USPTO Examiner SHRIEVES STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA - Art Unit 3753

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18650788SMART MANIFOLDS FOR WELDING-TYPE SYSTEMSApril 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18425680DE-PRESERVING A FUEL SYSTEM OF A TURBINE ENGINEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18424037DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OVERFILLING DRUG CONTAINERSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18510322LOW-EMISSION NOZZLE AND RECEPTACLE COUPLING FOR CRYOGENIC FLUIDNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18278471GAS FILLING DEVICEAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18142783PORTABLE TIRE INFLATORMay 2023February 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18141548GAS DELIVERY SYSTEMMay 2023February 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18141315NON-INVASIVE AUTOMATED BEVERAGE DISPENSER EVALUATION SYSTEMApril 2023January 2025Allow2000NoNo
18249507CRYOGENIC HYDROGEN TRANSFER PROCESS AND SYSTEMApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18130154NEEDLELESS CARTRIDGE FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDERApril 2023March 2024Allow1210NoNo
18127787MOUTHWASH AND TOOTHPASTE DISPENSERMarch 2023May 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18191239SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILLING CARTRIDGESMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18122567MIXING DEVICE, BOTTLE UNIT, AND PUNCTURE REPAIR KITMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18024329Pressure Vessel, Pressure Vessel System, and Motor Vehicle Having Fuel RailMarch 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18108976Rotary Filling MachineFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18168330SPACE-BASED GAS SUPPLY SYSTEMFebruary 2023May 2024Abandon1501NoNo
18106537NOZZLE FOR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED FUEL HAVING DELAY BETWEEN COUPLING AND ACTIVATIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1120YesNo
18040908FLUID PRODUCT DISPENSING MECHANISM INTENDED FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSING MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED MACHINEFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18152431DEVICES AND METHODS FOR OVERFILLING DRUG CONTAINERSJanuary 2023October 2023Allow900YesNo
18014008METHOD FOR FILLING A HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT OF AN ELECTRO-HYDROSTATIC SYSTEM USING A FILLING DEVICEDecember 2022August 2024Allow1900NoNo
17990781MOBILE FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR SUPPLYING FLUID, A CONTROL UNIT AND A VEHICLE, VESSEL OR CRAFT COMPRISING THE MOBILE FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEMNovember 2022March 2024Allow1510YesNo
17982490GAS FILLING METHODNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17974748CANNING FUNNEL WITH HEADSPACE GAUGEOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17969384MODULAR FUELING STATIONOctober 2022December 2023Abandon1401NoNo
17963051VACUUM-CONTROLLED LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRAWING LIQUID INTO CONTAINERSOctober 2022May 2023Allow700NoNo
17944223Bore HoleSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1120NoNo
17823163LIQUID CONTAINERAugust 2022December 2024Allow2710YesNo
17880387DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING PRESSURIZED GAS TANKSAugust 2022April 2023Allow800NoNo
17865684DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OF HYDROGEN TANK FOR VEHICLEJuly 2022September 2023Allow1400NoNo
17810676HYDROGEN FILLING METHOD, HYDROGEN FILLING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORD MEDIUMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3230YesNo
17849660PERISTALTIC PUMP-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROLLED DISPENSING OF FLUIDSJune 2022July 2024Allow2420NoNo
17786729DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING TANKSJune 2022December 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17838203GAS CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17837101Distributed Hydrogen Energy System and MethodJune 2022August 2023Allow1420NoNo
17830997DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING SEAL CAPSJune 2022April 2025Allow3460NoNo
17804484LOW-EMISSION NOZZLE AND RECEPTACLE COUPLING FOR CRYOGENIC FLUIDMay 2022June 2023Allow1300NoNo
17752288VEHICLE TIRE INFLATION COMPRESSOR FOR POWERED DATA PORTSMay 2022August 2024Allow2610YesNo
17662708Rotary Filling MachineMay 2022November 2024Allow3020NoNo
17662106INTERFACE TOOL AND METHODS OF OPERATIONMay 2022March 2025Allow3410YesNo
17660391HYDROGEN FUELING STATION PRIORITY PANEL WITH OPTIMAL STORAGE BANK SELECTIONApril 2022September 2022Allow410NoNo
17724572PRESSURIZED GAS TANK COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO CYLINDERS CONNECTED BY A RAILApril 2022January 2024Allow2020NoNo
17719699MOBILE HYDROGEN STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, AND REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAMEApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17719923SELF-ADAPTIVE AIR BAG BLOCKING DEVICEApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17768400MACHINE FOR PREPARING FLUID PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A FORMULATION OF FLUID PRODUCTS BY MEANS OF SUCH A MACHINEApril 2022January 2025Allow3420NoNo
17716107DRY DISCONNECT CARTRIDGE AND DUAL LUMEN NEEDLE FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDERApril 2022December 2023Allow2020YesNo
17715802AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDER WITH HYGROSCOPIC MEMBERApril 2022January 2024Allow2121NoNo
17700957HYDROGEN REFUELING IR INTERFERENCE SHIELDMarch 2022January 2025Allow3440YesNo
17695614FUELING STATION SYSTEM FOR EFFECTING A CONSUMER TRANSACTIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow3020NoNo
17672081TRANSFER ROBOT FOR TRANSFERRING GAS CONTAINER, GAS SUPPLY CABINET, AND GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17587775HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022September 2024Abandon3220NoNo
17587324HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2110NoNo
17587821HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17587352HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2022December 2023Allow2210NoNo
17630780COMPRESSED GAS DISCHARGE DEVICEJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1110YesNo
