USPTO Examiner LEGENDRE CHRISTOPHER RYAN - Art Unit 3745

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19092615COMPOSITE CASING FOR A TURBINE ENGINEMarch 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19074364TRANSVERSE-AXIS TORQUE TURBINEMarch 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19069332AIRFOIL ASSEMBLY HAVING A COMPOSITE SPARMarch 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
18960316IN SITU BALANCING MASS(ES) FOR AIRCRAFT POWERPLANTNovember 2024September 2025Allow1001YesNo
18853046BLADE PITCH CONTROL ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18899373SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SPEED OF A WIND TURBINESeptember 2024May 2025Allow700YesNo
18813745SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERLEAVED SYNCHRONOUS PROPELLER SYSTEMAugust 2024October 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18836662MULTI-STAGE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP COMPRISING AN ASSEMBLY FOR COMPENSATING AXIAL FORCESAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500YesNo
18835233HYBRID METAL/COMPOSITE BLADE WITH TEXTILE ORIENTATION ADAPTED TO MECHANICAL STRESSESAugust 2024February 2025Allow600YesNo
18770667PULSATING PNEUMATIC MOTORJuly 2024June 2025Allow1200YesNo
18715101A Multi-Phase Rotor, System and Method for Maintaining a Stable Vapour CavityMay 2024April 2025Allow1000YesNo
18670178TURBINE POWERED BY EXHAUST FANMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18641130FLUID CONNECTION FOR A HYDROMOTIVE MACHINEApril 2024April 2025Allow1111NoNo
18630833SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID FLOW BASED RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18628949SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO FAILURES IN A DRIVETRAIN OF A WIND TURBINEApril 2024January 2025Allow900YesNo
18611586DUCTED TURBINE WITH PASSIVE FLAPS FOR LOAD REDUCTIONMarch 2024November 2025Allow2030YesNo
18605083FLOW CONVERSION TURBINES AND ASSEMBLIESMarch 2024August 2024Allow510YesNo
18600896FAN STRUCTUREMarch 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18600600SEGMENTED VARIABLE FAN OUTLET GUIDE VANE WITH CAM ASSEMBLY AND UNIQUE ACTUATION MECHANISMSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000YesNo
18596896APPORTIONED SEGMENTS FOR A DUCTED TURBINEMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18589832AIRCRAFT ENGINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY WITH GYROSCOPIC STIFFENERFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1000YesNo
18582919HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE BLADE DOUBLE SCARF CUTFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2040YesNo
18432130ROTOR AND AIRCRAFTFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18431506ADAPTIVE CLAMPING APPARATUSFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18428452ROTOR FOR RADIAL TURBINEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow710YesNo
18426009CONTAINMENT RING FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18580844HYDROELECTRIC TURBINEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500YesNo
18579524PUMP CASING AND PUMPJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2231YesNo
18412159HOLLOW MULTI-BLADE ROTOR, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1721NoNo
18575913CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SET, AND DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18390777Biased Passages For TurbomachineryDecember 2023September 2024Allow901YesNo
18570743WIND FARM SYSTEM COMPRISING IMPROVED WIND GUIDE CONFIGURATIONDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18568186DETERMINING TOWER TOP ACCELERATION OF A WIND TURBINEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710YesNo
18528729LOCATING PLATE FOR USE WITH TURBINE SHROUD ASSEMBLIESDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18565720Centrifugal Pump Impeller With Tapered ShroudNovember 2023September 2025Allow2230YesNo
18565695Centrifugal Slurry Pump Impeller Shroud With LipNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18512672ADJUSTABLE POSITION IMPELLER SHROUD FOR CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18290337NACELLE FOR A WIND TURBINENovember 2023September 2024Allow1020NoNo
18559402FLUID TURBINE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ACTUATION OF A FLUID TURBINENovember 2023May 2025Allow1820YesNo
18289434WIND TURBINE BLADE HAVING A DE-ICING SYSTEMNovember 2023March 2025Allow1611YesNo
18557872DETERMINING WIND TURBINE ROTOR SPEEDOctober 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18476683BLADE AND ROTORSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2010YesNo
18283960SUPPLYING A MIXTURE OF AIR AND EXHAUST GAS TO A COMPRESSOR WHEEL OF A COMPRESSORSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610YesNo
18549933SPRING-MOUNTED GEAR MECHANISM HOUSINGSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2430NoNo
18456126ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINESAugust 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18278632AIR AMPLIFIERAugust 2023January 2025Allow1620YesNo
18366800FAN ASSEMBLY FOR AN ENGINE HAVING REDUNDANT TRUNNION RETENTIONAugust 2023December 2024Allow1601YesNo
18362346GAS TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A SENSOR ASSEMBLY TO DETECT TORSIONAL VIBRATIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1701YesNo
18263433CONTROLLING WIND TURBINE BASED ON WIND VEERJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810YesNo
18267465POWER CONVERTER HAVING BOOSTING MECHANISM WITH MULTI-SHAFT VERTICALLY STEPPED TURBINEJune 2023January 2024Allow710YesNo
18207003SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERLEAVED SYNCHRONOUS PROPELLER SYSTEMJune 2023July 2024Allow1320YesNo
18328177AIRFOIL WITH SANDWICH COMPOSITEJune 2023February 2024Allow801NoNo
18203821STATOR VANE RING AND ROTARY MACHINEMay 2023April 2024Allow1001YesNo
18323551ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND HOME APPLIANCE INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2023March 2024Allow1000YesNo
18252957BLADE MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH AT LEAST PARTIALLY CERAMIC MATRIXMay 2023April 2025Allow2320YesNo
18195592SHAFTLESS GENERATOR FOR A FLUID TURBINEMay 2023September 2023Allow410YesNo
18035326FANMay 2023April 2024Allow1200YesNo
