Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17047278 | Interferometer and Method for Producing an Interferometer | March 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17137700 | SPECTROMETER MODULE | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137654 | SPECTROMETER MODULE | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134798 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255820 | SPECTRAL FILTER COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO COUPLED FABRY-PEROT STRUCTURES | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17253008 | PROJECTION SYSTEM, PROJECTION ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM, AND PROJECTION METHOD | December 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15733806 | MULTI-MODE THERMAL IMAGING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102594 | Methods and Systems for Spectroscopic Analysis | November 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16950720 | OPTICAL DENSITY TESTING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL DENSITY TESTING DEVICE | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17053093 | HYBRID LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17048565 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY, ACTUATOR, CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE | October 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17048081 | SPARK EMISSION SPECTROMETER WITH SEPARABLE SPARK CHAMBER | October 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17037675 | MULTI-CHANNEL ARRAY TYPE OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | September 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17043851 | FINE RATIO MEASURING DEVICE, FINE RATIO MEASURING SYSTEM, AND BLAST FURNACE OPERATING METHOD | September 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17030520 | DETERIORATION DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS KITS | September 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17019612 | Spectrometers and Instruments Including Them | September 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16980326 | IMAGE SENSOR COMPRISING A COLOR SPLITTER WITH TWO DIFFERENT REFRACTIVE INDEXES | September 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17014005 | AUTOMATED DELAY LINE ALIGNMENT | September 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16978307 | MULTISPECTRAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MULTISPECTRAL LIGHT SENSING | September 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17002939 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AGROCHEMICAL DETECTION AND AGROCHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS | August 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16970377 | WAVELENGTH DETECTION DEVICE AND CONFOCAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | August 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16989741 | FABRY-PEROT FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER | August 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16988564 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING SYSTEM | August 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16988562 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING SYSTEM | August 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16986884 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING SPECTRAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CALIBRATED SPECTRAL APPARATUS | August 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16941248 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM APPLICATIONS | July 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16956785 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A FOCAL POSITION OF A LASER BEAM | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16958110 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DEGREE OF POLYMERISATION OF A POLYMER | June 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16957327 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE DETECTION APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE DETECTION METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16769699 | RAMAN SCATTERED LIGHT ACQUISITION DEVICE, COMPOSITION ANALYSIS DEVICE COMPRISING SAME, AND GAS TURBINE PLANT | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16882784 | OPTICAL PHASE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16874554 | NANOSTRUCTURE BASED ARTICLE, OPTICAL SENSOR AND ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | May 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15931015 | THIN-FILM FILTER BASED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER SPANNING AN OCTAVE OF LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED REGIME | May 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15930379 | Variable Aperture Mask | May 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16856785 | REAL TIME CRUDE OIL VALIDATION SWEPT SOURCE SPECTROSCOPY | April 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16851356 | DUAL-BAND SPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOF | April 2020 | April 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16844908 | COMPACT LIGHT SENSOR | April 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16841324 | PUMP AND PROBE TYPE SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION METROLOGY | April 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16839039 | Non-Contact Reflectometer Vision System | April 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16651608 | MOBILE BIOSENSING INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF MULTIPLE DETECTION MODALITIES | March 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16829165 | Spectroscopic Camera And Inspection System | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16822929 | MULTISPECTRAL FILTER | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16819618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PARTICULATE MATTER | March 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16819708 | WEAR AMOUNT MEASURING DEVICE AND WEAR AMOUNT MEASURING METHOD | March 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16815585 | OPTICAL TEST PLATFORM | March 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16639475 | COMPACT FREEFORM ECHELLE SPECTROMETER | February 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16638638 | Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Device and Far-Infrared Spectroscopic Method | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16773693 | WAFER METROLOGY TECHNOLOGIES | January 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16747888 | OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER AND TESTING METHOD OF OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER | January 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16697164 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING OPTICAL QUALITY OF GEMSTONES | November 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16688728 | INTEGRATED DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL LIGHT SOURCE FOR PROBING DETECTING AND ANALYZING MOLECULES | November 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16682616 | OPTICAL WALL AND PROCESS SENSOR WITH PLASMA FACING SENSOR | November 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16613353 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION | November 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16612612 | INFERENTIAL