Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17254724 | BEAM TRANSPORT LINE FOR RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS AND RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM THEREOF | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16972248 | METHOD FOR GENERATING COLD ATOMIC BEAM, APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COLD ATOMIC BEAM, AND ATOMIC INTERFEROMETER | December 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17028363 | MASS SPECTROMETER WITH CHARGE UP DETERMINER USING ION INTENSITY SIGNAL | September 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17024578 | Geometry Based Three Dimensional Reconstruction of a Semiconductor Specimen by Solving an Optimization Problem, Using at Least Two SEM Images Acquired at Different Illumination Angles | September 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16992086 | AFM with Suppressed Parasitic Signals | August 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16989618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IRRADIATION TIME OPTIMIZATION FOR INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY DURING TREATMENT PLANNING WHILE MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE IRRADIATION PLAN QUALITY | August 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16919460 | MASS ANALYSER WITH 3D ELECTROSTATIC FIELD | July 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16915965 | ZIRCON ID-TIMS PB ISOTOPE DETERMINATION METHOD USING MULTIPLE ION COUNTERS WITH DYNAMIC MULTI-COLLECTION PROTOCOL | June 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16904798 | MULTIPLE ELECTRON-BEAM IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND MULTIPLE ELECTRON-BEAM IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD USING BEAM ARRANGEMENT WITH OMITTED CORNERS IN A SCAN DIRECTION | June 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16771547 | MASS SPECTROMETER INCLUDING A FIXATION BAND | June 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16880631 | PULSED ION BEAM TO PULSED NEUTRAL PARTICLE BEAM SLOW WAVE CONVERTER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF | May 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16875900 | LONGITUDINAL TOOL FOR CLEANING ION OPTIC MULTIPOLE DEVICES | May 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16842724 | DISINFECTION APPARATUS HAVING SUBMERSIBLE UV LIGHT DEVICES | April 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16828330 | Method of Controlling Transmission Electron Microscope and Transmission Electron Microscope | March 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16821150 | MICROFABRICATED ION TRAP CHIP WITH IN SITU RADIO-FREQUENCY SENSING | March 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16815048 | MASS SEPARATOR USING RETRACTABLE MAGNETIC YOKE ON A BEAM BENDING PATH | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16801555 | CHARGED PARTICLE MULTI-BEAM DEVICE | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16781569 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING NEGATIVE IONS BY IMPINGING POSITIVE IONS ON A TARGET | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16598144 | UNIAXIAL COUNTER-PROPAGATING MONOLASER ATOM TRAP | October 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16586971 | PERSONAL RADIATION PROTECTION GARMENT USING RADIATION PROTECTIVE LAYERS | September 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16434924 | ION ACCELERATION COMPLEX FOR THE TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATIONS | June 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16421192 | MULTI-BEAM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE | May 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16462956 | RESIN LAMINATE RIDGE FILTER FOR PARTICLE THERAPY SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | May 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16345520 | Charged Particle Beam Apparatus and Sample Observation Method Using Superimposed Comparison Image Display | April 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16379511 | LASER DEVICE AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION DEVICE USING DELAY DETERMINATION AT A SHUTTER | April 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16287608 | SHAKEN-LATTICE MATTER-WAVE GYRO | February 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16286574 | MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM AND WORKING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF, AND SAMPLING DEVICE USED THEREIN | February 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16260519 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS FOR CHANGING SENSITIVITY OF RADIATION SENSING DURING CONTROL FOR RADIATION IMAGING, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2019 | December 2019 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16261313 | LASER DEVICE, AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM | January 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16257433 | Transmission Electron Microscope Sample Holder | January 2019 | May 2021 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16256196 | GEL NAIL CURING DEVICE | January 2019 | January 2021 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16254965 | Scanning Electron Microscope and Measurement Method for Obtaining Images of a Specimen Using an Ion Beam and an Electron Beam | January 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16254795 | Systems and Methods for Pesticide Detection Using Mass Spectroscopy | January 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16246648 | OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION FOR AN EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCE | January 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16242149 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE STOPPING POWER FOR PROTON THERAPY | January 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16242431 | SHED-RESISTANT THERMAL ATOM SOURCE | January 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16230714 | Apparatus and System for Active Heat Transfer Management in ESI Ion Sources | December 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16312009 | Methods and Systems for Analyzing Proteins Via Electron Capture Dissociation | December 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16217089 | PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENEWING FACILITIES OF PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT SYSTEM | December 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16306834 | MASS SPECTROMETRY IMAGING WITH AUTOMATC PARAMETER VARYING IN ION SOURCE TO CONTROL CHARGED DROPLET SPRAYING | December 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16306238 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISSOCIATION OF IONS USING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES | November 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16202061 | SAMPLE CHIP FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND ITS RELATED APPLICATION | November 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16198606 | PLANE SOURCE BLACKBODY | November 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16197448 | TRANSMISSION CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE WITH ADJUSTABLE BEAM ENERGY SPREAD | November 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16197249 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ION BEAM USING ELECTOSTATIC FILTER | November 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16301143 | ENCLOSURE FOR AMBIENT IONISATION ION SOURCE | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15577114 | DELIVERY DEVICE, SUBSTRATE ION-IMPLANTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | October 2018 | March 2021 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16095442 | MASS SPECTROMETER, ION OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ION MANIPULATION IN MASS SPECTROMETER USING TRAP WITH CONCENTRIC RING ELECTRODES | October 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16166132 | FLOW THROUGH TYPE ULTRAVIOLET LED DISINFECTING APPARATUS | October 2018 | October 2020 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16165193 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE, FIELD CURVATURE CORRECTOR, AND METHODS OF OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE | October 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16165909 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT DATA INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY USING PARALLEL ARRAYS OF CELLS | October 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16095008 | TRANSFER TUBE CALIBRATION | October 2018 | March 2022 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16166042 | PHOTONEUTRON SOURCE USING AND NEUTRON INSPECTION SYSTEM | October 2018 | November 2020 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16095011 | RUGGED, SINGLE CRYSTAL WIDE-BAND-GAP-MATERIAL SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY/LITHOGRAPHY TIPS | October 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16164497 | Infrared Ray Generation Mesh | October 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15929053 | ION SENSOR, ION SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND FIELD ASYMMETRIC ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM | October 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16158931 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF A TARGET ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE OF BODILY FLUID | October 2018 | February 2021 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16155297 | METHOD OF ANALYZING SURFACE MODIFICATION OF A SPECIMEN IN A CHARGED-PARTICLE MICROSCOPE | October 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16147110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IRRADIATION TIME OPTIMIZATION FOR INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY DURING TREATMENT PLANNING WHILE MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE IRRADIATION PLAN QUALITY | September 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16143949 | BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLY FOR NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY | September 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16118891 | Charged Particle Beam Device Having Inspection Scan Direction Based on Scan with Smaller Dose | August 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16078847 | HYBRID METHOD TO SYNTHESIZE VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS WITH NON-HARMONIC PROFILES | August 2018 | August 2020 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16106131 | PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM HAVING X-RAY DETECTORS ATTACHED TO A PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM | August 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16104210 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRIFICATION OF SUBSTRATE | August 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16100589 | ION INJECTING DEVICE USING VACANT BAFFLE AND FARADAY CUPS, AND ION INJECTING METHOD THEREOF, FOR DETECTING CONTENT OF SUSPENDING PARTICLES | August 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16058266 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION DEVICE AND ION MIGRATION SPECTROMETER | August 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16073993 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING A TARGET ION IN AN ION TRAP USING A DUAL FREQUENCY WAVEFORM | July 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16047987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING DISPERSION OF A BEAM SEPARATOR IN A SINGLE-BEAM OR MULTI-BEAM APPARATUS | July 2018 | January 2022 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16073255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION OF IONS IN AN ION TRAP | July 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16073159 | LIQUID MEMBRANE FORMING DEVICE AND LIQUID MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE USED THEREIN | July 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16072230 | BIOSECURITY SYSTEM USING MONITORING AND SANITIZATION FOR AN AGRICULTURAL DWELLING | July 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16042380 | MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD | July 