USPTO Examiner BRITTMAN ALABI FELICIA LUCILLE - Art Unit 3611

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18890145RIDING LAWN MOWER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1721NoNo
18758668RETAINER BRACKETJune 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18624827HYDRAULIC STEERING DEVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK VEHICLEApril 2024February 2026Allow2300YesNo
18608142Track Assembly For Patient Transport ApparatusMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18420580Rotatable Swing Arm Stabilizer Assembly For Folding WheelchairsJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610YesNo
18490404TRAILER COUPLING HAVING A BALL NECK AND A COUPLING BALL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOFOctober 2023November 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18380143MAGNETIC LOCK WITH THROWABLE ROBOTOctober 2023April 2025Allow1811YesNo
18379316DRIVE TRAIN COMPONENTS FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLESOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18458475ROBOTIC LAWN MOWERAugust 2023November 2024Allow1420YesNo
18365600Mobility VehicleAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18350447STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND VEHICLES HAVING SAMEJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18218070MOTORCYCLE-REVERSING DEVICEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3000NoNo
18255910Container SystemJune 2023February 2026Allow3300NoNo
18202949HITCH VIBRATION DAMPENERMay 2023March 2026Allow3410NoNo
18322496STEERING AXLE DRIVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID DRIVE ASSEMBLYMay 2023October 2024Allow1711NoNo
18197820Patient Transport Apparatus User InterfaceMay 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18197780LEANING CONTROL SCHEME FOR A FIRE APPARATUSMay 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18139496AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED LOAD DISTRIBUTION WHEN TOWING AN IMPLEMENTApril 2023March 2026Allow3401NoNo
18135621HITCH VIBRATION DAMPENERApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18134903WHEEL DEVICE AND MOBILE ROBOT DEVICE COMPRISING SAMEApril 2023January 2026Allow3300NoNo
18124272STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR SURGICAL ROBOTMarch 2023May 2025Allow2651YesNo
18044870FUEL TANKMarch 2023September 2025Allow3000NoNo
18115190TOWING ASSEMBLY AND TOWING SYSTEM THEREFORFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2011NoNo
18173447ELECTRICAL POWER ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR TRANSPORT WHEELCHAIRFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3400NoNo
18172588ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTING WHEELCHAIR CONTROL DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3610YesNo
18110957BALL HEAD TURNABLE TRAILERFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18169125METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WHEELCHAIR TRAININGFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18095652AUXILIARY DRIVE DEVICE FOR A WHEELCHAIRJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3100NoNo
18092443LOCKING DEVICE FOR CONNECTING SUSPENSION DEVICE TO FRONT FORKJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3510NoNo
18003224CLAMPING DEVICEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18087324FRONT SUBFRAME MOUNTED RECOVERY HOOKDecember 2022March 2026Allow3920NoNo
18085898AUXILIARY DRIVE DEVICE FOR A WHEELCHAIRDecember 2022November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18066930COOPERATIVE STEERING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE STEERING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAMEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3200YesNo
18009375STEERING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES AND VEHICLES HAVING SAMEDecember 2022May 2023Allow500NoNo
18062447BICYCLE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2023Allow800NoNo
17928543ELECTRIC MOBILITY VEHICLENovember 2022November 2023Allow1110NoNo
17973068TOW HOOK ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAMEOctober 2022February 2026Allow4010NoNo
17970119INDEPENDENT CORNER MODULEOctober 2022February 2026Allow4011NoNo
17967340MOBILITY SCOOTER TOWING SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2022February 2026Abandon4030NoNo
18046245TRACKED MOBILITY DEVICEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610YesNo
17953582SOIL PROCESSING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SOIL PROCESSING MACHINESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3820YesNo
17953316STEER BY WIRE TYPE STEERING APPARATUSSeptember 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17912085VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT AND VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE DRIVE UNITSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17902226BICYCLE HEADSET ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-MATERIAL COMPRESSION RINGSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3710NoNo
17899614ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUSAugust 2022February 2026Allow4220NoNo
17898623STEER BY WIRE TYPE STEERING APPARATUSAugust 2022September 2025Allow3610NoNo
17897651WORK VEHICLEAugust 2022December 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17818254Powered VehicleAugust 2022September 2024Allow2521YesNo
17850923DYNAMIC BOAT TRAILER GUIDEJune 2022January 2026Allow4320YesNo
17843092Vehicular Liquid Storage SystemJune 2022October 2025Allow4011YesNo
17840818STEERING GEAR APPARATUS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLEJune 2022August 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17837041STEM BUFFER SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY STRUCTUREJune 2022February 2025Allow3300NoNo
17831142STEER BY WIRE TYPE STEERING APPARATUSJune 2022November 2025Allow4120YesNo
17829904AUTOMATIC WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH CONTINUOUS MONITORINGJune 2022April 2024Allow2300NoNo
17828118Bike Trailer with Improved Top CoverMay 2022December 2024Allow3000NoNo
17827487POWERED ARM LIFTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATING WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONMay 2022October 2024Allow2920NoNo
17825485Girocycle IXMay 2022November 2022Allow510NoNo
17745767OFF-ROAD VEHICLEMay 2022May 2024Allow2421YesNo
