Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19267392 | LENS ANTI-SHAKE ASSEMBLY AND ANTI-SHAKE TELESCOPE | July 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19189969 | HOLOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | April 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 19004358 | AUTO FOCUS AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION IN A COMPACT FOLDED CAMERA | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18962250 | Manufacturing Process for Semiconductor Optical Device for LIDAR Sensor System | November 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18858827 | LARGE ANGLE COMPACT OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION FOR FOLDED CAMERAS | October 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813096 | AUTO FOCUS AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION IN A COMPACT FOLDED CAMERA | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18739866 | DARK-FIELD CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON VORTEX DICHROISM | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660828 | Polarization-Independent Diffractive Optical Structures | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18658422 | Manufacturing Process For Semiconductor Optical Device For Lidar Sensor System | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614892 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIRE-GRID POLARIZER | March 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612697 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE AND SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY DEVICE | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518358 | OPTICAL ARTICLE WITH REDUCED VISUAL FATIGUE | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514050 | ACCELERATING DIGITAL MICROSCOPY SCANS USING EMPTY/DIRTY AREA DETECTION | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510502 | PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPLE-POINT ILLUMINATOR, CONFOCAL FILTER, CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD TO OPERATE SAID CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380309 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487674 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER, METHOD OF FORMING CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER, LAMINATE, LIGHT GUIDE ELEMENT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552509 | LIGHT INTERFERENCE GENERATOR AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552361 | MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS, MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND MICROSCOPE DEVICE | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459070 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPTICAL MEASUREMENT PROGRAM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18548438 | MULTILAYER OPITICAL FILM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18446497 | AUTO FOCUS AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION IN A COMPACT FOLDED CAMERA | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366357 | POINT-SCANNING STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION-BASED SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366081 | PHOTO RESIST AS OPAQUE APERTURE MASK ON MULTISPECTRAL FILTER ARRAYS | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18365853 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT SPATIAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228902 | METHOD AND LIGHT MICROSCOPE FOR LOCALIZING INDIVIDUAL EMITTERS IN A SAMPLE | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263684 | HIGH EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS FOR ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION ILLUMINATION NANOSCOPY | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346865 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTION FUNCTION | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346249 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING FIRST-DIFFRACTION-ORDER RECONSTRUCTION OF HOLOGRAMS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216980 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH MICRO OPTICAL ELEMENT ARRAYS AND METHODS OF SPECIMEN IMAGING | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18341990 | OPTICAL FILTER WITH OPTICAL CHANNEL | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18214635 | STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18035980 | OPTICALLY STRUCTURED ELEMENT FOR A BIRD PROTECTION GLASS, OPTICAL SYSTEM AND USE OF THE OPTICALLY STRUCTURED ELEMENT | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314472 | PHASE MASK FOR STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18034882 | FLYING-OVER BEAM PATTERN SCANNING HOLOGRAM MICROSCOPE DEVICE USING SPATIAL MODULATION SCANNER AND TRANSLATION STAGE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136341 | SPRING STABILIZER SYSTEM AND LENS STABILIZING-FOCUSING DEVICE USING SAME | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302495 | PARAFFIN SHIELD COATING FOR MICROSCOPE SLIDE | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133470 | AUTOMATIC CORRECTION OF SPHERICAL ABERRATION IN SELECTIVE PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190729 | Microscope Apparatus, Sample Refractive Index Measurement Method For Microscope Apparatus, And Sample Refractive Index Measurement Program For Microscope Apparatus | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125519 | MIRROR BASED LIGHT SHEET ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR LIGHT MICROSCOPY | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181300 | METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMPUTATION OF SUMS AND DIFFERENCES | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18044477 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE, AND DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY DEVICE | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180120 | Photonic Crystal Microscope and Method of Measuring Cellular Forces | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116775 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE FOR OBSERVING A SAMPLE HOUSED IN A CONTAINER TO WHICH IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION IS ATTACHED, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18043476 | ALL-REFLECTIVE MICROSCOPY | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18114859 | Automated Focusing System For Tracking Specimen Surface with a Configurable Focus Offset | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18022605 | Holographic Optical Element, Manufacturing Method Therefor and Manufacturing Device Therefor | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111991 | METHOD FOR SINGLE MOLECULE LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170563 | ANTI-GLARE LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110181 | LIGHT FLUX DIAMETER EXPANDING ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020791 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING HOLOGRAM DATA | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020097 | OPTICAL DEVICE, RETROFITTING SET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT SHEETS BY MEANS OF A REFLECTOR | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18040154 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE ILLUMINATION IN A FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE, AND CORRESPONDING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104160 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DISTURBING