Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19285598 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING VEHICLE TRAFFIC VOLUME | July 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18827325 | Optimizing Flights of a Fleet of Aircraft Using a Reinforcement Learning Model | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18818803 | FLIGHT SAFETY OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18285316 | CLEANER SYSTEM, PROGRAM, CLEANER CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE | October 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243620 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATING INSPECTION OF BRAKE SYSTEM ON A RAILWAY VEHICLE OR TRAIN | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18365298 | GENERATING A FLIGHT PATH WHEN THE UAV IS OFFLINE BASED ON TERRAIN DATA | August 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18365851 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING TRAILER TONGUE VALUES | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18222634 | Landing Site Localization for Dynamic Control of an Aircraft Toward a Landing Site | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18203860 | ROBOT COMPRISING LIDAR SENSOR AND METHOD CONTROLLING ROBOT | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103743 | DECELERATION SUPPORT DEVICE | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090004 | VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081615 | ADAPTIVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) SCHEDULING | December 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18079446 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075095 | MOBILE INVENTORY TRANSPORT UNIT AND AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF MOBILE INVENTORY TRANSPORTATION UNIT NETWORKS | December 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052628 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING COMPONENT MONITORING REDUNDANCY IN A DIGITAL NETWORK OF INTELLIGENT SENSING DEVICES | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978581 | SPRAY COOLING FAN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON THE COMPUTER VISION TECHNOLOGY | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050531 | PEER-TO-PEER VEHICULAR PROVISION OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17959753 | VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17908363 | CONTROL DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | August 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17822296 | TRACTION-BATTERY CONTROL IN HYBRID POWERTRAIN | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893323 | ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892743 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUT-IN OF VEHICLE | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890619 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889749 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IN-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON PURPOSE OF USING VEHICLE | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868895 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785982 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING DRONE FLIGHT PATH | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860452 | TRAVEL SUPPORT CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17859525 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS | July 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791360 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD | July 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17859613 | MAP-ASSISTED TARGET DETECTION FOR SENSOR CALIBRATION | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17859326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING BRAKE SYSTEM BASED ON PRECEDING VEHICLE RECOGNITION | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17848626 | ROUTE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17777392 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | May 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734124 | DIRECTION CHANGE DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE, DIRECTION CHANGE DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734040 | THREAT MITIGATION FOR VEHICLES | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716233 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17713491 | INTELLIGENT VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND CONTROL LOGIC FOR INTRUSIVE DETECTION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE PATHWAY FAILURES | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17689201 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE IN A SLOPE | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686851 | WORK VEHICLE HAVING A WORK IMPLEMENT AND SENSORS FOR MAINTAINING A VIEW OF AN AREA OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT MOVEMENT OF THE WORK IMPLEMENT | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676933 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, MANAGER, AND VEHICLE | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592600 | PEDAL SMOOTHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17571944 | EFFICIENT NEURAL NETWORKS | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17561713 | SADDLE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING SADDLE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SADDLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SADDLE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, AND SEATPOST ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SADDLE SENSOR ASSEMBLY | December 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614369 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17454021 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROLLER | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506903 | TERRAIN REFERENCED NAVIGATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17504555 | BRAKING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND BRAKING METHOD THEREFOR | October 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17602354 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING A TRAFFIC SITUATION FOR A VEHICLE | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436645 | TRANSPORT ROBOT AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARKING | September 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17411756 | FLIGHT ROUTE GENERATION DEVICE AND FLIGHT ROUTE GENERATION METHOD | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17411957 | AUTOMATIC AUTOLAND ACTIVATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | August 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385366 | Optimizing Flights of a Fleet of Aircraft Using a Reinforcement Learning Model | July 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385132 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17443288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN AUTONOMOUS DISTRESS TRACKING TRIGGERING FUNCTION | July 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17383589 | METHOD FOR TRAINING A MAPPING FOR OUTPUTTING AN ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION VARIABLE FOR A SPECIFIC COMPONENT MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE | July 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 47 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17377596 | AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM | July 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17420506 | METHOD, SYSTEM, MODULE AND SOFTWARE FOR INTELLIGENTLY GOVERNING A MULTI-WAY STOP INTERSECTION | July 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17360158 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING STEERING WHEEL REACTION TORQUE SIGNAL IN SBW SYSTEM, AND SBW STEERING SYSTEM WITH THE SAME | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17350959 