Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18748267 | MEASUREMENT OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PHOTOMETRIC/COLORIMETRIC DEVICE | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18742015 | DETECTION DEVICE COMPRISING PHOTODIODES WITH STACKED ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18732736 | CAMERA OPTICAL AXIS CALIBRATING SYSTEM AND CAMERA OPTICAL AXIS CALIBRATING METHOD | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18664655 | Fiber Optic Shape Sensing Management | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659225 | DETECTION DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE DETECTION AREAS | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653937 | Solar Irradiance Sensor with Diffuse Isolator | May 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18644711 | OPTICAL SENSING ASSEMBLY AND ENCODER UTILIZING VERNIER EFFECT AND MULTI-STAGE POSITION SYNTHESIS | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18638084 | PULSER WITH DOUBLE-BEARING POSITION ENCODER FOR NON-INVASIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING | April 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603479 | DETECTION DEVICE WITH LIGHT DIRECTIVITY | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18691084 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES AND MOS SWITCH CIRCUITS | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592854 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MEASURING LIGHT INTENSITY OF STREET LIGHTING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIGHT POLLUTION | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585101 | OPTICAL SENSOR ACQUIRING IMAGE FRAMES CORRESPONDING TO AMBIENT LIGHT FLICKERS | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582209 | Selective Deactivation of Light Emitters for Interference Mitigation in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424903 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION MODULE PERFORMING LATERAL DETECTION | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425774 | DETECTION DEVICE | January 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18422554 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING LIGHT SOURCES ILLUMINATING AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18291642 | Position Encoder Apparatus with Sensor Having Individually Activatable Rows | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18419552 | READOUT CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING NOISE IN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS AND IMAGE SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18393705 | FILTER ARRAY INCLUDING OPTICAL FILTERS HAVING DIFFERENT LIGHT TRANSMITTANCES FROM EACH OTHER, PHOTODETECTOR, AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18542439 | Image Sensor Including Peak Hold Circuit | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18537327 | METHOD FOR ROAD DEBRIS DETECTION USING LOW-COST LIDAR | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530180 | MACRO PLASTIC AND MICRO PLASTIC DETECTION METHOD BASED ON RGB AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE FUSION | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18528828 | OPTICAL ENCODER WITH COMPARATOR HYSTERESIS CHANGED WITH ROTATING SPEED AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18566260 | STRUCTURE POSITION SENSING DEVICE AND MEMS SCANNER PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18521776 | AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM CONTAMINATION DETECTOR | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559076 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH BACK SIDE PROTECTION MECHANISM | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500545 | OPTICAL ENCODER WITH A BEAM-SHAPING ELEMENT | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493261 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD TO DETECT A PARAMETER ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPERFICIAL CONDITION OF THE ROAD SURFACE | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380343 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR UTILIZING FARADAY ROTATOR MIRRORS AND MEASURING SYSTEM USING THE SAME | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18379288 | OPTICAL CHAMBER BASE WITH INTEGRATED REFLECTIVE SURFACES FOR PARTICLE DETECTION | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18473928 | PANEL INSPECTION DEVICE HAVING FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MIRRORS, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A PANEL | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371802 | LIDAR RECEIVER CIRCUIT HAVING REDUNDANCY TO BYPASS FAILURE | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18239773 | LIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT OF OPTICAL ENCODER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457015 | Photo-Voltaic Phototransistor In Forward Bias | August 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18263042 | IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD WITH PIXEL ARRAY AND MEMORY ARRAY RESPECTIVELY ON FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTRATES | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358200 | MOUSE ENCODER WITH HOUSING INCLUDING A ROLLING BEARING AND A ROTATION SHAFT OF A SCROLL WHEEL AND MOUSE WITH THE SAME | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347257 | COMPARATOR OF A VOLTAGE OF A SENSE NODE OF A PIXEL TO A COMPARISON VOLTAGE | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346453 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICES WITH LIGHT DETECTION CIRCUITS | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213203 | ARTIFACT-BASED FAULT DETECTION FOR PHYSICAL COMPONENTS | June 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335192 | DUAL-APERTURE ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE TELE FIELD OF VIEW | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 18332215 | LIGHT-RECEIVING APPARATUS WITH CYCLE SETTING ACCORDING TO ILLUMINATION CATEGORIES FOR UPDATING LUMINANCE VALUE | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329792 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18206584 | OPTICAL ENCODER WITH TWO INDEX PHOTODIODES HAVING DIFFERENT WIDTH FROM POSITION PHOTODIODES | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18330190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY CHANNEL CROSSTALK MITIGATION | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255598 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING SILICON GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18205404 | Connected Epitaxial Optical Sensing Systems | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255846 | SHEET IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING FIBER DIRECTION OF SHEET | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18199601 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH A DEVICE ISOLATION STRUCTURE ENCLOSING A PLURALITY OF PIXELS INCLUDING AN OPENING IN PLAN VIEW | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18037125 | Detection Method and Detection Device for Detecting Concentration of Solder Flux in Reflow Oven | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18035119 | METHOD FOR HYDRODYNAMICS-ASSISTED MULTI-PARAMETER ANALYTE SPECTROMETRY | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250601 | INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR SELECTIVE MICROFLUIDIC PARTICLE PROCESSING | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18249759 | LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE FOR POLARIZED STATE MEASUREMENT | April 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18030126 | Color-routers for Image Sensing | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18194449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY CHANNEL CROSSTALK MITIGATION | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129077 | OPTICAL ENCODER CAPABLE OF REGULATING GAIN OF INDEX OUTPUT | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193383 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLUID IN TARGET PIPELINE | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120551 | OPTICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT METHOD | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175552 | FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS SYSTEM AND FREQUENCY GENERATION METHOD OF