OPTICAL EFFECTS AND FOR CORRECTING VISON DEFECTS | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005458 | Light Detection and Ranging | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013305 | HOLOGRAM IMAGE NORMALIZATION METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC PRINTER | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012045 | Focus Adjustment Method For Holographic Imaging System | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011538 | SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077954 | SEALED REFLECTING SIGHT WITH LOW PROFILE CARRIER ASSEMBLY | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18063500 | MULTI/PARALLEL SCANNER | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001081 | METHOD, COMPUTING UNIT AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A VALUE FOR EACH OF AT LEAST THREE SETTING PARAMETERS BY MEANS OF AN INPUT UNIT IN THE FORM OF A GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE | December 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999537 | POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND OPTICAL APPARATUS | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989546 | On-Gimbal Telescope Pointing Assembly | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054393 | MANUFACTURABLE METAMATERIALS FOR ACTIVE INFRARED SYSTEMS | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17980873 | MULTI-LAYER FILM FOR FOG-FREE MIRROR | November 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18051738 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PROJECTION DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE` | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17922726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND HOLOGRAM DISPLAY SYSTEM | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997683 | MULTILAYER OPTICAL FILMS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FLUORINATED (CO)POLYMER LAYER MADE USING A FLUORINATED PHOTOINITIATOR, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17973972 | Methods of Recording and Reproducing Holograms | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920774 | MACHINE VISION USING DIFFRACTIVE SPECTRAL ENCODING | October 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17938136 | NOVEL METHODS OF CREATING A PROTEIN MAP AND USING SAID MAP TO IDENTIFY THERAPEUTIC TARGETS | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17934710 | PARTIALLY ETCHED PHASE-TRANSFORMING OPTICAL ELEMENT | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17910305 | OPTIMIZED PHOTON COLLECTION FOR LIGHT-SHEET MICROSCOPY | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904744 | HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAM OPTIMIZATION METHOD THEREFOR | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887611 | REFLECTIVE POLARIZER, WINDSHIELD, INTEGRAL OPTICAL CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING INTEGRAL OPTICAL CONSTRUCTION | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17886406 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS | August 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760454 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885327 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17881507 | METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULATION FOR PHOTONIC COMPUTING | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796705 | ACHROMATIC HOLOGRAPHIC PHASE MASKS | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816385 | PHOTONIC COHERENT DETECTION ARRAY | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877739 | Textured Glass Layers in Electronic Devices | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17874004 | FOCUSING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SCATTERERS AND BEAM SCANNER AND SCOPE DEVICE | July 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17870673 | POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME | July 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868562 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SINGLE-SHOT SPATIAL FREQUENCY MODULATION IMAGING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17813176 | METHOD OF COMPUTING A HOLOGRAM | July 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792802 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH POLARIZATION ELEMENTS AND MULTIPLE LIGHT VALVES | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812374 | ACCELERATING DIGITAL MICROSCOPY SCANS USING EMPTY/DIRTY AREA DETECTION | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812020 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTERFERENCE FILTER | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790236 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYER AND DISPLAY DEVICE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845041 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING REAR PLATE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17831003 | PLANAR-OPTICS BASED LIGHT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAPS AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749028 | MICROSCOPE MODULE FOR A MICROSCOPE ARRANGEMENT FOR IMAGING A SAMPLE | May 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743373 | MAGNET ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE SUITABLE FOR VOICE COIL MOTOR AND MICRO GIMBAL STABILIZER | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662892 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17735871 | FLIP-TO-SIDE MOUNT AND MAGNIFIER OPTIC | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660996 | RETARDER STACK PAIRS FOR POLARIZATION BASIS VECTOR TRANSFORMATIONS | April 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729298 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771505 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH SURFACE TEXTURING EXTENDING THROUGH COATING LAYER INTO SUBSTRATE | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771504 | MULTILAYER OPTICAL DEVICE WITH SURFACE TEXTURING AND EXTENDED CAVITIES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754955 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BIOCOMPATIBLE GLASS-BOTTOM MICROSCOPY CHAMBERS | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAVARIAS, ARNEL C.
With a 33.3% 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, 18.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
✓ 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner LAVARIAS, ARNEL C works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 1,488 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 29 months.
Examiner LAVARIAS, ARNEL C'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 LAVARIAS, ARNEL C receive 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 LAVARIAS, ARNEL C is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAVARIAS, ARNEL C. This interview benefit is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% 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 39.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 60% 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, 70.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% 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 59.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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, 45.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 89% 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 59.0% of allowed cases (in the 98% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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