Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18650634 | METHOD OF MEASURING THICKNESS OF THIN FILMS USING DIFFRACTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT THROUGH A THIN FILM | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18644184 | SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, HEIGHT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18602774 | Automated Non-Contact Thickness Inspection and Projection System | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18600760 | ANGULAR AVERAGING CALIBRATION ON BARE WAFER METROLOGY TOOLS FOR ESFQR MATCHING IMPROVEMENT | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18596665 | INTERACTION OF SPECTROSCOPY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SEROLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18587496 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FORCE MEASUREMENTS AND CELL IMAGING USING MICROFLUIDIC CHIP CONFIGURATION AND DYNAMICS | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18528384 | INTERFEROMETRY ASSEMBLY HAVING OPTICAL PATHS THROUGH DIFFERENT MATERIALS | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18516603 | Flow Cytometer With Adjustable Positional Offset Sort Deflection Plates And Methods Of Using The Same | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18494919 | Particle Size Statistical Method of Granular Minerals of Shale | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18491684 | REMOVABLE CIRCULAR NOZZLE FOR FLOW CYTOMETERS | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373639 | JOGBOX WITH 3D SCANNER | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING USING MULTIPLE MODALITIES | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18367705 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING IMMUNE RESPONSE TO INFECTION VIA MONITORING CELL GRANULARITY PARAMETER OF CELLS | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18548794 | LIQUID HANDLING MEANS FOR PERFORMING ASSAYS USING PLATE-LIKE LIQUID CONTACTING ELEMENT WITH FORCE CONTROL | September 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18233289 | FLOW CELLS HAVING CHAMBERS WITH PRIMERS ATTACHED THERETO AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME WITHOUT THE USE OF IMMOBILIZING AGENTS | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18228227 | PARTIAL COHERENCE MITIGATION IN VIDEO MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS VIA ILLUMINATION APODIZATION | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18342184 | Superresolution Metrology Methods based on Singular Distributions and Deep Learning | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214726 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEMEN ANALYSIS | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18336502 | POLARIZATION SPECTRAL FILTER, POLARIZATION SPECTRAL FILTER ARRAY, AND POLARIZATION SPECTRAL SENSOR | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336855 | AUTOMATED MICRODISSECTION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18332027 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A STICHED DESIGN FILE | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143843 | EXTENDED REALITY VIRTUAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18142008 | CELL ANALYSIS IN BODY FLUIDS, PARTICULARLY BLOOD USING A SAMPLE CARD WITH MULTIPLE SPACER SETS HAVING AT LEAST TWO DISTINCT SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM HEIGHTS | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18034219 | CONDENSER UNIT FOR PROVIDING DIRECTED LIGHTING OF AN OBJECT TO BE MEASURED POSITIONED IN A MEASURED OBJECT POSITION, IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECORDING A SILHOUETTE CONTOUR OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT TO BE MEASURED IN A MEASURING FIELD USING AN IMAGING DEVICE AND USE OF AN ATTENUATION ELEMENT | April 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18139864 | Multi-Parameter Inspection Apparatus for Monitoring of Manufacturing Parts Using a Polarization Image Detector | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18111130 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18040404 | SPECTROSCOPIC EVALUATION OF UNSAPONIFIABLE MATTER IN TALLOW | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158346 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND IMAGING PARTICLES OR CELLS IN FLUIDS USING A MICROFLUIDIC CHIP HELD IN A CAVITY ITH THREADED SCREW HOLES FOR ADJUSTMENT | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18083945 | SYNCHRONIZING AN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18082342 | MEASURING FILM-THICKNESS OF A WORKPIECE IN A SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS USING A COMPOSITE SPECTRUM | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18077330 | Methods and Systems for Coherent Imaging and Feedback Control for Modification of Materials Using Dynamic Optical Path Switch in the Reference Arms | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18076666 | VEHICLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR THE AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION OF OBJECTS | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17928106 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FOCAL LENGTH OF A PARTICLE IN A MEDIUM | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986026 | LARGE-DEPTH-RANGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MEASUREMENT METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE BASED ON PHASE FUSION | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17985501 | Inspection Systems and Methods Employing Different Wavelength Directional Light For Enhanced Imaging | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17921402 | SHAPE MEASURING AND VIBRATION DETECTION | October 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17915112 | LEARNING DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD TO DIAGNOSE ABNORMALITY BASED ON TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN A PRODUCTION FACILITY | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17930797 | Methods of Multi-Core Fiber Alignment | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17939080 | INNER SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND ALIGNMENT METHOD AND MAGNIFICATION CALIBRATION METHOD FOR INNER SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | September 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17939226 | INNER SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR INNER SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | September 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17896650 | MULTI-SCALE AUTOENCODER GENERATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17893723 | FAST AR DEVICE PAIRING USING DEPTH PREDICTIONS | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECT BASED ON PHASED PASS/FAIL DETERMINATION | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877367 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN ANGULAR ORIENTATION OF A LOG | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17758663 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR DETECTING FORMATION OF A SOLDER BRIDGE OVER ADJACENT ELECTRODES | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850151 | ABNORMALITY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF CURVED COMPONENT USING TWO DIFFERENT LEARNING MODELS | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17848649 | SHAPE PROFILE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND SHRINK-PACKAGING MACHINE | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17843293 | Computer and Visual Inspection Method for Identifying Defective Products | June 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839822 | PRISM COUPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING LIGHT-BLOCKING MEMBERS | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17836505 | Method for Assessing Tool Profile Using Break-Beam Tool Setting Apparatus | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17832931 | NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE DETECTION METHOD WITH HISTOGRAM ADJUSTMENT, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17804618 | LAYOUT-BASED WAFER DEFECT IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION USING SEPARATELY GENERATED PREDICTED IMAGES AND PREDICTED LAYOUT DESIGNS | May 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17828049 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CAPTURING AN OBJECT | May 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17749530 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD TO SUPPRESS ALTERATION OF PROCESSING LIQUID | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17749174 | SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, HEIGHT IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING CHARACTERISTIC POINTS IN COMBINATION WITH CORRECETION REFERENCE REGIONS TO CORRECT HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS | May 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744451 | PHASE SHIFT-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CALIBRATION SURFACES AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744538 | VISUAL AND/OR DIMENSIONAL TIP INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17662720 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENT IMAGING AND FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR MODIFICATION OF MATERIALS VIA IMAGING A FEEDSTOCK SUPPLY STREAM INTERFEROMETRICALLY | May 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17736503 | DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING WAFER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WITH AUTOMATICALLY TURNING ON AND OFF RECOGNIZING FUNCTION | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17729814 | FLOW CELLS WITH A HYDROPHOBIC BARRIER | April 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771439 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD USING A CALIBRATION PLATE TO CORRECT A DETECTION VALUE FROM THE POSITION DETECTOR | April 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17726161 | DISPLACEMENT METER CONFIGURED TO MEASURE A DISPLACEMENT OF A MEASUREMENT TARGET OBJECT AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17770073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC PROPERTIES IN X AND Y PRINT DIRECTIONS OF AN FFF PRINTER USING CENTER LINE AND LINE WIDTH VARIATION ANALYSIS | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17754610 | FRACTURE SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE AND FRACTURE SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD FOR LOSS EVALUATION | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17765712 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND IMAGE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING REMOVED MEAUREMENT IMAGES FOR PROCESSING EFFICIENCY | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17707151 | FIB-SEM 3D Tomography for measuring shape deviations of HAR structures | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17700918 | STRIP WIDTH MEASUREMENT WITH CONTINUOUS HARDWARE IMPERFECTION CORRECTIONS OF SENSED EDGE POSITIONS | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17641903 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT PARTS | March 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17677788 | THIN FILM MULTIVARIATE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DETECTOR COMBINATIONS, THIN FILM OPTICAL DETECTORS, AND DOWNHOLE OPTICAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS | February 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17672288 | FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ANALYZER AND/OR SORTER TYPE FLOW TYPE PARTICLE ANALYZER USING A DETACHABLE CONNECTOR | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17665320 | SELF-INTERFEROMETRY BASED SENSOR SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF GENERATING DEPTH MAPS OR VELOCITY MAPS | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17591891 | OVERLAY MEASUREMENT STRUCTURES HAVING OVERLAPPING PATTERNS | February 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17588973 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TOOTHING OF GEARS OR THE LIKE | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631542 | A CALIBRATION METHOD FOR FRINGE PROJECTION SYSTEMS BASED ON PLANE MIRRORS | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17585306 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FORCE MEASUREMENTS AND CELL IMAGING USING MICROFLUIDIC CHIP CONFIGURATION AND DYNAMICS | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17580541 | CONTROL OF A MANUFACTURING PROCESS USING CONTOUR CURVATURE ANALYSIS OF SPECIMENS | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17580107 | IDENTIFYING DATA IN A NUMBER OF IMAGES TO TRANSFORM WITH IDENTIFICATION OF A BLANK AND COLORED PORTIONS | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17567674 | NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT FOR INTERFACE GAPS | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17646080 | INTERFEROMETRY ASSEMBLY HAVING OPTICAL PATHS THROUGH DIFFERENT MATERIALS | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17561869 | IMAGE ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD BASED ON ZERO-SHOT LEARNING | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17549665 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAMPLE USE MAXIMIZATION | December 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17540080 | Infra-Red Spectroscopy System | December 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17615314 | PHASE RETRIEVAL DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON DIFFRACTION INFORMATION OF FRESNEL ZONE PLATE | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17525624 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATION DURING THE PROCESS OF WAVEFRONT RECONSTRUCTION IN GRATING-BASED LATERAL SHEARING INTERFEROMETRY | November 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17525643 | GRADING COSMETIC APPEARANCE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17523416 | DIMENSION MEASUREMENT JIG AND DIMENSION MEASUREMENT DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | November 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17595137 | DETERMINATION OF A CHANGE OF OBJECT'S SHAPE | November 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17516605 | AUTOMATED MICRODISSECTION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17515511 | FLOW CELLS USING SEQUENCING-READY NUCLEIC ACID FRAGEMENTS ATTACHED TO CARRIER BEADS IMMOBILIZED AT CAPTURE SITES OF A PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS | October 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17600726 | CONDUCTIVE NANOWIRE MEASUREMENT | October 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17490521 | Compact, Self-Aligned Projection Focusing Schlieren Method and System | September 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17487922 | CELL ANALYSIS IN BODY FLUIDS, PARTICULARLY BLOOD USING PLATES COUPLED WITH SPACERS HAVE A PREDETERMINED INTER SPACER SPACING AND UNIFORM HEIGHTS | September 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17487092 | Automated Adjustment Of The Position Of The Light Source Of A Detection Assembly For Increased Light Reception | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17481740 | Automated Non-Contact Thickness Inspection and Projection System Using Color-Coded Based Patterns | September 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17436685 | Shearography Testing Method and System Using Shaped Excitation Light Having At Least One Curved Line | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17462556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF DEFECTS DURING A SURFACE MODIFICATION METHOD | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17458024 | PHASE COMPENSATION METHOD FOR DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY SYSTEMS | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17310489 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME HIGH-SPEED THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE IMAGING | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17393278 | Handling Obstructions and Transmission Element Contamination for Self-Mixing Particulate Matter Sensors | August 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17387107 | Multi-Parameter Inspection Apparatus for Monitoring of Additive Manufacturing Parts | July 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAPAGE, MICHAEL P.
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, 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.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner LAPAGE, MICHAEL P works in Art Unit 2877 and has examined 216 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner LAPAGE, MICHAEL P's allowance rate of 90.3% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LAPAGE, MICHAEL P receive 1.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 32% 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 LAPAGE, MICHAEL P is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAPAGE, MICHAEL P. This interview benefit is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 32.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 86% 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 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% 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, 29.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 16% 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 11.1% of allowed cases (in the 94% 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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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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