USPTO Examiner WOLDEGEORGIS ERMIAS T - Art Unit 2893

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18753697METHOD FOR ION IMPLANTATION THAT ADJUSTS A TARGET'S TILT ANGLE BASED ON A DISTRIBUTION OF EJECTED IONS FROM A TARGETJune 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18675750MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2024July 2025Allow1420NoNo
18650802ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICESApril 2024February 2026Allow2220NoNo
18628892DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING REDUCED NON-DISPLAY REGIONApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18424531MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SHUTTER DISK FOR THIN FILM DEPOSITION CHAMBERJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18512682Semiconductor Device Structure with an Interconnect Structure in a Dielectric Layer with Multiple Hydrophobic Layers Along Sidewalls of the Dielectric Layer, and Method for Forming the SameNovember 2023November 2024Allow1200NoNo
18501131SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A GATE ELECTRODE WITH A TOP PERIPHERAL PORTION AND A TOP CENTRAL PORTION, AND THE TOP PERIPHERAL PORTION IS A PROTRUSION OR A DEPRESSION SURROUNDING THE TOP CENTRAL PORTIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18499841DIPOLAR MOLECULE STABILIZED PEROVSKITE MATERIAL AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICESNovember 2023April 2024Allow510NoNo
18381104Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer With A Patterned Membrane StructureOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720NoNo
18483024LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND MOVING BODYOctober 2023January 2026Allow2700NoNo
18470975METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SUBSTRATESeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18233751METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING SUBSTRATE BACKSIDE DAMAGEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18447563IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Abandon2940NoNo
18446579NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A CONTOUR OF AN INSULATION FILM, LOCATED BELOW A VERTICALLY ORIENTED EMBEDDED BODY, HAVING EXPANDED PORTION CORRESPONDING TO THE SECOND SEMICONDUTOR PORTION OF THE LOWER STRUCTUREAugust 2023September 2024Allow1400NoNo
18362332LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUND FOR THE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3000NoNo
18357110IMAGING DEVICEJuly 2023October 2025Allow2700NoNo
18356636METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING THE STEPS OF REMOVING ONE OR MORE OF THE NANOTUBES FROM THE STACK OF NANOTUBES, AND/OR REMOVING SPACERS THAT SURROUNDS EACH OF THE PLURALITY OF NANOTUBES, AND FORMING GATE DIELECTRIC AND/OR GATE ELECTRODE TO THE NANOTUBESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1200NoNo
18351605FABRICATION OF EMBEDDED MEMORY DEVICES UTILIZING A SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERJuly 2023May 2025Allow2220YesNo
18270716COMPOSITE ELECTRON TRANSPORT MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODEJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18203809SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR HAVING A GRID-PATTERNED INTER-PIXEL ISOLATION SECTION SEPARATING THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SECTIONS OF EACH OF THE PIXELS FROM ONE ANOTHER AND PROVIDED WITH PROTRUDING SECTIONSMay 2023May 2024Allow1200NoNo
18318873PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICEMay 2023December 2024Abandon1920NoNo
18198192QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FORMATIONMay 2023April 2025Allow2330YesYes
18305042METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LAYER OF MULTI-CATION PEROVSKITE TO FORM PHOTO-ACTIVE LAYER INVOLVING SLOT DIE COATING OR A BLADE COATING OF WET FILM, AND SWEEPING OF THE WET FILM BY FLOW OF DRY AIR OR INERT GAS HAVING SPECIFIED SPEED, AND APPLICATION OF HEAT TREATMENT TO SUBSTRATEApril 2023January 2026Allow3300NoNo
18299007SUBSTRATE CURRENT SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT, REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEApril 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18031132METAL COMPLEX AND USE THEREOFApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18126861METHOD FOR AN ION IMPLANTATION PROCESS EMPLOYING AN ION - COLLECTING DEVICE THAT COLLECTS A DISTRIBUTION OF EJECTED IONS FROM A TARGET TO CORRECT A TILT ANGLE OF THE TARGETMarch 2023March 2024Allow1200NoNo
18126320MULTI-LAYER IMAGE SENSOR STRUCTURE WITH DARK CURRENT SENSING PHOTODIODES IN BLACK LEVEL CALIBRATION AREA SURROUNDED BY DUAL SEAL RING SYSTEM AND OPAQUE COVER WITH INTEGRATED TRENCH ISOLATIONMarch 2023January 2026Allow3400NoNo
18125365SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING STORAGE CAPACITOR HAVING PIXEL ELECTRODE, DIRECTLY STACKED CONDUCTIVE LAYER, AND INSULATING LAYER INTERPOSED BETWEEN THEM, WHEREIN THE STACKED CONDUCTIVE LAYERS EXTENDING TOWARDS THE GATE AND SOURCE WIRINGS/LINESMarch 2023October 2024Allow1910NoNo
18182521METHOD OF PERFORMING GAP FILLING INCLUDING FILLING TRENCHES BETWEEN DUMMY GATE STACKS ON SEMICONDUCTOR FINS/STRIPS WITH SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710NoNo
18182140POWER DEVICE WITH GRADED CHANNELMarch 2023September 2025Allow3031YesNo
18044755TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY APPARATUSMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18178842LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICEMarch 2023January 2026Allow3520NoNo
18171385PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT AND IMAGE SENSORFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3400NoNo
