Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18583003 | ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFIES ACCESSORIES TO ALLOW FOR CONNECTION | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18394306 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING AN OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN'S EXPANSION FOR AN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505068 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18491032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENTATION OF VEHICLE REPAIR SERVICES | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VISUAL AID FOR STEERING ANGLE OFFSET IN A STEER-BY-WIRE SYSTEM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226452 | Tracking Alert System, Method, and Computer Program Product Thereof | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18224661 | VEHICLE AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY TO OUTPUT A VISUAL INDICATION FOR INDUCING SELECTION OF A SPECIFIC DRIVING MODE | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142371 | VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18127873 | SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR AN INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POSITION OF A SCREEN COMPONENT IN AN INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SCREEN SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A VEHICLE | March 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186255 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE OPERATIONS BASED ON UNSTATED AND STATED REQUIREMENTS OF OCCUPANTS | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116063 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113718 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTO LANE CHANGING BASED ON OBJECT DETECTION AROUND THE VEHICLE | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18022786 | State Management Device For Work Machine | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165505 | FALL DAMAGE REDUCING SYSTEM, FLYING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18104609 | VEHICLE CONTROL INTERFACE, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18098608 | LOADING ESTIMATION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE | January 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18153318 | SEAT CONTROL DEVICE AND SEAT CONTROL METHOD FOR DETECTING PINCHING AND SEAT MOTION | January 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078479 | A BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO ADJUST A CUT-OFF TIME POINT OF A POWER SUPPLY BASED ON USE INFORMATION OF A REMOTE SERVICE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18074980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INVERTER OF ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE BASED ON BABY MODE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075068 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060623 | DYNAMIC ARRANGEMENT OF VEHICLES BASED ON LOAD CAPACITY OF SMART CROSSING | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17994967 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17983062 | UNLOCKING AN AUTONOMOUS DRONE FOR TAKEOFF | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17979876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING THE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18050280 | OPENING-CLOSING BODY CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920137 | System and Method for Controlling a Stop Function or a Door Opening Function of a Vehicle | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968729 | VISIBILITY CONDITION DETERMINATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OPERATIONS | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936856 | TRAFFIC SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948270 | MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CREATING AND MODIFYING ITINERARIES BASED ON TRAFFICE INFORMATION | September 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17910116 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING A FUNCTIONALITY OF A VEHICLE THAT IS AUTOMATICALLY CARRIED OUT BY AN ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887358 | ESTIMATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PERFORMANCE METRICS IN REAL WORLD FROM SIMULATION SCENARIOS | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17858815 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE | July 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17778071 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE FOR GENERATING A DRIVING PLAN BASED ON STATE PREDICTION OF PRECEDING VEHICLE AND OWN VEHICLE | May 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774604 | ROBOT CONTROL MODEL LEARNING METHOD FOR REDUCING FREQUENCY OF ROBOT INTERVENTION BEHAVIOR | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735186 | REMOTE ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT FOR REDUCING THE LOAD OF OPERATORS BY REMOTE ASSISTANCE PREDICTION AND CATEGORIZATION | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17727617 | PREDICTING AGENT TRAJECTORIES | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17725602 | Autonomous Vehicle Pull-Over Site Selection Using Simulations and Neutral Networks | April 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656369 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LANE CHANGE OPERATION, MEDIUM FOR STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE LANE CHANGE OPERATION, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE LANE CHANGE OPERATION | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17685332 | PICKUP AND PARKING METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE AND COMPUTER DEVICE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17680401 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635472 | METHOD FOR INFORMING OTHER ROAD USERS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF AN EGO VEHICLE DURING PARKING | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17669548 | METHOD FOR THE PREDICTION OF TRAJECTORIES OF AN OUTSIDE VEHICLE USING NEURAL NETWORKS WITH CONTROL ACTION INPUTS | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17589504 | RADAR OBJECT CLASSIFICATION BASED ON RADAR CROSS-SECTION DATA | January 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17582295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLEET VEHICLES THROUGH SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND REDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565987 | VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DRIVER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS USING EVENT DETECTION | December 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17523319 | AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE | November 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17511077 | ADAPTIVE PRIVACY FOR SHARED RIDES | October 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17499283 | FUNCTION ALLOCATION FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS | October 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471487 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17470149 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | September 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466444 | User-Assisted Autonomous Vehicle Motion Initiation for Transportation Services | September 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN RNN-BASED HUMAN TRUST MODEL | September 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17460793 | SAFETY CONTROLLER FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING | August 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17384438 | TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING WEAR ON A VEHICLE | July 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425071 | System and Method for Automated Driving and for Automated Parking in Reverse in a Parking Space From the Automated Driving Mode | July 