Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18908579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DICTATION WITH A DIGITAL STETHOSCOPE | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18896845 | Sound Producing Device and Method | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18882494 | EXHAUST GAS ASSEMBLY | September 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772869 | DIRECTIVITY PATTERN CONTROL WAVEGUIDE FOR A SPEAKER, AND SPEAKER INCLUDING A DIRECTIVITY PATTERN CONTROL WAVEGUIDE | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18732425 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR INCREASING OR MANIPULATING NOISE ATTENUATION IN HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433780 | EARPHONE | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18421586 | PORTABLE PASSIVE SOUND AMPLIFIER WITH POWER BANK SYSTEM | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420523 | Ultrasonic Particle Reduction System for an Acoustic Micro-Valve | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18499653 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SOUND MODULE | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555247 | SOUND GATHERING DEVICE FOR VOICEPRINT MONITORING AND PREPARATION METHOD | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378801 | SOUND GENERATING APPARATUS | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18554619 | EAR MUFF AND EAR MUFF ASSEMBLY | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18285041 | ACOUSTIC ABSORBING STRUCTURES | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552699 | DISPOSABLE STETHOSCOPE COVER AND ATTACHMENT MECHANISM | September 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283046 | EXHAUST VALVE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452124 | MUFFLER WITH METALLIC MESHED RINGS | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450038 | DIRECTIVITY PATTERN CONTROL WAVEGUIDE FOR A SPEAKER, AND SPEAKER INCLUDING A DIRECTIVITY PATTERN CONTROL WAVEGUIDE | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18232454 | RESONATOR STRUCTURE | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360668 | COMPONENT FOR MANIPULATING AN INPUT SHOCKWAVE | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352205 | BIDIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION ACOUSTIC MOTOR DEVICE | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221181 | UNDERWATER SPEAKING DEVICE | July 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18348392 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING AN ELECTRIC PROPULSION ENGINE | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347346 | Fracturing Device, Engine and Exhaust Apparatus Thereof | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342687 | MOTOR VIBRATING DEVICE | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215167 | OCCLUSION DEVICE CAPABLE OF OCCLUDING AN EAR CANAL | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214013 | UMBRELLA MICROPHONE WITH SOUNDPROOFING | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339573 | ACOUSTIC ENCLOSURE FOR SOUND AMPLIFICATION | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18257602 | VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18257434 | OIL-COOLED MOTOR COOLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18257431 | STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MACHINE | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334557 | INSULATION SYSTEM FOR A STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | June 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266684 | BRUSHLESS ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR ROTATING A FAN OF A MOTOR-DRIVEN VENTILATION UNIT OF A VEHICLE | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256660 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR FOR VEHICLE | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332360 | ZERO-FREQUENCY ABSORBER MATERIAL | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18207519 | DRIVE SYSTEM OF A WASHING MACHINE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18207321 | EXHAUST DISCHARGE SYSTEM | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256477 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC MODULE WATERPROOF PROTECTION MECHANISM THEREOF | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255927 | SOUND DAMPENED FLOORING WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18255881 | POWER-GENERATING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETOSTRICTIVE POWER GENERATION DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255356 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR DISK-TYPE ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND DISK-TYPE ELECTRIC MOTOR | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325948 | Speaker box | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325160 | Timbre Scaled Exhaust System | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254418 | STATUS MONITORING FOR A ROTATING ELEMENT OF A MOTOR OR WORK MACHINE, MORE PARTICULARLY FOR THE ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322870 | NON-SYMMETRIC SINGLE CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY WITH DIELECTRIC MATERIAL | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319113 | LOUDSPEAKERS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252638 | ACOUSTIC LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, ULTRASOUND PROBE, AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DEVICE | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18036443 | WALL ASSEMBLY AND A SOUNDPROOF BOOTH | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139599 | AUDIO DEVICE | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137890 | PRODUCING ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING AN ETALON | April 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302894 | EMBEDDED DAMPER SPEAKER DESIGN | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18135495 | COOLING MODULE USING ELECTRICAL PULSES | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18127181 | ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION ENHANCER AND ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM | March 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18027377 | AN AIRCRAFT WING PROVIDED WITH A TRAILING EDGE REGION | March 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18185920 | ACTUATOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18185245 | SOUND ATTENUATION BARRIER WITH IMPROVED EASE OF ASSEMBLY | March 2023 | April 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174181 | Muffler and Filter System | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112764 | COOLING STRUCTURE OF IN-WHEEL MOTOR | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18167466 | Powertrain, Method for Controlling Cooling of Powertrain, and Vehicle | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165945 | MOTOR VEHICLE | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18161782 | ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT WITH REMOVABLE THROUGH SHAFT | January 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017911 | ROTOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE, ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100896 | STABILIZED CORE ASSEMBLY FOR CARBON FIBER SLEEVED ELECTRIC MOTOR ROTOR | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017444 | SPATIAL LOCATION PRECISION STABILIZATION SYSTEM WITH DUAL LEVEL MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM | January 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099647 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157482 | VARIABLE AXIAL FLUX MOTOR | January 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18006104 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156303 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTOR AND MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18095115 | SOUND WALL AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151557 | Multi-Directional Energy Harvester | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094819 | SOUND ATTENUATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18004620 | SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOUND ABSORBING MATERIAL | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18148048 | ENERGY RECUPERATOR WITH WIDE RANGE OF OPERATING SPEED | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013260 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013054 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A SEGMENTED STATOR OR ROTOR | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18003321 | HIGH-FREQUENCY HIGH-SPEED SWING MOTOR AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086821 | FLAT-TYPE EFFECT MODULE AND STAGE LIGHT FIXTURE WITH SAME | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012108 | ACOUSTIC PANEL AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002827 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081995 | METHOD FOR REMOVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC MODULE FROM AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18066054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING NOISE REDUCING SURFACES | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18009134 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001126 | HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008377 | HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH IMPROVED STATOR INSULATION | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18008247 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061148 | CONSTRUCTION COMBINATION WITH ACOUSTIC ABSORBING DEVICE | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057943 | Adjustable and Retractable Headset For Enhanced Hearing Experience | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977512 | HATS WITH SOUND DIRECTING ASSEMBLIES | October 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907296 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR INCORPORATING SOUND ABSORPTION ELEMENTS | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948776 | STATOR STRUCTURE | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933208 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM STRUCTURE | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17932304 | SOUND LEAKAGE REDUCTION DEVICES AND ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICES | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17940077 | ACOUSTIC TREATMENT PANEL COMPRISING ACOUSTIC CELLS OF DIFFERENT VOLUMES OBTAINED FROM CYLINDRICAL AND IDENTICAL MAIN TUBES, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN ACOUSTIC TREATMENT PANEL | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903359 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE WITH CELLULAR CORES FOR A TURBOJET NACELLE | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17900348 | Cover Assembly, Pipe Assembly and Turbine Fracturing Unit | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897485 | ELONGATED SOUND ISOLATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17889592 | ACOUSTIC COMPONENT AND AIR ROUTING LINE HAVING AN ACOUSTIC COMPONENT | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889448 | EARPLUG WITH LIGHT ELEMENT | August 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17881893 | BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880910 | APPARATUS FOR SOUND CONVERSION WITH AN ACOUSTIC FILTER | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880437 | SOUND BYPASS | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO.
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, 55.6% 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.
⚠ 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 SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO works in Art Unit 2837 and has examined 1,306 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO's allowance rate of 79.6% places them in the 49% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO receive 1.30 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO. This interview benefit is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 79% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 57.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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.
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 93.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% 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, 46.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% 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 3.5% of allowed cases (in the 81% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 4.2% of allowed cases (in the 78% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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