MICROWAVE PHOTONS BASED ON PHOTOELECTRIC SYNERGY | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18016355 | SINGLE AXIS SOLAR TRACKER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SOLAR PLANT IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18153267 | OPTICAL DEVICES INCLUDING GLASS COVER WITH PATTERNED ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING | January 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18068665 | Selective Deactivation of Light Emitters for Interference Mitigation in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986950 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING DIFFERENT LIGHT SOURCES ADAPT TO DIFFERENT WORK SURFACES | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055171 | PHOTONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY (PDV) SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981497 | OPTICAL SENSOR APPARATUS INCLUDING A PIXEL ARRAY HAVING THIN FILM TRANSISTORS (TFTs) | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970813 | LIGHT SENSOR WITH VOLTAGE REVERSING MECHANISM DETECTING LIGHT FROM AN AMBIENT LIGHT SOURCE AND A LIGHT EMITTING COMPONENT | October 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967316 | OPTICAL FIBRE BASED MEASURMENT METHOD OF MEASURING PARAMETERS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17958854 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENHANCED COLOR REPRODUCIBILITY OF IMAGES | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17906272 | REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER SCALE INCLUDING A HIGH REFLECTION REGION AND A LOW REFLECTION REGION HAVING A LOW REFLECTION PORTION INCLUDING A METALIC CHROMIUM FILM, A CHROMIUM OXIDE FILM, AND A CHROMIUM NITRIDE FILM, AND REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER INCLUDING SAME | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17906224 | SCANNER OPTO-MECHATRONIC SYSTEM WITH FIXED DETECTOR AND MOVING MIRROR | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799045 | LASER CONTROLLER WITH LIGHT PATH CHARACTERIZATION BY BACKSCATTER DETECTION | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885960 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH A CONTROL CIRCUIT | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760391 | A SYSTEM TO MEASURE A DISTANCE TO AN OBJECT WITHOUT ADDITION OF A DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17882640 | DUAL-APERTURE ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE TELE FIELD OF VIEW | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793489 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE COMPRISING ELEMENT ISOLATION LAYER WITH LIGHT-SHIELDING PROPERTIES AND CHARGE TRAPPING LAYER | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863663 | OPTICAL SENSOR SYNCHRONIZING TO AMBIENT LIGHT FLICKER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862423 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICE WITH COLLIMATOR LAYER AND LENS ARRAY | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810512 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN ENCODER SYSTEMS | July 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17846203 | DUAL-APERTURE ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE TELE FIELD OF VIEW | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839698 | INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR WITH CHARGE STORAGE BIN OF VARIED DETECTION TIME | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840342 | LIGHT SENSOR INCLUDING A DIFFRACTION GRATING CONFIGURED TO DIFFRACT RECEIVED LIGHT RAYS FOR ABSOPTION IN A PHOTOELECTRIC MATERIAL LAYER | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17805759 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD INSPECTING A PATTERN USING AN IMAGE CORRECTED USING OFFSET AMOUNT BASED UPON DARK NOISE LEVELS | June 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17756698 | INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING CONTAINERS TO DETERMINE WHETHER INSPECTION APPARATUS IS OPERATIONAL | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17779761 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY WITH FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE SENSORS | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662447 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM WITH MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION OF CAMERA | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774854 | AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR CIRCUITS WITH A DELTA-SIGMA ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH A SWITCH NETWORK | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774013 | ENCODER APPARATUS AND READHEAD | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17773990 | Encoder Apparatus with Readhead Having Circuit Board and a Folded Sheet-Metal Structure to Support A Light Emitting Element | May 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733809 | IMAGING DEVICE HAVING CHARGE STORAGE ELECTRODE, FIRST ELECTRODE, SECOND ELECTRODE AND TRANSFER CONTROL ELECTRODE, DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729320 | VISION SENSOR INCLUDING A VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT FOR OUTPUTTING A TEST BIAS VOLTAGE TO A TRANSISTOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17725872 | WAVEFRONT CORRECTION FOR AERODYNAMIC AND ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS TO AN OPTICAL SENSOR ON A HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT VEHICLE | April 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17726202 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING LIGHT-SPLITTING STRUCTURE | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770257 | LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A REFLECTION FILM | April 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17722637 | OPTICAL SENSOR CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING LIGHT FLICKER FREQUENCY AND SYNCHRONIZING THERETO | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765949 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR READOUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME FOR DETERMINING RESPONSIVITY AND DETECTIVITY | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17710096 | LIGHT CONTROL CIRCUIT AND FREQUENCY DETECTOR OF OPTICAL ENCODER SYSTEM, AND OPERATING METHOD OF FREQUENCY DETECTOR | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17708295 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE INTEGRATED WITH A WIRLESS CHARGING MODULE | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17760731 | OPTICAL POWER FOR ELECTRONIC SWITCHES | March 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684124 | Gate-Controlled Charge Modulated Device for CMOS Image Sensors | March 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17651013 | MULTI-SENSOR FOR SENSING RADIATION FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS | February 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17582194 | OPTICAL ENCODER WITH CHANGEABLE COMPARATOR HYSTERESIS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BENNETT, JENNIFER D.
With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges 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, 7.7% 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 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 BENNETT, JENNIFER D works in Art Unit 2878 and has examined 857 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner BENNETT, JENNIFER D's allowance rate of 73.9% 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 BENNETT, JENNIFER D receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 45% 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 BENNETT, JENNIFER D 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 +19.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BENNETT, JENNIFER D. This interview benefit is in the 63% 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, 28.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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 39.2% 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, 28.6% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 64.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 69% 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 3.6% of allowed cases (in the 82% 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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