Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19268659 | DYNAMIC SAMPLING WITH WIRELESS BATTERY-POWERED MONITOR | July 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18952878 | CONFIGURATION OF WEARABLE SENSORS BASED ON A SENSORS-AS-A-SERVICE PLATFORM | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18631146 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA COLLECTED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT USING NEURAL NETWORKS | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618095 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VIBRATION MAGNITUDE OF TUNNEL BORING MACHINE (TBM) MAIN BEAM USING GEOLOGICAL FEATURE PARAMETER AND TUNNELING FEATURE PARAMETER CONSTRUCTED BASED ON TBM TUNNELING PARAMETERS | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18609441 | EVENT DETECTION FROM PUMP DATA | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18440806 | RECONFIGURING A SECOND TYPE OF SENSOR BASED ON SENSING DATA OF A FIRST TYPE OF SENSOR | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18411805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED-SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPLORATION BASED ON STAGGERED FREQUENCY EXCITATION OF CROSSED SOURCES | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18537370 | CONTROLLING A WIND TURBINE WITH AN UPDATED POWER COEFFICIENT ADJUSTED BY A DEGRADATION FUNCTION | December 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING | November 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513654 | REMOTE SENSING ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR SOIL EROSION CONTROL DEGREE BASED ON MAXIMUM EROSION POTENTIAL | November 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502404 | COMPOSITE POSE ESTIMATE FOR WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18286232 | PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTION MODEL TRANSFER AND SHARING METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON CLOUD SERVICE | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18469994 | MAGNETIC ENCODER CALIBRATION | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18460829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING VEGETATION CONNECTIVITY | September 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18460665 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Real-Time, Multi-Location Wildfire Surveillance, Local Parameter Acquisition, Data Transmission, and Integrated Situation Monitoring and Analysis for Improved Wildfire Management and Suppression | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232676 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A USER SPECIFIC MISSION OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE METRIC, USING MACHINE-LEARNING PROCESSES | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18223079 | AUTONOMOUS DISCRIMINATION OF OPERATION VIBRATION SIGNALS | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING TARGET BASED ON MULTI-FRAME POINT CLOUD | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332491 | DEVIATION DETECTION METHOD AND DEVIATION DETECTION DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18313297 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DATA QUANTIFICATION, ACQUISITION, ANALYSIS, AND FEEDBACK | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18133572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING WHEEL SPEED SENSOR SIGNAL LATENCY | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031217 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURE AND THE OXIDE THICKNESS OF A STEEL STRIP | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18190164 | METHOD FOR JOINT ESTIMATION OF STELLAR ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION AND STAR TRACKER ATITUDE | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126027 | INTELLIGENT SOFT MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR WIND SPEED IN FRONT OF WIND TURBINE | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18093738 | TRACKING ROTATION WITH A SWING SENSOR | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18083984 | CV AUTO-CALIBRATED BRIDLE METHOD AND SYSTEM | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18079451 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD | December 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064029 | PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION METHOD, AND PREDICTION SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18001330 | CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VEHICLE PITCH RELATIVE TO ROAD | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050297 | INERTIAL SENSOR ERROR MODELING AND COMPENSATION, AND SYSTEM FOR LIFETIME INERTIAL SENSOR CALIBRATION AND NAVIGATION ENHANCEMENT | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17973175 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, DATA ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND DATA COLLECTION METHOD | October 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17969653 | ACOUSTIC POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMARTPHONE AND WEARABLE DEVICE, AND TERMINAL | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957161 | ACCELERATION OF DATA PROCESSING FOR OBJECT DETECTION | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897917 | DETERMINING HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION ZONES IN A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17884656 | SYSTEM FOR CHIP-REMOVING MACHINING OF A WORKPIECE AND FOR MEASURING AND EVALUATING FORCE AND TORQUE DURING CHIP-REMOVING MACHINING OF THE WORKPIECE | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816786 | GENERATING HIGH-RESOLUTION CONCENTRATION MAPS FOR ATMOSPHERIC GASES USING GEOGRAPHY-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794537 | ANOMALY SCORE CALCULATION APPARATUS, ANOMALOUS SOUND DETECTION APPARATUS, AND METHODS AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR | July 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17794179 | DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT DEVICE, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811112 | Model Agnostic Time Series Analysis Via Matrix Estimation | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17843624 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS DATA COLLECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH INTELLIGENT DATA MANAGEMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INCLUDING SENSORS | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17757150 | PORTABLE DEVICE POSITIONING DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826702 | GEOID MEASUREMENT METHOD, GEOID MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, GEOID ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND GEOID CALCULATION DATA COLLECTION DEVICE | May 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17827247 | ENVIRONMENTAL MATCHING TECHNIQUES | May 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17778942 | MEASURING DEVICE, AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750602 | METHOD FOR UPDATING OCV-SOC CURVE OF BATTERY PACK, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | May 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750387 | STELLAR ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION MEASUREMENT CORRECTION METHOD BASED ON COLLINEARITY OF REFRACTION SURFACES | May 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17661989 | Magnetic Encoder Calibration | May 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735873 | SYSTEM FOR DISAGGREGATING POWER CONSUMPTION | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17726612 | INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) PERFORMANCE ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | April 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769444 | INDUSTRIAL PLANT MONITORING DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL PLANT MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707454 | SENSOR DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD AND SYSTEM | March 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DATA QUANTIFICATION, ACQUISITION, ANALYSIS, AND FEEDBACK | March 