Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18778787 | MINIMAL STATE AUGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR STEREO-VISION-BASED NAVIGATION | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760229 | CLEARANCE ENVELOPE MANAGEMENT FOR REGULATING VEHICLE MOVEMENT | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18733066 | NAVIGATION FOR A ROBOTIC LAWNMOWER SYSTEM | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18732983 | Method for Operating a Pushing Aid for an Electric Bicycle | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18589369 | MOWER FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18435532 | CONTROL INTERFACE FOR AUTONOMY | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18485427 | METHODS FOR A MARINE VESSEL WITH PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY PROPULSION DEVICES | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377641 | ALTITUDE CALCULATION METHOD AND ALTITUDE CALCULATION PROGRAM FOR FLYING BODY, AND FLYING BODY INCLUDING THE SAME | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370493 | ROBOT TRAVELING IN SPECIFIC SPACE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18469163 | DETERMINING RIDERSHIP ERRORS BY ANALYZING PROVIDER-REQUESTOR CONSISTENCY SIGNALS ACROSS RIDE STAGES | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18467111 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF UNCERTAIN ROAD USERS BY SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF DRIVABLE AREA BOUNDARIES | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING A MOBILE ROBOT | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18454126 | Visual Robot Pose Estimation | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366948 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230820 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT USING AN OCCUPANCY GRID | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362183 | APPARATUS FOR MOVING A PAYLOAD | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18212567 | DETERMINATION OF AN EXCAVATOR SWING BOOM ANGLE BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATION | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18257291 | Vehicle Control System and Vehicle Control Method | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205773 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING AN ADAS/ADS SYSTEM OF VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE POOL | June 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195501 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OF A VEHICLE, SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD THEREOF | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142758 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE UNMANNED SPRAYER APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS RAIL SWITCHING MOVEMENT | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBSTACLE IN AN AREA SURROUNDING A MOTOR VEHICLE | April 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132592 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132288 | USING UAV FLIGHT PATTERNS TO ENHANCE MACHINE VISION DETECTION OF OBSTACLES | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184749 | UNMANNED VEHICLE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18006481 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100073 | Exit Routes | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094041 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO APPLY SURFACE TREATMENTS | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18092011 | LOW-SPEED MANEUVER ASSISTING SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067176 | TEMPORAL INFORMATION PREDICTION IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065366 | Vehicle Power Architecture, Trigger, and Method of Initiating the Wake-Up of Functional Blocks | December 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077961 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, ACCELERATION-AND-DECELERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055381 | HIGH-PRECISION MAP DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047320 | DYNAMIC POWERTRAIN CONTROL IN COORDINATION WITH ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960145 | OPTIMIZING RESISTANCE OF BOAT USING MOVABLE BATTERY | October 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949525 | LIFTING CHART FOR TOW VEHICLE | September 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | August 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 42 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796417 | MAP MATCHING APPARATUS AND MAP MATCHING METHOD | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17872218 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AERO BALANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840730 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A TRANSVERSE STABILIZATION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17781071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSPORT VEHICLE | May 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17781248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17776509 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE HEADLIGHT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743083 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR LEAD VEHICLE TO TRAILING VEHICLE DISTANCE ESTIMATION | May 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17765570 | Construction Machine | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17764494 | AIRPORT VEHICLE HAVING AN ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE HAVING AN ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694748 | HYBRID AIRCRAFT | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695010 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687981 | AUTONOMOUS PATH PLANNING | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17688698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL MOBILE VEHICLE LOCALIZATION IN A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17679384 | Methods and Systems for Dealiasing Radar Range Rate Measurements Using Machine Learning | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678057 | CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17586963 | MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION METHOD, AND MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION PROGRAM | January 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17575919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLABORATIVELY REFINING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS PARKING OF A VEHICLE | January 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570945 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING MAP | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625358 | TRAVELING VEHICLE, TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND TRAVELING VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD | January 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559147 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND OWN LANE IDENTIFYING METHOD | December 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17545935 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17536897 | TIRE CONDITIONING OPTIMIZATION FOR A COLLECTION OF MINING VEHICLES | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17533203 | DRIVING STATE-DEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE TILT FUNCTION OF A STEERING ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17455283 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUPPRESSING FALSE POSITIVES OF ROAD WORK DETECTION WITHIN A ROAD NETWORK | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524248 | System and Method for Mutual Discovery in Autonomous Rideshare Between Passengers and Vehicles | November 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514676 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17601041 | PASSAGE PLANNING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17473318 | REMOVING DATA CONTRIBUTION FROM AGGREGATED AND/OR INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17459401 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR SETTING CONTROL STATE OF CONTROL DEVICE | August 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17459700 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE | August 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412021 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING PASSENGER POSTURE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME | August 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17408913 | Methods for Transitioning Between Autonomous Driving Modes in Large Vehicles | August 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17377323 | AUTOMATED CONTROL ARCHITECTURE THAT HANDLES BOTH GRIP DRIVING AND SLIDING | July 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 54 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17417546 | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17356119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING A BOUNDARY WHILE DEFINING AN AUTONOMOUS WORKSITE | June 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17416950 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE DEFORMATION OF A TIRE UNDER LOAD WHEN RUNNING | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17342062 | NAVIGATION SUPPORT METHOD, NAVIGATION SUPPORT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING NAVIGATION SUPPORT PROGRAM | June 2021 | February 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17330051 | CONNECTED SYSTEMS BASED ON CONTEXTUALLY AWARE DYNAMIC VISUAL INDICATORS | May 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17326308 | MOWER FLEET MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | May 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17221249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OFFLINE MAP, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17212541 | LIMITING FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE RELATED TO DEFECTIVE IMAGE | March 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17202295 | NON-HUMAN ANIMAL CROSSING ALERT | March 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17198546 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | March 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17198278 | DRIVER ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | March 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17263045 | METHOD FOR UPDATING A MAP OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD STEPS OF SAID METHOD ON THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE, DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD STEPS OF THE METHOD ON A CENTRAL COMPUTER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17155597 | INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT HAVING SAID INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | January 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17141850 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF UNCERTAIN ROAD USERS BY SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF DRIVABLE AREA BOUNDARIES | January 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17134658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17125636 | Systems for Generating Indications of Traversable Paths | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17124842 | AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL WORK MACHINE | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17124388 | ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEM | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120694 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL LOCALIZATION MAP | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17118040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17110679 | VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITION EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | December 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17110019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING MAP DATA INDICATIVE OF HEALTH INFECTION CONDITIONS | December 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104914 | STRUCTURED FIELD MAP GENERATION FOR INVENTORY SYSTEM | November 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17099887 | METHOD OF NAVIGATING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER, A NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE SAME, AND A GUIDING ROBOT | November 2020 | July 2025 | Abandon | 56 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17096600 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING A ROAD OBJECT | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17095896 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, OPERATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17053339 | ZONE PASSAGE CONTROL IN WORKSITE | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17051193 | A METHOD FOR REPLACING A MODULE OF A VEHICLE, A CONTROL DEVICE, A VEHICLE, A SYSTEM, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | October 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16949158 | DEFINING DRIVING ENVELOPE FOR ASSISTED-DRIVING SYSTEM | October 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17035854 | Method and Positioning System for Determining Location and Orientation of Machine | September 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL.
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, 50.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL works in Art Unit 3665 and has examined 86 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL's allowance rate of 75.6% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL receive 2.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% 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 HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL. This interview benefit is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 22.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 30% 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 34.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 38% 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 41% 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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