17578099DIRECT LIQUEFACTION FOR VEHICLE REFUELINGJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2501YesNo
17625482NOZZLE FOR GASEOUS OR LIQUEFIED FUEL HAVING DELAY BETWEEN COUPLING AND ACTIVATIONJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1110YesNo
17623442STRATEGIES FOR SAFE FAST-FILL OF COMPRESSED GAS TANKSDecember 2021October 2023Allow2210NoNo
17563593SAFETY JOINTDecember 2021April 2024Allow2811NoNo
17553360WASTE CONTAINER FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDERDecember 2021February 2023Allow1410YesNo
17457391HYDROGEN FILLING SYSTEMDecember 2021January 2023Allow1410NoNo
17614585ROAD VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH A TANK FOR A COMPRESSED GASNovember 2021December 2023Allow2520NoNo
17535634RETAIL FUELING STATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING A CONSUMER TRANSACTIONNovember 2021August 2023Allow2120NoNo
17527668REFUELING ADAPTER FOR AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR REFUELINGNovember 2021July 2022Allow800NoNo
17611595CAPSULE AND PLUG FOR A CONCENTRATED REFILL CAPSULENovember 2021March 2024Allow2810NoNo
17520139DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING TANKSNovember 2021January 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17514053HYDROGEN STORAGE AND DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODOctober 2021September 2024Abandon3520NoYes
17506485NEEDLELESS CARTRIDGE FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDEROctober 2021February 2023Allow1610NoNo
17501294DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING PRESSURIZED GAS TANKSOctober 2021June 2024Abandon3240NoNo
17442892HYDROGEN GAS FILLING METHOD AND HYDROGEN STATIONSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3220YesNo
17479528WASTE HYDROGEN RECOVERY DEVICE OF EVALUATION DEVICE OF HYDROGEN REFUELING STATIONSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1710NoNo
17440640FILLING STATION FOR SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES WITH A GAS CONTAINING HYDROGENSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3020YesNo
17470850STATION FOR FILLING GAS TANKSSeptember 2021February 2024Abandon2921NoNo
17443564EFFERVESCENT LIQUID DISPENSERJuly 2021July 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17382073METHOD FOR FILLING A TANK WITH LIQUEFIED GASJuly 2021June 2022Allow1110NoNo
17374268HYDROGEN FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2021June 2023Allow2310YesNo
17371218DE-PRESERVING A FUEL SYSTEM OF A TURBINE ENGINEJuly 2021August 2023Allow2631NoNo
17369666STERILIZATION FLUID PATH WITH BARRIER REMOVALJuly 2021November 2024Abandon4050YesNo
17360800GAS CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2021April 2022Allow1010YesNo
17416066LARGE-SCALE HYDROGEN REFUELING STATIONJune 2021October 2023Allow2840YesNo
17338284FUNNELJune 2021January 2022Allow810NoNo
17294494HIGH CONTAINMENT DISCHARGE STATIONMay 2021December 2024Allow4330YesNo
17293083HIGH VOLUME, FAST HYDROGEN FUELING OF A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLEMay 2021October 2024Abandon4141YesNo
17306115Rotary Filling MachineMay 2021May 2023Abandon2421YesNo
17232988SPACE-BASED GAS SUPPLY SYSTEMApril 2021October 2022Allow1811YesNo
17232423DEVICE FOR FILLING AND WITHDRAWING GASApril 2021December 2021Allow810YesNo
17285788GAS PRODUCT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MEDICAL INHALATION GASApril 2021June 2022Allow1420YesNo
17230771System and Method for Recycling HeliumApril 2021December 2022Allow2011YesNo
17227151DEVICE FOR FILLING PRESSURIZED GAS TANKSApril 2021March 2025Abandon4721NoYes
17227162DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FILLING PRESSURIZED GAS TANKSApril 2021April 2022Allow1310YesNo
17219945Process for Fueling of Vehicle Tanks with Compressed Hydrogen Comprising Heat Exchange of the Compressed Hydrogen with Chilled AmmoniaApril 2021February 2022Allow1010YesNo
17197224FUNNELMarch 2021December 2022Allow2140YesNo
17149501CONTROL DEVICE FOR A FUEL DISPENSING NOZZLEJanuary 2021September 2021Allow810NoNo
17251090FLUSHABLE PRESSURE VESSELDecember 2020August 2022Allow2110YesNo
16972623GAS FILLING METHODDecember 2020September 2021Allow1010YesNo
17107162VEHICLE TIRE INFLATION COMPRESSOR FOR POWERED DATA PORTSNovember 2020September 2022Abandon2120YesNo
17059150MODULAR FUELING STATIONNovember 2020December 2022Abandon2511NoNo
17100686PERISTALTIC PUMP-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROLLED DISPENSING OF FLUIDSNovember 2020March 2022Allow1601YesNo
17051752VACUUM-CONTROLLED LIQUID DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRAWING A LIQUID INTO A SYRINGEOctober 2020December 2024Allow4941YesNo
17048403MATING INTERFACE GASKETSOctober 2020October 2024Abandon4820NoNo
17026938METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO AN AIRCRAFTSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2421YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
3
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
40.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority 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
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(16.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(83.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.0%
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 SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA works in Art Unit 3753 and has examined 209 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA's allowance rate of 77.0% places them in the 36% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA receive 1.65 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 74% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA. This interview benefit is in the 73% 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, 27.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 36% 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 53.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 74% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 20% 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 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 3% 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, 9.5% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 40% 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 3.7% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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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