18032763FAN BLADE WITH ZERO TIP DIHEDRAL AT THE HEADApril 2023July 2025Allow2730YesNo
18249269TURBOMOLECULAR VACUUM PUMP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTORApril 2023January 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18134922HURRICANE VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINESApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18295127VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH BRACING MEMBERSApril 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18186491NEGATIVE POISSON'S RATIO MATERIALS FOR PROPELLERS AND TURBINESMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010YesNo
18025829AXIAL FLOW FANMarch 2023March 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18178897ROTOR BLADE WEIGHT SYSTEMMarch 2023June 2024Allow1520YesNo
18117378DEVICE WITH CONTROLLABLE PITCH PROPELLER FOR OUTBOARD MOTORSMarch 2023January 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18042004VACUUM PUMPFebruary 2023July 2025Abandon2940NoNo
18006147GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRESSOR MODULE, TURBOMACHINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLYJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18006290VACUUM PUMP, STATOR BLADE, AND SPACERJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3341YesNo
18095811INDUCED FLOW GENERATOR APPARATUS FOR POWER GENERATIONJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2001YesNo
18004866DETERMINING SUNLIGHT EFFECT ON WIND TURBINE TOWER INCLINATION USING TOWER TOP ACCELEROMETERSJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3520YesNo
18085841ROTARY MANIFOLD FOR A COHESION-TYPE DRIVEDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510NoNo
18010574ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AIR FLOW AT A SURFACE OF A ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND TURBINEDecember 2022July 2025Abandon3100NoNo
18010771WIND TURBINE BLADE CONTROL FOR A DEGRADATION STATE OF THE BLADEDecember 2022April 2024Allow1600YesNo
18009772Non-Clogging PumpDecember 2022July 2024Allow1920YesNo
17987056FUEL CELL FLUID MACHINENovember 2022April 2025Allow2900YesNo
17979393THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINENovember 2022December 2023Allow1310YesNo
17997268PLATFORM FOR A FAN ROTOR OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINEOctober 2022June 2023Allow800YesNo
17946755COMPACT VERTICAL AXIS TURBINESeptember 2022September 2023Abandon1210NoNo
17906357STRUT COVER FOR A TURBINESeptember 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17929823AIRCRAFT PROPELLER BLADE RADIATORSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17908037COMPOSITE PLATFORM FOR A FAN OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINEAugust 2022November 2023Allow1510YesNo
17802877VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2020NoNo
17820730METHOD OF REDUCING TURBINE WHEEL HIGH CYCLE FATIGUE IN SECTOR-DIVIDED DUAL VOLUTE TURBOCHARGERSAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710YesNo
17890162RIM DRIVEN THRUSTER WITH ADJUSTABLE ROTOR BLADE PITCHAugust 2022October 2023Allow1410NoNo
17800015DETERMINING A FREQUENCY OF AN OSCILLATING MOVEMENT OF A WIND TURBINE TOWERAugust 2022August 2024Allow2420YesNo
17880074Balanced Circumferential SealAugust 2022July 2023Allow1120YesNo
17877093FUSED ROTORJuly 2022October 2023Allow1421YesNo
17872665NEGATIVE POISSON'S RATIO MATERIALS FOR PROPELLERS AND TURBINESJuly 2022February 2023Allow610YesNo
17867927Debris Exclusion Seal Guard for a PumpJuly 2022March 2023Allow810YesNo
17861931VARIABLE VANE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEJuly 2022August 2023Allow1320NoNo
17791331OUTFLOW REGION OF A COMPRESSOR, COMPRESSOR HAVING AN OUTFLOW REGION OF SAID TYPE, AND TURBOCHARGER HAVING THE COMPRESSORJuly 2022September 2023Allow1400YesNo
17860028METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN EXTREME LOAD ON A WIND POWER INSTALLATIONJuly 2022August 2024Allow2510YesNo
17856155AZIMUTH SENSORS IN WIND TURBINESJuly 2022August 2023Allow1411YesNo
17841431SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID FLOW BASED RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATIONJune 2022January 2024Allow1920YesNo
17834057SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING-BASED PREDICTIVE FAULT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE FOR WIND TURBINESJune 2022December 2025Abandon4240YesNo
17830509VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE AND BLADE THEREFORJune 2022September 2023Allow1630YesNo
17781286TURBINE ROTOR WHEEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINEMay 2022June 2023Allow1300NoNo
17779114STOPPING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR USING PRE-SET PITCH RATESMay 2022November 2023Allow1800YesNo
17779112STOPPING A WIND TURBINE ROTOR BASED ON STORED PITCH ANGLE SIGNALMay 2022November 2023Allow1700YesNo
17735885METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND POWER INSTALLATION, WIND POWER INSTALLATION AND WIND FARMMay 2022October 2024Abandon3021NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
29
Examiner Affirmed
20
(69.0%)
Examiner Reversed
9
(31.0%)
Reversal Percentile
47.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
51
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(27.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
37
(72.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
40.4%
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, 27.5% 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.

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 LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN works in Art Unit 3745 and has examined 697 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN's allowance rate of 73.5% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN receive 2.11 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN. This interview benefit is in the 74% 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, 22.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 44.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 67% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 43.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 22.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 57.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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

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