18106379ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK WITH REDUCED CURRENT LEAKAGE FOR HYBRID LASER SCRIBING AND PLASMA ETCH WAFER SINGULATION PROCESSFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2541NoNo
18164061Semiconductor Package Having a Through Intervia Through the Molding Compound and Fan-Out Redistribution Layers Disposed over the Respective Die of the Stacked Fan-Out System-in-PackageFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1320NoNo
18163504DISPLAY APPARATUSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3200NoNo
18157842PIXEL STRUCTURE WITH REFLECTIVE METAL LAYER IN A METAL LAYER TO IMPROVE THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING STRAY LIGHT NOISES IN THE SUBSTRATEJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3600NoNo
18016118METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3820NoNo
18090113SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
18010151PEROVSKITE PRECURSOR SOLUTION FOR IMPROVING STABILITY OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720NoNo
18062668ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICESDecember 2022April 2025Allow2900NoNo
17924037DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGHLY INTEGRATED AND MINIATURIZED SILICON QUANTUM BIT DEVICE INCLUDING AT LEAST A TUNNEL FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR WITH REDUCED LEAKAGE CURRENT, INTER-QUANTUM BIT COUPLER, AND QUANTUM GATE OPERATING MECHANISM THAT ARE FORMED BY SELF-ALIGNMENTNovember 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
18052719SENSOR EMBEDDED DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022June 2025Allow3100NoNo
18050465INFRARED OPTICAL DEVICEOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17921618MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEOctober 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
17964267SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17938667MULTI-STATE FERROELECTRIC-RAM WITH STACKED CAPACITORSOctober 2022December 2025Allow3811NoNo
17932050PIXELATED CHUCK FOR RETAINING WARPED SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERSSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3910NoNo
17903067Stacked multi-spectral image sensorSeptember 2022March 2026Allow4240NoNo
17897488DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022February 2026Allow4220NoNo
17822215LOCALIZED ANNEAL OF FERROELECTRIC DIELECTRICAugust 2022November 2025Allow3910NoNo
17889937HYBRID BONDING APPARATUS AND HYBRID BONDING METHOD USING THE SAMEAugust 2022February 2026Allow4220NoNo
17878620SHORT-WAVE INFRARED MATERIALS, DETECTORS, AND METHODSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17759815Sensor Arrangement and Method for Producing a Sensor ArrangementJuly 2022November 2025Allow3920NoNo
17789351LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PIXEL CIRCUIT, LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUSJune 2022September 2025Allow3910NoNo
17846024ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17836122STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CELL AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAMEJune 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17836145PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL SWITCH WITH IMPROVED THERMAL CONFINEMENT AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEJune 2022December 2024Allow3000NoNo
17805471OPTICAL DEVICEJune 2022October 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17805436A MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) INTERCONNECT INCLUDING SPRING BODY WITH AT LEAST TWO SPRING ARMS MICROMACHINED FROM SILICON SUBSTRATEJune 2022November 2024Allow3000NoNo
17829486DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJune 2022November 2025Allow4221NoNo
17804752ELECTRONIC DEVICES COMPRISING SEGMENTED HIGH-K DIELECTRIC MATERIALS AND STORAGE NODE MATERIALS, RELATED SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF FORMINGMay 2022July 2025Allow3720NoNo
17829011SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2022November 2024Allow3000NoNo
17779140Display Module and Display DeviceMay 2022November 2025Allow4220NoNo
17749382SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DETECTING METHOD USING THE SAMEMay 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17755355SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTApril 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17719457SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE STRUCTUREApril 2022March 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17658611FIVE-SIDE MOLD PROTECTION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGESApril 2022October 2025Abandon4230NoNo
17713834SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEApril 2022August 2024Allow2900NoNo
17657168SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17706612METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17697690BATCH TYPE VERTICAL SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING COOLING SYSTEM HAVING DISTRIBUTOR SUPPLYING COOLING FLUID TO PLURALITY OF FIRST COOLERS AND AUXILIARY SYSTEM, AND SUPPLYING MERGED COOLING FLUID TO SECOND COOLERMarch 2022June 2025Allow3900NoNo
17679335MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING MIXED OXIDE CHARGE TRAPPING MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3100NoNo
17651659Method of Gap Filling Using Conformal Deposition-Annealing-Etching Cycle for Reducing Seam Void and BendingFebruary 2022November 2022Allow800NoNo
17630595DIPOLE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING OF DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRIC FIELD FORMING UNIT HAVING A STAGE AND PROBE GENERATING ELECTRIC FIELD, AND APPLYING ELECTRIC FIELD SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH LIGHT IRRADIATION GENERATED BY THE LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE TO THE INK SPRAYED ON THE STAGEJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2610NoNo