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANNING VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES BY ENHANCING EN ROUTE NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE | June 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17304019 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | June 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17238753 | DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING A TOWED TRAILER SIZE | April 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17235937 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID VEHICLE | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217753 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEATING OF HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE | March 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17210144 | POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, VEHICLE DEVICE, AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | March 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17207558 | COMMUNICATION INTERFACE MODULE FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING | March 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17191545 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATING INSPECTION OF BRAKE SYSTEM ON A RAILWAY VEHICLE OR TRAIN | March 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 58 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17269355 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, AND DATA COLLECTION METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY | February 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17269274 | METHOD FOR MONITORING THE LOAD COMPARTMENT IN A VEHICLE | February 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17168190 | LANDING SITE LOCALIZATION FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT TOWARD A LANDING SITE | February 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17154891 | LOCATING SMART SHOE RELATIVE TO PEDAL | January 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17154017 | VEHICLE AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING KIT | January 2021 | March 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17149930 | EFFORT SHAPING FOR VERSATILE STEERING FEEL | January 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17144401 | AUTOMATED AERODROME ENERGIZATION AND INTENSITY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 57 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17140895 | Apparatus For Acquiring Information On Occupancy States Of Parking Spaces And Method Related Thereto | January 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17133758 | SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE SYSTEM AND BOUNDARY WIRE BREAK DETECTION METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132515 | Lane Boundary Detection Using Radar Signature Trace Data | December 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120279 | MONITORING SYSTEM, APPARATUS OF A VEHICLE, APPARATUS OF A ROADSIDE UNIT, TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM, AND METHODS THEREOF | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15734892 | AUTOMATIC RETURN APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM, AND AUTOMATIC RETURN METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRAVELING DEVICE | December 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17090620 | DETERMINATION OF HEALTH STATUS OF VEHICULAR SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES | November 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087273 | HYBRID VEHICLE, DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE | November 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17077822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING A VEHICLE AND A DOCKING STRUCTURE, AND A VEHICLE THEREFOR | October 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17027904 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE | September 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17012738 | VEHICLE CONTROL UNIT | September 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16977619 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | September 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16985650 | DISPATCHING PROVIDER DEVICES UTILIZING MULTI-OUTCOME TRANSPORTATION-VALUE METRICS AND DYNAMIC PROVIDER DEVICE MODES | August 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16925280 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE | July 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16901652 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROUTE BASED ON ESTIMATED WEIGHT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16772003 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A STEERING SYSTEM WITH TWO REDUNDANT MOTORIZATIONS | June 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16895250 | PATH PLANNING AND CONTROL TO ACCOUNT FOR POSITION UNCERTAINTY FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS | June 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16891818 | ADJUSTMENT UNIT FOR ORIENTING VEHICLE SENSORS AND CAMERAS ON A MOTOR VEHICLE | June 2020 | July 2022 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16890732 | VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM | June 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16763116 | TRIP INFORMATION CONTROL SCHEME | May 2020 | November 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16867136 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | May 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16858634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEW ROAD DETERMINATION | April 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16857083 | Visual localization and mapping in low light conditions | April 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16853984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY LANDING A VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) AIRCRAFT | April 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16851929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING NAVIGATION ROUTES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DATA | April 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16757180 | System and Program for Setting Flight Plan Route of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | April 2020 | December 2024 | Abandon | 56 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16754667 | EVALUATION OF COMPONENTS OF DRIVING FUNCTIONS AND ROADWAY DETECTION IN DIFFERENT PROCESSING STAGES | April 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16836910 | TRANSPORT TO TRANSPORT COMMUNICATION INITIATED BY USER GESTURES | March 2020 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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, 57.1% 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 COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN works in Art Unit 3662 and has examined 137 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 65.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.
Examiner COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN's allowance rate of 65.0% places them in the 25% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN. This interview benefit is in the 60% 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, 26.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% 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 20.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 98% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 80.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 84% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 37% 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 40% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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