USPTO Examiner SOREY ROBERT A - Art Unit 3682

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19045016PATIENT STATION FOR FACILITATING MEDICAL SERVICES REMOTELYFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
18963933SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMING AND STORING DATA FROM MULTIPLE STUDIESNovember 2024December 2025Allow1330YesNo
18798525METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MEDICAL SERVICES KIOSKAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500YesNo
18732467PREDICTIVE MEDICATION SAFETYJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18660614Artificial intelligence systems for quantifying movement disorder symptoms and adjusting treatment based on symptom quantificationMay 2024August 2025Allow1510YesNo
18656535DISTRIBUTED LEDGER FOR MEDICAMENT ADMINISTRATION TRACKINGMay 2024December 2024Allow710YesNo
18648292METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A LEVEL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEApril 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18690526MONITORING AND OPTIMIZATION OF HUMAN-DEVICE INTERACTIONSMarch 2024February 2026Allow2410YesNo
18681084RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLAN EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENTFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2420YesNo
18536461MEDICAL SERVICES KIOSKDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18516898TECHNIQUES FOR ABSTRACTION OF UNSTRUCTURED CLINICAL TRIAL HEALTH DATANovember 2023January 2026Abandon2610YesNo
18386719Movement disorder therapy systems, devices and methods of remotely tuningNovember 2023December 2024Allow1400YesNo
18368050Movement disorder therapy system, devices and methods of remotely tuningSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200YesNo
18244742Method and Apparatus for Managing Physician ReferralsSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910YesNo
18240269PROMPT ENGINEERING AND GENERATIVE AI FOR GOAL-BASED IMAGERYAugust 2023December 2025Allow2710YesNo
18233992SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREDICT PERSONALITY TYPE TO DELIVER CPAP THERAPY SUPPORTAugust 2023January 2026Allow2920NoNo
18272059ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023September 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18266683IMAGE SELECTION FOR PRESENTATIONJune 2023August 2025Allow2610YesNo
18206967SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR AIDING IN RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND COMPLIANCE IN MEDICAL CLINICAL TRIALSJune 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
18327929SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING LOCATION DATAJune 2023December 2025Allow3020YesNo
18313726SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DISEASE DIAGNOSISMay 2023April 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18030602HAPLOTYPE-BLOCK-BASED IMPUTATION OF GENOMIC MARKERSApril 2023June 2025Allow2610YesNo
18182983INCIDENT REPORT AUDITING SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2023September 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18180890SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTERIM LIFE SAFETY MEASURE (ILSM) FOR ONE OR MORE SMOKE COMPARTMENTS IN A FACILITYMarch 2023November 2025Abandon3320YesNo
18109965METHODS OF HANDLING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT STATUS INFORMATION, AND SYSTEMFebruary 2023January 2026Abandon3520NoNo
18152628CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION SUPPORT METHODJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010YesNo
18062850CONTACT TRACING AS A SERVICE USING A DATABASE SYSTEMDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420YesNo
17992441SYSTEM, SERVER AND METHOD FOR HEALTH ACTIVITY ANALYSES AND FINANCIAL REWARDS INTEGRATIONNovember 2022December 2025Abandon3720NoNo
18055358SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATIONNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810YesNo
17982446INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2022October 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17954155CLINICAL WORKFLOWS UTILIZING AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS TELEMEDICINE DEVICESSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810YesNo
17799085SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICAL REGIMESAugust 2022July 2025Allow3520NoNo
17880278Distributed Systems for Secure Storage and Retrieval of Encrypted Biological Specimen DataAugust 2022March 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17747425Method and system for quantifying movement disorder symptomsMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17445426METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING EPIDEMICS THROUGH BAYESIAN LEARNING ON CONTACT NETWORKSAugust 2021January 2026Abandon5340YesNo
17329744System and Method for Improving Health Care Management and ComplianceMay 2021October 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17210920Cooperative Health Management SystemMarch 2021March 2026Abandon5960YesYes
17210839SURGICAL NETWORK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF PROCEDURE VARIABLES AGAINST A BASELINE HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENCES FROM THE OPTIMAL SOLUTIONMarch 2021November 2024Allow4330YesNo
17267971SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING GUIDELINE-BASED SUMMARIES FOR IMAGING EXAMSFebruary 2021December 2025Abandon5840NoNo
17164389EQUITABLY ASSIGNING MEDICAL IMAGES FOR EXAMINATIONFebruary 2021November 2025Allow5720NoYes
17163459METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INTRINSIC PROPERTIES OF CANCER CELLS FROM GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES OF CANCER PATIENTS AND DEVICE FOR THE SAMEJanuary 2021January 2026Allow5940YesYes
17138777OPERATING DEVICES IN AN OPERATING ROOMDecember 2020February 2025Allow5011YesNo
16951601SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND LEVERAGING A DISEASE-AGNOSTIC MODEL TO PREDICT CHRONIC DISEASE ONSETNovember 2020January 2026Allow6060YesNo
17075654AUDITING THE CODING AND ABSTRACTING OF DOCUMENTSOctober 2020June 2024Allow4430YesNo
16962113LEARNING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEMJuly 2020February 2025Abandon5530NoNo
