USPTO Examiner COMBER KEVIN J - Art Unit 2838

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18913171ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE FAULT PROTECTIONOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18771406Compact Modular Electrical Load Management SystemJuly 2024February 2025Allow700YesNo
18768986ELECTRIC FIELD REDUCTION MECHANISMJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18759289METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUITJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18737304ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES, ASSEMBLIES THEREOF, AND END OF LIFE FUNCTIONALITYJune 2024January 2026Abandon1920NoNo
18736804ENERGY REDUCING KEY FOR ELECTRONIC TRIP UNITSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18735379ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK ASSEMBLY FOR CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONSJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18675408Crowbar circuit, in particular for a voltage transformer, in explosion-protected applicationsMay 2024February 2026Allow2100YesNo
18713990SELF-ENERGY-TAKING HYBRID DIRECT-CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREFORMay 2024February 2026Allow2100YesNo
18669443APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES RESULTING FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE AND SOLAR STORMMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18663856SUPPRESSION OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION OVER A CONDUCTORMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18660906DYNAMIC PROTECTION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2024January 2026Allow2100NoNo
18649658CHARGING PROTECTION CIRCUIT, CHARGING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024June 2025Allow1320NoNo
18638984MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUSApril 2024January 2026Allow2100YesNo
18702199DISTANCE PROTECTION OF A TRANSMISSION LINEApril 2024January 2026Allow2100YesNo
18701233SHUTDOWN DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, AND SHUTDOWN CONTROLLERApril 2024January 2026Allow2100NoNo
18632469MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FLEXIBLE CHARGING PADApril 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18696531CIRCUIT BREAKERMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18696466CIRCUIT BREAKER AND METHODMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18696494CIRCUIT BREAKER AND METHODMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18615525ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE FAULT PROTECTIONMarch 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18694809WEAPON WITH INDICATOR ACTIVATED BASED ON POSITIONMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18611445VEHICLE IMPACT DETECTION DEVICEMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18610138ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS WITH COOLANT GAS ZONES AND CORRESPONDING GROOVE AND MONOPOLAR ELECTROSTATIC CLAMPING ELECTRODE PATTERNSMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18691319PROTECTION DEVICE FOR PREVENTING REVERSE CONNECTIONMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18689628LOW-VOLTAGE PROTECTIVE DEVICEMarch 2024October 2025Allow2000YesNo
18689363ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPONMarch 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18689165SHOE STRUCTURE FOR GROUND EARTHING AND STATIC ELECTRICITY EMISSIONMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900YesNo
18586733ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR SUITABLE FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INTEGRATING AT LEAST ONE SUCH ELECTRICAL CONTACTORFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18584937ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH MESASFebruary 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18582205APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PASSIVE FAULT MONITORING OF CURRENT SENSING DEVICES IN PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18442290NANOMAGNETIC INDUCTOR CORES, INDUCTORS AND DEVICES INCORPORATING SUCH CORES, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHODSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18440540Method of Performing Circuit Opening and Closing Operation, Computer Program, Control System and Power SystemFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900YesNo
18439420SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18439201METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY CURRENT MONITORINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18433065START-UP PROTECTION USING INRUSH CURRENT CONTROLFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18293607ELECTRONIC SPATIAL SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18424890SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18579723OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION SPARK GAP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION SPARK GAP ASSEMBLYJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1900YesNo
18412606ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18412121COMPOSITE CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18577323A DEVICE FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF A SOLENOID VALVE AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING OPERATION OF A SOLENOID VALVEJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2000NoNo
18402453DEVICE FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION USING SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18575880DISCHARGE DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18397246Distributed Main-Tie-Tie-Main Transfer Control SchemeDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310YesNo
18396593DEVICE HAVING A RATE OF CURRENT CHANGE LIMITER AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAMEDecember 2023October 2025Allow2100YesNo
18395607DC SYSTEM PROTECTION APPARATUS WITH COMMUNICATION RESETTING FUNCTIONDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510YesNo
18393506Excitation Fuse Device And UPS Battery CircuitDecember 2023July 2025Allow1900YesNo
18393494LOAD DRIVING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VEHICLEDecember 2023September 2025Allow2000NoNo
18542350METHOD AND PROCESSING UNIT FOR CHECKING AN OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND CONVERTER ARRANGEMENTDecember 2023July 2025Allow1900YesNo
18568402System for Controlling a Superconducting Coil with a Magnetic Persistent Current SwitchDecember 2023December 2025Allow2510YesNo
18568012DEVICE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTSDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18520374SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKERNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210YesNo
