USPTO Examiner PHILLIPS FORREST M - Art Unit 2837

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18985624INTAKE BYPASS RECIRCULATION STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF SILENCINGDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18969351NOISE REDUCTION GAS PATH STRUCTURE, GAS PATH DEVICE AND RESPIRATORDecember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18795016SOUND-PROOF STRUCTURE FOR BUILDINGAugust 2024November 2024Allow310YesNo
18647375CLEANING APPARATUS WITH FLOW DEFLECTION ELEMENT WITH MODE FILTERApril 2024June 2025Allow1420YesNo
18584651SELF-POWERED MOUNTABLE SPEAKER BARFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18292765ACOUSTIC SEALING ELEMENTJanuary 2024July 2024Allow500NoNo
18571073REINFORCED ACOUSTIC TREATMENT PANEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION UNITDecember 2023May 2024Allow500NoNo
18520160ACOUSTOFLUIDIC DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR ALLOWING RESONANCE FREQUENCY TRACKING AND METHODS THEREFORNovember 2023June 2024Allow710YesNo
18518690Hollow Structure and Resonant Sound Reducing BodyNovember 2023November 2024Allow1211NoNo
18507158Sound Damping Gypsum Board and Method of Constructing a Sound Damping Gypsum BoardNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18382845FIREARM SUPPRESSION SYSTEMOctober 2023February 2024Allow410NoNo
18491192IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPRESSORS AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTUREOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18380508COMPOSITION FOR SOUND INSULATING SHEET MEMBER, SOUND INSULATING SHEET MEMBER, AND SOUND INSULATING STRUCTURE BODYOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18380104Compressor Intake Muffler And FilterOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18486198SOUND INSULATION SHEET MEMBER AND SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE USING SAMEOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18486187SOUND INSULATION SHEET MEMBER AND SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE USING SAMEOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18376692RESONATOR FOR A PRESSURIZED FLUID SYSTEMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18372288POWER TOOL HAVING NOISE REDUCTION FEATURESSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1711NoNo
18237865Rotary Imaging System and Method of Rotary Device and Rotary DeviceAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18453505Sound-Absorbing Article With Perforations In Backing, Surface Coverings Comprising Same, And Systems And Methods Of Making And Using SameAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18353949ACOUSTIC METASURFACE STRUCTUREJuly 2023June 2025Allow2300NoNo
18352240SEISMOMETER WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY, BROADBAND AND ALL-DIPJuly 2023January 2024Allow600NoNo
18257117MOTOR UNIT AND FLYING OBJECTJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18200502HOUSING FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUCED BORDER REGIONMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18316613ROTARY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE HAVING AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ROTATING APPARATUSMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18142990Blender enclosureMay 2023November 2024Abandon1811YesNo
18304285Flexible Electronic DevicesApril 2023February 2024Allow1010YesNo
18296656SOUND ABSORBER, SOUND ABSORBING PANEL AND SOUND ABSORBING WALLApril 2023October 2023Allow610YesNo
18182429DEVICE FOR DAMPING AND SCATTERING HYDROSOUND IN A LIQUIDMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18174078VIBRATION ISOLATOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710YesNo
18112754SOUND-ABSORBING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE WHEELFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2620YesNo
18111910Voice Isolation Mask ApparatusFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2300NoNo
18020562BALANCE WEIGHT FOR ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR MOTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18166351SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC ABSORPTIONFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1410NoNo
18018212COMPOSITE-STRUCTURE ROTORJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18157152Sound Damping Gypsum Board and Method of Constructing a Sound Damping Gypsum BoardJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610NoNo
18014373SOUND ABSORBING DEVICEJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18092462Electric Motor Comprising a Flux BarrierJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2911NoNo
18003795OSCILLATORY ACTUATORDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510NoNo
18089988STATOR ASSEMBLY OF HAIRPIN WINDING MOTORDecember 2022May 2025Allow2811NoNo
18003361ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18088667Meta Material Porous/Poro-elastic Sound AbsorbersDecember 2022May 2023Allow500NoNo
18087869DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT HYPERDAMPING MATERIALS PROVIDING LARGE ATTENUATION OF BROADBAND-FREQUENCY STRUCTURE-BORNE SOUNDDecember 2022October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18012828LAMINATED CORE SEGMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAMEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18145483MULTI-FREQUENCY HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2023Allow910NoNo
18066857ROTOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINEDecember 2022May 2025Allow2911NoNo
18009789Electric Motor and Printed Circuit BoardDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18009567AIR FLOW CONTROL APPARATUSDecember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
18063142ACOUSTICALLY INSULATED MACHINEDecember 2022March 2024Allow1520NoNo
18062121TRIPOD SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2023Allow410NoNo
18074627SOUND DAMPING WALLBOARD AND METHOD OF FORMING A SOUND DAMPING WALLBOARDDecember 2022November 2023Allow1120NoNo
18073109COOLING ELECTRONICS OF POWER TOOLSDecember 2022April 2025Allow2820NoNo
18070868HEATSINKNovember 2022April 2025Allow2811NoNo
18070576Acoustic Metamaterial Structures and Geometry for Sound Amplification and/or CancellationNovember 2022June 2023Allow720NoNo
17994909MOTOR AND VEHICLENovember 2022September 2024Allow2200NoNo
17999800THIN-LAYER LOW-FREQUENCY UNDERWATER SOUND INSULATION METAMATERIALNovember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
