Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994084 | INTEGRATED DEVICE BASED ON THIRD-GENERATION SEMICONDUCTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18289370 | Digital Chip-Based Digital Driving Method for Piezoelectric Ceramic Transformer | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18486609 | DRIVER CIRCUITRY COMPRISING ACTIVE INDUCTOR CIRCUITRY FOR PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485899 | HYBRID STRUCTURE FOR A SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361805 | RING-SHAPED STACKED PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS DEVICES | July 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18302878 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING TRANSDUCER IN DIELECTRIC BETWEEN A PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND A SUBSTRATE | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122156 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING Li2CO3 LAYER ON PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE MADE OF LiNbO3 OR LiTaO3 | March 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18066160 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF SINGLE CRYSTAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ENHANCED STRAIN INTERFACE REGIONS BY IMPURITY INTRODUCTION | December 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991444 | TRANSDUCER ARRAYS WITH AIR KERFS FOR INTRALUMINAL IMAGING | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972673 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE WITH INSULATING PORTION PROVIDED INSIDE TRENCH | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17972622 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE HAVING AN INSULATING PORTION OVERLAPPING ELECTRODE OPENING | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17967033 | APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918862 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS | October 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957970 | VIBRATION APPARATUS, APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE VIBRATION APPARATUS | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17877848 | MICROCHIP FOR DRIVING A RESONANT CIRCUIT | July 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17877851 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ULTRASONIC WAVES | July 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17809813 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | June 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17757588 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | June 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842204 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE COMPRISING HALIDE PEROVSKITE ACTIVE LAYER, AND POWER GENERATION DEVICES | June 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 41 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17839207 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE WITH OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL HETEROSTRUCTURES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | June 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17765269 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR WITH REDUCED PROCESS DIFFICULTY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DETECTION APPARATUS | March 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17694730 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675850 | Acoustic Transducer with Gap-Controlling Geometry and Method of Manufacturing an Acoustic Transducer | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573061 | Piezo-Elements for Wearable Devices, Including Fitness Trackers, Smart Watches and the like | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17559245 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT WITH INTERNAL ELECTRODE HAVING ELECTRODE PORTIONS AND CONNECTOR | December 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17555530 | POLYMER-BASED PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER, AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17552275 | MICROCHIP FOR DRIVING A RESONANT CIRCUIT | December 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17547743 | Sensor Having A Piezoelectric Element | December 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17546209 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A TRANSDUCER ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DEMULTIPLEXER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE TRANSDUCER IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17542962 | COMPACT ULTRASOUND DEVICE HAVING ANNULAR ULTRASOUND ARRAY PERIPHERALLY ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY THEREOF | December 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17615310 | ULTRASONIC TRANSCEIVER ARRANGEMENT HAVING INCREASED ULTRASONIC SIGNAL RECEPTION | November 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17515630 | SUBSTRATE THINNING PROCESS USING TEMPORARY BOND WITH LOW THICKNESS VARIATION | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17506704 | ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMITTING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE THAT MAINTAIN HIGH SOUND INTENSITY | October 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17476348 | MEMS HAVING A LARGE FLUIDICALLY EFFECTIVE SURFACE | September 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17473818 | ACTUATOR DESIGNS FOR MEMS-BASED ACTIVE COOLING | September 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17468593 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ELONGATE NANO-OBJECTS | September 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17436294 | FILM STRUCTURE, SINGLE CRYSTAL PIEZOELECTRIC FILM AND SINGLE CRYSTAL SUPERCONDUCTOR FILM | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17466547 | SUSPENDED PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND MANUFACTURING THEREOF | September 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17462543 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND WAFER WITH SUPPORT SUBSTRATE HAVING AN UNEVEN SURFACE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WAFER | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16605863 | MEMS PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER HAVING OPTIMIZED CAPACITOR SHAPE | August 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17390374 | HIGH DENSITY MULTI-POLED THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | July 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17427342 | ACTUATOR DEVICE BASED ON AN ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL | July 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17387523 | LAMINATED SUBSTRATE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIS ELEMENT | July 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17373690 | Piezo-Elements for Wearable Devices, Including Fitness Trackers, Smart Watches and the like | July 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17348154 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE WAFER LEVEL PACKAGES WITH ORGANIC SOLDERABILITY PRESERVATIVE COATING LAYERS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | June 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17342676 | ACOUSTIC WAVE ELEMENT AND ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE | June 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17292449 | PRESSURE SENSOR | May 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17291080 | ELASTIC WAVE DEVICE, SPLITTER, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | May 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17287667 | DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER TRANSDUCER INCLUDING A FIRST ELECTRODE LAYER, A DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER LAYER, AND A SECOND ELECTRODE LAYER | April 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17287380 | DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER TRANSDUCER INCLUDING A DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER LAYER AND A PAIR OF ELECTRODE LAYERS SANDWICHING THE DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER LAYER | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17285778 | PIEZOELECTRIC FILM HAVING A VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE/TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER FILM | April 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17221452 | Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters and Sensors Based on Strain in Mechanical Structures | April 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17220119 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR | April 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17220186 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT INCLUDING SILICON DIOXIDE LAYER, ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE LAYER, FIRST ELECTRODE, PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER, AND SECOND ELECTRODE | April 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17281869 | NON-RESONANT ACOUSTIC METAMATERIAL FOR RENDERING OBJECTS TRANSPARENT TO ULTRASOUND | March 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 54 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17279538 