USPTO Examiner CRANE LAUREN ASHLEY - Art Unit 3754

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19311110Quick-detachable and Lockable Infant Bath SeatAugust 2025March 2026Allow610NoNo
19063955METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURING CONCEALABLE BODY SUPPORTFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
18918202BATHTUB FUNCTIONAL PADOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18893905MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SHOWER-HEAD SUPPORT ARMSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1120NoNo
18818063Sink Drain Devices and MethodsAugust 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18755654CONTROL SYSTEM AND A CONTROL METHOD OF INTELLIGENT TOILETSJune 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18679493PULSE WALL NOZZLE FOR BATHTUBMay 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18668473WATER SOLUBLE TOOL FOR CLEARING BLOCKAGE IN A TOILETMay 2024April 2025Allow1011YesNo
18654529Portable Urinal for Use on a Pontoon Boat and Outdoor ActivitiesMay 2024August 2025Allow1520YesNo
18648024SEQUENCED CHAMBER WAVE GENERATOR CONTROLLER AND METHODApril 2024July 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18641729CURRENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND WAVE POOLS INCLUDING SAMEApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18635708FLUIDICS DEVICES FOR PLUMBING FIXTURESApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18630335SURFACE GRAVITY WAVE GENERATOR AND WAVE POOLApril 2024July 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18604409SMART FILL SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18689763PROGRAMMABLE BASIN FAUCETMarch 2024July 2025Allow1700NoNo
18687593KITCHEN SINK SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE SINK COMPONENTSFebruary 2024November 2025Allow2110NoNo
18583196WATER BLOCKING MEMBERFebruary 2024April 2025Abandon1411NoNo
18431615LIGHTED INFLATABLE APPARATUSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1730YesNo
18411177ADAPTABLE TOILET SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18412073TOWEL BAR SINKJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18392834TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR AN INTELLIGENT TOILET, AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A STORAGE MEDIUM, AND AN INTELLIGENT TOILETDecember 2023December 2025Allow2401NoNo
18535843VARIABLE VOLUME PLENUM FOR WAVE GENERATIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18532850WALL-MOUNTED FLUSH TOILETDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18518826TOUCHLESS FAUCET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATIONNovember 2023April 2025Allow1720NoNo
18510631DOUBLE-HANDLE FAUCETNovember 2023June 2024Allow710NoNo
18510641FAUCET WITH SPLIT-TYPE DOUBLE-HANDLENovember 2023June 2024Allow710NoNo
18388354SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNANovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18386570LAVATORY CARRIER ASSEMBLY WITH WASTE LINE ACCESS PORTNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18458845LAVATORY WITH MOVABLE PARTITION WALLAugust 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18231881FLUSH TOILETAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18231752COMBINATION EMERGENCY WASH AND FAUCET UNITAugust 2023July 2024Allow1120NoNo
18222208ELECTRONIC PLUMBING FIXTURE FITTINGS WITH SHAPED AND LIMITED SENSOR DETECTION ZONESJuly 2023September 2024Allow1420NoNo
18270858SANITARY FAUCETJuly 2023February 2025Allow2000NoNo
18216214Sink DividerJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18205503SecurabowlJune 2023November 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18255018WATERJET PLUNGERMay 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18198976FLUIDICS DEVICES FOR PLUMBING FIXTURESMay 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18198660SHOWER CURB SYSTEMMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18198264URINAL BACKUP FLANGE, A REPAIR KIT CONTAINING THE SAME, AND A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A URINAL CONNECTIONMay 2023August 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18197788JOINT FOR ABOVE GROUND POOL FRAMEMay 2023December 2023Allow710NoNo
18139967Quick assembly and disassembly structure of a toilet seat baseApril 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18190887SURFACE GRAVITY WAVE GENERATOR AND WAVE POOLMarch 2023May 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18126859CONNECTOR FOR GUIDING LIQUID OVERFLOW OUT OF A DISPOSABLE LINER WHEN RECEIVED IN A BASIN FOR CONTACTING THE LIQUID AND RELATED METHODMarch 2023July 2024Allow1520NoNo
18027541SHOWER DOOR WITH CONCEALED SMALL RAIL SLIDING ASSEMBLYMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18024130Automatic Sanitaryware Assembly and SystemsMarch 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18175085DUAL POOL SAFETY COVER WITH PROTECTION PROTOCOLFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2600NoNo
18113554RETRACTABLE PLATFORMFebruary 2023January 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18041979IMPROVED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POOL FRAMES AND LINERSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
17912721FASTENING DEVICE FOR A SANITARY COMPONENT TO BE SUSPENDEDFebruary 2023March 2025Allow3010NoNo
18163726LIGHTED INFLATABLE APPARATUSFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18154918VERTICAL BATHING MACHINEJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18152869Drain Cover with Mesh Retaining ChannelJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2000NoNo
18095050ANTI-DROWNING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A POOLJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18147069DEPLOYABLE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR A LAVATORYDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18065545MULTIPURPOSE SINK FAUCETDecember 2022February 2025Abandon2610NoNo
