USPTO Examiner PRUITT JUSTIN A - Art Unit 3745

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19230025TUNABLE MASS DAMPER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTOR BLADEJune 2025January 2026Allow810NoNo
19226509PropellerJune 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
18836375IMPELLER, FAN, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUSAugust 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18608138SHORT IMPELLER FOR A TURBOMACHINEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18431064BEARING WITH OUTER SLEEVE FOR SQUEEZE FILM DAMPINGFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2420NoNo
18410173SUBSONIC COMPRESSOR, ROTOR BLADE AND METHOD FOR FLOW STABILITY ENHANCEMENTJanuary 2024December 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18470839INTEGRATED BLADE FOR WIND TURBINES HAVING COUPLED BLADESSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2511NoNo
18368948AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE AREA INLETSeptember 2023September 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18465336DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A MECHANICAL REDUCER FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100NoNo
18464964COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY WITH HYBRID AIRFOIL AND AUXILIARY MAGNETIC BEARINGSSeptember 2023August 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18243371Increasing any vertical axis wind turbines efficiencySeptember 2023March 2025Allow1910YesNo
18242816METHOD FOR COATING A TIP OF AN AEROFOIL AND AEROFOILSeptember 2023December 2025Abandon2730NoNo
18460331BLOWER ASSEMBLY ENCLOSURESeptember 2023January 2026Allow2930YesNo
18453452Drag-Based Wind Turbine DeviceAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18228258THERMALLY COMPLIANT FLANGE JOINT FOR USE WITH GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTSJuly 2023September 2025Abandon2620NoNo
18260978FAN MODULE COMPRISING IMPROVED SEALING MEANS FOR A LUBRICANT CHAMBERJuly 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18256154END-SUCTION PUMP WITH DUAL INLET IMPELLERJune 2023January 2026Abandon3140NoNo
18308806SHROUD HANGER ASSEMBLYApril 2023August 2025Abandon2720YesNo
18188805ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUCTED FAN ENGINEMarch 2023February 2025Abandon2330NoNo
18170810AIR FOIL WITH STAGGERED COOLING HOLE CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18097645Volute Design For Lower Manufacturing Cost and Radial Load ReductionJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2430NoYes
18068660FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEMDecember 2022January 2024Allow1300YesNo
18070295PropellerNovember 2022January 2025Allow2620NoNo
17971938AIRFOIL WITH RIB HAVING CONNECTOR ARMSOctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17962174IMPELLER PRELOADING BANDSOctober 2022July 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17956463PLASTIC CEILING FAN BLADE WITH A SAFETY STRUCTURESeptember 2022October 2024Abandon2530YesNo
17913695AXIAL FLOW FAN, AIR-SENDING DEVICE, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUSSeptember 2022May 2025Abandon3220NoNo
17943912WIND TURBINE SYSTEMSeptember 2022December 2025Abandon3921NoNo
17893992ACTIVE CLEARANCE CONTROL VALVES AND RELATED METHODSAugust 2022October 2025Allow3731YesNo
17850582COMPACT BLEED VALVE ASSEMBLIESJune 2022January 2024Allow1800NoNo
17808193AUGMENTED COOLING FOR TIP CLEARANCE OPTIMIZATIONJune 2022July 2024Abandon2520NoNo
17844385AXIAL FANJune 2022December 2023Allow1820NoNo
17715893COMBINED SOLAR AND WIND POWERED SPINNERApril 2022July 2024Abandon2720NoNo
17711066COOLING FANApril 2022September 2025Abandon4250YesNo
17676507PropellerFebruary 2022September 2022Allow700YesNo
17632964CROSS FLOW FAN, LIFT GENERATION DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SAMEFebruary 2022July 2024Abandon3020NoNo