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17364289 | HANDLING MANEUVER LIMITS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS | June 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17339421 | Predicting a Parking or Pullover Spot Vacancy for an Autonomous Vehicle Pickup | June 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17338101 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AUTOMOBILE STATUS RECORDER | June 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17334903 | CONTROL OF VEHICLE DRIVING BEHAVIOR TO IMPROVE PROPULSION POWER CONSUMPTION | May 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17329838 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE | May 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17239155 | PLANNING WITH DYNAMIC STATE A TRAJECTORY OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | April 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17227265 | Autonomous Yard Truck For Moving A Trailer | April 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17224477 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HAND-OVER FROM AND ADS FEATURE TO A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE | April 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 44 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17215174 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | March 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17195550 | VEHICLE DISPATCH SERVICE DEVICE FOR DISPATCH TO SHELTER, VEHICLE DISPATCH SERVICE METHOD FOR DISPATCH TO SHELTER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | March 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17177602 | AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM | February 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17261996 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVE DEVICE | January 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17150360 | PROACTIVE LANE CHANGE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 45 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17147256 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR EVALUATION OF TRAJECTORIES AND SELECTION OF A TRAJECTORY FOR A VEHICLE | January 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17146048 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF FOLDABLE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE IN MANUAL DRIVING MODE OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | January 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17143764 | MOTOR NOISE REDUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS OF ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF | January 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17134394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING COOPERATIVE DRIVING CAPABILITY OF AUTOMATED VEHICLES | December 2020 | January 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING SENSORS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | December 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120069 | ENERGY SAVING ACTIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS | December 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17112158 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17065092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING A ROUTE OF A VEHICLE | October 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17038063 | BEHAVIORAL PLANNING IN AUTONOMUS VEHICLE | September 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17034105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ARRANGING SEATS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | September 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17034885 | INTEGRATED CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | September 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17034366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A REACTION OF OTHER ROAD USERS TO EGO-VEHICLE ACTIONS IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | September 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17006679 | DETECTION OF OBJECT AWARENESS AND/OR MALLEABILITY TO STATE CHANGE | August 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16928214 | NOTIFICATION CONTROLLER AND ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE | July 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16909181 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | June 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16892888 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | June 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16883138 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONFIGURATION OR DRIVING ASSISTANCE CONFIGURATION | May 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16870894 | IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM WITH ABNORMALITY DETECTION USING TWO SEPARATE NETWORKS | May 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16857238 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16758439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | April 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16855652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTIFYING A USER DURING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | April 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16854279 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS | April 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16757366 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | April 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16848764 | Processing Unit for a Vehicle | April 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16847002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ENABLE RECIPROCATION IN VEHICULAR MICRO CLOUD | April 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16842937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STAGING A CHANGE IN OPERATING MODE OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16840814 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE | April 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16833361 | PLANTING MACHINE | March 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16820753 | AGENT DEVICE, AGENT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16646955 | TRAJECTORY PLANNING WITH OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES | March 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16811463 | SYSTEM TO HANDLE COMMUNICATION DELAYS BETWEEN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | March 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16809597 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2020 | March 2022 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE.
With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 33.3% 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 MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE works in Art Unit 3668 and has examined 94 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 68.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.
Examiner MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE's allowance rate of 68.1% places them in the 30% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE receive 2.61 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 76% 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 MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 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 +36.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE. This interview benefit is in the 84% 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, 28.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 26% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. 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, 25.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% 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 42% 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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