Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19185467 | INFLATABLE STABILIZED ENCLOSURE | April 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815230 | PATRON-ACCESSIBLE MEMORIALIZATION STRUCTURES | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18768671 | ROOF SLOPING SYSTEM | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753482 | SOUND ATTENUATING BUILDING PANELS | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18746407 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR WINDOWS AND SLIDING DOORS | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18746851 | DISCRETE MACROSCOPIC METAMATERIAL SYSTEMS | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18731722 | FINISHING ACCESSORY WITH BACKING STRIP | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18667946 | CORNER WINDOW LITE ASSEMBLIES | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18645114 | Cross-Laminated Timber and Cold-Formed Steel Connector and System | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18616728 | CONCRETE REPAIR DEVICE | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582022 | Siding Attachment Accessory and Siding System | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18426332 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING STRUCTURE AND A WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425720 | FLOOR PANEL FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18409024 | METHODS OF ASSEMBLY OF PREFABRICATED TRUSS CONSTRUCTION MODULES | January 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18409014 | PREFABRICATED TRUSS CONSTRUCTION MODULES | January 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18404061 | STRUCTURES FOR GROWING PLANTS | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18403671 | FIRE-RATED JOINT SYSTEM | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18399608 | BRACING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLATION OF SUB-SURFACE UTILITY ANCHORS | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18396781 | DOOR-READY MOLDING | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18286218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION | October 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18554026 | STRUCTURAL MODULES PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | October 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18475603 | RELOCATABLE TANK | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18470053 | STACKABLE BURIAL TOWER | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462873 | EXTRUSION PROFILE BRACKET FOR PANEL MOUNTING | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18463176 | Raised Arc Rain Gutter Debris Preclusion Device | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458180 | Expandable Hanger for Beam | August 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18454179 | Sound Damping Wallboard and Method of Constructing a Sound Damping Wallboard | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18261610 | AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING METHOD | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18233140 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING AND INTERCONNECTING PREFABRICATED BUILDING MODULES | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233237 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING AND INTERCONNECTING PREFABRICATED BUILDING MODULES | August 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232796 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING AND INTERCONNECTING PREFABRICATED BUILDING MODULES | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227401 | Temporary Pool Cover and Floor System | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18350592 | MODULAR BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND WALL CLADDING SYSTEM | July 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18215340 | FINISHING ACCESSORY WITH BACKING STRIP | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208609 | FRAME ARRANGEMENT FOR WOOD FRAMED BUILDINGS | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18197002 | Drywall Spacing Joist Hanger | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18252209 | CHASSIS GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR BUILDINGS | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18251795 | Connecting Beam for Solar Photoelectric Supporting Frame | May 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301328 | FLOOR PANEL | April 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181834 | TRACK SYSTEM FOR ARCHITECTURAL STRETCH-FABRIC APPLICATIONS | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18175940 | OUTDOOR TO INDOOR SWIMMING POOL APPARATUS | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114712 | PATRON-ACCESSIBLE MEMORIALIZATION STRUCTURES | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172726 | EXTENDIBLE POLES | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170395 | Hybrid Snow and Ice Retention System | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108229 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTOR | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18107489 | POLYFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURAL CONNECTOR AND ITS UNIVERSAL FASTENING COMPONENTS MAKING A SYSTEM | February 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18165535 | BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 18099428 | FLOOR PANEL FOR FORMING A FLOOR COVERING | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098936 | CONNECTOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A ROOF FOR A BUILDING | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18016933 | MODULAR FLOOR SYSTEM AND MODULES THEREFOR | January 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005382 | CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARCH | January 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096417 | STRUCTURES FOR GROWING PLANTS | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18153854 | DEMOUNTABLE TANK | January 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18095764 | MODULAR BUILDING COMPONENT | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18092898 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING STRUCTURE AND A WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092900 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING STRUCTURE AND A WALL STRUCTURE HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEM | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091983 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING WALLS | December 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18010734 | LIGHTWEIGHT COLUMBARIUM, COMBINATIONS THEREOF WITH A RITUAL TRANSPORTER AND A CRATE, AND METHODS OF TRANPORTING AND INSTALLING A LIGHTWEIGHT COLUMBARIUM | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17982733 | UTILITIES CONNECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRACTABLE BUILDINGS | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975367 | Temporary Pool Cover and Floor System | October 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919861 | FOLDED ARCHITECTURAL PANEL | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963571 | PANEL AND PANEL SYSTEM FOR COVERING A SURFACE | October 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17915900 | GROUND ANCHORING APPARATUS AND METHOD | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17947612 | SHIELDED ENCLOSURES AND RELATED METHODS FOR PROTECTION FROM HIGH-ALTITUDE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES | September 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946274 | MULTI-PURPOSE STRUCTURAL PANELS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSEMBLING STRUCTURES | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17943352 | FINISHING ACCESSORY WITH BACKING STRIP | September 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17942834 | CORNER WINDOW LITE ASSEMBLIES | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17800816 | SOLAR ARRAY WITH SERVICE ROBOT THAT CAN TRAVEL BETWEEN SOLAR PANELS | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887805 | RACK SYSTEM FOR A DATA CENTER | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17885190 | CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883825 | REDUCED SIZED WEARABLE RETRACTABLE | August 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760043 | MODULAR STRUCTURE FOR PROVIDING ON-SITE PROTECTION | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17816340 | Ceiling Tile with Integrated Baffle | July 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17867815 | STORAGE SHED WITH INTEGRATED SOLAR ROOF | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791646 | MODULAR STRUCTURE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855618 | RESILIENT CONNECTOR AND METHODS OF USE OF SAME | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847696 | Demolition Machine | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17845899 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR WINDOWS AND SLIDING DOORS | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807118 | Mass Timber Hanger | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17785139 | PANEL FOR PRODUCING SELF-LOCKING FLOOR COVERING | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840180 | WALL MATERIAL AND WALL-MATERIAL BUILDING STRUCTURE | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756702 | DRYWALL AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A DRYWALL | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17824322 | CEILING SYSTEM WITH AIR MOVEMENT | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17777904 | MODULAR WALLING SYSTEM, COMPONENTS AND METHODS | May 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773256 | CEILING PANEL SUPPORT SYSTEM | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769946 | STRUCTURAL PLATES AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING ARCH-SHAPED STRUCTURES USING STRUCTURAL PLATES | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17713654 | Ceiling Grid Lighting Assembly with Configured Alignment | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17712569 | DISTRIBUTED FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE BACKING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711178 | CURVATURE ADJUSTABLE MAGNETIC STRUT | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17706550 | STUCCO CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695479 | TERMINATION FOR BUILDING STRUCTURES | March 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17654889 | DISCRETE MACROSCOPIC METAMATERIAL SYSTEMS | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 17640596 | ADJUSTABLE GLASS MOUNTING GROOVE | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678635 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTING AND INTERCONNECTING PREFABRICATED BUILDING MODULES | February 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17675403 | CHANNEL CLIP | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17674680 | PREFABRICATED MODULAR GARAGE OR COMMERCIAL CONVERSION ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS | February 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17669057 | CONFIGURABLE LINEAR LIGHTING MODULE FOR SUSPENDED CEILING GRID ASSEMBLIES | February 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 17669026 | CONFIGURABLE CEILING GRID LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WITH T-BAR MOUNTED LINEAR SUPPORT ELEMENTS | February 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17666280 | ABOVE GROUND TORNADO SHELTER | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665464 | Configurable Ceiling Grid Lighting Assembly with T-Bar Mounting | February 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BUCKLE JR, JAMES J.
With a 71.4% 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, 48.1% 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 BUCKLE JR, JAMES J works in Art Unit 3633 and has examined 616 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 60.9%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner BUCKLE JR, JAMES J's allowance rate of 60.9% places them in the 21% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by BUCKLE JR, JAMES J receive 2.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BUCKLE JR, JAMES J 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 +25.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BUCKLE JR, JAMES J. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 42.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 75% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 73.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 26.3% 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, 56.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 59% 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 8.3% of allowed cases (in the 91% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.1% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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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