17742746PORTABLE TRAILER STABILIZERSMay 2022July 2025Allow3901NoNo
17739909MOBILITY VEHICLEMay 2022May 2023Allow1200YesNo
17740155HYDRAULIC AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BICYCLEMay 2022March 2024Allow2310NoNo
17729862TRAILER COUPLER ASSEMBLYApril 2022August 2023Allow1630NoNo
17727701Dual-Energy BicycleApril 2022March 2025Allow3510NoNo
17722781WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMApril 2022August 2025Allow4011YesNo
17723011TRACTION CONTROL FOR STEERING ARTICULATED POWER MACHINEApril 2022May 2024Allow2530YesNo
17659585AUTOMATIC HITCH SYSTEMApril 2022December 2023Allow2010YesNo
17659395HYBRID VEHICLE COVERSION SYSTEMApril 2022July 2025Allow3910YesNo
17769481VEHICLE TRACTION ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMApril 2022July 2025Allow3910NoNo
17659095STEERING REACTION FORCE GENERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLEApril 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17717790SELF-POWERED TOWABLE VEHICLEApril 2022February 2025Allow3400NoNo
17711116STEERING SYSTEMApril 2022January 2025Allow3300NoNo
17699078METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NESTING A SUSPENSION BICYCLE FRAMEMarch 2022June 2022Allow310NoNo
17697241MULTIFUNCTIONAL ASSISTED ERGONOMIC TRICYCLE TYPE DEVICEMarch 2022July 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17696017WheelchairMarch 2022April 2025Allow3710NoNo
17637844PROPULSION DEVICE FOR TWO-WHEELED VEHICLEFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2010NoNo
17634754ELECTRICALLY-ASSISTED VEHICLE PROPULSION SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2025Abandon4620YesNo
17666811STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR SURGICAL ROBOTFebruary 2022March 2023Allow1300NoNo
17666502BICYCLE HANDLEBAR ACCESSORY AND APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF STABILIZING AN INVERTED BICYCLEFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3610NoNo
17633496APPARATUS FOR THE ELECTRIC PROPULSION OF A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR OF A HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLEFebruary 2022May 2025Allow4010NoNo
17665580TRANSPORTATION DEVICEFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3810NoNo
17633166BICYCLE SECURING APPARATUSFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1310NoNo
17592611Suspension system for a one-wheeled transportation device and methodFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1700NoNo
17591238DETACHABLE DOLLY TRAINING CONNECTORFebruary 2022October 2025Allow4530NoNo
17628835HYDRAULIC STEERING DEVICE OF AGRICULTURAL WORK VEHICLEJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1800NoNo
17628837HYDRAULIC STEERING DEVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK VEHICLEJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17625930MECHANICAL COUPLING DEVICE BETWEEN VEHICLES, IN PARTICULAR FOR CONVOYS OF AUTOMATIC VEHICLESJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2320NoNo
17570751RIDING LAWN MOWER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2022September 2025Allow4421NoNo
17647429REDUNDANT STEERING SYSTEMJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3101NoNo
17624918Physiotherapeutic ConveyanceJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4110NoNo
17624603TRANSFORMABLE WHEEL SUITABLE FOR CROSSING ANY TYPE OF TERRAIN AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE SUCH WHEELJanuary 2022May 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17552084TANK TRAILER WITH FLUID COLLECTION SYSTEMDecember 2021February 2025Allow3800NoNo
17537996Wheelchair Improvement Kit and Manual WheelchairNovember 2021March 2022Allow400NoNo
17536129TYPE OF BICYCLE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING DRIVING SAFETYNovember 2021March 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17535561TRAILER JACK AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS EMPLOYING A SPHERICAL LOAD-BEARING TRANSPORT BALL, AND SPORT, RECREATIONAL AND UTILITY TRAILER SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYNG THE SAMENovember 2021April 2025Allow4010NoNo
17612568A SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR TWO-WHEELERNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17529725OFF-ROAD VEHICLENovember 2021February 2025Allow3901NoNo
17526133MOBILE OBJECT WITH WHEELS FOR ADJUSTING TO GROUND SURFACENovember 2021June 2024Allow3100NoNo
17519678Pneumatic Assist Device for a BicycleNovember 2021February 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17518025Two-Seater Off-Road VehicleNovember 2021December 2024Allow3710NoNo
17594839Electric MotorcycleNovember 2021August 2022Allow1020YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
5
(83.3%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(16.7%)
Reversal Percentile
28.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 16.7% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
21
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(9.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(90.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
13.2%
Lower 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, 9.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE works in Art Unit 3611 and has examined 690 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE's allowance rate of 80.0% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE receive 1.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 81% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE. This interview benefit is in the 46% 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, 30.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 61% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 47.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 72% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 72.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 59% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 72.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 43.8% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 73.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 79% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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 26.8% of allowed cases (in the 95% 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:

    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

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