18564075INTERRUPTION DEVICENovember 2023June 2025Allow1900YesNo
18512949ACTIVE CHARGE BLEED METHODS FOR MEMS SWITCHESNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18507060Device Deterring Movement of a DetaineeNovember 2023February 2025Allow1500NoNo
18559507HYBRID CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH A VACUUM INTERRUPTERNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900YesNo
18387845RESPONSE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED WIND-SOLAR-STORAGE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION DURING THUNDERSTORMNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18500194Modular socket system with automatic power interruptionNovember 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18489464SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTROSTATIC ADHESION BETWEEN A SHEET OF MATERIAL AND AN ELECTROSTATIC PADOctober 2023July 2025Allow2100YesNo
18487155SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18485504TRANSIENT VOLTAGE ABSORBING ELEMENT AND TRANSIENT VOLTAGE ABSORBING CIRCUITOctober 2023February 2025Allow1700YesNo
18485190OVERHEATING PROTECTION DEVICEOctober 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18286265PROTECTION DEVICE FOR VOLTAGE-LIMITING ELEMENTS OF A LOW-VOLTAGE LINE THAT EXTENDS OUT OF A VEHICLE HIGH-VOLTAGE REGIONOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18554310DC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION STATE DETERMINATION METHOD AND PROGRAMOctober 2023January 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18377752ELECTROSTATICALLY SECURED SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLYOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310YesNo
18482078PARALLEL MOBILE COIL MECHANISM FOR MAGNETIC MANIPULATION IN LARGE WORKSPACEOctober 2023July 2024Allow901YesNo
18479874METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC POWER SOURCEOctober 2023November 2025Allow2520NoNo
18374738WATERPROOF DETECTION CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACKSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18477216TRIP OVERLOAD PROTECTION SWITCH WITH REVERSE RESTART SWITCHING STRUCTURESeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510YesNo
18476574METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST SHORT CIRCUIT DETECTION OF A SHORT CIRCUIT AT A GATE-CONTROLLED POWER SWITCHSeptember 2023May 2025Allow1900YesNo
18374429SOLID STATE HIGH POWER BATTERY DISRUPTERSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1420YesNo
18475261ISOLATION TRANSFORMERSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18474233INSULATING TRANSFORMERSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18473161Low-Leakage Electrostatic Discharge Clamp CircuitSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120YesNo
18369238MAGNETIC CURRENT SENSOR, HYBRID CURRENT SENSOR COMPRISING SUCH A MAGNETIC CURRENT SENSOR, AND CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING SUCH A HYBRID CURRENT SENSORSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18369603CONTROL DEVICE AND VIBRATION PRESENTING APPARATUSSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900YesNo
18281342SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE, NMR DEVICE, AND MRI DEVICESeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18459370VEHICLE AND VEHICULAR STATIC ELIMINATORAugust 2023November 2024Allow1500NoNo
18237664Secure Computer Rack Power Supply TestingAugust 2023July 2025Allow2300NoNo
18235882START-UP PROTECTION USING INRUSH CURRENT CONTROLAugust 2023September 2024Allow1300YesNo
18452086PASSIVE COMPONENT AND PACKAGE COMPONENTAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000YesNo
18449962SURGE SUPPRESSION DEVICEAugust 2023August 2025Allow2410YesNo
18275553STEEL PLATE LIFTING METHOD WITH USE OF LIFTING MAGNET, LIFTING MAGNET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL PLATE BY USING LIFTING MAGNETAugust 2023July 2025Allow2300YesNo
18359052ESD Power Clamp Devices and CircuitsJuly 2023June 2025Allow2220NoNo
18352416CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR MONITORING POWER LINEJuly 2023January 2025Allow1800NoNo
18347253ELECTRONIC COMPONENTJuly 2023October 2025Allow2720YesNo
18269989FAULT CLASSIFICATION AND ZONE IDENTIFICATION IN A POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMJune 2023December 2024Allow1700YesNo
18339591SUBSTRATE FIXING DEVICEJune 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18268420PROTECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023July 2025Allow2510YesNo
18210659GENERATOR FAULT DETECTION METHOD BASED ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AIR GAP MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITYJune 2023April 2025Allow2200YesNo
18256958TRIPPING DEVICE FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKERJune 2023November 2025Allow2901YesNo
18331486CASIMIR POWER CELLJune 2023March 2025Allow2100YesNo
18202968CONFIGURABLE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION PANELMay 2023October 2025Allow2800YesNo
18324817METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY SIGNALS OVER DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL LINES IN ROBOTIC SYSTEMSMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18039099AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A POWER DELIVERY SYSTEMMay 2023November 2024Allow1800YesNo
18038587CURRENT SINKING ARRANGEMENTMay 2023January 2025Allow2000YesNo
18319178INTERFERENCE FILTER ARRANGEMENT WITH SURGE PROTECTIONMay 2023December 2024Allow1900YesNo
18198137ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH SURGE VOLTAGE PROTECTION FUNCTIONMay 2023August 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18317742AFE (ACTIVE FAR EDGE) HEATER/BIPOLAR ESC WITH SIMPLIFIED AND OPTIMIZED STRUCTURE FOR GREATER RELIABILITY, LOWER COST AND BETTER MANUFACTURABILITYMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner COMBER, KEVIN J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner COMBER, KEVIN J works in Art Unit 2838 and has examined 26 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner COMBER, KEVIN J's allowance rate of 88.5% places them in the 69% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by COMBER, KEVIN J receive 1.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 COMBER, KEVIN J is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -3.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COMBER, KEVIN J. This interview benefit is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.3% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 85.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 97% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

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.

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.

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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