FLUID CONDITION SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16653715 | Plasmonic Non-Dispersive Infrared Gas Sensors | October 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16597943 | Spectrometric Measuring Head for Forestry, Agricultural and Food Industry Applications | October 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16583042 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHODS FOR HYPERSPECTRAL DATA | September 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16558763 | CUVETTE CARRIER | September 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16475626 | DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A SUBSTRATE | July 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16442716 | SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC ACQUISITION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | June 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16468783 | DETECTION OF A CONTAMINANT IN A CONDUCTING PATH FOR AN OPERATING MEDIUM | June 2019 | August 2021 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16465238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COPPER ETCH RATE MONITORING AND CONTROL | May 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16424327 | HIGH-SENSITIVITY GAS-MAPPING 3D IMAGER AND METHOD OF OPERATION | May 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16421645 | LASER DEVICE | May 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16420625 | ARMORED VEHICLE, METHOD, AND WEAPON MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING BARREL ELEVATION | May 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16462247 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PARAMETERS OF PATTERNED STRUCTURES IN MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES | May 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16349057 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING A SPECIMEN USING PATTERN ILLUMINATION | May 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16407020 | Apparatus and Methods for Aligning Photopolymers Using an Asymmetrically Focused Beam | May 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16402445 | SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM APPLICATIONS | May 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16347364 | DETECTOR FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT | May 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16399036 | Assay Devices and Methods | April 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16344665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INCLUSIONS IN A GEMSTONE | April 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16342087 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING TANTALUM CARBIDE | April 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16382251 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16341133 | SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | April 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16380543 | SPECTRAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING A SPECTRUM | April 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16378620 | UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENT AND METHODS FOR COLOR APPEARANCE AND DIFFERENCE MEASUREMENT | April 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16340550 | A SPECTROMETER APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SPECTRA OF A LIQUID SAMPLE USING AN INTEGRATING CAVITY | April 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16378935 | TEST DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | April 2019 | May 2021 | Abandon | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16378271 | IN-SITU OPTICAL CHAMBER SURFACE AND PROCESS SENSOR | April 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16376642 | RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR QUALITY CONTROL | April 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16339375 | SYNCHRONOUS MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RADIAL AND AXIAL VIBRATION OF SHEARER DRUM | April 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16090947 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL IN OVO SEX DETERMINATION OF FERTILIZED AND INCUBATED BIRDS? EGGS | March 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16368510 | FLUORESCENCE IMAGING APPARATUS | March 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16366635 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSING SYSTEM | March 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16366225 | PLASMA SENSING DEVICE, PLASMA MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PLASMA PROCESSES | March 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16362922 | Inspection Apparatus Having Non-Linear Optics | March 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16362716 | TRANSMISSIVE SAMPLING MODULE AND TRANSMISSIVE SPECTROMETER | March 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16362669 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE, DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE WITH OPTICAL FIBER | March 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16359619 | ELLIPSOMETER | March 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16358691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AIRCRAFT ENGINE MAINTENANCE STATUS USING FAN BEAM EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY | March 2019 | October 2020 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16243215 | Arrangement and method for analyzing a fluid | January 2019 | October 2020 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16237817 | MICRO OR NANOMECHANICAL PARTICLE DETECTION DEVICE | January 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309033 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS | December 2018 | December 2020 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16215221 | GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16215290 | GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16215269 | GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM | December 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16308791 | SPECTROMETRIC PROBE FOR SAMPLING BULK MATERIAL AND AUTOMATIC SAMPLE TAKER FOR SAMPLING INCLUDING THE PROBE | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16212724 | METHODS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING | December 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16211516 | SPECTROMETRIC SENSOR CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME | December 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AYUB, HINA F.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner AYUB, HINA F works in Art Unit 2896 and has examined 157 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.
Examiner AYUB, HINA F's allowance rate of 91.7% places them in the 77% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by AYUB, HINA F receive 1.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 AYUB, HINA F is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AYUB, HINA F. This interview benefit is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 89% 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 55.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
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 15% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 74% 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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