17592558CEILING FAN BLADEFebruary 2022July 2024Allow3040NoNo
17582149PRESSURE EXCHANGERJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2210NoNo
17555024ANISOTROPIC MAGNETO-RESISTIVE SENSOR FLAP MEASURING SYSTEMSDecember 2021September 2024Allow3330YesNo
17526069LIGHT-WEIGHT, ELASTIC TEETER BEARING FOR A ROTOR AND AIRCRAFT HOUSING SUCH BEARINGNovember 2021February 2023Allow1500YesNo
17506423PRESSURE EXCHANGER INSERTSOctober 2021December 2023Allow2620YesNo
17493646AIRFOIL WING-SHAPED AIRCRAFTOctober 2021April 2024Allow3120NoNo
17484331FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEMSeptember 2021October 2022Allow1310YesNo
17439952AXIAL FAN, AIR-SENDING DEVICE, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUSSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4030NoNo
17393423AIRCRAFT, AND THE PRODUCTION THEREOFAugust 2021January 2026Allow5460YesNo
17233360TUNABLE MASS DAMPER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTOR BLADEApril 2021February 2025Allow4631YesNo
17230807COUNTER-ROTATING AXIAL AIR MOVING DEVICEApril 2021October 2023Abandon3020NoNo
17228794TURBINE LOAD COUPLING COOLING SYSTEMApril 2021January 2024Allow3420YesNo
17198232PROPELLERMarch 2021October 2021Allow710YesNo
17273533HYBRID ELLIPTICAL-CIRCULAR TRAILING EDGE FOR A TURBINE AIRFOILMarch 2021July 2024Abandon4130NoNo
17172575COMPRESSOR AND CHILLER INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2021May 2023Abandon2810NoNo
17170988COMPOSITE AIRFOIL ASSEMBLY WITH SEPARATE AIRFOIL, INNER BAND, AND OUTER BANDFebruary 2021March 2022Allow1310NoNo
17169738PRESSURE EXCHANGER FOR GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2021January 2025Allow4830YesNo
17170087PRESSURE EXCHANGER WITH FLOW DIVIDER IN ROTOR DUCTFebruary 2021May 2024Allow3920NoNo
17261139LOW SOLIDITY VEHICLE COOLING FANJanuary 2021June 2023Allow2910YesNo
17055562CANISTER-TYPE FAN STRUCTURENovember 2020May 2023Abandon3010NoNo
17085217COMPOSITE FAN BLADE LEADING EDGE SHEATH WITH ENCAPSULATING EXTENSIONOctober 2020December 2025Allow6060NoNo
17082601BIASED TENSION-TORSION STRAPOctober 2020August 2025Abandon5841YesNo
17037190DUCTED FAN ASSEMBLY WITH MATERIAL-FILLED CAVITY IN LEADING EDGESeptember 2020January 2025Abandon5240YesNo
16947526SERVER FAN GUARDAugust 2020December 2023Allow4030YesNo
16962594AXIAL BLOWERJuly 2020July 2024Abandon4860YesNo
16908398GEARBOX AND GAS TURBINE PROPULSION UNITJune 2020May 2022Abandon2310NoNo
16864881ASSISTED ENGINE START BLEED SYSTEMMay 2020April 2024Allow4840YesNo
16842107NEGATIVE HINGE OFFSET ROTOR HEAD FOR A HELICOPTERApril 2020September 2022Allow2911YesNo
16821427METHODS FOR DEPOSITING PROTECTIVE COATINGS ON TURBINE BLADES AND OTHER AEROSPACE COMPONENTSMarch 2020July 2024Abandon5240YesNo
16643647PROPELLER FAN AND AXIAL FLOW BLOWERMarch 2020January 2024Abandon4650NoNo
16639984FAN HOUSING AND AIR CONDITIONER DEVICEFebruary 2020June 2023Allow4030NoNo
16786250HOT GAS PATH COMPONENTS INCLUDING AFT END EXHAUST CONDUITS AND AFT END FLANGESFebruary 2020December 2025Abandon6061NoNo
16732094STATOR AND DUCT RING STRUCTURAL FITTINGSDecember 2019June 2022Allow3010YesNo
16717134CENTRIFUGAL ROTATING MACHINEDecember 2019September 2022Abandon3320NoNo
16695631AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A COOLING SYSTEM PARTIALLY ARRANGED IN THE EXHAUST CONENovember 2019April 2022Allow2920NoNo
16683640AIRFOIL WITH CONNECTING RIBNovember 2019December 2023Allow4920NoYes
16678998FLUID EXCHANGE DEVICES AND RELATED CONTROLS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSNovember 2019January 2023Allow3820YesNo
16672636BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019March 2022Allow2820YesNo
16672580BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019March 2022Allow2820YesNo
16672662BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019August 2022Allow3440YesNo
