USPTO Examiner CURRY CINDI M - Art Unit 3642

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19254489Vertiport with a Buffer ZoneJune 2025February 2026Allow810NoNo
19185774FUSELAGE PORTION, AIRCRAFT, AND METHODApril 2025February 2026Allow910NoNo
19090986AIRCRAFT ENGINE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING A TWO-POINT SHACKLE EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE STOP, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH ENGINE ATTACHMENT SYSTEMMarch 2025February 2026Allow1010NoNo
19023615MULTI-LEVEL VERTIPORTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
18908268HINGE-LOCKING MECHANISM FOR DEPLOYABLE SOLAR ARRAYOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200YesNo
18895111AERODYNAMIC ROTOR BLADE CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200NoNo
18830543Adjustable Pocket for Aircraft SidewallSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18809417SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTRAINING A GALLEY CART WITHIN AN INTERNAL CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFTAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18806243TROLLEY RETAINERAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18797158AIRCRAFT WITH AN UNDUCTED FAN PROPULSORAugust 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18774428MULTI-SYSTEM THRUST REVERSER FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1811NoNo
18754779AIRCRAFT SIDEWALL HAVING CABIN WINDOWS WITH INSULATING SEALSJune 2024November 2025Allow1710YesNo
18752127Aircraft Interior Monument EnclosureJune 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18734021PASSENGER SUITE WITH SECONDARY SEAT AND AMENITIESJune 2024December 2025Allow1910YesNo
18652052AIRCRAFT WITH AN UNDUCTED FAN PROPULSORMay 2024September 2024Allow500NoNo
18643495PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT, SAID PROPULSION SYSTEM COMPRISING A REVERSIBLE FUEL CELLApril 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18640700Patio Chair Fan AssemblyApril 2024December 2025Allow2000NoNo
18629227AIRCRAFT PART THAT COMPRISES AN ACCESS DOOR AND A FUSELAGE PART FORMING A CAVITY AND IS CONFIGURED TO REDUCE NOISE GENERATED BY THE CAVITYApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18621710AIRCRAFTMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18602239Integral Door Frame UnitMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18586673AIRCRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2020NoNo
18685623Heating Device for Vehicle Seats, and Method for Operating SameFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2210YesNo
18443523VARIABLE TEMPERATURE LAWN CHAIR DEVICEFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2410NoNo
18442225HIGH-THROUGHPUT VERTIPORT WITH PARALLEL HANDLINGFebruary 2024October 2024Allow820YesNo
18442249METHOD FOR OPERATING A VERTIPORTFebruary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18432749FUEL JETTISON SYSTEMFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18428366ACCESS DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFTJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18422975HATCH MECHANISM FOR SPACECRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2010YesNo
18417014LIFTING ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT DOORJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2420NoNo
18522455AIRCRAFTNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010NoNo
18511580INTER-FLOOR TRANSPORT SYSTEMNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18495549MODULAR FLYING VEHICLEOctober 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18491653Nose Gear Spin Down ApparatusOctober 2023June 2025Allow2011YesNo
18555961Flap-type aeronautical propulsion device with propeller engineOctober 2023January 2026Abandon2720NoNo
18472598Raised Decorative Laminate Panel and MethodSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2121NoNo
18369751PITCH DROP FRICTION BRAKESeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210YesNo
18463066WINGLET TRAILING EDGE VENTINGSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18458814FAIRING FOR FOLDING WING TIPAugust 2023February 2026Allow3030YesNo
18239577AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE DOOR COMPRISING AN INTERNAL PANEL AND AN EXTERNAL PANEL, AND AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE PART COMPRISING SUCH A DOORAugust 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18458140FUEL CELL EXHAUST INERTING FOR AIRSHIPSAugust 2023February 2026Abandon3012YesNo
18237012Vertiport with handling robots and a turntableAugust 2023December 2023Allow410YesNo
18231014FLIGHT CONTROLLER INGRESS AND EGRESS SYSTEMAugust 2023September 2024Allow1400NoNo
18230981CONJOINABLE REVERSE HERRINGBONE PASSENGER SEATAugust 2023November 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18230609AIRCRAFT WITH AN UNDUCTED FAN PROPULSORAugust 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18362735Aircraft Door System and MethodJuly 2023June 2025Allow2320NoNo
18360288VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFTJuly 2023February 2025Allow1910YesNo
18224084Aerial Transportation SystemJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18350885Assembly Comprising a Nacelle Panel and a Member Forming a BallJuly 2023November 2025Allow2821YesNo
18260555Multi-Stage Propeller SystemJuly 2023May 2025Allow2211NoNo
18346989WING FOR AN AIRCRAFTJuly 2023May 2025Allow2320NoNo
18342894COMPARTMENT FOR A CABIN IN A VEHICLE WITH RETRACTABLE DOOR ANGLE LIMITERJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18337897AIRCRAFT LANDING GEARJune 2023September 2025Abandon2711NoNo
18336914THERMOPLASTIC COVER PANEL FOR A STRUCTURE IN AN INTERIOR SPACE OF AN AIRCRAFTJune 2023December 2024Allow1810YesNo
18328394STORAGE STATION FOR UNMANNED VTOL AIRCRAFTSJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18297108UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE MOUNTING METHOD, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CENTER OF GRAVITY ADJUSTMENT METHODApril 2023May 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18127052Aircraft Fuselage Intended to Receive Two Tanks Designed to Contain Liquid HydrogenMarch 2023February 2025Allow2310NoNo
