USPTO Examiner RIVERA VARGAS MANUEL A - Art Unit 2857

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19065858ARTIFICIAL SENSOR SAMPLE GENERATIONFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
19038474WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18982887WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18925008WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18821221WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEAugust 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18782044SINGLE PULSE SPECTRAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHOD FOR PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF INCLUSION ON SURFACE OF METAL MATERIALJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18760496NETWORK ASSISTED PARTICULATE MATTER SENSORJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18669653METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING MUDDING BOUNDARY ELEVATION OF HEADLAND BEACH ADJACENT TO MUDDY SEABEDMay 2024June 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18666887ELECTROMAGNETIC LEAKAGE RED AND BLACK SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD BASED ON INFORMATION ENTROPY CHARACTERISTICSMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18619964FIRE MITIGATION AND DOWNED CONDUCTOR DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2024February 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18588162DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TRIP DETECTION IN AN ASSET TRACKERFebruary 2024June 2024Allow410NoNo
18439750SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SWIMMING METRICSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100NoNo
18404958INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING MAINTENANCE OF INDUSTRIAL ASSETSJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18405116SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18485309INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM CONDUCIVE TO SYSTEM FUNCTION EXPANSION AND SYSTEM ADJUSTMENT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023December 2024Allow1400NoNo
18238545METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEMANTIC ANALYSIS ON CONFRONTATION SCENARIO BASED ON TARGET-ATTRIBUTE-RELATIONAugust 2023December 2023Allow410YesNo
18450725BATTERY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110YesNo
18355893SEISMIC DATA FILTERING TECHNIQUESJuly 2023December 2025Allow2810YesNo
18260759METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ACQUISITION CHAIN OF A BRAKING DEVICE OR BRAKING SYSTEM OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR AT LEAST ONE RAILWAY VEHICLEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3100NoNo
18218855Learning Approximate Estimation Networks for Communication Channel State InformationJuly 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18270950BATTERY PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAMEJuly 2023October 2025Allow2700NoNo
18260090TRANSFORMER MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING SAMEJune 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18212270INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ANALYSIS METHODJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18211879WIND-POWERED COMPUTING BUOYJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18268395MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18330363Systems and Methods for Monitoring and Reporting Road QualityJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18039799TRIGGER CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD FOR TIME SERIES SIGNAL, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR EQUIPMENT TO BE MONITORED, AND TRIGGER CONDITION DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR TIME SERIES SIGNALJune 2023December 2025Allow3100NoNo
18323387WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEMay 2023May 2024Allow1230YesNo
18200695METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THERMAL RUNAWAY OF BATTERY PACKMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18032239CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS MODEL, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS METHOD, CONSTRUCTION DEVICE OF ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS MODEL, AND ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICEApril 2023February 2026Allow3410YesNo
18248692Automated Self-Precision Validation Accelerometer and System for Machine DiagnosisApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18128285METHOD OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK OF TIRE MONITORING DEVICESMarch 2023December 2025Allow3200NoNo
18026308SMART QUANTUM LIGHT DETECTORMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18181418SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECURSIVE 3D WAVELET PACKET TRANSFORMSMarch 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18181059SMART METER MODULES AND ASSEMBLIESMarch 2023December 2024Allow2110NoNo
18116055SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICE, SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD, PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS METHODMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
17923821ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF A ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINEFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3910NoNo
18114705LEARNING DATA PRODUCING METHOD, WAVEFORM ANALYSIS DEVICE, WAVEFORM ANALYSIS METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18022468VIRTUAL-SENSING INTEGRATED FOR PREDICTIVE RELIABILITYFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510YesNo
18042277METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AN OPEN- AND/OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL SYSTEM, AND OPEN- AND/OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18109146METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN IMPLEMENTING RESOURCES IN PLANT BREEDINGFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1700NoNo
18165521METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING TRIPS BASED ON AUTOMOTIVE DATAFebruary 2023January 2026Abandon3510NoNo
18104418MONITORING SYSTEM EMPLOYING SMART GLOVES TO ANALYZE OPERATOR FABRICATION ACTIVITIESFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18161674SENSOR UNIT WITH ON-DEVICE LEARNING AND ANOMALY DETECTIONJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3210YesNo
18017908MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHODJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3310YesNo
18158412METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH RELATED EVENTSJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1710YesNo
18014871NONLINEAR OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSINGJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3420NoNo
18150044Monitoring of Distributed Power Harvesting Systems Using DC Power SourcesJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310NoNo
