY BLOCK | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903390 | ROBUSTNESS-AWARE NAND FLASH MANAGEMENT | September 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823674 | MIXED WRITE CURSOR FOR BLOCK STRIPE WRITING | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821783 | IN-MEMORY COMPUTING USING SOT-MRAM | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821676 | MEMORY WITH PARALLEL MAIN AND TEST INTERFACES | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17821645 | STRUCTURES FOR WORD LINE MULTIPLEXING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY ARRAYS | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17820906 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SELECTIVE ERASE SCHEME | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889183 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SKIPPING WORDLINE ACTIVATION OF DEFECTIVE MEMORY DURING REFRESH OPERATIONS | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17887985 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF STORED DATA AND SHORTENING OPERATION TIME | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887226 | Integrated Assemblies | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884053 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM WITH A SELF-REFRESH FUNCTION | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884261 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING COMMON MODE LEVEL FOR SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUITRY | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883392 | TWO-STAGE VOLTAGE CALIBRATION UPON POWER-UP OF MEMORY DEVICE | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17874296 | FLASH MEMORY STORAGE APPARATUS AND A BIASING METHOD THEREOF, WHICH CAN REDUCE A GATE INDUCED DRAIN LEAKAGE (GIDL) AND IMPROVE RELIABILITY OF MEMORY CELLS | July 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868074 | TRIGGERING A REFRESH FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17866558 | MEMORY ARRAY HAVING ERROR CHECKING AND CORRECTION CIRCUIT | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FLASH MEMORY CONTROL | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17864237 | MEMORY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF COMPENSATING FOR KICKBACK NOISE | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17862697 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRE-PROGRAM OPERATION ON OVER-ERASURE CELLS | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863092 | MEMORY DEVICES WITH IMPROVED BIT LINE LOADING | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17862472 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISCHARGING AN OPERATING VOLTAGE | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17862081 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING WORD LINE AND BIT LINE | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811153 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ILLEGAL COMMANDS AND COMMAND SEQUENCES | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791176 | BLOCK-TO-BLOCK ISOLATION AND DEEP CONTACT USING PILLARS IN A MEMORY ARRAY | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810777 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES FOR REDUCING DEGRADATION DUE TO DIFFERENCE OF THRESHOLD VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN OUTER CELLS AND INNER CELLS | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17854153 | LOCAL AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT, DATA READOUT METHOD AND MEMORY | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855094 | EFFICIENT AND LOW POWER REFERENCE VOLTAGE MIXING | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17844955 | ADAPTIVE BODY BIAS MANAGEMENT FOR AN IN-MEMORY COMPUTE OPERATION WHERE SIMULTANEOUS ACCESS IS MADE TO PLURAL ROWS OF A STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845259 | MEMORY CONTROLLER PERFORMING TRAINING TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17807760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SENSE BOUNDARY OF SENSE AMPLIFIER, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17844434 | ADAPTIVE WORD LINE UNDERDRIVE CONTROL FOR AN IN-MEMORY COMPUTE OPERATION WHERE SIMULTANEOUS ACCESS IS MADE TO PLURAL ROWS OF A STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (SRAM) | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17806630 | NAND FLASH PROGRAMMING AND METHOD OF APPLYING READ PULSE BEFORE END OF PROGRAM | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17836296 | READOUT CIRCUIT LAYOUT AND SENSE AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835917 | OTP DEVICE WITH READ MODULE AND BIASING CIRCUITRY TO DETECT AND MEASURE ACCURATE BREAKDOWN STATES OF ANTI-FUSE MEMORY CELLS | June 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835912 | PRECHARGE CIRCUITRY FOR USE WITH BITLINES | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE.
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, 40.0% 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 SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE works in Art Unit 2825 and has examined 759 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE's allowance rate of 89.6% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 59% 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 SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE. This interview benefit is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% 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, 150.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 75.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
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 28% 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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