Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18434104 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SYSTEM FAILURE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451669 | FERROMAGNETIC HARMONIC ELIMINATION METHOD FOR ACTIVE MATCHED RESISTANCE VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER BASED ON PID ADJUSTMENT | August 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206931 | FORMING MESAS ON AN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201919 | PT FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE ELIMINATION METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY ACTIVELY INPUTTING RESISTANCE THROUGH ELECTRONIC LOAD | May 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144113 | PROVIDING PULSES OF STIMULUS SIGNAL BETWEEN PAIRS OF ELECTRODES | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CABLE SHIELD FAULT DETECTION AND PROTECTION | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133382 | HYBRID RELAY | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132637 | VOLTAGE HARVESTER FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DEVICES | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178409 | POWER CORD WITH LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION FUNCTION | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171455 | Photovoltaic Panel Circuitry | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166860 | CROSS-DOMAIN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PHASE LOCKING OF CRITICAL ARC LIGHT | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102443 | One-Transistor Devices for Protecting Circuits and Autocatalytic Voltage Conversion Therefor | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151911 | Power Converter Failure Detection and Prevention | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069590 | WI-FI OR WIRED THREE-WAY SWITCH | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011188 | Voltage Transient Detector and Current Transient Detector | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987666 | LIGHTNING PROTECTION SPARK GAPS FOR CABLE DEVICES | November 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052466 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE PROTECTION OF FUSE-PROTECTED TRANSFORMERS AND AF MITIGATION | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050592 | ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WITH A BYPASS UNIT THAT COUPLES TO A LOAD AND ELECTRICALLY ENGAGES ONE OF TWO ALTERNATE UNITS FOR POWERING THE LOAD AND RELATED METHODS | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975202 | ELECTRIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING ELECTRIC FIELD USING THE SAME | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954227 | SERVO-CONTROL SYSTEM | September 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17951990 | HALF-WAVE CONDITION DETECTION IN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17950792 | FAULT HANDLING SYSTEM OF SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMER | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933153 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17929101 | CALCULATING ELECTRIC POWER NOISE DISTRIBUTIONS | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17822704 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Rotating Electrical Connector for Vacuum | August 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796269 | SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVE DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876683 | HIGH-VOLTAGE TRIGGERED PULSECLOSER WITH CRITICAL RECLOSING TIME ESTIMATION | July 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877450 | NETWORK PRIMARY FEEDER SELF PROTECTED TRANSIENT LIMITING DEVICE | July 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865422 | INPUT SENSOR SHORT-CIRCUIT INSPECTION MODULE AND INPUT SENSOR SHORT-CIRCUIT INSPECTION METHOD USING THE SAME | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865809 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17861544 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT | July 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809567 | MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838477 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836855 | VOLTAGE HARVESTER FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DEVICES | June 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836225 | COMMON MODE CURRENT FEED FAULT PROTECTION | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836272 | COMMON MODE VOLTAGE FEED FAULT PROTECTION | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17830402 | One-Transistor Devices for Protecting Circuits and Autocatalytic Voltage Conversion Therefor | June 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744290 | HIGH-VOLTAGE, BIDIRECTIONAL PROTECTION CIRCUITS AND METHODS | May 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17736355 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOUBLE CHECK | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17732780 | SOLID STATE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17727026 | Double-Sided Circuit Non-Oxide-Based Ceramic Substrate and Method for Manufacturing Same | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660366 | SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL FAULTS | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17721878 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND PROTECTION METHOD USING THE SAME | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715513 | POWER PLUG WITH LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION INTERRUPTER AND ARC PROTECTION | April 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762833 | Sensor, Circuit Breaker, Charging Cable and Charging Station | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699351 | SYSTEM, CIRCUIT BREAKER, DISPLAY UNIT AND DISPLAY HOLDER | March 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694986 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND SUBSTRATE FIXING DEVICE | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691165 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE MEASUREMENT TOOL | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17682598 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION DEVICE FOR POWER CORD AND RELATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | February 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674660 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE IN AN AIRCRAFT | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592331 | Modular FACTS Devices with External Fault Current Protection | February 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582503 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DURING BACK END-OF-LINE PROCESSING | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573743 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICES | January 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTROSTATIC BUILDUP FOR AN ATTRACTION SYSTEM | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17554790 | CARTRIDGE CAP FOR A CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17536430 | DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING TURN-SHORT FAULT OF INDUCTION MOTOR AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17533280 | ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER (AFCI) WITH ARC SIGNATURE DETECTION | November 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING LINEARITY OF CURRENT SENSOR FOR A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524566 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR SENSING MOSFET TEMPERATURE FOR LOAD SWITCH APPLICATION | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17610363 | THYRISTOR CIRCUIT AND THYRISTOR PROTECTION METHOD | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17521778 | MULTI-ZONE HEATING APPARATUS, BOTTOM ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING METHOD | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17521411 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC SYSTEMS | November 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453491 | TRANSFORMER SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION METHOD AND TRANSFORMER SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17607554 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING A REGULATOR RECTIFIER DEVICE AND A RESPECTIVE PROTECTION DEVICE | October 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17508509 | DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONTROLLER AND A FIELD DEVICE | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17507233 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION AND RETRIEVAL OF A FAVORITE CHANNEL | October 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506576 | Photovoltaic Panel Circuitry | October 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17492770 | ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | October 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17599017 | MONITORING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17484086 | Failsafe Input/Output Electrostatic Discharge Protection With Diodes | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598191 | ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTION DEVICE AND NEUTRALIZATION METHOD | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17481007 | SUBSTRATE HOLDER AND METHODS OF USE | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440847 | DC VOLTAGE SWITCH | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17477450 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17472429 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON | September 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17472404 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION INTERRUPTER | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17437831 | PROTECTION SYSTEM | September 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17462440 | Article Transport Facility | August 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17462697 | SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING FAILURES OR FAULTS IN POWER CONVERSION EQUIPMENT | August 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17432769 | METHODS OF CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO EXTINGUISH AN ELECTRIC ARC, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS | August 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17429893 | SWITCH MODULE FOR AN ELECTRONIC SWITCH | August 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391483 | SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT HUB AND GRASPER ASSEMBLY, REINFORCED ACTUATORS, AND ELECTROADHESIVE ACTUATORS | August 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427504 | SAFE ELECTRONIC SWITCH | July 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17381790 | MEMBER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | July 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17305798 | ACTIVE REDUNDANT Y-CABLE WITH POWER SHARING | July 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17371549 | MESA HEIGHT MODULATION FOR THICKNESS CORRECTION | July 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17365182 | CERAMIC STRUCTURE, ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND SUBSTRATE FIXING DEVICE | July 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17359011 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DIRECT-CURRENT BREAKING APPARATUS | June 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17353478 | ELECTROSTATIC GROUNDING DEVICES | June 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17350772 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS | June 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17298830 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING GROUND FAULT SELF-TESTING | June 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17334639 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK DESIGN FOR COOLING-GAS LIGHT-UP PREVENTION | May 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17314714 | Apparatus and Methods for Real-Time Wafer Chucking Detection | May 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17286582 | DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FAULT IN A TRANSFORMER OF A WIND TURBINE | April 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17233829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CABLE SHIELD FAULT DETECTION AND PROTECTION | April 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17224253 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A SERVER FROM DAMAGE BY A LIQUID LEAK FROM A LIQUID-COOLING UNIT | April 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17224504 | DETERMINING A DISTANCE BETWEEN A CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON AND AN ELECTRODE USING SOUND | April 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17222352 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION CIRCUITS USING TUNNELING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (TFET) AND IMPACT IONIZATION MOSFET (IMOS) DEVICES | April 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17221408 | DETECTION DEVICE | April 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN works in Art Unit 2839 and has examined 261 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN's allowance rate of 94.6% places them in the 83% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN receive 0.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 7% 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 BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN. This interview benefit is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.3% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 71.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 92% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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, 35.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% 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 0.0% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 59% 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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