17990671ANTI-SLIP SHOWER SYSTEMNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17990226INTELLIGENT BATHING BEDNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
17988872SWIMMING POOL LIFT WITH WEATHER PROTECTION FOR PERMANENT INSTALLATION AT AN EDGE OF A SWIMMING POOLNovember 2022May 2025Allow3020NoNo
17988950Drain Stopper and StrainerNovember 2022March 2026Allow4010NoNo
17918633SUPPORT PART, CONSTRUCTION KIT FOR PIECE OF FURNITURE, PIECE OF FURNITURE, AND CORRESPONDING USEOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17962979JOINT FOR ABOVE GROUND POOL FRAMEOctober 2022May 2023Allow720NoNo
17946410Long Hair Shampooing and Washing BowlSeptember 2022March 2024Abandon1820NoNo
17912155URINAL FLUSH ASSEMBLYSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2930YesNo
17945119FIXING ASSEMBLY AND FAUCETSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17901866INTEGRATED WALL-MOUNTED BASE HAVING HANDHELD SHOWER HOLDER OF SHOWER SYSTEM AND SHOWER SYSTEM INCLUDING SAMESeptember 2022January 2026Allow4110NoNo
17895589SEQUENCED CHAMBER WAVE GENERATOR CONTROLLER AND METHODAugust 2022April 2024Allow2030NoNo
17887470ToiletAugust 2022July 2024Allow2310YesNo
17798700CLOSESTOOL FLUSHING SYSTEM WITH FLOW INCREASING DEVICEAugust 2022February 2026Allow4210NoNo
17816475POOL HEATING SYSTEM WITH BAFFLES TO GENERATE HEATAugust 2022June 2025Allow3520YesNo
17877741WAVE GENERATOR BODYJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17876160TILEABLE RECEPTORJuly 2022December 2025Allow4110NoNo
17846677POTTY ( TOILET TRAINING) CHAIRJune 2022March 2023Allow920NoNo
17776421VACUUM WASTEWATER DEVICE AND METHODMay 2022September 2025Allow4010NoNo
17661628COUNTERTOPMay 2022July 2025Allow3820NoNo
17715834RETRACTABLE PLATFORMApril 2022June 2023Allow1410NoNo
17761352APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING BOWEL MOVEMENT AND URINATION AND METHODS OF USING SAMEMarch 2022September 2025Allow4210NoNo
17642646FLUSH TOILETMarch 2022April 2024Allow2510NoNo
17680008FLUSH TOILETFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17637526AIR MIXING NOZZLE TIP STRUCTUREFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17678454FLUSH TOILETFebruary 2022March 2023Allow1210NoNo
17674260UNIVERSAL HEIGHT ABSORBING TOILET SEALFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17673313EMERGENCY WASH SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17596240FRAME JOINT FOR AN ABOVE-GROUND POOLDecember 2021September 2025Allow4520NoNo
17530404WAVE GENERATOR POOL WITH VARYING REEF ANGLES AND RETURN WATER CHANNELNovember 2021February 2025Allow3910NoNo
17522526FLUIDICS DEVICES FOR PLUMBING FIXTURESNovember 2021December 2025Allow4941YesNo
17516152Primed Jet ToiletNovember 2021August 2024Allow3310NoNo
17606927FLUSH TOILETOctober 2021May 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17478466SANITIZATION SYSTEMSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3911NoNo
17467042SEQUENCED CHAMBER WAVE GENERATOR CONTROLLER AND METHODSeptember 2021January 2023Allow2910NoNo
17435206SANITARY FITTING HAVING A TWO-WAY VALVEAugust 2021January 2024Allow2910NoNo
17401047EXTENDER DEVICE FOR TOILET FLUSH ACTIVATORAugust 2021February 2022Allow701NoNo
17388672Offset Adapter for FlushometerJuly 2021March 2025Allow4410NoNo
17374316Automatic Raising and Controlled Lowering of a Toilet SeatJuly 2021March 2024Allow3200NoNo
17372932COMBINATION EMERGENCY WASH AND FAUCET UNITJuly 2021May 2023Allow2210NoNo
17351356FLEXIBLE DRAINAGE TRAPJune 2021February 2023Allow2010NoNo
17413840A HAIR WASHING STATIONJune 2021October 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17342681POTTY-TRAINING DEVICEJune 2021July 2023Allow2520NoNo
17341148PERSONAL HYGIENE DEVICEJune 2021March 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17297982CONTROL UNIT FOR A MOBILE SANITARY DEVICE AND MOBILE SANITARY DEVICE COMPRISING SAMEMay 2021November 2024Allow4110NoNo
17294966SURFING WAVE-MAKING APPARATUS AND SURFING PRACTICE FACILITY EQUIPPED WITH THE SAMEMay 2021October 2023Abandon2910NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
16
Examiner Affirmed
13
(81.2%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(18.8%)
Reversal Percentile
30.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 18.8% 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
44
Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(34.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
29
(65.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
56.2%
Higher 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, 34.1% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY works in Art Unit 3754 and has examined 567 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 67.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY's allowance rate of 67.2% places them in the 28% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY receive 2.13 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 57% 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 CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY. This interview benefit is in the 59% 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, 21.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 37.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% 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, 72.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 65.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 65.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 70% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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

    Important Disclaimer

    Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

    No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

    Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

    Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.