Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18780819 | METALENS BEAM SPLITTER HAVING FRUSTRUM CUT PYRAMID STRUCTURES | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18467948 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING SPECIFIED RELATIVE RADIUS OF CURVATURE OF LENS SURFACES | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233044 | LENS UNIT HAVING GLASS LENS AND COMBINED RESIN LENS | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222039 | ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE INCLUDING AN OCCLUSION RING HAVING INNER/OUTER REGIONS WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATONS | July 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18331075 | INFRARED BAND PASS FILTER HAVING Si:NH LAYERS WITH REFRACTION INDEX GREATER THAN 3.5 | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120488 | GLASS-CERAMIC ARTICLES HAVING SPECIFIED ELASTIC MODULUS AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110520 | FIVE LENS CAMERA MODULE HAVING SPECIFIED LENS TO IMAGING PLANE DISTANCES | February 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18041432 | OPTICAL STACK HAVING ABSORBING POLARIZER, HALF-WAVE RETARDER, AND REFLECTIVE POLARIZER | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18019869 | OPTICAL LAMINATE HAVING ALUMINUM OR INDIUM ADHESION LAYER | February 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089194 | MULTI-LAYER DIFFRACTIVE EYEPIECE HAVING MULTILEVEL METASURFACE | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18083878 | LASER RANGE FINDER HAVING ADJUSTABLE BEAM SPLITTING OPTIC AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981359 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THREE BALL MEMBERS AND OPENING IN FRAME | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17875245 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING ENGRAVED OPTICAL PATTERNS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866418 | GUIDE APPARATUS FOR SCREEN PROTECTOR INSTALLATION HAVING RECEIVING PLATE | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809282 | SUN PROTECTION DEVICE HAVING PLURALITY OF VOIDS AND S-TYPE POLARIZER | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844617 | ROTATABLE MICROMIRROR WITH IMPROVED SHOCK AND VIBRATION PERFORMANCE | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17843302 | METASURFACE-ASSISTED 3D BEAM SHAPING USING ARRAY OF SCATTERERS | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835233 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING ASSEMBLY HAVING FIVE LENSES AND SPECIFIED FIELD OF VIEW | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707978 | SCREEN PROTECTOR HAVING GRATING SHEET WHICH LIMITS VIEWING ANGLE RANGE | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17667317 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING ENGRAVED OPTICAL PATTERNS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME | February 2022 | April 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17573994 | FABRICATION OF NANO-PATTERNED SURFACES FOR APPLICATION IN OPTICAL AND RELATED DEVICES | January 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING MEMS SCANNING MIRRORS INVOLVING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL | January 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17475711 | LITHIUM CONTAINING GLASS WITH HIGH OXIDIZED IRON CONTENT AND SPECIFIED REDOX RATIO | September 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17357135 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING PRISM, FIXED LENS GROUPS, AND MOVABLE LENS GROUPS | June 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333561 | STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES HAVING LAYERS WHICH TAPER IN THICKNESS | May 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17333554 | STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES HAVING LAYERS WHICH TAPER IN THICKNESS | May 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17333524 | STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES HAVING DIFFERENT COLOR SECTIONS | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17333476 | STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES HAVING DIFFERENT COLOR SECTIONS | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17333668 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS WITH AN ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER | May 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17321740 | OPTOELECTRONICALLY FUNCTIONAL MULTILAYER STRUCTURE HAVING EMBEDDED LIGHT-DEFINING SEGMENTS AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD | May 2021 | August 2021 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17322326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF A SINGLE PLANE OF AN OBJECT | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17313669 | CONFIGURING OPTICAL LIGHT PATH HAVING BEAM OVERLAP ON IMAGE SENSOR | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17220370 | DURABLE, HIGH PERFORMANCE WIRE GRID POLARIZER HAVING BARRIER LAYER | April 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17206486 | OPTICAL FILTER HAVING DIFFERING REFLECTANCE DEPENDING ON LIGHT INCIDENT SIDE | March 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17202297 | ANGLED INTERFERENCE FILTERS GENERATING OFFSET RIPPLE EFFECTS | March 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17187847 | COATED OPTICAL SUBSTRATES HAVING FUNCTIONAL DOTS CONTAINING PHOTOCHROMIC COLORANT | February 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17185987 | FOUR LENS OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING SPECIFIED TOTAL ABBE NUMBER | February 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17173337 | HIGH-POWER LASER PACKAGING UTILIZING CARBON NANOTUBES BETWEEN METALLIC BONDING MATERIALS | February 