18121119AIRCRAFT DOOR WITH AN ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICEMarch 2023March 2025Allow2420NoNo
18118545AFT ROW CLOSET WITH WHEELCHAIR ACCOMMODATION AND BASSINET MOUNTMarch 2023February 2025Allow2320YesNo
18177310MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR ACTIVATION OF FLOW CONTROL DEVICEMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210YesNo
18114346High Traffic-Rate Aerial Transportation System with Low-Footprint VertiportFebruary 2023May 2023Allow300NoNo
18110391AXIAL FLOW DUCTED FAN WITH A MOVABLE SECTIONFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010YesNo
18102741Aerial Transportation SystemJanuary 2023October 2023Abandon910NoNo
18159506HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS WITH POWER SHARINGJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2720YesNo
18150081Artificial Buoyancy Lifting Device Using Coupled Electrostatic Pistons Method and ApparatusJanuary 2023March 2024Allow1430YesNo
18091359VTOL BOX-WING MULTIROTOR AERIAL VEHICLEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2720NoNo
18057037Automated Cabin-Divider DoorNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17923156TAIL ROTOR HEAD OF A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT AND BLADE HOLDERNovember 2022May 2025Allow3030YesNo
17979425WING ASSEMBLIES AND AIRCRAFTNovember 2022January 2025Allow2720NoNo
17971455SHORT TAKE OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFTOctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17919493DRONE CHASSISOctober 2022May 2025Allow3120YesNo
17949465DEVICE FOR ACCOMMODATING AND FOR RELEASING A PAYLOAD ON AN AERIAL VEHICLESeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17948545AERODYNAMIC ROTOR BLADE CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2200NoNo
17931426AERIAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A THRUSTED PLATFORM AND THRUSTED PLATFORM FOR SAID AERIAL SYSTEMSeptember 2022March 2025Abandon3011NoNo
17908747AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLYSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2210NoNo
17895703ROTARY SHAFT FOR AN AIRCRAFTAugust 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17892273MODULAR BATTERY CONFIGURATION WITH CENTRALIZED BUS ON AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTAugust 2022December 2023Allow1620NoNo
17820535SLIDING PIN-YOKE MECHANISMAugust 2022July 2024Allow2310YesNo
17873983PROTECTIVE SHROUD FOR AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTORJuly 2022July 2025Allow3631YesNo
17860722HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2022October 2025Allow4040YesNo
17791344AN ASSEMBLY APPARATUSJuly 2022December 2024Allow2920YesNo
17854725PASSENGER SEATING WITH FRONT ROW BULKHEAD INTEGRATIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3630NoNo
17843525MOVABLE AREA PARTITIONJune 2022May 2024Allow2320YesNo
17841153METHOD FOR FUELING AN AIRCRAFTJune 2022February 2025Allow3270YesNo
17785628METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES ON A SATELLITE STRUCTURE AND SATELLITE STRUCTURE SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF DEVICESJune 2022May 2024Allow2310YesNo
17756666AIRCRAFT PRESSURIZED CABIN DOOR WITH A STRUCTURE FORMED BY BEAMS HAVING A VARYING CROSS-SECTIONMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17824181DOOR UNIT FOR A VEHICLEMay 2022October 2025Allow4120YesNo
17752542DIFFERENTIAL THRUST VECTORING SYSTEMMay 2022September 2024Allow2811NoNo
17743700AUTOMATED CART SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INTERNAL CABIN OF A VEHICLEMay 2022March 2025Abandon3440YesYes
17718899PICCOLO TUBE FOR DE-ICING AN AIRFOIL STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT, DE-ICING SYSTEM AND AIRFOIL STRUCTUREApril 2022September 2023Allow1710YesNo
17658374Rotating flight control surface for aircraftApril 2022November 2023Allow1910NoNo
17711173RESTING AREA SYSTEMS FOR AN INTERNAL CABIN OF A VEHICLEApril 2022September 2025Abandon4160YesYes
17703653TRAILING EDGE PANEL SUPPORT WITH BIASING ARRANGEMENTMarch 2022February 2024Allow2310NoNo
17703701TRAILING EDGE PANEL SUPPORTMarch 2022June 2024Allow2620NoNo
17693006TRUNCATED FLAP SUPPORT FAIRINGS WITH ACTIVE FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT AND RELATED METHODSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2420YesNo
17654255SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A DOOR OF AN AIRCRAFTMarch 2022January 2024Allow2220NoNo
17654251SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EJECTING A STORE FROM AN AIRCRAFTMarch 2022August 2024Allow2920YesNo
17675889THERMAL ANTI-ICE BYPASS SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFTFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2430YesNo
17673489WING ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFTFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2830YesNo
17584571ACTUATOR ASSEMBLYJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2310NoNo
17581565AIRCRAFT, PROPELLER ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF MAKING AIRCRAFTJanuary 2022September 2024Abandon3241NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner CURRY, CINDI M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CURRY, CINDI M works in Art Unit 3642 and has examined 134 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CURRY, CINDI M's allowance rate of 83.6% places them in the 58% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CURRY, CINDI M receive 1.54 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 28% 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 CURRY, CINDI M is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CURRY, CINDI M. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 28.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 35% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 38% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

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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