Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18871972 | POWER SUPPLY FOR POWERING A LOAD, METHOD FOR POWERING THE LOAD | December 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18888328 | VISUAL FRONT ALERT SYSTEM | September 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18828728 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18811360 | LED COLOR-CHANGING LAMP AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT THEREOF | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727393 | LUMINOUS PANEL WITH POWER SUPPLY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO ATTACHED DEVICE | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612019 | System And Method For Generating And Containing A Plasma | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18605539 | CYLINDRICAL CAVITY WITH IMPEDANCE SHIFTING BY IRISES IN A POWER-SUPPLYING WAVEGUIDE | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18685025 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING LIGHTING, AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING LIGHTING | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424732 | COOPERATIVE SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PLURALITY OF POWER UTILIZATION MODULES | January 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412697 | MUZZLE FLASH SIMULATOR | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411353 | DIGITAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATION VIA EXISTING POWER WIRING | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18572464 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE | December 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518691 | POWER SUPPLY | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18501877 | SMART DIMMER SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | November 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377730 | DIRECTIONAL STREETLIGHT CONTROL | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469500 | LIGHTING CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, PRODUCT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM | September 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457464 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION PROCESS WITH LIMITATION OF MAXIMUM IRRADIANCE | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278030 | Motor Vehicle Comprising a Plurality of Interior Light Modules | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228343 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING LIGHTING ON A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359356 | VEHICLE LIGHT SYSTEM | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220125 | CONTROLLING COLOR TEMPERATURE AND LUMINANCE IN LINEAR LED FIXTURES | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18209706 | LED TUBE LAMP | June 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255414 | PLASMA DEVICE | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326215 | ILLUMINATION ARRANGEMENT WITH A CONTROL UNIT, WITH AN ILLUMINATION MODULE AND A PERIPHERAL MODULE | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201637 | Autonomous Circadian Lighting System with Environmental and Sensor Input | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18318790 | MULTIPLE LOCATION LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303298 | HEADLIGHT DEVICE AND LEANING VEHICLE | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18300074 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LIGHTING IN ENVIRONMENT | April 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299598 | BESSEL TUBE FOR DRIVING GASEOUS MOLECULES AND NANOPARTICLES INTO LINEAR MOTION | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184718 | MUZZLE FLASH SIMULATOR | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022077 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIGHT SOURCE DIAGNOSTICS | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100344 | BLUETOOTH TM RADIO MODULE WITH REAL TIME CLOCK | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18016976 | SHADING DEVICE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18083060 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064479 | DRIVE CIRCUIT, LIGHT-EMITTING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18079630 | DIGITAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATION VIA EXISTING POWER WIRING | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999995 | PARTICLE ACCELERATOR AND PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY APPARATUS | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926349 | EXECUTING CONTROL COMMAND IN DEPENDENCE ON PRESENCE BEING DETECTED | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981028 | TOUCH SCREEN LIGHTING SYSTEM CONTROLLER | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17930139 | SCANNING IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT IN A RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17901254 | SMART DIMMER SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17864866 | PLASMA SOURCE AND SWITCH DEVICE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17859316 | HYBRID MATCHER AND RADIO FREQUENCY MATCHING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE HYBRID MATCHER | July 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17808686 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, IN PARTICULAR HIGH-PRESSURE SODIUM-VAPOR LAMP, WITH IMPROVED IGNITABILITY | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836006 | LIGHTING APPARATUS, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17732488 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A BICYCLE | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17720317 | FLEXIBLE SPLICEABLE LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658496 | KLYSTRON | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17766461 | CURRENT-LIMITING DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD | April 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763840 | Power Supply Module and Charged Particle Beam Device | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699605 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582013 | INITIALIZATION METHOD OF HUMAN-FACTOR LAMPS CAPABLE OF INTELLIGENTLY ADJUSTING AMBIENT LIGHT | January 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17627750 | WIRELESS COMMISSIONING SYSTEM FOR DALI DEVICES | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572508 | Secondary Light Assembly, Night Light Assembly, Light Fixture, and Method and Unit For Controlling Secondary Light Assembly | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625149 | DETERMINATION OF STREET CONDITION BY ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17568334 | AUTONOMOUS CABIN LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551115 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17542781 | CYLINDRICAL CAVITY WITH IMPEDANCE SHIFTING BY IRISES IN A POWER-SUPPLYING WAVEGUIDE | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17542555 | MUZZLE FLASH SIMULATOR | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532866 | MULTIPLE LOCATION LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM | November 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524787 | Safety Lighting System for Watercraft | November 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524360 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | November 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17523769 | SWITCH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOTOR AND LAMP OF FAN | November 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17477740 | Automatic Orientation Techniques for Photocontrols of Intelligent Lighting Fixtures | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17475937 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR PLANT CULTIVATION AND PLANT CULTIVATION DEVICE | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471188 | HUMAN-FACTOR LAMP CAPABLE OF INTELLIGENTLY ADJUSTING AMBIENT LIGHT AND SYSTEM THEREOF | September 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17411808 | LIGHTING SYSTEM | August 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17409026 | SWITCH DEVICE | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17433016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17432726 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE | August 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17407304 | Automatic Control System And Control Method For Follow Spot Light | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17404569 | AUXILIARY LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATOR OF BRAKE MAGNITUDE ON A VEHICLE | August 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398066 | DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | August 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17394471 | PLASMA TREATMENT APPARATUS, A METHOD OF MONITORING A PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY USING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE MONITORING METHOD | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17383401 | MUZZLE FLASH SIMULATOR | July 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17346110 | CARRY-SIGNAL CONTROLLED LED LIGHT WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND LED LIGHT STRING HAVING THE SAME | June 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333247 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STAGE LIGHT FIXTURE WITH PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SAFETY | May 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17244072 | System And Method For Generating And Containing A Plasma | April 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17239828 | VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHT ACTIVE FOCUS | April 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17240974 | LIGHTING FIXTURE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING COLOR TEMPERATURE | April 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17198599 | VEHICLE LIGHT SYSTEM | March 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17272294 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATION OF PLUG LOAD CONTROLLERS IN A LIGHTING SYSTEM | February 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17183037 | SOLAR MOTION LIGHT WITH A REMOTE CONTROL | February 2021 | October 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17268563 | MICROWAVE SENSOR DEVICE, AND SENSING METHODS, AND LIGHTING SYSTEM USING THE SENSOR DEVICE | February 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17172436 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CLEANING AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM USING ADJUSTABLE GROUND TRUTH | February 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17149798 | LIGHTING FIXTURE AND ARRANGEMENT HAVING AT LEAST ONE LIGHTING FIXTURE | January 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17146406 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP | January 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135191 | DIGITAL LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATION VIA EXISTING POWER WIRING | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17124071 | LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE CABIN | December 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17078132 | LIGHTING APPARATUS, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | October 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17064526 | LIGHT FUNCTION CONTROL REDUNDANCY WHEN CHANGING THE LIGHT INTENSITY OF PIXELATED VEHICLE HEADLAMPS | October 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17014582 | LIGHT SWITCH SYSTEM | September 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17012184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT PRESENCE IN A SPACE | September 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16977981 | Lighting Element with Integrated Wireless Communication, Control, and Motion Sensing Capability | September 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931340 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OCCUPANT OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ILLUMINATION INSIDE VEHICLE | July 2020 | October 2021 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16962292 | CONTROL OF LIGHTING SYSTEMS | July 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16920931 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR STRING LIGHT | July 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16960178 | A CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING DEVICE AND A METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16908640 | ENDOSCOPIC LIGHT SOURCE AND IMAGING SYSTEM | June 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16875720 | SMART DIMMER SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED RELIABLE COMMUNICATION | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C.
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, 66.7% 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 FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C works in Art Unit 2844 and has examined 316 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.
Examiner FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C's allowance rate of 82.0% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C receive 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 24% 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 FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C. This interview benefit is in the 52% 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, 27.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 96% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 93% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 22.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 12% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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 1.5% of allowed cases (in the 65% 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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