USPTO Examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ GUSTAVO A - Art Unit 2838

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19011342RECTIFICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, CHARGER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CHARGERJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
18673927METHOD FOR HYBRID CONTROL OF GRID-CONNECTED INVERTER BASED ON TIME SHARING OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE AND A CURRENT SOURCEMay 2024November 2024Allow600NoNo
18576378Current boosterJanuary 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18280714T-TYPE BUCK-BOOST RECTIFIERSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1511NoNo
18450552PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION REGULATION AND EXIT SCHEME USING SINGLE COMPARATOR FOR POWER CONVERTERAugust 2023June 2025Allow2220NoNo
18225164METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING GRID VOLTAGE IMBALANCEJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210YesNo
18325191SOFT START RECTIFIER FOR A POWER SUPPLY UNITMay 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18114500AUTONOMOUS DETECTION OF RAPID SHUTDOWN CONDITIONFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18111881POWER SUPPLY CAPABLE OF STABILIZING AND COMPENSATING RESONANT VOLTAGESFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18020864FAULT-TOLERANT OPERATION OF A CURRENT CONVERTERFebruary 2023September 2023Allow700NoNo
18158914Digital Average Input Current Control in Power ConverterJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18154167CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR REGULATING OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF A BUCK CONVERTER DURING NEGATIVE LOAD TRANSIENTSJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2801NoNo
18151644ACTIVE SNUBBER CIRCUITJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18011739POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18071853POWER SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE MINIMUM FREQUENCYNovember 2022May 2025Allow3020NoNo
17928124SUBMODULE AS A HYBRID CELL FOR A MODULAR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17928117FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH INDIRECT ESTIMATION OF PRIMARY- SIDE VOLTAGE AT THE SECONDARY-SIDENovember 2022May 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18058829FAST RECOVERY RESPONSE TO LOAD DUMPS IN A POWER CONVERTER SYSTEMNovember 2022April 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17989692FULL-BRIDGE RESONANT CONVERTER CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING HIGH-FREQUENCY DECOUPLING DISTORTIONNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17990098DELTA-BASED CURRENT STEERING FOR POWER CONVERTER PEAK/VALLEY CURRENT CONTROLNovember 2022May 2025Allow3030NoYes
18055842BOOTSTRAP CIRCUITRY FOR DRIVING A HIGH-SIDE SWITCH OF A SWITCHING CONVERTERNovember 2022May 2025Allow3020YesNo
17976579ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SUPPLY WITH AN EFFICIENT SOFT SWITCHING CIRCUITOctober 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17972387INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING AMPLITUDE-BASED SWITCHING CONTROL AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT CONTAINING THE SAMEOctober 2022February 2025Allow2710YesNo
17919413PROTECTION CIRCUIT OF RESONANT CONVERTER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022April 2025Allow3020NoNo
17918806Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Rectifier for Charging Ultra-CapacitorsOctober 2022June 2023Allow810YesNo
17907627AN UNDERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR A DC/DC CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2820NoNo
17946336SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH STABLE ZERO CROSSING DETECTION, THE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020NoNo
17895046POWER CONVERTER WITH LOADING DETECTOR FOR ENHANCING CONVERSION EFFICIENCYAugust 2022January 2025Allow2820NoNo
17891363BUCK CONVERTER INCLUDING A BOOTSTRAP CAPACITOR AND AN OPERATING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022April 2025Allow3220YesNo
17889617Detection of AC Input Disconnection in an AC-DC Converter Section of a Power ConverterAugust 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17887980DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY BASED DC/AC INVERTERSAugust 2022January 2025Allow2911NoNo
17881235Methods and Systems for Current SensingAugust 2022March 2025Allow3220NoNo
17866925VOLTAGE DOUBLING AC POWER SUPPLY WITH TRICKLE CHARGE FOR A BATTERYJuly 2022February 2025Abandon3101NoNo
17858281EFFICIENT BOOTSTRAPPING FOR DC-DC CONVERTERSJuly 2022June 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17790862POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022June 2023Allow1220NoNo
17856453CONVERTER CONTROL METHOD, CONVERTER CONTROL APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022April 2023Allow910NoNo
17827447INTEGRATED POWER CONVERTER WITH ISOLATED-CHANNEL FEEDBACK INTERFACEMay 2022April 2025Allow3420NoNo
17743122INTELLIGENT RECTIFIER CURRENT REGULATION OF DC BUS VOLTAGE DROOPMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17717776SOFT START FOR BUCK CONVERTERSApril 2022January 2025Allow3320NoNo
