USPTO Examiner ELLIOTT TOPAZ L - Art Unit 3761

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18855636A METHOD FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF MATERIAL FATIGUE IN WIND TURBINE INSTALLATIONSOctober 2024March 2026Abandon1710NoNo
18910919MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A GEARBOX ASSEMBLYOctober 2024June 2025Allow900YesNo
18797061MIDSHAFT RATING FOR TURBOMACHINE ENGINESAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400YesNo
18677221Electric Heating DeviceMay 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18676601MANIPULATION OF RESONANT ELEMENTS IN SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIESMay 2024February 2026Allow2001YesNo
18674188COST-EFFECTIVE SOLID-STATE DEPOSITION OF FUNCTIONALLY GRADED TITANIUM HOLLOW FAN BLADE SHEATH FOR IMPROVED GALVANIC CORROSION RESISTANCEMay 2024July 2025Allow1411YesNo
18667722MODULATED AIR-COOLED HEAT EXCHANGER FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMay 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18650165TURBINE WHEELApril 2024October 2025Allow1721YesNo
18695520MONOLITHIC SHAFT FOR CRYOGENIC TURBO MACHINE, CRYOGENIC TURBO MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURINGMarch 2024December 2025Allow2111YesNo
18440599CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR IMPELLER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMEFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2211NoNo
18293659TURBOPROP CAPABLE OF PROVIDING A RAM AIR TURBINE FUNCTION AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A TURBOPROPJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910YesNo
18387566BEARING CHAMBER WITH THERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE FINSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18387564BEARING CHAMBER WITH MAPPED THERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE FINSNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18499937ACTIVELY DRIVEN REMOTE MOUNT OPTICAL PROBENovember 2023September 2025Allow2311YesNo
18270776Profile Clamp, Flange Connection, and Turbocharger Comprising SameJuly 2023August 2025Allow2630NoNo
18137869MAGNETIC-FOIL BEARING SUPPORTING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTUREApril 2023July 2025Allow2730YesNo
18040767PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATION OR CORROSION OF A HOLLOW PART MADE OF A SUPERALLOYFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18017960WELDING METHODS FOR MAKING DIE CAST MOULD PART AND ACTUATOR HOUSINGJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3810NoNo
18016997REFRIGERATORJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3710YesNo
18047653WELDING ROBOT THAT FORMS UNIFORM WEAVING BEADS BY PERFORMING WELDING IN PRECISE WEAVING OPERATION ALONG THE WELDING LINE FORMED ON THE STEEL PIPEOctober 2022March 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17763200BUILDING FACILITY VIBRATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2026Allow4510YesNo
17641182METHOD OF OFFSHORE MOUNTING A WIND TURBINEMarch 2022January 2026Abandon4651YesNo
17629967OBJECT DESIGN PROCESSING USING COARSE GEOMETRIC ELEMENTS AND HIGH-RESOLUTION LATTICE ELEMENTSJanuary 2022October 2025Allow4510NoNo
17628901ROBOT HAND, ROBOT AND FIXING DEVICEJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4100YesNo
17557625Livestock Management SystemDecember 2021November 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17552483IMPLANTABLE SPHINCTER ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH INTERCONNECTED ENCASEMENT OF MAGNETIC ELEMENTSDecember 2021October 2025Allow4611YesNo
17618010DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT APPARATUS, DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND STATE DETECTION METHODDecember 2021January 2026Allow5020NoNo
17543086METHOD FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF AN ELEVATOR ROPE, A CONTROL UNIT AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEDecember 2021December 2025Abandon4820NoNo
16334795WIND TURBINE WITH RETRACTABLE LIGHT EMITTERMarch 2019April 2021Allow2520YesNo
16183357SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID KINETIC MACHINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEALING ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS FLUID KINETIC MACHINENovember 2018August 2020Allow2110YesNo
15994487DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLEMay 2018April 2020Allow2310NoNo
15894207TURBOCHARGERFebruary 2018December 2020Allow3421YesNo
15875134BLOWER COMPRISING IMPELLER AND MOTORJanuary 2018January 2020Allow2410NoNo
15865807METHOD OF FABRICATING A SPAR FOR A BLADE, A METHOD OF FABRICATING A BLADE, AND A BLADEJanuary 2018January 2020Allow2410NoNo
15608577ANNULAR RING ASSEMBLY FOR SHROUD COOLINGMay 2017April 2020Allow3420NoNo
15485822SAVONIUS WIND TURBINESApril 2017March 2020Allow3521YesNo
15514763GAS TURBINE WITH TWO SWIRL SUPPLY LINES FOR COOLING THE ROTORMarch 2017January 2018Allow1020NoNo
15285604GAS INJECTION BLOWEROctober 2016May 2019Allow3120NoNo
15280653HYBRID BLADE FOR TURBOMACHINESSeptember 2016September 2019Allow3611NoNo
15190617PUMP FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF A FLUID WITH VARYING VISCOSITYJune 2016October 2018Allow2800NoNo
14909289FRACTURE-RESISTANT SELF-LUBRICATING WEAR SURFACESFebruary 2016October 2018Allow3310NoNo
14960948STEAM TURBINE ROTOR SEAL SLIDING KEY MEMBER, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND STEAM TURBINEDecember 2015June 2018Allow3010NoNo
14960975STEAM TURBINE ROTOR SEAL KEY MEMBER, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND STEAM TURBINEDecember 2015May 2018Allow2910NoNo
14960987STEAM TURBINE ROTOR SEAL KEY MEMBER, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND STEAM TURBINEDecember 2015June 2018Allow3010NoNo
14960961STEAM TURBINE ROTOR SEAL RADIAL KEY MEMBER, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND STEAM TURBINEDecember 2015June 2018Allow3010NoNo
14747026GUIDE MECHANISM FOR A GAS TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE HAVING SUCH A GUIDE MECHANISMJune 2015January 2018Allow3120YesNo
14716199IMPROVED UNISON RING ASSEMBLYMay 2015March 2018Allow3420YesNo
14687052ENERGY DAMPING SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE STATIONARY VANEApril 2015August 2017Allow2810NoNo
14632548FAN MODULEFebruary 2015March 2018Allow3730NoNo
14625734INTERNALLY COOLED AIRFOIL FOR A ROTARY MACHINEFebruary 2015October 2017Allow3120YesNo
14595094EXTRUDED PROFILE FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE OF AN OUTLET GUIDE VANEJanuary 2015July 2017Allow3010NoNo
14406981IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO WIND TURBINESDecember 2014January 2017Allow2500NoNo
14527860SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRANSITION PIECE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINEOctober 2014December 2016Allow2600NoNo
14397969BAYONET SPACER RETENTION SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY VANE PACKSOctober 2014August 2017Allow3430NoNo
14528674FAN CLUTCHOctober 2014August 2017Allow3320YesNo
14337960DAMPING DEVICE FOR BEING SITUATED BETWEEN A HOUSING WALL AND A CASING RING OF A HOUSING OF A THERMAL GAS TURBINEJuly 2014June 2017Allow3420NoNo
14335289ANNULAR RING ASSEMBLY FOR SHROUD COOLINGJuly 2014February 2017Allow3110NoNo
14323773EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER WITH VIBRATION-INSULATING MOUNTING OF A ROTORJuly 2014February 2017Allow3210YesNo
14320642HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEMJuly 2014January 2017Allow3110NoNo
14310910VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBO SYSTEMJune 2014February 2017Allow3210YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L works in Art Unit 3761 and has examined 36 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L's allowance rate of 94.4% places them in the 83% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L receive 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L. This interview benefit is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 69.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 7% 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 5.9% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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