Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18600660 | DATA-DRIVEN WARM START SELECTION FOR OPTIMIZATION-BASED TRAJECTORY PLANNING | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175748 | Systems and Methods for Remote Status Detection of Autonomous Vehicles | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18165231 | VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE | February 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101399 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION IN VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PREDICTION | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100205 | REAL-TIME VEHICLE DRIVER FEEDBACK BASED ON ANALYTICS | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIP CLASSIFICATION | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17935638 | MAP GENERATION DEVICE, MAP GENERATION METHOD, AND MAP GENERATION COMPUTER PROGRAM | September 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17946973 | ASSESSING SURPRISE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17941335 | Systems and Methods for Training Predictive Models for Autonomous Devices | September 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17861874 | CONVEYANCE ROBOT | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17662712 | INTERSECTION VERTEX HEIGHT VALUE ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674921 | SENSOR MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17675273 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF HYBRID VEHICLE | February 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675188 | TARGET TRACKING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING TARGET TRACKING PROGRAM | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17673043 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PROPELLER OF A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT AND CONTROL METHOD | February 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17668975 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR TRAJECTORY PLANNING | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17668834 | RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM | February 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587037 | PROVIDING AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST DATA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | January 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565568 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN UNCREWED AERIAL VEHICLE AT PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENTS | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565292 | Autonomous Vessel and Infrastructure for Supporting an Autonomous Vessel on Inland Waterways | December 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17561058 | LIDAR SYSTEM THAT IS CONFIGURED TO COMPUTE RANGES WITH DIFFERING RANGE RESOLUTIONS | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17617984 | WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION DEVICE, WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND WALKING ROUTE DETERMINATION PROGRAM | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17613045 | TRAFFIC VOLUME BY ROUTE ESTIMATION DEVICE, TRAFFIC VOLUME BY ROUTE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND TRAFFIC VOLUME BY ROUTE ESTIMATION PROGRAM | November 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17476800 | Intelligent Entry and Egress for Dedicated Lane | September 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17464349 | VEHICLES, METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR RESOLVING A DEADLOCK TRAFFIC SITUATION OF AN AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED VEHICLE | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17310886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CHANGE IN LOAD OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17459675 | TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS AND MESSAGE FUSION METHODS | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17409201 | VEHICLE SPEED PREDICTION APPARATUS AND PREDICTION METHOD USING THE SAME | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17382394 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17375150 | METHODS FOR ANALYZING VEHICLE TRAFFIC BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS | July 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17365737 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSIST APPARATUS | July 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17361403 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK WITH A JAW COUPLING, A SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND A TRAILER, AND A METHOD FOR COUPLING A TRAILER TO AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK | June 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17348575 | Correlating Overlapping Magnetic Measurement Data from Multiple Magnetic Navigation Devices and Updating a Geomagnetic Map with that Data | June 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17322270 | METHOD OF MEASURING ROAD PERFORMANCE USING HEADWAY DYNAMICS | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17292726 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD | May 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17314675 | POSITIONING METHOD, DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17241322 | MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM PREDICTON OF MOVEMENTS OF SIMULATED OBJECTS BY USING A VELOCITY GRID CREATED IN A SIMULATION | April 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17232031 | INTELLIGENT PLANTING APPARATUS | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227482 | PREDICTING ROAD BLOCKAGES FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS | April 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17219755 | OBJECT TRACKING BY GENERATING VELOCITY GRIDS | March 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17219458 | OBJECT TRACKING BY GENERATING VELOCITY GRIDS | March 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17219757 | OBJECT TRACKING BY GENERATING VELOCITY GRIDS | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17211066 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING THE TRAJECTORY OF A TRAFFIC PARTICIPANT, AND SENSOR SYSTEM | March 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17199809 | MOBILE OBJECT MONITORING SYSTEM AND MOBILE OBJECT MONITORING METHOD | March 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17122019 | ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17252260 | Providing Additional Instructions for Difficult Maneuvers During Navigation | December 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17117484 | DATA INTEGRITY VERIFICATION AND MISBEHAVIOR DETECTION AND REPORTING OF CONNECTED VEHICLES THROUGH SMART INFRASTRUCTURE | December 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16951881 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATING AND EVALUATING STREET GRIDS | November 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17061253 | Anomaly Detector For Vehicle Control Signals | October 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17034887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MOTION PROFILES AND TRAFFIC NETWORK | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17041686 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | September 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17001602 | DATA-DRIVEN WARM START SELECTION FOR OPTIMIZATION-BASED TRAJECTORY PLANNING | August 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16947181 | PROVIDING AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE - BROADCAST DATA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16897858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE-SENSOR MULTI-TARGET 3D TRACKING IN AN UNBIASED MEASUREMENT SPACE | June 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16894736 | MAP GENERATION DEVICE, MAP GENERATION METHOD, AND MAP GENERATION OCMPUTER PROGRAM | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16883786 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL DIRECTION AND NAVIGATION IN A MULTI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM | May 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16878632 