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17760937 | TRAIN COMPARTMENT VIBRATION MONITORING METHOD AND VIBRATION SIGNAL FEATURE LIBRARY ESTABLISHMENT AND APPLICATION METHODS | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17652144 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17669030 | OBTAINING AND AUGMENTING AGRICULTURAL DATA AND GENERATING AN AUGMENTED DISPLAY | February 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17667423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DISCRETE NUMBER OF SELECTED WORKPIECES | February 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17631760 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE VISUALIZATION DEVICE | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631453 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING RECOGNITION MODEL OF MOISTURE DAMAGE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING MOISTURE DAMAGE OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17580705 | POSITION CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625325 | ADAPTIVE MANIFOLD PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION-BASED BEARING FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561336 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Real-Time, Multi-Location Wildfire Surveillance, Local Parameter Acquisition, Data Transmission, and Integrated Situation Monitoring and Analysis for Improved Wildfire Management and Suppression | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17620746 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17549559 | FAST STRESSED-EYE CALIBRATION FOR RECEIVING TESTING | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17548453 | AUTOMATIC CORRECTION METHOD | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643186 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616405 | Method for Porcessing Motion Signal, Electronic Device and Medium | December 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17537717 | INTELLIGENT VIBRATION DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17530125 | INERTIAL SENSOR SENSING OF VIBRATION FREQUENCY | November 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17523559 | REAL-TIME ANOMALY DETECTION FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17506200 | AUTONOMOUS DISCRIMINATION OF OPERATION VIBRATION SIGNALS | October 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17594389 | EVENT DETECTION FROM PUMP DATA | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17601760 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR LONG TERM DRIFT ANALYSIS | October 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SERVICE LIFE OF BEARING | September 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437740 | MONITORING METHOD, MONITORING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | September 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17468830 | ERROR DETERMINATION APPARATUS, ERROR DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17465912 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17409400 | PREDICTING INTERNAL CORROSION IN GAS FLOW LINES USING MACHINE LEARNING | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17426386 | AUTOMATED HEALTH STATE CLASSIFIER FOR ROTATING MACHINES BASED ON EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | July 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17373878 | ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, ALIGNMENT SYSTEM, ALIGNMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17421929 | A Multiaxial Creep-Fatigue Prediction Method Based On ABAQUS | July 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17419964 | Abnormality Diagnosis System for Rotary Electric Machine | June 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17418389 | METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN A GAS NETWORK UNDER PRESSURE OR UNDER VACUUM AND GAS NETWORK | June 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17303619 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING STATUS OF TOOL IN MACHINE TOOL | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A USER SPECIFIC MISSION OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE METRIC, USING MACHINE-LEARNING PROCESSES | May 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17326786 | MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES HAVING DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE COMPUTATIONAL UNITS | May 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17308142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING USING MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT | May 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17245245 | Adaptive Pattern Recognition for a Sensor Network | April 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17244798 | COMPOSITE POSE ESTIMATE FOR WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17240857 | FAST OCCLUSION DETECTION IN INFUSION DEVICES | April 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17210767 | MONITORING SYSTEM WITH LOW POWER USAGE | March 2021 | March 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17211547 | MATERIAL TRANSFER INTERFACES FOR SPACE VEHICLES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | March 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17202373 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON ANALYSIS PROGRAM | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17275763 | SENSOR DRIFT HANDLING IN VIRTUAL FLOW METERING | March 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17197182 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENT TIME-GATED RESIDUAL SPUR CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRECTION IN SIGNAL ANALYZERS | March 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17196910 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES TO ESTIMATE HITCH ARTICULATION ANGLE (HAA) USING ULTRA-SONIC SENSORS (USS) AND FUSION WITH OTHER SENSORS | March 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17271006 | DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A STRUCTURAL PART OF A WORKING MACHINE | February 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17268122 | DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATA MANAGEMENT TERMINAL FOR A LASER GAS DETECTOR | February 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17169534 | POINT CLOUD DENOISING METHOD BASED ON DEEP LEARNING FOR AIRCRAFT PART | February 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17152157 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN EXISTENCE OF A LOOSE PART IN A STEAM GENERATOR OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | January 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 54 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BHAT, ADITYA S.
With a 42.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 40.7% 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.
✓ 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 BHAT, ADITYA S works in Art Unit 2857 and has examined 397 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner BHAT, ADITYA S's allowance rate of 89.2% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BHAT, ADITYA S receive 1.56 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 29% 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 BHAT, ADITYA S is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -1.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BHAT, ADITYA S. This interview benefit is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 88% 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 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% 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, 109.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 79% 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 77.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 54.2% 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, 54.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 10.6% of allowed cases (in the 94% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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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