Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18679268 | MOVING OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION AND PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS,DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378056 | OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215665 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING USER INTENT TO LAUNCH AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206057 | Dynamic UAV Transport Tasks for Pickup and Delivery of Non-Specifically Assigned Packages | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18140835 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREFERENCES FOR FLIGHT CONTROL SETTINGS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301456 | ROUTE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON HEIGHT PARAMETER FOR A LEVEL AT A POINT OF INTEREST | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18183259 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACTIVATING PUBLIC ENTITY IMAGING DEVICE FOR OBSERVING VEHICLE STATUS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163957 | HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR USE DURING UNCOMMANDED THRUST LOSS AND METHOD OF OPERATING | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103573 | OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099181 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF HIGH BEAM OPERATION | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18076889 | VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862344 | Systems And Methods Using Artificial Intelligence For Routing Electric Vehicles | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17846654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE TRIP INFORMATION | June 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733335 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CALIBRATING SUCH VEHICLE OPERATION ACCORDING TO CURRENT CONDITIONS | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17732369 | LOW SPEED CORNERING STIFFNESS DERATE USING A DYNAMIC VEHICLE MODEL | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707792 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SPEED AND LANE ADVISORY IN EVALUATING LANE CHANGE EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLETING A NEUTRAL PROFILE LEARNING TEST | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17697408 | CALIBRATION DEVICE, SUSPENSION SYSTEM, SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND CALIBRATION METHOD | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654709 | System and Method for Parking an Autonomous Ego-Vehicle in a Dynamic Environment of a Parking Area | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686972 | Method and Apparatus for Fusing Sensor Information and Recording Medium Storing Program to Execute the Method | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17666771 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING ROAD SURFACE INFORMATION RELATED TO MOVABLE BODY AND CONTROL THEROF | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17590707 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL MOTION PLANNING | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17588489 | VEHICLE PATH VERIFICATION | January 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17580994 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DYNAMIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS USING SIMULATED FUTURE SCENARIOS | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17576445 | DETERMINATION OF VALUE REPRESENTATIVE OF AGGRESSIVENESS IN OPERATION OF A TRANSPORT | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17645144 | SOUND SOURCE ESTIMATION SERVER, SOUND SOURCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, SOUND SOURCE ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND SOUND SOURCE ESTIMATION METHOD | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIRMING BLINDSPOT RELATED TO NEARBY VEHICLE | December 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17537621 | RECHARGING METHOD FOR MOBILE ROBOT AND MOBILE ROBOT | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17534721 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE CONTEXT AND INTENT OF A TARGET VEHICLE BASED ON PERCEIVED LANE OF TRAVEL | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17529758 | INTERSECTION IDENTIFICATION WITH RELATED DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17502394 | SENSOR METHOD FOR THE PHYSICAL, IN PARTICULAR OPTICAL, DETECTION OF AT LEAST ONE UTILIZATION OBJECT, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE DETECTION OF AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GENERATION, IN PARTICULAR, OF A SAFETY DISTANCE BETWEEN OBJECTS | October 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17450648 | Dynamic UAV Transport Tasks | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17450029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VIRTUAL POINTS AND ASCERTAINING VIRTUAL PLANES FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION OF A MOVABLE ROBOTIC UNIT, AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ROBOTIC UNIT | October 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17492106 | OPERATIONAL MODES FOR A DRIVELINE OF AN ELECTRIFIED FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | October 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17483367 | COMPONENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE, DATA COLLECTING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND DATA COLLECTING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17483463 | Auxiliary Device Power Testing For Vehicle Power Delivery | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17479044 | COMMUNICATION-BASED VEHICLE SAFETY MESSAGE GENERATION AND PROCESSING | September 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17447192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A VEHICLE IS IN AN UNDERSTEER OR OVERSTEER SITUATION | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17394853 | Systems and Methods for Prediction of a Jaywalker Trajectory Through an Intersection | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17428126 | PLATOONING VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17428206 | METHOD, DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION DESCRIBING A RUNNING OPERATING CONDITION OF A DEMOLITION ROBOT | August 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17389136 | COMPLEMENTARY CONTROL SYSTEM DETECTING IMMINENT COLLISION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IN FALLBACK MONITORING REGION | July 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17425923 | TRAVEL ROUTING AND CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS FIELD TRAVEL SYSTEM | July 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17351632 | VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS | June 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17348256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING WALKED POSITION | June 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17343036 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS DURING VEHICLE CUT IN OPERATIONS | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17323771 | Robot Pickup Method | May 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17315609 | DETECTING DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLES | May 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17285106 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION TEST SYSTEM AND ELECTROMAGNET TEST METHOD | April 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17227184 | Systems And Methods Using Artificial Intelligence For Routing Electric Vehicles | April 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17301379 | School Zone Alert | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17216609 | VEHICLE FLEET REMOTE RIDE COMFORT TUNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | March 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17194551 | CARTRIDGE FOR USE WITH AFTERMARKET VEHICLE COMPONENT | March 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17186966 | RELATIVE POSITION NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE MOVING VEHICLES | February 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17178624 | RANGE IMAGE AIDED INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (INS) WITH MAP BASED LOCALIZATION | February 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17145767 | NAVIGATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION | January 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17137048 | CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON FUSION OF POSE INFORMATION AND VISUAL DATA | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17131302 | Sensor for Flashing Light Detection | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17123055 | METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM COMPRISING SOFTWARE CODE FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETERS OF RAILWAY TRACK CIRCUITS, AND RELATED TRACK CIRCUIT | December 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17118615 | VEHICLE SOUND GENERATION DEVICE | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17112441 | Systems And Methods For Eliminating Vehicle Motion Interference During A Remote-Control Vehicle Maneuvering Operation | December 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17094255 | NAVIGATION TRAJECTORY USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR AN EGO VEHICLE IN A NAVIGATION NETWORK | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17091736 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERFACE USING BUS IMPEDANCE TO IDENTIFY CONTROL UNITS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17053185 | Determination of Position Sending Interval for Flying Vehicle Dependent Upon Ground Surface Below Vehicle | November 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ROUTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES | November 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17038638 | PRESENTING GEOGRAPHIC SEARCH RESULTS USING LOCATION PROJECTION AND TIME WINDOWS | September 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16991445 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DANGEROUS SITUATION OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | August 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16941757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DYNAMIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS USING SIMULATED FUTURE SCENARIOS | July 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16905164 | FACILITATION OF SMART VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN 5G NETWORKS OR OTHER NEXTGENERATION NETWORKS | June 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16884799 | SEPARATING AND RELEASING COMPONENT PARTS OF A PAYLOAD OF A FLOATING PLATFORM | May 2020 | November 2021 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16767185 | A PACKAGE RECEIVING AND RETURNING DEVICE | May 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15929843 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH AUTONOMOUS PARKING FUNCTION | May 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16878586 | CONTROL OF TRANSPORT EN ROUTE | May 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16862808 | System and Method for Determining Pose Data for a Vehicle | April 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16862157 | VEHICLE TRAVEL PLANNING CONSTRAINED BY PROBE VEHICLE DATA | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16855604 | STATION KEEPING METHODS | April 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16827226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREFERENCES FOR CONTROL SETTINGS OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | March 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16797636 | MOVEMENT PREDICTION OF PEDESTRIANS USEFUL FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | February 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16795179 | PLATOONING CONTROLLER, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF | February 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16636745 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | February 2020 | February 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16775489 | AUTOTHROTTLE CONTROL FOR TURBOPROP ENGINES | January 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16773822 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES UTILIZED TO COLLECT UPDATED TRAVEL RELATED DATA FOR DELIVERIES | January 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16736090 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING A TRIP HISTORY TO PREDICT A DESTINATION | January 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16591794 | AFTERMARKET HEAD UNIT INTERFACE AND PROTOCOL CONVERTER CARTRIDGE | October 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16514751 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTELLIGENT BALLOON/AIRSHIP LAUNCH AND RECOVERY WINDOW LOCATION | July 2019 | July 2021 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16509571 | PRESENTING GEOGRAPHIC SEARCH RESULTS USING LOCATION PROJECTION AND TIME WINDOWS | July 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16445869 | Action Planning Device Having a Trajectory Generation and Determination Unit That Prevents Entry Into a Failure Occurrence Range | June 2019 | March 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16410458 | CONSTRUCTION AND UPDATE OF ELEVATION MAPS | May 2019 | November 2022 | Abandon | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16386825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEPTION AND INCONSISTENCY MANAGEMENT OF COORDINATES | April 2019 | May 2023 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16379621 | AUTONOMOUS TAKEOFF AND LANDING WITH OPEN LOOP MODE AND CLOSED LOOP MODE | April 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16365817 | Message Conveying System of Rendezvous Locations for Stranded Autonomous Vehicles | March 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16299673 | Systems And Methods Using Artificial Intelligence For Routing Electric Vehicles | March 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16298159 | RAILWAY SAFETY CRITICAL SYSTEMS WITH TASK REDUNDANCY AND ASYMMETRIC COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY | March 2019 | November 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16297066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DRONE-BASED ALERTING OF MOVEMENT OF A PART OF A VEHICLE INTO A PATH OF TRAVEL | March 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 56 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16294597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING USER INTENT TO LAUNCH AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE | March 2019 | May 2023 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16292728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NOTIFYING VEHICLE OCCUPANT OF REPLENISHING PLACE CORRESPONDING TO RELATED FACILITY | March 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16286779 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTING OF VEHICLE DEVICES | February 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16274218 | USING AUGMENTED REALITY TO PRESENT VEHICLE NAVIGATION REQUIREMENTS | February 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16324810 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT PLATFORM THAT IS SELECTIVELY MOVEABLE INTO MULTIPLE POSITIONS | February 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16270040 | ROUTE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM BASED ON HEIGHT PARAMETER | February 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GOLDMAN, RICHARD A.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ 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 GOLDMAN, RICHARD A works in Art Unit 3663 and has examined 480 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner GOLDMAN, RICHARD A's allowance rate of 82.5% places them in the 49% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by GOLDMAN, RICHARD A receive 1.54 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 39% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GOLDMAN, RICHARD A is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 74% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GOLDMAN, RICHARD A. This interview benefit is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 32.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 40% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 74% 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 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% 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, 41.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 34% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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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