18081267USER INTERFACE FOR INDUSTRIAL DIGITAL TWIN SYSTEM ANALYZING DATA TO DETERMINE STRUCTURES WITH VISUALIZATION OF THOSE STRUCTURES WITH REDUCED DIMENSIONALITYDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18078774DETECTING OR PREDICTING SYSTEM FAULTS IN COOLING SYSTEMS IN A NON-INTRUSIVE MANNER USING DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
17927995ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING DEVICE, ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND ABNORMAL IRREGULARITY CAUSE IDENTIFYING PROGRAMNovember 2022January 2026Allow3720NoNo
17927231SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SENSOR NETWORKNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
18053415STATE MONITORING SYSTEMNovember 2022June 2023Allow710YesNo
17976393METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MIGRATION DATA USING MULTIBLOCK GATHERSOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17973201SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17938796INTELLIGENT LIQUID LEVEL DISPLAY FOR AUXILIARY TANKSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17917783METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17995209Determining Formation Conductivity with Propagation MeasurementsSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17956871HIERARCHICAL PERCEPTION MONITOR FOR VEHICLE SAFETYSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310YesNo
17995055TESTING UNIT FOR TESTING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17945368SEISMIC DATA RECORDING AND PROCESSING WITH DIFFERENT UNCONTAMINATED RECORDING TIME LENGTHSSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3720YesNo
17931691COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AT LEAST ONE PEAK IN A MASS SPECTROMETRY RESPONSE CURVESeptember 2022July 2025Allow3420YesNo
17942976DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17903726Operation of Measuring Devices in a Process PlantSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17900507NON-INVASIVE PIPE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17900010Position Determination System And MethodAugust 2022June 2024Allow2220NoNo
17897360SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FAULT DETECTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DESIGNAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17894883ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND TERRAIN SENSING METHODAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17801263SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF ARTICLESAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17892806SENSINGAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17819927INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM CONDUCIVE TO SYSTEM SCALABILITY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17796698Industrial Plant MonitoringAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17877645MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD FOR DETECTING A DIAGNOSTIC STATEJuly 2022November 2023Allow1510NoNo
17869199GONDOLA MONITORING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODSJuly 2022February 2026Abandon4340NoNo
17758366ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION APPARATUS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION METHOD AND PROGRAMJuly 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17854805WIND-POWERED COMPUTING BUOYJune 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17851828METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIAGNOSTIC FROM A DEVIATION OF A FLOW METER PARAMETERJune 2022July 2023Allow1320NoNo
17844507APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN OBJECT USING A LIDAR SENSOR AND A RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHODJune 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17836116MULTIPATH MITIGATION IN GNSS RECEIVERS WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJune 2022January 2025Allow3211NoNo
17778020MAP DATA AND MAP DATA GENERATION METHODMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17745066MONITORING A VEHICLE CARGO SPACE FOR OBJECTS CONNECTED TO BEACON-TRANSMITTING DEVICESMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17777023METHOD FOR PROCESSING IRRADIATION FORECAST, METHOD FOR TRAINING STACKED GENERALIZATION MODEL, AND APPARATUSES THEREOFMay 2022September 2023Allow1620NoNo
17732683Learning Approximate Estimation Networks for Communication Channel State InformationApril 2022February 2023Allow1000NoNo
17718304PARTIAL STROKE TESTS FOR SHUTDOWN VALVESApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17717705Plant management system and deviceApril 2022March 2026Allow4710NoNo
17658223SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEISMICALLY TRIGGERED INTRUSION DETECTIONApril 2022January 2025Allow3310NoNo
17714842TEST MONITOR INCLUDING SIGNAL SEPARATOR AND DATA RECORDERApril 2022September 2025Allow4111NoNo
17711410SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A DATA COLLECTION TRAJECTORY FOR CONVEYORSApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17711436SYSTEM, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A DATA COLLECTION TRAJECTORY FOR CENTRIFUGESApril 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17703126RENEWABLE ENERGY ERROR COMPENSABLE FORCASTING METHOD USING BATTERYMarch 2022December 2025Allow4510NoNo
17702745VELOCITY MEASURING DEVICEMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17656223SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ITERATIVE WELL PLANNING FOR OPTIMIZED RESULTSMarch 2022June 2024Allow2700NoNo
17698421ROTATIONAL SPEED SENSOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFORMarch 2022June 2023Allow1520NoNo
17696689SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR FITNESS OF TEST PLANMarch 2022January 2026Abandon4610NoNo
17695499Method and Apparatus for Generating Physical Network TopologyMarch 2022November 2024Allow3200NoNo
17693710INTELLIGENTLY OPTIMIZED MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3520YesNo
17652575DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHODFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4510YesNo
17636524PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMSFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17575985DISTRIBUTING STORAGE PERFORMANCE METRICS RECORDING WORK ACROSS STORAGE APPLIANCES OF A STORAGE CLUSTERJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310NoNo
17576367CURVATURE VALUE DETECTION AND EVALUATIONJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
81.0%
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, 50.0% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A works in Art Unit 2857 and has examined 186 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A's allowance rate of 88.7% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A receive 1.46 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.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A. This interview benefit is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 60.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 75.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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 7.3% of allowed cases (in the 85% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.