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16070790 | CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR INCLUDING A LIGHT-EMITTING SECTION HAVING LAMINATION STRUCTURE, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE, AND MASS SPECTROMETER. | July 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16018530 | MOTION SENSOR INTEGRATED NANO-PROBE N/MEMS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND APPLICATIONS | June 2018 | December 2019 | Abandon | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16005278 | MEASURING A HEIGHT PROFILE OF A HOLE FORMED IN NON-CONDUCTIVE REGION | June 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15759192 | FABRICATION OF MASS SPECTROMETRY SURFACE | March 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15892487 | HIGH BRIGHTNESS ION BEAM EXTRACTION USING BIAS ELECTRODES AND MAGNETS PROXIMATE THE EXTRACTION APERTURE | February 2018 | February 2019 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15873217 | STERILIZATION DEVICE USING STRAIGHTENER AND UV LED ARRAY FACING THE STRAIGHTENER | January 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15871171 | LED structure and luminaire for continuous disinfection | January 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15741246 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM, OPTO-ELECTRO SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2017 | November 2020 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15740291 | MAGNETIC LENS AND EXCITING CURRENT CONTROL METHOD | December 2017 | November 2020 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15842544 | System And Method To Monitor Glitch Energy | December 2017 | June 2020 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15840782 | DEVICE FOR CURING PIPELINE INNER RESIN LININGS | December 2017 | December 2019 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15840171 | MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE | December 2017 | March 2020 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15833706 | METHOD FOR MEASURING DEPTH PROFILE OF PARTICLE BEAM USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS GENERATED BY THE PARTICLE BEAM | December 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15825690 | BEAM SHAPING ASSEMBLY FOR NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY | November 2017 | August 2018 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15825787 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION REGARDING CHEMICAL COMPOSITION USING X-RAY RADIATION | November 2017 | March 2021 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15823123 | Ion Interface Device Having Multiple Confinement Cells and Methods of Use Thereof | November 2017 | November 2018 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15819466 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF SAMPLES FOR IONIZATION BY LASER DESORPTION IN A MASS SPECTROMETER | November 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15819793 | TECHNIQUES FOR MASS ANALYZING A COMPLEX SAMPLE BASED ON NOMINAL MASS AND MASS DEFECT INFORMATION | November 2017 | June 2020 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15817448 | Imaging a Gap Between Sample and Probe of a Scanning Probe Microscope in a Substantially Horizontal Side View | November 2017 | April 2020 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15814884 | Guided Scanning Electron Microscopy Metrology Based on Wafer Topography | November 2017 | November 2020 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15814950 | BLANKING DEFLECTOR, AND MULTI CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS USING THREE DEFLECTOR ELECTRODES AND A TRANSMISSION LINE | November 2017 | May 2020 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15813998 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND VIBRATION REMOVING METHOD | November 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15813326 | Direct Capture and Analysis of Aerosols and Vapors By Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry | November 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15813272 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD IN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE | November 2017 | November 2019 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15813777 | Ion Filter Using Aperture Plate With Plurality of Zones | November 2017 | April 2021 | Abandon | 41 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15808905 | DISINFECTION APPARATUS HAVING SUBMERSIBLE UV LIGHT DEVICES | November 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15808904 | FLOWING FLUID DISINFECTORS AND SUBMERSIBLE UV LIGHT DEVICES | November 2017 | February 2020 | Abandon | 28 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 15568529 | SAMPLE FRAGMENTATION DEVICE USING HEATING AND PRESSURE REGULATION BETWEEN SAMPLE INJECTOR AND SEPARATION COLUMN | October 2017 | June 2021 | Allow | 43 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CHOI, JAMES J.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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, 32.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 CHOI, JAMES J works in Art Unit 2881 and has examined 362 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner CHOI, JAMES J's allowance rate of 69.9% places them in the 33% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CHOI, JAMES J receive 2.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% 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 CHOI, JAMES J is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +45.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHOI, JAMES J. This interview benefit is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 60% 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 11.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 69.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.9% 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, 62.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 66% 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 60% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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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