16692908CLINICIAN STATION FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES REMOTELYNovember 2019February 2025Abandon6041YesNo
16616036METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING A BODY REGION STATENovember 2019October 2024Abandon5940YesNo
16275741MEDICAL SERVICES METHOD AND SYSTEMFebruary 2019August 2024Allow6051YesNo
16173242CLOSED-LOOP RADIOLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMOctober 2018July 2024Allow6060YesYes
15719382METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN A CAPTIVATED HEALTHCARE SYSTEMSeptember 2017October 2024Abandon6061YesNo
14872115FACILITATING ACCESS TO PATIENT MEDICAL INFORMATIONSeptember 2015December 2018Allow3910NoNo
14728222METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD AND AN EMR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2015January 2019Allow4320YesNo
14617708MULTI-FACTOR BRAIN ANALYSIS VIA MEDICAL IMAGING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2015April 2017Allow2631YesNo
14546634SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING REAL TIME ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE OF DISEASE OUTBREAKNovember 2014September 2018Allow4620YesNo
14231701METHOD OF SCANNING CODES AND PROCESSING DATA WITH HANDHELD SCANNING JACKETMarch 2014February 2018Allow4610YesNo
14083408AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MOBILE POST OFFICE SYSTEMNovember 2013May 2017Allow4210YesNo
13839645SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE STATES OF HEALTH USING PERSONALIZED 3-D ANATOMICAL MODELSMarch 2013March 2018Allow6030YesNo
13234623METHOD FOR COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND STORING DISCRETE DATA RECORDS BASED UPON A SINGLE DATA INPUTSeptember 2011July 2019Allow60100YesNo
13108987METHOD OF DISPENSING A PRODUCTMay 2011June 2012Allow1310NoNo
12966290MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION FLOW AND WORKFLOW IN MEDICAL PROCEDURESDecember 2010April 2012Allow1610NoNo
12717261Method of Eliminating Effect of Afterglow on Radiation Image Read Out of Photostimulable Phosphor ScreenMarch 2010February 2013Allow3500YesNo
12711095METHOD OF DISPENSING A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTFebruary 2010February 2011Allow1220NoNo
12700028EXTRACTING PATIENT MOTION VECTORS FROM MARKER POSITIONS IN X-RAY IMAGESFebruary 2010August 2014Allow5420YesNo
12634260METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN VITRO ANALYSIS OF THE PHYSICAL RESPONSE OF BLOOD-VESSELS TO VASO-ACTIVE AGENTSDecember 2009June 2014Allow5440YesNo
12626310METHOD FOR TRACKING X-RAY MARKERS IN SERIAL CT PROJECTION IMAGESNovember 2009January 2015Allow6040YesNo
12587603METHODS FOR TISSUE CLASSIFICATION IN CERVICAL IMAGERYOctober 2009February 2013Allow4010YesNo
12565896CREATION OF MOTION COMPENSATED MRI M-MODE IMAGES OF THE MYOCARDIAL WALLSeptember 2009September 2012Allow3610YesNo
12505206SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND STORING DISCRETE DATA RECORDS BASED UPON A SINGLE DATA INPUTJuly 2009June 2011Abandon2350YesNo
12377452ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND PROGRAMFebruary 2009April 2012Allow3820YesNo
12257900CONFIGURABLE VEHICULAR TIME TO STOP WARNING SYSTEMOctober 2008November 2011Allow3610YesNo
12237790CURRENT POSITION INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION CENTER APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2008December 2011Allow3810NoNo
12168880BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATAJuly 2008May 2012Allow4610YesNo
11943844SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A TEACHING FILE MESSAGENovember 2007July 2013Allow6030YesNo
11933098DISEASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2007March 2010Allow2820YesNo
11863271METHOD OF DISPENSING A PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTSeptember 2007October 2009Allow2520YesNo
11383662BROADCASTING MEDICAL IMAGE OBJECTS WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENTMay 2006May 2011Allow6040YesNo
11356739MEDICAL MONITORING AND COORDINATED CARE SYSTEMFebruary 2006December 2011Allow6030YesNo
11041624INTERACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGINGJanuary 2005April 2010Allow6040NoNo
10440465EVIDENCE-BASED CHECKLIST FLOW AND TRACKING SYSTEM FOR PATIENT CARE BY MEDICAL PROVIDERSMay 2003February 2010Allow6011YesNo
10435588MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION FLOW AND WORKFLOW IN MEDICAL IMAGING SERVICESMay 2003August 2010Allow6020YesYes
09851745SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL FILE MANAGEMENTMay 2001September 2010Allow6080YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SOREY, ROBERT A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
17.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(16.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(83.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
20.3%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 16.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

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 SOREY, ROBERT A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SOREY, ROBERT A works in Art Unit 3682 and has examined 47 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 53 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SOREY, ROBERT A's allowance rate of 80.9% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SOREY, ROBERT A receive 2.98 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 86% 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.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SOREY, ROBERT A is 53 months. This places the examiner in the 3% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SOREY, ROBERT A. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 23.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 32% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 21.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 28% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

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 76% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 59% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 10.6% of allowed cases (in the 94% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 43% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

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