Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18968456 | Intelligent and Automated RFID-Based Control System for a Display | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18941527 | SECURE LOCKER SYSTEM AND METHOD | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18941457 | LOCKER SYSTEM | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18909703 | METHOD AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DECODE A MICRO ENCRYPTED CODE | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18890527 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TRACKING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767881 | System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Merchandise | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760685 | TOUCHLESS DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18759302 | System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Fitting Rooms | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18722354 | READOUT OF OPTICALLY READABLE CODES | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731499 | OPTICAL INFORMATION READING DEVICE | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18291448 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING A WEB RESOURCE | May 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18664496 | MEDIA PLAYBACK PROCESS INITIATED FROM AN ENGRAVED PLAQUE ATTACHED TO A TOMBSTONE, URN, MAUSOLEUM, OR CRYPT | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18635802 | DECODING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODES UNDER UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628406 | ACCESSING APPLICATION CONTENT AND FEATURES USING DEEP LINKING WITH WIRELESS PROTOCOLS OR SCANNABLE CODES | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624054 | COLLABORATIVE ASSET GENERATION AND COMMUNICATION | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18616414 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONFIDENCE SCORE ASSOCIATED WITH A SCANNED LABEL | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18602514 | System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Merchandise | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18601374 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEMONSTRATING A PERSONALIZED AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) PRESENTATION | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586880 | TICKET ISSUING SYSTEM, AND TICKET CHECKING APPARATUS | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585511 | AUTOMATED DYNAMIC BARCODE CONTENT UPDATE MODES | February 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18685990 | RFID ARRANGEMENT, PIECE OF JEWELRY, LOCAL SENDING ARRANGEMENT, AND METHODS | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18443706 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC CHOICE MECHANISMS | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18439176 | VERIFICATION OF ITEMS BY AUTOMATED CHECKOUT SYSTEM | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430898 | INTERACTIVE DATA SYSTEM | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430707 | MULTI-FACTOR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425524 | IMAGING VIDEO FRAMES ON DOCUMENTS | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420567 | System and method to dynamically evaluate patterns in smart card operations | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417657 | Multi-Specialty Integrated Care Scheduling System | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413577 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PUBLICATIONS WITH QUICK RESPONSE (QR) CODE LINKED VIRTUAL CONTENT | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18575036 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18526804 | SELF CONFIGURING GUIDANCE FOR SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEMS | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18516960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE A SECURE CODE FOR AUTHENTICATING A PRODUCT | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18509699 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO PHYSICAL SPACE | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389218 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Out-of-Range Indications for Imaging Readers | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506679 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ACTIONS USING VISUALLY SCANNABLE CODES | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18387052 | ENERGY AWARE PROCESSING LOAD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500303 | READING DEVICE | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18558510 | High-Speed Reading by Combining Transmissive Wide Angle View with Reflective Focus View | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385761 | Hybrid Fixed Focus Engine Using an Auto-Focus Engine With Ranging | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495659 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY PART, AND INFORMATION READING METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN/AMONG USERS | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18479253 | SECURITY ELEMENT HAVING A MACHINE-READABLE CODE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE AUTHENTICITY THEREOF | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18469460 | ASSISTED AIMER FOR OPTIMIZED SYMBOL SCANNING BY A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRAL CAMERA | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18282341 | TORSION-PROTECTION HOUSING FOR GLASS TAG TRANSPONDERS | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS OF VALUE, IN PARTICULAR BANKNOTES | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18368107 | MULTIPLEXING-BASED VALIDATION VIA A PROXY CARD AT A TERMINAL DEVICE | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18461227 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR WITH IMPROVED LIGHT SPOT OVERLAP AND RELATED METHOD | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240104 | SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278858 | Code Generation System and Code Generation Method | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18456098 | IC TAG AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18456121 | Metal antenna insert for smart card and smart card incorporating such an antenna insert | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18235446 | MEDICAL TEST RESULTS AND IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235075 | System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Merchandise | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18446433 | TRACKING WRISTBAND | August 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363960 | BARCODE TAG, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME, FOR TRACKING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363129 | BEACON AND LANDING METHOD FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228636 | Scan Mat | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 18228270 | PLATE STABILITY FOR A DEPOSIT AND DISPENSE MODULE | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226017 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONFIDENCE SCORE ASSOCIATED WITH A SCANNED LABEL | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18225659 | Methods and Apparatus for Locating Small Indicia in Large Images | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A MAGNETIC READER HEAD | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222299 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING IN DEFINED SPACES | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18261370 | CARD BODY FOR A CHIP CARD AND CHIP CARD | July 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18350228 | LIGHT MODULES FOR LUMINAIRES AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LUMINAIRES | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347076 | PACKAGING ASSEMBLY | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346492 | USING A BARCODE TO FACILITATE SECURE NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214319 | MULTI-PART CODE SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339776 | AUTOMATING OIL AND GAS DRILLING SITE OPERATION PROCESSES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212035 | SECURE ALARM SYSTEM FOR SENSITIVE DEVICES | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18337616 | DIGITIZED MAIL CONTROL SYSTEM | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331027 | METHOD FOR READING MACHINE-READABLE MARKS ON RACKS AND RECEPTACLES | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254245 | DYNAMIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE GROUP GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198322 | OPTICAL INFORMATION READING DEVICE | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18036830 | RFID Portal Targeting | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18035080 | RFID LABEL, RFID RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RFID LABEL | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18141449 | METHOD FOR A DRAG AND DROP ALIGNMENT FUNCTION OF A MULTI-PART CODE SYSTEM | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18309367 | GENERATING AND UTILIZING PRUNED NEURAL NETWORKS | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18138946 | Color Driven Localization of 1D and 2D Barcodes in Digital Capture Systems | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303690 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEMONSTRATING A PERSONALIZED AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) PRESENTATION | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136314 | GREETING CARD WITH ACTIONABLE APERTURE | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136312 | CREATING AND CONVEYING A CONTEXT-RELEVANT DIGITAL PRESENTATION | April 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190280 | TRACKING WRISTBAND | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186590 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR ORDERING ITEMS FROM AN ELECTRONIC MENU, AND SERVICING THEREOF | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177989 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE AUTHENTICITY OF AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT | March 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18024185 | SECURITY MARKING, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING THE SECURITY MARKING, SECURITY DOCUMENT MARKED WITH THE SECURITY MARKING, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING SAID SECURITY DOCUMENT | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18175280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME TRACKING OF ITEMS IN A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112874 | SPECIAL PURPOSE VENDING MACHINE (SPVM) AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | February 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171463 | CONTACT TRACING WRISTBAND | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167703 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC CHOICE MECHANISMS | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165009 | INTERACTIVE DATA SYSTEM | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18164510 | SELF-CHECKOUT WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164333 | EXTENDED REALITY TAGS IN AN EXTENDED REALITY PLATFORM | February 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18163511 | IMAGING VIDEO FRAMES ON DOCUMENTS | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103637 | MOTIONLESS CARD MAGNETIC STRIP READER | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018583 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING MATRIX CODES | January 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160729 | SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18156647 | MULTI-FACTOR AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18097992 | System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Merchandise | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096644 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE AUTHENTICITY OF AN IDENTITY DOCUMENT | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005320 | WEARABLE SCANNER | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MIKELS, MATTHEW.
With a 54.5% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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, 50.6% 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 MIKELS, MATTHEW works in Art Unit 2876 and has examined 1,266 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner MIKELS, MATTHEW's allowance rate of 79.0% places them in the 40% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MIKELS, MATTHEW receive 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% 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 MIKELS, MATTHEW is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MIKELS, MATTHEW. This interview benefit is in the 71% 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, 27.6% 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 49.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% 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, 104.8% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 77% 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 73.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 51.7% 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, 52.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 64% 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 0.6% 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 6.4% of allowed cases (in the 82% 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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