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17165810 | SPACE-COMPRESSION MEDIUM WITH TRANSVERSE BEAM DISPLACEMENT REDUCING LIGHT PROPAGATION OR IMAGE FORMATION DISTANCE | February 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17157438 | POLARIZATION FILTERS HAVING NANOGRATING PATTERN AND PLASMONIC STRUCTURE ORIENTED AT NONZERO ANGLE | January 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17248326 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING OUTERMOST LAYER OF ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER RECESSED TOWARDS SUBSTRATE | January 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17248242 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING SPECIFIED WATER CONTACT ANGLE OF ANTIREFLECTION LAYER SURFACE | January 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17130598 | HIGH POWER LIGHT ABSORBERS HAVING ANTI-REFLECTION COATING | December 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17112962 | OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL RESIN PANEL HAVING LAYERS OF INCREASING SURFACE HARDNESS | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16952498 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE HAVING POLYMER-COVERED PROTRUSIONS CONTACTING BANDPASS FILTER | November 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17094896 | SELF-CLEANING SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYS USING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES EMITTING INVISIBLE VIOLET LIGHT | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17095215 | WIRE GRID POLARIZING PLATE HAVING TRAPEZOIDAL ABSORPTION LAYER | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17075720 | WEAR-RESISTANT SELF-CLEANING SOLAR CELL PANEL HAVING INVERTED MICROSTRUCTURE FILLED WITH SUPERHYDROPHOBIC NANOMATERIAL | October 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17073389 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING ABERRATION COMPENSATION LENS GROUP | October 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16948957 | INDUCED TRANSMISSION FILTER WITH HYDROGENATED SILICON, SILVER, AND SILICON DIOXIDE | October 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 54 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17041387 | NON-LINEAR OPTICAL SCANNING MICROSCOPE HAVING KINEMATIC FLEXURE MECHANISM | September 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17029481 | VEHICLE CAMERA HAVING HIGH GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE LENS | September 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17020182 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING SPECIFIED RELATIONSHIP OF FOCAL LENGTH TO FIELD OF VIEW | September 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17004197 | PRISM FOR OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING PROTRUSION ON SIDE SURFACES | August 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 57 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16993562 | ANTIREFLECTIVE LENS FOR INFRARED RAYS HAVING FOUR LAYERS OF SPECIFIED REFRACTIVE INDICES | August 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16994526 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING METALLIC SEED LAYER AND ALUMINUM LAYER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | August 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16992423 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH WIRES AND ORGANIC MOIETIES | August 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16992015 | MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE HAVING SPECIFIED NANOMETER-SCALE THICKNESS FILMS | August 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16990679 | OPTICAL SCATTERING STRUCTURE HAVING POLYMER-FILLED SUB-MICRON PORES | August 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16985446 | ANTIGLARE FILM HAVING SPECIFIED SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND SURFACE INCLINATION | August 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16967465 | ANTI-REFLECTIVE FILM HAVING MONOLAYER ARRANGEMENT OF INORGANIC HOLLOW PARTICLES, POLARIZING PLATE COMPRISING SAME, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | August 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16935732 | GLASS WINDOWS FOR LIDAR APPLICATIONS | July 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16930520 | TUNABLE INFRARED PIXELS HAVING UNPATTERNED GRAPHENE LAYER AND CONDUCTIVE METASURFACE | July 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929100 | OPTICAL THIN FILM HAVING METAL LAYER CONTAINING SILVER AND HIGH STANDARD ELECTRODE POTENTIAL METAL | July 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16927011 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING THREE BALL MEMBERS AND OPENING IN FRAME | July 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16961573 | LENS COATING LAYER HAVING THREE OR MORE SUB-LAYERS OF OXIDE OR FLUORIDE | July 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16961603 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY HAVING SPECIFIED AVERAGE ROUGHNESS AND SURFACE HARDNESS | July 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16918008 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING MAXIMUM EMISSION ANGLE OF IMAGE LIGHT SMALLER THAN MAXIMUM VIEWING ANGLE OF VIRTUAL IMAGE | July 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16915763 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING FOUR LENS GROUPS | June 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 8 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16915564 | VISION AID DEVICE HAVING CAMERA AND DISPLAY MOVABLE PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER | June 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16907655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING MEMS SCANNING MIRRORS INVOLVING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL | June 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16906000 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING ASSEMBLY HAVING FIVE LENSES AND SPECIFIED ABBE NUMBER | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16899574 | ON-CHIP SIMULTANEOUS FULL STOKES POLARIZATION (LINEAR + CIRCULAR) AND (MULTI/HYPER) SPECTRAL IMAGING | June 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16895332 | HIGH ETENDUE MODULAR ZOOM LENS FOR MACHINE VISION HAVING FIVE LENS GROUPS | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16892284 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING FLUID-FILLED PARTITIONED SPACES WITH ELECTRIC FIELD CONTROL MATERIAL | June 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16889728 | HIGH ETENDUE ZOOM LENS HAVING MOVABLE LENS GROUPS BETWEEN STATIC LENS GROUPS | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16889800 | HIGH ETENDUE MODULAR LENS ASSEMBLY WITH AFOCAL ZOOM HAVING FIVE LENS GROUPS | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16884464 | DISPLAY HAVING SUB-WAVELENGTH POLYGONAL PERIODIC ELEMENTS | May 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16883787 | AMORPHOUS OR NANOCRYSTALLINE MOLYBDENUM NITRIDE AND SILICON NITRIDE MULTILAYERS | May 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 58 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16882302 | ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE INCLUDING OCCLUSION RING HAVING INNER/OUTER REGIONS WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATONS | May 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16879458 | MULTI-LAYER DIFFRACTIVE EYEPIECE WITH FRONT COVER PLATE AND WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE REFLECTOR | May 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16874126 | OPTICAL FILTER HAVING POLYIMIDE AEROGEL SUBSTRATE AND INFRARED RADIATION SCATTERING PARTICLES | May 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15931862 | TOUCH SENSOR | May 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15930477 | LENS DRIVING MODULE HAVING FIRST SENSOR AND SECOND MAGNET IN ALIGNMENT | May 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16867146 | WIRE GRID POLARIZATION PLATE HAVING DIELECTRIC LAYER WITH CONCAVE PORTIONS | May 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16759564 | LENS UNIT HAVING GLASS LENS, RESIN LENSES, AND REFLECTION PREVENTING FILM | April 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16756500 | POLARIZER AND DISPLAY PANEL | April 2020 | February 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16755441 | POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING TIP PORTIONS WITH CONTINUOUS CURVED SURFACE | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16838035 | IMAGING SATELLITE HAVING MIRROR FORMED FROM LIQUID AND TWO-AXIS ROTATIONAL CONFIGURATION | April 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16652861 | SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURAL MATERIAL HAVING PATCH TYPE ARRAY AND COMPATIBILITY OF LOW DETECTABILITY FOR INFRARED, LASER, AND MICROWAVE | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16831714 | ANTI-REFLECTION OPTICAL COATINGS HAVING REDUCED THICKNESS ON CURVED OR FACETED PORTION | March 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16647707 | PARTIAL REFLECTOR HAVING STACK OF POLYMER LAYERS FOR CORRECTING COLOR SHIFT | March 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16817435 | DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM HAVING VCSEL EMITTERS AND ARRAY OF NANOSTRUCTURES | March 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16817463 | OPTICAL FILTER WITH LAYERS HAVING REFRACTIVE INDEX GREATER THAN 3 | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814189 | POLARIZATION FILM HAVING FOLDING AXIS AND DEFORMATION PORTION DEFORMED BY HEAT | March 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16810380 | POLARIZATION SEPARATION ELEMENT, METHOD OF DESIGNING POLARIZATION SEPARATION ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | March 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16801488 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING REARMOST LENS WITH CONCAVE IMAGE-SIDE SURFACE | February 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16801701 | FLEXIBLE GLASS-BASED COVER WINDOW HAVING SMALLER THICKNESS FOLDING PART | February 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16793497 | OVERMOLDED TRIM COMPONENT WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR LENS ASSEMBLY | February 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16782921 | METHOD FOR TREATING A LENS TO REDUCE LIGHT REFLECTIONS FOR ANIMALS AND DEVICES THAT VIEW THROUGH THE ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT SPECTRUM | February 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DUNNING, RYAN S.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 27.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner DUNNING, RYAN S works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 438 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner DUNNING, RYAN S's allowance rate of 78.1% places them in the 38% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by DUNNING, RYAN S receive 2.02 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DUNNING, RYAN S is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 24% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUNNING, RYAN S. This interview benefit is in the 73% 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, 27.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 22.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 28.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 19% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 29% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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