Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18588846 | ESTIMATION OF SOURCE-DETECTOR SEPARATION IN AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18683149 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING BOTH COLOR FILTER FUNCTION AND LENS FUNCTION, IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF AND IMAGING DEVICE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18424419 | RECHARGE CIRCUIT FOR DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522388 | A REMOVABLE PHOTO DIODE CASE | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18493226 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18554354 | LIGHT DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO SUPPRESS LIGHT COLOR MIXING | October 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283498 | TECHNIQUE FOR ANALYZING A SPECTRUM OF BACKSCATTERED LIGHT IN AN OPTICAL FIBER | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370630 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE | September 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18240859 | MASKING TO ELIMINATE DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN LIGHT EMITTER AND LIGHT RECEIVER IN A SMOKE DETECTOR | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279599 | Thermoelectric-Conversion Material Element and Optical Sensor Containing the Same | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18348238 | AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH MICROGRATINGS FOR INCREASED MEASURABLE STRAIN RANGE | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18340415 | ANALOG OPTICAL POSITIONING SENSOR, METHOD, AND CIRCUIT | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336103 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH AN IMPROVED PIXEL ELECTRODE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18319908 | SHOES WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197476 | TACTILE SENSOR EQUIPPED WITH MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES AND A PHOTO DETECTOR, SENSING DEVICE AND ROBOT HAVING THE SAME | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18252644 | Electronic Device | May 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18132625 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR FOR IDENTIFYING AN OPERATION SETTING AND AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18297496 | IMPROVEMENT OF A CHARGE OR A DISCHARGE OF AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE RAIL OF A PLURALITY OF PIXELS | April 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18128397 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL DC STABILIZATION OF OPTICAL RECEIVERS | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18043967 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT-SHIELDING PORTIONS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHTS | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175881 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH ANTI-REFLECTION FILM | February 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174017 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES AND HYBRID ISOLATION STRUCTURES | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167972 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR CHIP, TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, AND JOINING STRUCTURE | February 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18065648 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND TEMPERATURE SENSING CIRCUIT ADJUSTING SIGNALS IN THE SAME | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063188 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGE SENSOR RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT AND INCREASED DATA ROBUSTNESS USING A BINNING MODULE | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077127 | IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTERS AND CAPACITOR | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18070426 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING MICROLENS HAVING AN INCLINED REFLECTIVE SURFACE | November 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17993639 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING AN ANTI-REFLECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17924397 | SAFETY ASSEMBLY FOR TRAINING USE OF A LASER-DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17955446 | Apparatus for Controllably Storing and Releasing Photons | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17896099 | "OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT-SENSING ELEMENT AND LIGHT-SHIELDING LAYER" | August 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17820963 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PHOTODIODE AND CAPABLE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN LIGHT-SENSING FUNCTION AND LIGHT-CHARGING FUNCTION | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888130 | STRUCTURE FOR UTILIZING INDOOR NATURAL LIGHT IN MOVING SPACE AND METHOD THEREFORE | August 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888168 | MICROCHANNEL PLATE IMAGE INTENSIFIERS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17885073 | OPTICAL WATER-QUALITY DETECTION APPARATUS | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17873468 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTOFOCUS BY ROTATING OR REORDERING AF DATA | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17871960 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF ANALOG PIXEL BINNING | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17759338 | DEVICE INCLUDING PHOTOCONDUCTOR READOUT CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGES OF A PHOTOCONDUCTOR | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17814034 | ARTICLE INSPECTION APPARATUS USING SPECTRUM ANALYZER | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17869172 | OPTICAL SENSOR | July 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791640 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND DEFOCUS AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17859280 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758338 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH ENHANCED PIXEL STRUCTURE AND LIGHT SHIELDING REGION FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17852496 | PROJECTING INFRARED EMISSIONS FOR SURFACE HEATING | June 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847206 | OPTICAL SENSING CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL SENSING METHOD FOR GENERATING SENSED VALUE | June 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828508 | Systems and Methods for Biasing Light Detectors | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17756408 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING STACKED FILM GROUP WITH GRADUALLY CHANGING REFRACTIVE INDEX | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17742370 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICE WITH PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT DESIGNS | May 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17739971 | LIDAR SENSOR USING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS FOR MOBILE DEVICE | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720093 | DIFFUSER FOR IRRADIANCE SENSOR INCLUDING DIFFUSER PROTRUDING FROM EXTERIOR SURFACE | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765799 | PARTICLE DETECTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PARTICLE DETECTION METHOD | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703014 | POSITION SENSOR FOR A MECHANICAL DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID POSITION SENSOR | March 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17701581 | PHOTODETECTOR | March 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONTENTS OF A BELONGINGS INSPECTION BASED ON A SIGNAL | March 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678881 | SENSING AND PROCESSING UNIT GENERATING A TRIGGER SIGNAL UPON OCCURRENCE OF SPECIFIED CONDITIONS | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 38 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17651308 | SELF-CHECKING PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17672912 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING DIFFERENT-SIZED COLOR FILTERS | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17582721 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING KNOWN AND UNKNOWN OBJECTS | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17581667 | BEAM PROJECTION SYSTEM HAVING A LIGHT CURTAIN SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17578219 | UNIFORM STABILIZED LIGHT SOURCE WITH A DOME STRUCTURE | January 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573561 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING MULTIPLE PIXELS AND CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING SAID IMAGE SENSOR | January 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17647071 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR A LIDAR SENSOR OF A WORKING DEVICE, INCLUDING A VEHICLE | January 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17646860 | IMAGE SENSOR | January 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623790 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS | December 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558872 | SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OPENINGS THAT OVERLAP SENSING ELEMENTS | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620193 | OPTICAL SENSOR MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17618503 | Focal plane optical conditioning for integrated photonics | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17540644 | LIGHT FIELD-BASED BEAM CORRECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540045 | INFRARED SENSING MODULE, TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17538354 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING LIQUID-LENS UNITS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IMAGES | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17527799 | Spatial Phase Integrated Wafer-Level Imaging | November 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453253 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH VARYING SAME-COLOR COLOR FILTER THICKNESS | November 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17514581 | SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS REFLECTIVE PULSE COMPRESSION | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512988 | READOUT ARCHITECTURES FOR ERROR REDUCTION IN INDIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORS | October 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17511593 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE HAVING STACKED LIGHT DETECTORS | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17511381 | SATURATION CAUSED PHASE JUMP AVOIDANCE IN DAS | October 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17497134 | Sacrificial Anode Optical Monitory System | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442976 | WAVEFRONT SENSORS AND WAVEFRONT SHAPE DETERMINATION USING RELATED IMAGING SENSORS | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17484573 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE | September 2021 | May 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17479896 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH MEMS MMA STEERED TRANSMITTER AND STARING DETECTOR | September 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17479846 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE | September 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17474504 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH DUAL-AXIS GIMBALLED TRANSMITTER AND STARING DETECTOR | September 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17430834 | AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE SENSOR AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE INCLUDING CONCAVE-CONVEX PORTIONS FOR REDUCED REFLECTANCE | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17382777 | COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) IMAGE SENSOR | July 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17304979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL WITH AN IMAGING DEVICE | June 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17311511 | OPTICAL DISTANCE SENSING USING A TARGET SURFACE HAVING A NON-UNIFORM DESIGN OF REGIONS OF DIFFERENT REFLECTIVITY | June 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17334023 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A TEST OPTICAL ELEMENT UNDER LOW-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT | May 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17290851 | LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE | May 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17241525 | PHOTODETECTORS AND ABSORBERS WITH SLANTED LIGHT INCIDENCE | April 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 44 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17176448 | ESTIMATION OF SOURCE-DETECTOR SEPARATION IN AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | February 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17168626 | LIDAR DEVICE HAVING A FOUR-PORT DUPLEXER AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING | February 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256664 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING GRATING PERTURBATION BY MODULATED LIGHT | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130778 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR FOR IDENTIFYING AN OPERATION SETTING AND AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17100057 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING LIGHT PULSES FOR CHARACTERIZATION, STANDARDIZATION OR CALIBRATION OF PHOTODETECTORS IN FLOW CYTOMETERS | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16949837 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES WITH AN ARRAY OF SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES SPLIT BETWEEN MULTIPLE SEMICONDUCTOR DICE | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17055565 | DISPLAY PANEL HAVING UPCONVERSION MATERIAL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17090041 | TUNABLE SPECTRUM SENSING DEVICE, OUT-OF-PLANE MOTION MOTOR AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17078670 | IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING COLOR SEPARATING LENS ARRAY, INCLUDING REGIONS OF DIFFERENT PATTERNS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR | October 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17071673 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE OPTICAL LAYERS FORMED ON MICRO LENS | October 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 56 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17071729 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH Tx/Rx APERTURE SHARING ELEMENT (ASE) FOR PROCESSING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE SIGNALS | October 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GARBER, ERIN R.
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, 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.
⚠ 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 GARBER, ERIN R works in Art Unit 2878 and has examined 148 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner GARBER, ERIN R's allowance rate of 80.4% places them in the 43% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by GARBER, ERIN R receive 1.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% 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 GARBER, ERIN R is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GARBER, ERIN R. This interview benefit is in the 69% 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, 35.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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 43.5% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 14% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 3% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 25% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 63% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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