Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011342 | RECTIFICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, CHARGER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CHARGER | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18873687 | EXTERNAL LOOP COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF, AND MEDIUM | December 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18673927 | METHOD FOR HYBRID CONTROL OF GRID-CONNECTED INVERTER BASED ON TIME SHARING OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE AND A CURRENT SOURCE | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18658833 | AUTONOMOUS DETECTION OF RAPID SHUTDOWN CONDITION | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18611466 | MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | March 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424862 | RECTIFYING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT | January 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18576378 | Current booster | January 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531533 | SINGLE-INDUCTOR BIPOLAR-OUTPUT CONVERTER | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18503417 | Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Rectifier for Charging Ultra-Capacitors | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495720 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373877 | Energy Extraction And Utilization From The Parasitic Elements In Power Converters | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471765 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH A POWER TRANSISTOR AND AN INDUCTOR, AND CONTROL CHIP | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18280714 | T-TYPE BUCK-BOOST RECTIFIER | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17275193 | VOLTAGE STABILIZING CIRCUIT, VOLTAGE STABILIZING METHOD, CHARGING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 56 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238307 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SWITCHING CONVERTER WHICH CONTROLS A SWITCHING FREQUENCY TO BE OUTSIDE AN AUDIBLE NOISE RANGE | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18234885 | CONTROLLER APPLIED TO AN INDUCTOR-INDUCTOR-CAPACITOR RESONANT CONVERTER | August 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451256 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING REDUCED AUDIO NOISE AND CONTROL METHOD | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450552 | PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION REGULATION AND EXIT SCHEME USING SINGLE COMPARATOR FOR POWER CONVERTER | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366707 | LOW POWER CONSUMPTION FEEDBACK CIRCUIT FOR POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364502 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE INRUSH CURRENT IN UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18226451 | MULTIPHASE INVERTER CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING TARGET AC POWER BASED ON DC POWER PROVIDED BY DC POWER SUPPLY AND ITS MODULATION METHOD | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING GRID VOLTAGE IMBALANCE | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18223513 | Zeta-Based AC Link Universal Power Converter | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18347944 | POWER SUPPLY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS WITH DISCHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18345525 | CONTROLLER FOR A BUCK-BOOST SWITCHING CONVERTER WITH OVERCURRENT AND NULL-CURRENT DETECTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BUCK-BOOST SWITCHING CONVERTER | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING VOLTAGE REGULATOR CURRENT | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18344340 | CONSTANT ON-TIME POWER CONVERTER WITH ADJUSTABLE PULSE DURATION AND SOFT-START CONTROL | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341923 | Fast-Response Switch Power Supply Control Circuit and Control Method Thereof | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18334708 | INTERNAL RAMP COMPENSATION FOR CONSTANT ON-TIME BUCK CONVERTER | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18206280 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MAGNITUDE OF INPUT CURRENT OF SWITCHING CONVERTER | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18325191 | SOFT START RECTIFIER FOR A POWER SUPPLY UNIT | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325289 | CONVERSION CIRCUIT INCLUDING ISOLATION AND CONVERSION UNITS, AND SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY INCLUDING THE CONVERSION CIRCUIT | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18323878 | CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN MODES OF OPERATION DURING AN ELECTRICAL FAULT | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141156 | Buck-Boost Converter and Hybrid Control Method | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18126011 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER | March 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180883 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH WIDE OUTPUT RANGE | March 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175788 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY START-UP | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114500 | AUTONOMOUS DETECTION OF RAPID SHUTDOWN CONDITION | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16982538 | ACTIVE DIODE CIRCUIT AND AC/DC POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18113134 | BUCK CONVERTER USING ULTRA-LOW WORKING CURRENT | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111881 | POWER SUPPLY CAPABLE OF STABILIZING AND COMPENSATING RESONANT VOLTAGES | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170832 | SYNCHRONOUS BUCK/BOOST PWM CONVERTERS WITH CURRENT-BASED SWITCHING | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108960 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS WITH INRUSH CURRENT PREVENTION CIRCUIT AND BOOST CONVERTER CIRCUIT | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167624 | TOTEM-POLE BRIDGELESS POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICE | February 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020864 | FAULT-TOLERANT OPERATION OF A CURRENT CONVERTER | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158914 | Digital Average Input Current Control in Power Converter | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18006596 | CONVERTER HAVING A QUICK TRANSISTION TO A NORMAL OPERATING MODE AFTER AN INITIAL START-UP | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18157270 | A CONVERSION CIRCUIT WITH A CAPACITOR MODULE, BALANCING MODULE AND A STARTUP MODULE AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154167 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REGULATING OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF A BUCK CONVERTER DURING NEGATIVE LOAD TRANSIENTS | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18151644 | ACTIVE SNUBBER CIRCUIT | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011739 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18068689 | AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY DEVICE HAVING RESONANT CIRCUIT | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18083229 | LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR WITH RESISTIVE DEVICE | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18065552 | Inductor Flux Control Circuits | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062519 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT WITH SOLID STATE SWITCHES | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071853 | POWER SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE MINIMUM FREQUENCY | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071358 | SWITCHED-INDUCTOR POWER CONVERTER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD COUPLED WITH LEAKAGE INDUCTOR | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17928124 | SUBMODULE AS A HYBRID CELL FOR A MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTER | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928117 | FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH INDIRECT ESTIMATION OF PRIMARY- SIDE VOLTAGE AT THE SECONDARY-SIDE | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058829 | FAST RECOVERY RESPONSE TO LOAD DUMPS IN A POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM | November 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989692 | FULL-BRIDGE RESONANT CONVERTER CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING HIGH-FREQUENCY DECOUPLING DISTORTION | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990098 | DELTA-BASED CURRENT STEERING FOR POWER CONVERTER PEAK/VALLEY CURRENT CONTROL | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18055842 | BOOTSTRAP CIRCUITRY FOR DRIVING A HIGH-SIDE SWITCH OF A SWITCHING CONVERTER | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17976579 | ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SUPPLY WITH AN EFFICIENT SOFT SWITCHING CIRCUIT | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972387 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING AMPLITUDE-BASED SWITCHING CONTROL AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT CONTAINING THE SAME | October 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17919413 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT OF RESONANT CONVERTER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918806 | Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Rectifier for Charging Ultra-Capacitors | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17965356 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR A BUCK-BOOST POWER CONVERTER | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17907627 | AN UNDERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR A DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOF | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17934398 | Bandwidth Control in PLL-Based Power Converter | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17946336 | SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH STABLE ZERO CROSSING DETECTION, THE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE METHOD THEREOF | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895986 | SOFT SWITCHING FOR EFFICIENT NON-CMOS BASED DC-DC CONVERTER | August 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17895046 | POWER CONVERTER WITH LOADING DETECTOR FOR ENHANCING CONVERSION EFFICIENCY | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891363 | BUCK CONVERTER INCLUDING A BOOTSTRAP CAPACITOR AND AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17889617 | Detection of AC Input Disconnection in an AC-DC Converter Section of a Power Converter | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887980 | DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY BASED DC/AC INVERTERS | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17881235 | Methods and Systems for Current Sensing | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866925 | VOLTAGE DOUBLING AC POWER SUPPLY WITH TRICKLE CHARGE FOR A BATTERY | July 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17858281 | EFFICIENT BOOTSTRAPPING FOR DC-DC CONVERTERS | July 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858304 | SWITCH CIRCUIT FOR IMPLEMENT A SOFT START | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17790862 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856453 | CONVERTER CONTROL METHOD, CONVERTER CONTROL APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17827447 | INTEGRATED POWER CONVERTER WITH ISOLATED-CHANNEL FEEDBACK INTERFACE | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749173 | RADIO FREQUENCY RECTIFIER CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY APPARATUS | May 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743122 | INTELLIGENT RECTIFIER CURRENT REGULATION OF DC BUS VOLTAGE DROOP | May 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17717776 | SOFT START FOR BUCK CONVERTERS | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716210 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE WITH VOLTAGE ABNORMALITY CONTROL | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716933 | FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER AND SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF STEP-UP AND STEP-DOWN CONVERSION THEREOF | April 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714841 | SINGLE-PHASE AND THREE-PHASE COMPATIBLE AC-DC CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DETECTING INPUT CURRENT THEREOF | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767010 | SWITCHED-MODE POWER MODULE, A CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR VOLTAGE AND CURRENT REGULATIONS | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17711343 | SWITCHING REGULATOR ACHIEVEING SOFT SWITCHING BY DOUBLE SWITCHING AND CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF | April 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709806 | POWER CONVERTER WITH CONTROLLER ALTERNATELY TURNING ON SWITCHES | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17765155 | SNUBBER CIRCUIT | March 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17706200 | MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | March 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17702511 | RESTART OF AN AC-TO-DC CONVERTER UPON A TEMPORARY DROP-OUT OF AN AC VOLTAGE | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17697087 | HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER OBFUSCATION SWITCHED CAPACITOR DC-DC CONVERTER ARCHITECTURE | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17696781 | FLOATING GATE DRIVER WITH PROGRAMMABLE DRIVE STRENGTH FOR A WIDE RANGE OF UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) POWER DELIVERY APPLICATIONS | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695603 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC CONVERTER, CORRESPONDING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC CONVERTER | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17694338 | MULTI SLOPE OUTPUT IMPEDANCE CONTROLLER TO REDUCE CURRENT IMBALANCE IN A MASTERLESS CONFIGURATION OF N PARALLEL-CONNECTED POWER CONVERTERS AND IMPROVE LOAD REGULATION IN A SINGLE POWER CONVERTER | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693014 | DIODE DISCRETE DEVICE, CIRCUIT WITH BYPASS FUNCTION, AND CONVERTER | March 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A.
With a 85.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 46.3% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A works in Art Unit 2838 and has examined 665 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A's allowance rate of 82.7% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A receive 2.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% 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 ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A. This interview benefit is in the 73% 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, 31.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 34.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 55% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.7% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
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 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 73% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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