Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19222939 | Helmet mount with accessories | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19028608 | WAFER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEDIUM-ENERGY ION SCATTERING SIGNAL | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442126 | Laser virus filter screen | June 2024 | February 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18697908 | ACOUSTIC TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUCLEAR SOURCES | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18608606 | STERILIZATION APPARATUS | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583992 | EQUIPMENT DISINFECTION | February 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18439175 | Security Mechanisms for Radiopharmaceutical Elution System and Elution Process | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18426305 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING GERMICIDAL RISKS FOR ENVIRONMENTS AND GENERATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLANS FOR SANITIZING THE ENVIRONMENTS | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18411525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18399394 | Sensor System for a Light Fixture Having Ultraviolet Sterilization Functionality | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18393996 | Condiment Sterilization Devices and Systems | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18533065 | Shielded Radioactive Storage Device | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18530570 | LIQUID, AIR, AND SURFACE TREATMENT USING HIGH INTENSITY BROAD-SPECTRUM PULSED LIGHT | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18509590 | DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF GUANIDINOACETATE, CREATINE, AND CREATININE BY MASS SPECTROMETRY | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18385894 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR OBJECT DISINFECTION AND/OR SANITIZATION | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18494121 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY SURFACE SANITIZATION USING ANTIMICROBIAL LIGHT | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18488854 | ION IMPLANTATION METHOD AND ION IMPLANTER | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18369045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ION MOBILITY SEPARATIONS UTILIZING ALTERNATING CURRENT WAVEFORMS | September 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547181 | AUTOMATED DISINFECTION SYSTEM FOR CT PATIENT TABLE | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18546706 | AN ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR A CHARGED PARTICLE ANALYSER | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18223246 | Package Comprising an Ion-Trap and Method of Fabrication | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18270455 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY RADIATION APPARATUS | June 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329275 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY DISINFECTING AIR IN A ROOM | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18144367 | FASTENER FOR SECURING FACEPLATE TO ION SOURCE | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142253 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN ENERGY SPECTRUM OR ENERGY WIDTH OF A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM, AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM IMAGING DEVICE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248830 | CEILING STRUCTURE AND INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A CEILING STRUCTURE COMPRISING AIR STERILIZATION MEANS | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18189410 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE | March 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18028057 | DISINFECTION MODULE | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18043294 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION IN A HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED CONCENTRATOR OPTICS | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171750 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH IMPROVED IMAGING RESOLUTION | February 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110591 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR OBJECT DISINFECTION AND/OR SANITIZATION | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18018038 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND DECONTAMINATION METHOD | January 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158697 | GERMICIDAL LIGHTING SYSTEM | January 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097991 | MODULAR UV STERILIZATION SYSTEM FOR AIR PURIFICATION | January 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094224 | UNIFIED AIRFLOW SYSTEM FOR ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION DEVICES | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091276 | Air Disinfection Troffer | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011891 | APPARATUS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF AMBIENT AIR BY MEANS OF A LASER RAYS FILTER | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18084430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CLAMP COMPENSATION | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071808 | DISINFECTION DEVICE | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17926786 | MULTI-FUNCTION AIR PURIFING AND STERILIZING SYSTEM | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17989735 | SELECTIVE SMART AIR-SURFACE STERILIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON OCCUPIED SITUATION AND EMPTY SITUATON | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17434134 | GERMICIDAL DEVICE | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 43 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17985350 | Ultraviolet Face Shield Systems for Reducing Germ Transmission | November 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17981188 | VOLUME FILLING CASSETTE FOR LOAD LOCK | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045707 | Light Fixture Having a Fan and Ultraviolet Sterilization Functionality | October 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957095 | HELICAL VOLTAGE STANDOFF | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957674 | NON-CONTACT BROAD-RANGE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952948 | UV DISINFECTION PLATFORM | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17934966 | LAMELLAR ARRANGEMENT AND DEVICE FOR STERILIZING A FLUID BY MEANS OF UV RADIATION COMPRISING SUCH A LAMELLAR ARRANGEMENT | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17931658 | UV DISINFECTANT SYSTEM | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17909576 | EQUIPMENT DISINFECTION | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17822186 | SYSTEM FOR MODERATING ENERGY ABSORPTION AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE WITH A PROGRAMMABLE FORCING NETWORK OF CLIMATE CONTROL PANELS | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17889263 | ULTRAVIOLET AIR SANITIZER APPARATUS FOR HVAC SYSTEMS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860775 