Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18968553 | SINGLE-MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (SMFS-IR) COUPLING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18897472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING RADIOACTIVE AGENTS TO A SUBJECT | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776470 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF BOUNDARIES IN MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18739836 | METHOD FOR REAL TIME ENCODING OF SCANNING SWATH DATA AND PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK FOR PRECURSOR INFERENCE | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18739605 | STERILIZATION UNIT AND STERILIZATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18674489 | Methods and Systems for Detecting Prostaglandins by LC-MS/MS | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18694765 | SCATTERING-TYPE SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WITH AKIYAMA PIEZO-PROBES | May 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628009 | PLASMA EXCITATION WITH ION ENERGY CONTROL | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18616453 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BENDING BEAM IN A CLOSED CONTROL LOOP | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615576 | STERILIZING APPARATUS | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598491 | ION SHUTTING SYSTEM WITH COMPENSATION ELECTRODES FOR ION TRAP | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18595895 | RADIATION SHIELDING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436697 | IDENTIFICATION OF SAMPLE SUBSPECIES BASED ON PARTICLE CHARGE BEHAVIOR UNDER STRUCTURAL CHANGE-INDUCING SAMPLE CONDITIONS | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431503 | Nanoscale Dynamic Mechanical Analysis Via Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM-nDMA) | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413637 | BIFOCAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPE | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401418 | UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18540447 | ION BEAM PATHS ON TARGET SURFACES FOR NEUTRON BEAM GENERATION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18533084 | SHIELDED LIFT AND TRANSPORT DEVICES FOR RADIOACTIVE PAYLOADS | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531413 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SANITIZING PERSONAL USE ITEMS | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524943 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR RADIOACTIVE NUCLEAR WASTE WITH PRESSURE SURGE PROTECTION | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523786 | SHAKEN LATTICE AS A SERVICE | November 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18515039 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF BOUNDARIES IN MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510897 | Infrared Transparent Constructs and Methods of Making Them | November 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507940 | Methods and Systems for Increasing Sensitivity of Direct Sampling Interfaces for Mass Spectrometric Analysis | November 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385656 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL MASS SPECTROMETRY USING ION MICROPACKET DETECTION | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497323 | PARTICLE DETECTOR HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE LIFE | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495237 | CHARGE DETECTION MASS SPECTROMETRY | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372392 | MATERIAL CONFIGURATION ENABLING FLEXIBILITY OF A STRUCTURE USING RIGID COMPONENTS | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372353 | RADIATION SHIELDED ENCLOSURE FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CASK | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370923 | Atomic-force Microscopy for Identification of Surfaces | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468444 | ULTRAVIOLET WAND | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458085 | UV Nail Lamp with Rechargeable Battery Pack | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237208 | Radiation Shield | August 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451885 | STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CASK FOR NUCLEAR WASTE | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232380 | VENTILATED CASK FOR NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231439 | DELIVERY OF RADIATION BY COLUMN AND GENERATING A TREATMENT PLAN THEREFOR | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363284 | Charged Particle Beam Device and Axis Adjustment Method Thereof | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361754 | THIN FILM METROLOGY | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224519 | Radiation Shielding Eye Mask and Method of Use | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224378 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224460 | Apparatus, system and method for transporting biological samples between two analytical systems | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212445 | CONFORMAL COATINGS FOR QUANTUM VACUUM APPLICATIONS | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211480 | DEVICE HAVING ONE OR MORE FIRST LEVEL ION TRAPS | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208439 | Devices Configured to Disinfect Interiors | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333085 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPATIAL CHARGED PARTICLE BUNCHING | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18207883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING A PROTEIN | June 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18320708 | TOPOLOGICAL QUBITS IN A QUANTUM SPIN LIQUID | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143535 | Radiation Shielding Eye Mask and Method of Use | May 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18033437 | WEARABLE INSERTER FOR REPRODUCABLE ALIGNMENT OF BODILY TISSUE FOR PROGRAMME OF EXTERNAL RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133054 | NANOSCALE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS VIA ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM-NDMA) | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128690 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BENDING BEAM IN A CLOSED CONTROL LOOP | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124477 | AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION OF AFM LIGHT SOURCE POSITIONING | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18026814 | METHOD FOR MEASURING, BY MEASUREMENT DEVICE, CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACE OF OBJECT TO BE MEASURED, ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE FOR PERFORMING SAME METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED IN STORAGE MEDIUM TO PERFORM SAME METHOD | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18025511 | Reduction of Internal Fragmentation in Electron Activated Dissociation Devices and Methods | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181532 | RADIATION PROTECTION APPARATUS AND MATERIALS THEREFOR | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178840 | CONTROLLING, DETECTING