Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18634000 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18405153 | VISUALIZING CATHETER IRRIGATION USING SCHLIEREN IMAGES | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18503406 | Laser Interferometer | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128373 | CONTROL CUVETTE | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105575 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING DISPLAY PANEL | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18071597 | Equilibrium Plasmonic Analyte Sensing Apparatus and Methods | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17921917 | ELEVATOR OPERATING DEVICE WITH WAITING TIME AND OCCUPANCY SYMBOLIZATIONS | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17943303 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THRESHING LOSSES | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891147 | OPTICAL IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND RELATED CASE | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17818683 | Eye Glasses Lens Inspection Device with Interchangeable Lenses | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17797646 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE WHICH DETECTS A DEFLECTION ANGLE OF A MIRROR UNIT BASED ON OUTPUTS FROM LIGHT DETECTORS | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17831014 | CODED POLYMER SUBSTRATES FOR BANKNOTE AUTHENTICATION | June 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17744220 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND GEOMETRY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | May 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709681 | Optical referencing from optical references with variable perturbative drift rates | March 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676042 | Image Processing in Foggy Environments | February 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631776 | Determining the Level of Wear of a Tool | January 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596025 | Image Processing Program, Image Processing Device, and Image Processing Method | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17541179 | OPTICAL SENSING BASED ON FUNCTIONALIZED EVANESCENT FIBER SENSOR FOR PROCESS FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS | December 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17593040 | DETERMINATION OF THE STATE OF A SUSPENSION MEANS | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 46 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17359761 | Detection device, method for preparing the same, detection system comprising the same, and detection method using the same | June 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15823188 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | November 2017 | March 2018 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15791317 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD INVOLVING A LIQUID CONFINEMENT STRUCTURE | October 2017 | January 2018 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15431440 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | February 2017 | July 2017 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15348173 | MASKLESS LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS MEASURING ACCUMULATED AMOUNT OF LIGHT | November 2016 | October 2017 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14993810 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | January 2016 | January 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14956075 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2015 | October 2016 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14879852 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND CONTAMINATION REMOVAL OR PREVENTION METHOD | October 2015 | November 2016 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14764522 | PATTERNING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MARKER ON A SUBSTRATE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | July 2015 | April 2017 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14761957 | Electrostatic Clamp | July 2015 | December 2017 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14437294 | Patterning Device Manipulating System and Lithographic Apparatuses | April 2015 | October 2017 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14563792 | SUBSTRATE HOLDER, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2014 | October 2015 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14556432 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHODS AND SYSTEMS | December 2014 | September 2017 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14444833 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD INVOLVING A LIQUID CONFINEMENT STRUCTURE | July 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14273310 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD INVOLVING A GROOVE TO COLLECT LIQUID | May 2014 | August 2015 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14151652 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD FOR REDUCING A CHANGE IN ABERRATION DUE TO DRIVING ERROR | January 2014 | March 2015 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13885960 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | May 2013 | January 2016 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13722779 | SUBSTRATE HOLDER, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD INVOLVING A HEATER AND/OR TEMPERATURE SENSOR | December 2012 | August 2014 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 13617705 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTERS FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS | September 2012 | January 2015 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13525297 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING MULTIPLE IMMERSION AREAS | June 2012 | September 2015 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13194322 | MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING ALARM BASED ON INCLINATION AMOUNT AND DEVIATION FROM ALIGNED POSITION | July 2011 | May 2014 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13058776 | RADIATION SOURCE WITH A DEBRIS MITIGATION SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS WITH A DEBRIS MITIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEBRIS FROM DEPOSITING ON A COLLECTOR MIRROR, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | April 2011 | July 2015 | Allow | 54 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13053210 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PRINTING DEVICE WITH ENHANCED PRINTING EFFICIENCY AND RELATED PRINTING METHOD | March 2011 | December 2013 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13032222 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND CONTAMINATION REMOVAL OR PREVENTION METHOD | February 2011 | June 2015 | Allow | 51 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 13012303 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD INVOLVING A BARRIER TO COLLECT LIQUID | January 2011 | December 2013 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12881878 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, COVERPLATE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | September 2010 | June 2013 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12880727 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE | September 2010 | January 2013 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12769926 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD | April 2010 | January 2013 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12760983 | LITHOGRAPHIC METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A SPACER | April 2010 | April 2014 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12523917 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD | March 2010 | December 2012 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12579218 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | October 2009 | November 2012 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12561536 | EVALUATION METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS | September 2009 | July 2012 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12552941 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS | September 2009 | June 2012 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12500198 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTERS FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS | July 2009 | September 2012 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12476809 | POSITION MEASUREMENT USING NATURAL FREQUENCY VIBRATION OF A PATTERN | June 2009 | March 2013 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 12469586 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AN ABERRATION OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD | May 2009 | April 2012 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12436604 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD INVOLVING A POCKELS CELL | May 2009 | April 2014 | Allow | 59 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12400677 | LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS WINDOW ANALYZING METHOD AND ANALYZING PROGRAM | March 2009 | January 2012 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12382100 | IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING MOVABLE LIQUID DIVERTER BETWEEN IMMERSION LIQUID CONFINEMENT MEMBER AND SUBSTRATE | March 2009 | August 2013 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12399587 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD | March 2009 | February 2012 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12399737 | Method and Lithographic Apparatus for Measuring and Acquiring Height Data Relating to a Substrate Surface | March 2009 | July 2013 | Allow | 52 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12363320 | ALIGNMENT MARK AND A METHOD OF ALIGNING A SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SUCH AN ALIGNMENT MARK | January 2009 | February 2012 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12355039 | IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS WITH IMMERSION FLUID RE-CIRCULATING SYSTEM | January 2009 | September 2013 | Allow | 56 | 7 | 0 | No | No |
| 12349223 | CALIBRATION OF LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS MODELS | January 2009 | January 2012 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12314404 | PHOTOMASK, METHOD OF LITHOGRAPHY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE PHOTOMASK | December 2008 | August 2011 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12328167 | MARKER STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | December 2008 | July 2012 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 12314023 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2008 | March 2012 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12292961 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2008 | December 2011 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12292964 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2008 | May 2012 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12292767 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD | November 2008 | January 2013 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 12273165 | DEVELOPING METHOD AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS | November 2008 | August 2011 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12268801 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | November 2008 | June 2013 | Allow | 55 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 12268622 | DAMPING ARRANGEMENT, ACTIVE DAMPING SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION ASSEMBLY | November 2008 | August 2011 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12262368 | DRIVE ERROR COMPENSATION FOR PROJECTION OPTICS | October 2008 | October 2013 | Allow | 59 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M.
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, 0.0% 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.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M works in Art Unit 2877 and has examined 57 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M's allowance rate of 96.5% places them in the 86% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M receive 1.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 46% 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 IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by IACOLETTI, MICHELLE M. This interview benefit is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 66% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 15% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 5% 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 1.8% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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 33% 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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