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STORING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BY ENCASING SAME IN A FUSIBLE METAL ALLOY | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17853513 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SURFACE DISINFECTION USING UV LIGHT | June 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17789192 | COLLABORATIVE IRRADIATING DEVICE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17836611 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SOURCE | June 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17835872 | System and Method for Injecting a Medication | June 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17782767 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | June 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17832054 | Specimen Machining Device and Specimen Machining Method | June 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17826782 | LIQUID SHAPING WITH CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17825943 | CIRCULATION MECHANISM AND OPERATION APPARATUS | May 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17751973 | UV DISINFECTION PLATFORM | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17778526 | Charged Particle Beam Device and Aberration Correction Method | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17778320 | Scanning Electron Microscope | May 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17746565 | DEVICE TO DISINFECT SPORTS BALLS USING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT | May 2022 | February 2023 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17746580 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISINFECTING SUBSTANCES AS THEY PASS THROUGH A PIPE | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17743563 | ION DETECTOR | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744173 | THERMAL RADIATION ELEMENT, THERMAL RADIATION ELEMENT MODULE, AND THERMAL RADIATION LIGHT SOURCE | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17717244 | SANITIZATION DEVICE FOR GROCERIES OR OTHER OBJECTS | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17712202 | Portable UV-Sanitizing Box | April 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17708238 | Proportionality of Distributed Illumination with Adaptive Multivector Delivery System | March 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709140 | WEARABLE AIR CLEANER WITH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DISINFECTION | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17705330 | Device, System, and Method of Aircraft Protection and Countermeasures Against Missiles | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17760511 | AN ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694599 | DECONTAMINATION OF GERMS ON HUMAN TOUCH POINTS | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17692379 | HOME AIR STERILIZATION UNIT FOR USE WITH AN HVAC | March 2022 | January 2023 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17640489 | LID FOR USE IN A MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17640279 | Charged Particle Beam Device | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17679646 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SPECIMEN | February 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17679294 | Antimicrobial, Push Button Switch Assembly for Use at a Self-Service, Dispensing or Charging Station | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17672220 | Disinfecting Lighting Apparatus | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17671684 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING AIR IN AN ENVIRONMENT | February 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17590565 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628549 | ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND ADDITIONAL ELECTROPASTEURIZER AND ELECTROSTERILIZER MODULE FOR FOOD AND UTENSILS | January 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17648304 | SAMPLE ROTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17575429 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SOURCE, SURFACE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SURFACE PROCESSING METHOD | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17567544 | ADAPTIVE APERTURE | January 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17597266 | Overlay Measurement System and Overlay Measurement Device for Overlay Error Measurement Using Electron Microscopy | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17560371 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ATOM VAPOR SOURCE AND/OR SINK WITH INTEGRATED HEATER | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17621821 | ION DETECTOR, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MASS SPECTROMETER | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17559762 | Data Acquisition and Processing Techniques for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17557690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ION MOBILITY SEPARATIONS UTILIZING ALTERNATING CURRENT WAVEFORMS | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17556349 | NON-INTRUSIVE LASER-BASED TECHNIQUE FOR MONITOR AND CONTROL OF PROTEIN DENATURATION ON SURFACES | December 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17596790 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO CONTAINERS | December 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596723 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MERGING ION BEAMS | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17619927 | ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE USING EXCIMER LAMPS | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457055 | Data Independent Acquisition of Product Ion Spectra and Reference Spectra Library Matching | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614828 | EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF HIGH-ENERGY ULTRASHORT ION-, ESPECIALLY PROTON BUNCHES | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17608378 | SLEEVE BREAK DETECTOR FOR UV DISINFECTION SYSTEM LAMP ASSEMBLY | November 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SMYTH, ANDREW P.
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, 48.9% 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 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 SMYTH, ANDREW P works in Art Unit 2881 and has examined 824 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner SMYTH, ANDREW P's allowance rate of 72.3% places them in the 35% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SMYTH, ANDREW P receive 1.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 46% 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 SMYTH, ANDREW P is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SMYTH, ANDREW P. This interview benefit is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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 68.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 32.3% 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, 68.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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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