17716210POWER CONVERSION DEVICE WITH VOLTAGE ABNORMALITY CONTROLApril 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo
17716933FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER AND SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF STEP-UP AND STEP-DOWN CONVERSION THEREOFApril 2022June 2024Allow2610NoNo
17714841SINGLE-PHASE AND THREE-PHASE COMPATIBLE AC-DC CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DETECTING INPUT CURRENT THEREOFApril 2022December 2024Allow3220NoNo
17711343SWITCHING REGULATOR ACHIEVEING SOFT SWITCHING BY DOUBLE SWITCHING AND CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOFApril 2022November 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17709806POWER CONVERTER WITH CONTROLLER ALTERNATELY TURNING ON SWITCHESMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810YesNo
17765155SNUBBER CIRCUITMarch 2022August 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17706200MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSMarch 2022July 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17702511RESTART OF AN AC-TO-DC CONVERTER UPON A TEMPORARY DROP-OUT OF AN AC VOLTAGEMarch 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo
17697087HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER OBFUSCATION SWITCHED CAPACITOR DC-DC CONVERTER ARCHITECTUREMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500YesNo
17696781FLOATING GATE DRIVER WITH PROGRAMMABLE DRIVE STRENGTH FOR A WIDE RANGE OF UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) POWER DELIVERY APPLICATIONSMarch 2022May 2025Allow3840NoNo
17695603METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC CONVERTER, CORRESPONDING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC CONVERTERMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310YesNo
17694338MULTI 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 CONVERTERMarch 2022April 2024Allow2520NoNo
17693014DIODE DISCRETE DEVICE, CIRCUIT WITH BYPASS FUNCTION, AND CONVERTERMarch 2022October 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17686853ADAPTIVE INDUCTOR DCR CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT IN A SWITCHING CONVERTER AND ASSOCIATED METHODMarch 2022September 2024Allow3020NoNo
17685702Three-Level Power Converter and Control MethodMarch 2022September 2024Allow3120NoNo
17638902DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DC-DC CONVERTERFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2510YesNo
17639058CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DC-DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH A VOLTAGE CONTROLLER, DC CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DC CONVERTERFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3640YesNo
17680288Adaptive Dead-Time Control of a Synchronous Buck ConverterFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1100NoNo
17679572Power Converter with Integrated Multi-Phase Reconfigurable Current BalancingFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3430NoNo
17651180SWITCHED-MODE POWER CONTROLLER WITH MULTI-MODE STARTUPFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17668238CONVERTER AND POWER ADAPTER FOR REDUCING ENERGY LOSSFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1730YesNo
17587702METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE REVERSE RECOVERY DURING THE OPERATION OF AN INVERTING BUCK BOOST CONVERTERJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3230YesNo
17585709CONTROLLER OF SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY HAVING A FREQUENCY-JITTERING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3540NoNo
17648962High Performance Synchronous Rectification in Discontinuous Current Mode ConvertersJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3220NoNo
17629259CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH PFC CIRCUIT OPERATING IN CURRENT-CRITICAL MODEJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2610YesNo
17626286A RESONANT CIRCUIT CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHODJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17647133CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR STARTING A SWITCHING POWER SUPPLYJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3240NoYes
17624897HIGH-GAIN QUASI-RESONANT DC-DC CONVERTER BASED ON VOLTAGE DOUBLING RECTIFIER CIRCUITJanuary 2022August 2022Allow700NoNo
17646875SWITCHED CAPACITORS FOR AC-DC APPLICATIONSJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3340NoNo
17567301METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL INPUT TO A POWER CONVERTERJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2720NoNo
17597187DC-DC CONVERSION DEVICE HAVING COUPLING INDUCTORDecember 2021February 2025Allow3820NoNo
17563011MULTI-LEVEL INVERTING BUCK-BOOST CONVERTER ARCHITECTUREDecember 2021May 2024Allow2920YesNo
17596957CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR BUS VOLTAGE VARIATION IN POWER CONVERTERSDecember 2021February 2025Allow3830YesNo
17559574SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR OVERCURRENT PROTECTION, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAMEDecember 2021April 2024Allow2810NoNo