AND ENTANGLING ALKALINE-EARTH RYDBERG ATOMS IN TWEEZER ARRAYS | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177528 | ION BEAM EXCLUSION PATHS ON THE TARGET SURFACE TO OPTIMIZE NEUTRON BEAM PERFORMANCE | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114894 | MODULAR MULTI-ROOM PROTON THERAPY SYSTEM | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170437 | METHOD OF FAILURE ANALYSIS FOR DEFECT LOCATIONS | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109290 | NUCLEAR WASTE CASK WITH IMPACT PROTECTION, IMPACT AMELIORATION SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE, UNVENTILATED CASK FOR STORING NUCLEAR WASTE, AND STORAGE AND TRANSPORT CASK FOR NUCLEAR WASTE | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18021286 | ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020876 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE HIGH-RESOLUTION IN SITU FLUID FREEZING CHIP | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109034 | RADIATION SHIELDING EYE MASK | February 2023 | February 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18106338 | NANOLITHOGRAPHY USING PULSED LASER DIRECT WRITING | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163534 | Wafer Scanning Apparatus and Method for Focused Beam Processing | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101672 | Compact 2D Scanner Magnet with Double-Helix Coils | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159040 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INJECTING IONS INTO AN ELECTROSTATIC TRAP | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100844 | Radiation Shielding Devices, Systems, and Methods | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015500 | Ion Trap Apparatus and Saddle Point Moving Method for Ion Trap Apparatus | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18094105 | HIGH THROUGHPUT DRUG DISCOVERY PLATFORM WITH TEM | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18014459 | ANTI-RADIATION VIEWING PORT | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012546 | SURFACE ANALYSIS METHOD, SURFACE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND SURFACE ANALYSIS PROGRAM | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18087262 | OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR A EUV PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002848 | ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY BASED TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING VARIOUS CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SAMPLES | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012191 | CERAMIC STRUCTURE AND ELECTROSTATIC DEFLECTOR | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084300 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TIP CONDITIONING FOR SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010533 | A METHOD OF EXAMINING A SAMPLE IN AN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE USING ATTRACTIVE TIP-TO-SAMPLE INTERACTION | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010534 | METHOD OF EXAMINING A SAMPLE IN A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE USING TIP-TO-SAMPLE DISTANCE VARIATIONS | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18066067 | INDUCTIVE DETECTOR WITH INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077047 | SHIELDING FACILITY AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062338 | DEFLECTORS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSING LONG ION CHAINS | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074877 | STERILIZING MEDIA CASSETTE | December 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000262 | UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM | November 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999569 | Simplification of Method or System Using Scout MRM | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926621 | DETECTION AND IMAGING OF AMYLOID AGGREGATES IN BLOOD | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987781 | ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES TO INFLUENCE BEAMS OF CHARGED PARTICLES | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925374 | MASS SPECTROMETRY ION FUNNEL | November 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998815 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE (SPM) TIP | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17986349 | CHARGED PARTICLE SCANNERS | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984934 | Gas Phase Sample Preparation for Cryo-Electron Microscopy | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998324 | STANDARD SAMPLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980667 | Atomic-Force Microscopy for Identification of Surfaces | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979405 | RADIATION SHIELDED ENCLOSURE FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CASK | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975030 | NANO ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SINGLE CELL DNA SEQUENCING | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050186 | POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE STATE PREPARATION OF HIGH NUCLEAR SPIN IONIC QUBITS | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049845 | ATOMIC OBJECT CONFINEMENT APPARATUS WITH RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRODE SHAPING FOR PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920764 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSPORTING NUCLEAR FUEL OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970410 | PARTICLE BEAM GUN CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18046986 | Methods and Systems for Increasing Sensitivity of Direct Sampling Interfaces for Mass Spectrometric Analysis | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17996246 | DAMPING BASE FOR MODULAR SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE HEAD | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE.
With a 64.1% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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, 41.8% 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 IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE works in Art Unit 2881 and has examined 2,230 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.
Examiner IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE's allowance rate of 90.5% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE receive 1.06 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 15% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE is 18 months. This places the examiner in the 95% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE. This interview benefit is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 80% 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 50.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 71% 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, 45.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 39% 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 57.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 57.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 74% 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 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 45% 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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