16672648BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019September 2022Allow3430YesNo
16672591BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019March 2022Allow2820YesNo
16672584BOUNDARY LAYER INGESTION FAN SYSTEMNovember 2019March 2022Allow2820YesNo
16603271BLOWER WHEELOctober 2019May 2022Allow3110YesNo
16568821TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT WITH BAFFLESeptember 2019October 2022Allow3730YesNo
16561597PROPELLERSeptember 2019June 2021Abandon2120YesNo
16558677COOLING STRUCTURE FOR TURBINE AIRFOILSeptember 2019October 2021Abandon2610NoNo
16545417AIRFOIL WITH RIB HAVING CONNECTOR ARMSAugust 2019February 2022Allow3020NoNo
16476209RING-SEGMENT SURFACE-SIDE MEMBER, RING-SEGMENT SUPPORT-SIDE MEMBER, RING SEGMENT, STATIONARY-SIDE MEMBER UNIT, AND METHODJuly 2019May 2022Allow3421YesNo
16342357TURBINE WHEEL, TURBINE, AND TURBOCHARGERApril 2019September 2021Allow2910NoNo
16378931GAS TURBINE ENGINE INNER BARRELApril 2019March 2022Allow3530YesNo
16323904PROPELLER FAN, OUTDOOR UNIT, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUSFebruary 2019January 2023Allow4720YesNo
16253842COOLING DEVICE FOR A TURBINE OF A TURBOMACHINEJanuary 2019February 2022Allow3730YesNo
16312924CONTROL METHOD FOR A WIND TURBINEDecember 2018August 2021Allow3220YesNo
16202635CORRUGATED LIFT FAN ROTORNovember 2018May 2021Allow3010YesNo
16180548FAN DRIVE GEAR SYSTEMNovember 2018June 2021Allow3220YesNo
16094743HEAVY-DUTY UPGRADING METHOD FOR ROTOR BLADES OF EXISTING WIND TURBINESOctober 2018September 2020Abandon2320YesNo
16136866IMPINGEMENT TUBES FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLIES WITH CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTSSeptember 2018January 2021Allow2810NoNo
16128928SPILT COMPRESSOR SYSTEM ON MULTI-SPOOL ENGINESeptember 2018August 2024Abandon6060YesNo
16125542TURBINE BLADE COOLING SYSTEM WITH LOWER TURNING VANE BANKSeptember 2018January 2021Allow2920NoNo
16119045VARIABLE STATOR VANE RIGGINGAugust 2018February 2021Abandon2901NoNo
16066130CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND SUPERCHARGERJune 2018October 2022Allow5140YesNo
16063436STEAM TURBINE COOLING UNITJune 2018March 2021Allow3220YesNo
16008484CEILING FAN EASY FOR MAINTENANCEJune 2018December 2020Abandon3010NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
4
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
55.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
36.3%
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, 25.0% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner PRUITT, JUSTIN A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PRUITT, JUSTIN A works in Art Unit 3745 and has examined 235 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PRUITT, JUSTIN A's allowance rate of 69.4% places them in the 31% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PRUITT, JUSTIN A receive 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% 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 PRUITT, JUSTIN A is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PRUITT, JUSTIN A. This interview benefit is in the 63% 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, 21.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 25% 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 22.0% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 21% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 45.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 11% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 26.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 44% 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 47% 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:

    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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