Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112276 | FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR SPIRAL THROTTLING COMPONENT | March 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19104665 | ULTRASONIC WATER METER FLOW MEASUREMENT AND OUTDOOR WATER LEAK DETECTION METHOD USING TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND PRESSURE CHANGE, AND THEREOF THE ULTRASONIC WATER METER | February 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19101951 | METHODS FOR REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF COILED TUBING CLEANOUT OPERATIONS USING DOWNHOLE PRESSURE SENSORS | February 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18951585 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SOUND VELOCITY APPLIED TO MULTI-LAYER VARIABLE THICKNESS STRUCTURE | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18663973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING INHOMOGENEITIES IN A FLUID WITHIN A CONDUIT | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660545 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FLUID FLOW IN A PIPE USING ELECTROMAGNETIC VELOCITY TOMOGRAPHY | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18654648 | PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645980 | VALVE FOR CONTROLLING WATER FLOW VALVE AND FOR IMPROVING WATER METER HEALTH AND READINGS | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18702585 | Calibration Method for a Flow Measurement System, Flow Measurement System and Computer Program Product | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614587 | CRAFTWORK TOOLS AND KITS | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18609679 | HIGH PRESSURE MAGMETER AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18581128 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LADING MEASUREMENT IN A RAIL CAR | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18413477 | AIR AND GAS FLOW VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR PROBE | January 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18576834 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OSCILLATION PATTERN OF A SUBSTANCE | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18571773 | TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD OF COMPOSITE BLADE TILT ROTOR POWER ASSEMBLY | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18571560 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18571463 | SHEAR FORCE SENSOR, AND DETECTION UNIT FOR SHEAR FORCE SENSOR | December 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517379 | FLUID FLOW SYSTEM FOR BUBBLE AND FLUID DETECTION | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517193 | INSERTION MAGNETIC METERS AND METHODS | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507509 | METHODS AND CIRCUITRY FOR BUILT-IN SELF-TESTING OF CIRCUITRY AND/OR TRANSDUCERS IN ULTRASOUND DEVICES | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507142 | Multiphase Flowmeter Aperture Antenna Transmission And Pressure Retention | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18505560 | SENSOR UNIT AND SENSOR UNIT ATTACHMENT METHOD | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18505807 | Ultrasonic Mass Fuel Flow Meter | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386539 | REAL-TIME PREDICTION OF TISSUE FIXATION TIME | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18558217 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AGING-RELATED DAMAGE TO A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495719 | ENVIRONMENT DETECTION APPARATUS | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555785 | ULTRASOUND SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING OF ULTRASOUND | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487496 | LOCK MASS CORRECTION DURING CHROMATOGRAPHY VOID TIME | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379635 | MONITORING THE EFFICIENCY OF CATALYTIC OXIDATION FOR ISOTOPIC DETECTION | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18286678 | An Electromagnetic Flowmeter with Primary and Secondary Pairs of Coils | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479550 | ULTRASONIC SENSING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND ULTRASONIC SENSING ELEMENT | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478258 | WATERPROOF SOUND AND VIBRATION SENSING DEVICE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18284562 | An Electromagnetic Flowmeter with a Plurality of Coils | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550575 | Apparatus for Monitoring Fluid Flow in a Pipe Using Electromagnetic Velocity Tomography | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367585 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243709 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457021 | DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447772 | MICROMACHINED CAPACITIVE FLOW SENSOR, PACKAGED FLOW SENSOR PRODUCT COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18230636 | Method For Monitoring The Operation of a Capacitive Pressure Measuring Cell | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18365433 | SENSOR AND SENSOR SYSTEM | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18255036 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSOR DEVICE | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220590 | SOBRIETY MONITORING SYSTEM | July 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347875 | FUSED QUARTZ DUAL SHELL RESONATOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18257596 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ABRASION | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205463 | TANK FILL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252373 | MAGNETIC-INDUCTIVE FLOWMETER | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195202 | Disaggregation of Gas Load to Determine Meter or Service Under-Sizing | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18249361 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING A CLAMP-ON ULTRASONIC MEASURING DEVICE | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030826 | METERING CONSOLE | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296802 | Coil Arrangement for a Flowmeter and Method of Manufacturing a Coil Arrangement | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296341 | FERMENTATION PRODUCT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18247089 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING THE AVERAGE VELOCITY IN CONDUITS OR OPEN CHANNELS | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192173 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRASONIC SENSOR | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18191252 | Magnetic-Inductive Flowmeter and Method of Operating the Same | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246623 | APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVELY TREATING LIQUID | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18027771 | METHOD AND HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FLOW CONTROL VARIABLE OF A FLUID FLOW FLOWING THROUGH A HIGH-PRESSURE-SIDE HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP OUTLET OF A HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18185772 | CLOSED-MESHED ENERGY MEASUREMENT IN THE GAS NETWORK | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245285 | FUNCTIONALIZED OBJECT WITH INTEGRATED MECHANICAL WAVE SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183425 | GAS SENSOR | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044431 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF COMPOSITE COMPONENTS | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18024600 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETECTOR | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE PROCESSING | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113028 | PIPE MATERIAL DETECTION USING ACOUSTICAL WAVE PROPAGATION | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18110384 | ELASTICALLY SUPPORTED ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE FOR DETECTING UNBALANCED MASS OF RESONANT GYROSCOPE | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018956 | REAL TIME WATER CONTENT AND WATER-CEMENT MONITORING ON A READY-MIX CONCRETE TRUCK | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101634 | FLUID RECOVERY SYSTEM | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18100723 | CRAFTWORK TOOLS AND KITS | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154366 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING SYSTEM | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095112 | MODE CONVERSION REFLECTOR | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068793 | SENSOR AND SENSOR PROCESSING DEVICE | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18084448 | SOBRIETY MONITORING SYSTEM | December 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001945 | MAGNETICALLY INDUCTIVE FLOW METER | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065466 | DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC DETECTOR SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064502 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH-SENSITIVITY PROTRUSION-TYPE PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18064922 | MICROMACHINED CAPACITIVE FLOW SENSOR, PACKAGED FLOW SENSOR PRODUCT COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000039 | MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17994555 | Systems And Methods To Detect And Monitor Valve Positioning In A Water Pipe Distribution System | November 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991502 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF VISCOUS FLUIDS | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050821 | TEST SYSTEM FOR A PRESSURE CONTROL EQUIPMENT SYSTEM | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975266 | ENVIRONMENT DETECTION SYSTEM | October 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971975 | Magnetic-Inductive Flowmeter | October 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18048774 | Ultrasonic Transducer and Ultrasonic Flowmeter | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967514 | Energy Correlation Flow Meters | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967765 | GEL-COUPLED PRESSURE SENSOR DEVICE WITH INTERFERENCE-INDEPENDENT CONTACT SIDE FOR CONNECTION TO AN INFUSION HOSE | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS HIGH-SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENT OF METHANE AND ETHANE VIA LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY IN AN OPEN-AIR CONFIGURATION | October 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17955883 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SENSORS ON MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SENSOR PLATFORM | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17935609 | Measuring System and Method for Operating a Measuring System | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933688 | Magnetic-Inductive Flowmeter and Method of Operating the Same | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947802 | SCALABLE MONOLITHIC SENSOR ASSEMBLY, CONTROLLER, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND INSTALLING SAME | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17946820 | ELECTRONIC PULSE INJECTION SYSTEM FOR AN ICING WIND TUNNEL | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931266 | ULTRASONIC DRY COUPLED WHEEL PROBE WITH A RADIAL TRANSDUCER | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17929830 | STRAIN GAUGE | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795909 | FLOW SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING A FLOW | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865802 | AIR FLOW RATE MEASURING DEVICE | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810104 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LADING MEASUREMENT IN A RAIL CAR | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17809506 | METHOD OF DETERMINING HYDROCARBON TYPE IN SOURCE ROCK SAMPLES | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17846992 | MULTISENSOR MEMS AND/OR NEMS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17788196 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RATE OF PENETRATION WHILE DRILLING | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844378 | WEAR DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786679 | AUTOMATIC ARM TRAINING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROYSTON, JOHN M.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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, 60.0% 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.
✓ 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 ROYSTON, JOHN M works in Art Unit 2855 and has examined 238 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner ROYSTON, JOHN M's allowance rate of 77.3% places them in the 44% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ROYSTON, JOHN M receive 1.79 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ROYSTON, JOHN M is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 61% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROYSTON, JOHN M. This interview benefit is in the 65% 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, 28.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 74% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 26.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% 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 26% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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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