17927081DIAPHRAGM FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERNovember 2022May 2025Allow3020NoNo
17991224ROTOR OF INTERIOR PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTORNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610YesNo
17988404POROUS SKIN COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STRIPS AND AN ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL COMPRISING SUCH A POROUS SKINNovember 2022April 2025Allow2911YesNo
17982821SOUNDPROOF MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022December 2023Allow1310YesNo
17997915INDUCTION MACHINENovember 2022April 2025Allow3020YesNo
18051837ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE ROTORNovember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17922136STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17970593NOISE REDUCTION STRUCTURE FOR TOILET TANKOctober 2022April 2025Abandon3011NoNo
17962690AIR COMPRESSOR AND METHODS OF OPERATIONOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17961023HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC MOTOROctober 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17995348VIBRATION PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUACTURING VIBRATION PLATEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17907670ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET MACHINING METHOD, MOTOR, AND MOTOR CORE PRODUCTION METHODSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17955256CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1120YesNo
17915180ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS AND SHAPING INSULATIONSSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17936151DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2911YesNo
17935344SUPPRESSORS AND THEIR METHODS OF MANUFACTURESeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010NoNo
17948987MOTORSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17944286BIOKINETIC ENERGY COLLECTION APPARATUS AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17911573ROTOR, MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, AIR CONDITIONER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTORSeptember 2022January 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17932042MOTORSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17940219ACOUSTICAL BUILDING PANEL AND SURFACE COVERING SYSTEMS UTILIZING THE SAMESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3321NoNo
17823727DEVICE FOR REDUCING NOISE USING SOUND META-MATERIALAugust 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17899268HIGH SOUND ATTENUATION BUILDING PANELSAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17892668ACOUSTIC PANELS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THEMAugust 2022September 2023Allow1310NoNo
17800955METAMATERIAL SOUND INSULATION DEVICEAugust 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17888902TWO-STAGE WATER-LIFT MUFFLER FOR MARINE GENERATORAugust 2022March 2023Allow710NoNo
17885473APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING SHROUD SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOFAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17883925SOUND ABSORBING DEVICES AND ACOUSTIC RESONATORS DECORATED WITH FABRICAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710YesNo
17881636LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022February 2025Allow3111NoNo
17879411ACOUSTIC WAVE ATTENUATOR FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022November 2024Allow2811YesNo
17795589MULTI-OPERATING-VOLTAGE MOTORJuly 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17867140ACOUSTIC LINER AND METHOD OF FORMING AN ACOUSTIC LINERJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17848166TUNABLE SILENCER FOR AIR HANDLING UNITJune 2022December 2024Allow3020YesYes
17844768SOUND INSULATION PANEL AND SOUND INSULATION STRUCTURE COMPRISING THE SAMEJune 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17832857LAMINATED BUSBAR ASSEMBLY, MOTOR CONTROLLER, DRIVE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLEJune 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17825838MOTOR SYSTEMMay 2022December 2024Allow3110YesNo
17756179SOUND INSULATION DEVICEMay 2022October 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17747581TRIPOD SYSTEMMay 2022October 2022Allow510YesNo
17746214Silencer For Mounting In An Air DuctMay 2022December 2024Allow3120NoNo
17737153SOUND REDUCTION GRILLE ASSEMBLYMay 2022February 2023Allow910YesNo
17735620ROTOR CARRIER FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING THE SAMEMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17661435ACOUSTIC PANEL WITH 3D PRINTED CELL STRUCTURE SUPPORT LAYERApril 2022July 2024Allow2610YesNo
17772517HELMHOLTZ RESONATOR AND LOW-FREQUENCY BROADBAND SOUND-ABSORBING AND NOISE-REDUCING STRUCTURE BASED ON THE SAMEApril 2022June 2024Allow2510NoNo
17770065ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A SEGMENTED STATOR OR ROTORApril 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHILLIPS, FORREST M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
10.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(58.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(41.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
87.2%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 58.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

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 PHILLIPS, FORREST M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PHILLIPS, FORREST M works in Art Unit 2837 and has examined 1,452 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PHILLIPS, FORREST M's allowance rate of 85.6% places them in the 57% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PHILLIPS, FORREST M receive 1.17 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 19% 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 PHILLIPS, FORREST M is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHILLIPS, FORREST M. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.9% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 63.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.7% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 34.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 45% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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

Important Disclaimer

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