17577432METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PATTERNED WAFER PROCESS TEMPERATURE USING THE CONTACT TYPE THERMOMETER IN THE FRONT SIDE OF A DUMMY SUBSTRATE TO ACCURATELY MEASURE EMISSIVITY IN ORDER TO PERFORM TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT USING RADIATION THERMOMETERJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4000NoNo
17572219FABRICATION AND USE OF THROUGH SILICON VIAS ON DOUBLE SIDED INTERCONNECT DEVICEJanuary 2022November 2022Allow1000NoNo
17558085ELECTROMECHANICAL MICROSYSTEMDecember 2021August 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17557119TRANSISTOR DEVICES WITH PEROVSKITE FILMSDecember 2021February 2026Abandon5020NoNo
17551409DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF MAIN PADS, A PLURALITY OF REDUNDANT PADS, AND A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE IN A DISPLAY AREADecember 2021February 2024Allow2620NoNo
17537517METHOD OF CHIP TRANSFERRING AND DEVICE/MODULE HAVING GAS GUIDING STRUCTURES WITH SUCTION OPENINGS AND INTAKE OPENING TO APPLY PREDETERMINED PRESSURE UNIFORMLY ON BACK SIDE OF TRANSFERRING SUBSTRATENovember 2021June 2024Allow3100NoNo
17613992A ONE-ELECTRODE CELL AND SERIES OF TWO OR MORE CELLS AS A DEVICENovember 2021December 2023Allow2510NoNo
17529504Method for Ion Implantation That Adjusts a Targets Tilt Angle Based on a Distribution of Ejected Ions From a TargetNovember 2021November 2022Allow1200NoNo
17526518SUPERCONDUCTING STRESS-ENGINEERED MICRO-FABRICATED SPRINGSNovember 2021September 2024Allow3430NoNo
17454378DAMASCENE INTERCONNECT SPACER TO FACILITATE GAP FILLNovember 2021August 2025Allow4510YesNo
17451670ESD PROTECTION STRUCTURE, ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT, AND CHIPOctober 2021October 2024Allow3610NoNo
17506359DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEOctober 2021November 2025Allow4921YesNo
17429546PIXEL IN A DISPLAY AREA HAVING A PLURALITY OF REPAIR PATTERNS/CIRCUIT OVERLAPPING BETWEEN A PAIR OF PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES INCLUDING A FIRST ELECTRODE AND A SECOND ELECTRODE THAT ARE SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER AND AN INTERMEDIATE ELECTRODE ARRANGED BETWEEN THE FIRST ELECTRODE AND THE SECOND ELECTRODE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE PIXELAugust 2021May 2024Allow3300NoNo
17391100FLEXIBLE DEVICEAugust 2021September 2022Allow1400NoNo
17426615QLED DEVICES, HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS AND PRODUCING METHODS THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICESJuly 2021October 2024Allow3910NoNo
17424100SiC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFORJuly 2021November 2025Allow5230NoNo
17421227Display Panel, Display Device and Manufacturing Method of Display PanelJuly 2021August 2025Allow5020NoNo
17419579INTEGRATING STRUCTURE FOR CRYSTAL RESONATOR AND CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND INTEGRATING METHOD THEREFORJune 2021June 2025Abandon4701NoNo
17360667METHODS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING OPTICALLY-POWERED SENSING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT(S) WITH OPTICAL INFORMATION TRANSFERJune 2021October 2024Allow4030YesNo
17418809BACK PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, METHOD FOR BONDING CHIP, AND DISPLAY DEVICEJune 2021May 2025Allow4620NoNo
17357045NANOPARTICLE AND METHOD FOR CROSS-LINKING OF ADJACENT NANOPARTICLES AMONG LIGANDS OF ADJACENT NANOPARTICLES BY DELOCALIZING ELECTRONS TO A SURFACE OF THE NANOPARTICLES TO CONTACT THE LIGANDJune 2021January 2025Allow4300NoNo
17337707POLYIMIDE-BASED TRANSISTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAMEJune 2021July 2024Allow3820NoNo
17331200IMAGE SENSING DEVICEMay 2021July 2025Allow4940NoNo
17321389AUTOMATED-POSITION-ALIGNING METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING CHIP AND SYSTEM USING THE METHODMay 2021May 2025Abandon4840NoNo
17317269ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIAL AND FORMULATIONS, AND ITS VARIOUS USES AS HOSTS, FLUORESCENT DOPANTS, AND ACCEPTORS IN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODESMay 2021October 2024Allow4200NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
4
(57.1%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(42.9%)
Reversal Percentile
65.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 42.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
48
Allowed After Appeal Filing
18
(37.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(62.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
61.9%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 37.5% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T works in Art Unit 2893 and has examined 814 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T's allowance rate of 74.4% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T receive 2.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T. This interview benefit is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 20.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 26.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 37% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 140.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 65.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 27.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 15% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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 36.3% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.