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE HAVING ELECTRODE FORMED OF AMORPHOUS OXIDE CONDUCTOR | March 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 58 | 5 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17205426 | SELF-ADAPTIVE FLEXURAL WAVE ABSORBING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD | March 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17277085 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR WITH EMBEDDED ELECTRODES | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17203459 | PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITION AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | March 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17274897 | DIELECTRIC THIN FILM, DIELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, HEAD ASSEMBLY, HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY, HARD DISK DRIVE, PRINTER HEAD AND INKJET PRINTER DEVICE | March 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17178733 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT INCLUDING BASE PART, VIBRATING ARM AND WEIGHT PROVIDED TO VIBRATING ARM, VIBRATOR DEVICE INCLUDING VIBRATOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VIBRATOR ELEMENT | February 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17264836 | Ultrasonic Vibration Device Having A First and A Second Piezo Sensor | January 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17158434 | FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR CHIP AND PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED POWER TOLERANCE | January 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17130341 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR WITH REVERBERANT VIBRATION SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT | December 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17122132 | CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING CONVERTERS, CORRESPONDING CONVERTER DEVICE AND METHOD | December 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107993 | Sound Vibration Sensor using Piezoelectric Element having Cantilever Structure | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17106433 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE TO SUPPRESS INFLUENCE OF CROSSTALK BETWEEN CHANNELS | November 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16951006 | PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND HIGH SENSITIVE PRESSURE SENSOR USING THE SAME | November 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 51 | 5 | 1 | No | No |
| 17092557 | TWO DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM HIGH TILT TORQUE MOTOR, SYSTEM, AND AERIAL VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME | November 2020 | January 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087836 | OUTPUT FILTER FOR POWER TRAIN | November 2020 | November 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17085401 | TERMINAL ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR CONTAINING SAME | October 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17075255 | DRIVER CIRCUITRY COMPRISING ACTIVE INDUCTOR CIRCUITRY FOR DRIVING PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS | October 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17072642 | MINIATURE FLUID ACTUATOR | October 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17047669 | ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE FOR THE CONVERSION OF LIGHT INTO AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL | October 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17065039 | Electrical Tuning of Focal Size with Single-Element Planar Focused Ultrasonic Transducer | October 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17037494 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS AND THEIR MANUFACTURING METHODS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE | September 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17025685 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER HEALTH STATUS MONITOR | September 2020 | May 2025 | Allow | 55 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17016399 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT | September 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16978950 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM RESONATOR ON NON-SILICON SUBSTRATE | September 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16978169 | MECHANICAL-STRESS SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | September 2020 | February 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16977753 | MULTIPLE LAYER SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND SAW DEVICE FORMED ON THE MULTIPLE LAYER SYSTEM | September 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17004273 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS | August 2020 | August 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16971782 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT WITH THROUGH HOLE | August 2020 | May 2025 | Abandon | 57 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16942815 | PIEZOELECTRIC STACK METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC STACK, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | July 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 31 | 6 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16942813 | PIEZOELECTRIC STACK, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC STACK | July 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16942808 | PIEZOELECTRIC LAMINATE, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PIEZOELECTRIC LAMINATE | July 2020 | December 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 1 | No | No |
| 16928024 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING Li2CO3 LAYER ON PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATE MADE OF LiNbO3 OR LiTaO3 | July 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16922077 | MULTI-CAPACITOR KINETIC ENERGY GENERATOR | July 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16919219 | PIEZOELECTRIC LAMINATE, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PIEZOELECTRIC LAMINATE | July 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16959832 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION DEVICE HAVING A PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR AND AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ELEMENT | July 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16919175 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING COVER INCLUDING RESIN LAYER AND METAL LAYER INTEGRATED WITH RESIN LAYER | July 2020 | December 2024 | Abandon | 54 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16946404 | PATTERNING OF ORGANIC FILM BY WET ETCHING PROCESS | June 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16762212 | FILM STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16799112 | SERIES CAPACITOR BUCK CONVERTER HAVING CIRCUITRY FOR PRECHARGING THE SERIES CAPACITOR | February 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784792 | SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE | February 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16711827 | EXTREMUM LOCATOR WITH MEASUREMENT ENABLE CIRCUIT | December 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16622271 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF REACTIVE POWER IN INDUCTIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS | December 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16617818 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC STACKED STRUCTURE AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETER | November 2019 | December 2022 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16693977 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER | November 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16690553 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE HAVING PLURALITY OF VIBRATING REGIONS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | November 2019 | August 2024 | Allow | 56 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MATA, SARA M.
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, 38.1% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner MATA, SARA M works in Art Unit 2837 and has examined 210 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.
Examiner MATA, SARA M's allowance rate of 73.3% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MATA, SARA M receive 2.48 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 72% 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 MATA, SARA M is 42 months. This places the examiner in the 19% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MATA, SARA M. This interview benefit is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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 16.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 19% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 86% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 60.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% 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 25% 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 31% 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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