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF A LATERAL ACCELERATION AND A NUMBER OF FURTHER INPUT VARIABLES OF A TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROGRAM OF AN AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | May 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16868017 | SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING IN 2D USING A 3D-SCANNER | May 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16839149 | TRANSPORT CONTROL DEVICE | April 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16794884 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC APPROXIMATION THROUGH ANALYSIS OF CLOUD DATA | February 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16639149 | HIGH-SPEED LASER DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE | February 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784525 | IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INTER-VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | February 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16784815 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | February 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16783975 | LIDAR TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | February 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16783762 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR AUTONOMOUS DEVICES | February 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16629800 | Driver Assistance System, Transportation Device and Method for Sleep Phase-Specific Operation of a Transportation Device | January 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16737169 | System and Method for Wheel-Slip Prevention in Railway Vehicles with Pneumatic Brakes | January 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16723340 | System and Methods for Autonomous Vehicle Testing | December 2019 | June 2023 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16698413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING A POSITION ON A NON-LINEAR NAVIGATIONAL CHART | November 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16610748 | Vehicle Control Apparatus, Vehicle Control Method, and Vehicle Control System | November 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16671052 | LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL OFFSET TRACKING IN VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION | October 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16662443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTABLISH A DEPLOYMENT FORCE FOR AN AIRBAG | October 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16598108 | ROAD SEGMENT SPEED PREDICTION METHOD, APPARATUS, SERVER, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | October 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16556367 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING REAR COLLISIONS | August 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16541739 | End-To-End Interpretable Motion Planner for Autonomous Vehicles | August 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16536763 | AUTOMATED DOOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONVENIENCE FEATURES | August 2019 | July 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16527370 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MAPPING INFORMATION INACCURACIES | July 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16522568 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING DATA COLLECTED FROM THE STREET SENSORS | July 2019 | November 2023 | Allow | 52 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16520552 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | July 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16454151 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING OUT NON-GROUND POINTS FROM POINT CLOUD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2019 | July 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16448694 | TRAFFIC ANALYTICS SYSTEM FOR DEFINING VEHICLE WAYS | June 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16448657 | METHOD FOR DEFINING VEHICLE WAYS USING MACHINE LEARNING | June 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16472422 | Method and Device For Determining Geographical Location For User to Take Bus | June 2019 | December 2022 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16431493 | TRACKING OBJECTS USING VIDEO IMAGES AND LIDAR | June 2019 | December 2022 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16427215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT AT DISTANCE | May 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16414176 | ASSESSING SURPRISE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | May 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16324991 | ANALYSIS, MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF ROAD ROUTES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | February 2019 | March 2022 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16251633 | ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR VEHICLE | January 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16245877 | SHOVEL-TO-TRUCK COMMUNICATION TO IMPROVE ACCELERATION | January 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16316676 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WORK VEHICLE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE | January 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16315046 | DRIVING-AUTOMATION-LEVEL LOWERING FEASIBILITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS | January 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16315142 | OBJECT SENSE AND AVOID SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 53 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16237919 | OBSTACLE LOCALIZATION BASED ON PROBABILISTIC CONSENSUS | January 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16233936 | LIDAR SYSTEM THAT IS CONFIGURED TO COMPUTE RANGES WITH DIFFERING RANGE RESOLUTIONS | December 2018 | April 2022 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16227664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITERATIVE REFINEMENT OF PARAMETERS OF A LOCALIZATION FRAMEWORK | December 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16228093 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ROAD CLOSURE GRAPH INCONSISTENCY RESOLUTION | December 2018 | August 2023 | Allow | 56 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16227301 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS | December 2018 | October 2022 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16227770 | LIDAR SYSTEM THAT IS CONFIGURED TO COMPUTE RANGES WITH DIFFERING RANGE RESOLUTIONS | December 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16220406 | Systems and Methods for Remote Status Detection of Autonomous Vehicles | December 2018 | November 2022 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16309511 | Sensor Apparatus for a Vehicle | December 2018 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner UNDERWOOD, BAKARI.
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, 38.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 UNDERWOOD, BAKARI works in Art Unit 3663 and has examined 150 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.
Examiner UNDERWOOD, BAKARI's allowance rate of 72.0% places them in the 27% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by UNDERWOOD, BAKARI receive 2.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by UNDERWOOD, BAKARI is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 15% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +24.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by UNDERWOOD, BAKARI. This interview benefit is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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 24.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 133.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 86% 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 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 133.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 99% 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 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 35% 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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