17556223FLYBACK CONVERTER HAVING SECONDARY WINDING MODULES WITH OUTPUT CAPACITORS AND DIODES, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3020NoNo
17643371BUCK CONVERTER HAVING SUPER-JUNCTION MOSFETDecember 2021July 2024Allow3121YesNo
17616801ELECTRICAL CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICAL CONVERTERDecember 2021May 2024Allow2910NoNo
17540006POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT WITH TRANSFORMERDecember 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17613193WIND TURBINE TRANSFORMER CONTROLNovember 2021March 2025Allow4030YesNo
17531791EFFICIENCY TRACKING METHOD OF A CONTROLLER APPLIED TO A FLYBACK POWER CONVERTERNovember 2021September 2024Abandon3421NoNo
17528075Methods and Systems for Current Sensing in Power ConvertersNovember 2021January 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17521187REGULATING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOW DROP OUT REGULATORS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMENovember 2021August 2023Allow2100YesNo
17453473VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING PROGRAMMABLE ADAPTIVE DEAD TIMENovember 2021June 2024Allow3120NoNo
17510759COMMONLY CONTROLLED BUCK-BOOST CONVERTEROctober 2021August 2023Allow2120YesNo
17508589POWER CONVERTER FOR SUPPRESSING HEAT TRANSFER TO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTOctober 2021July 2024Allow3220NoNo
17496805POWER SUPPLY AND EMULATED CURRENT MODE TO CONTROL GENERATION OF AN OUTPUT VOLTAGEOctober 2021February 2024Allow2821NoNo
17599893POWER SUPPLY DEVICE USING INTELLIGENT PRE-REGULATORSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2510YesNo
17487762POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD THAT DETERMINE LOCATION OF FAULT IN FIRST AND SECOND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMSSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3410YesNo
17481076CONVERTER AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH SIMPLIFIED SAMPLINGSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1610YesNo
17441184POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS CONVERTING INPUT POWER HAVING A PREDETERMINED VOLTAGE INTO OUTPUT POWER HAVING A PREDETERMINED OUTPUT VOLTAGE OVER WIDE RANGE WITH HIGHER EFFICIENCYSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3311YesNo
17439574CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICESeptember 2021April 2024Allow3120YesNo
17475498POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING DC-DC CONVERTER AND REGULATORSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3821NoNo
17438936POWER CONVERSION DEVICE WITH EXPANDED SOFT SWITCHING REGION AND SIMPLIFIED CONTROLSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2310NoNo
17435789SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUASI-RESONANT FLYBACK CONVERTERSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17435441CONTROLLING BUCK-BOOST CONVERTERS BASED ON POWER SUPPLY IDENTIFICATION SIGNALSSeptember 2021August 2023Allow2410YesNo
17432189Converter Cell with CrowbarAugust 2021May 2022Allow910NoNo
17432396DIRECT VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED DIVIDING MODULESAugust 2021July 2024Allow3520NoYes
17405284POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS WITH LIMITED POWER SOURCE CAPABILITY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEAugust 2021January 2025Abandon4150NoNo
17405507DIRECT-CURRENT VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SWITCHING POWER-SUPPLY DEVICEAugust 2021August 2023Allow2410NoNo
17400418TRIGGERED VACUUM GAP THAT CONTROLLABLY SUSTAINS A VACUUM ARC THROUGH CURRENT ZEROSAugust 2021December 2024Allow4010NoNo
17429248DIRECT CURRENT CONVERTER DEVICEAugust 2021October 2023Abandon2610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
1
(14.3%)
Examiner Reversed
6
(85.7%)
Reversal Percentile
90.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
44
Allowed After Appeal Filing
20
(45.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
24
(54.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
72.1%
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, 45.5% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A works in Art Unit 2838 and has examined 729 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A's allowance rate of 83.0% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A receive 2.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 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 +24.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A. This interview benefit is in the 74% 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, 31.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% 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 36.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 69.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 56% 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 82.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 39.4% 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, 30.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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 4.6% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

    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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