Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19019447 | SUSPENDED-TYPE SPOT WELDING DEVICE CONVENIENT FOR WELDING AND ASSEMBLING OF VARIOUS VEHICLE MODELS | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18983370 | Heat-Absorbing Adapter for Enhanced Heat Dissipation And Durability | December 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 9 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18910696 | ELECTRIC BLANKET | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615834 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSTRATE SUPPORT TEMPERATURE CONTROL | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18581243 | ELECTRIC HEATING PADS AND MATTRESSES | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18443806 | MODULAR GRILL AND SMOKER, SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND USER DEVICE INTEGRATION | February 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436276 | JOINING TOOL AND TOOL GRIPPER | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18436475 | BATTERY POWERED WELDING SYSTEM | February 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412885 | LATERAL ELECTRO-CONDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTI-WIRE SUBMERGED ARC INNER/OUTER WELDING OF STRAIGHT-SEAM STEEL PIPE | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18401490 | USE OF HEATING INSTRUMENT FOR SHOES | December 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541056 | ELEMENT SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR A SETTING WELDING DEVICE, AN ELEMENT NEST AND A RETROFIT KIT FOR THE SETTING WELDING DEVICE AS WELL AS CORRESPONDING SUPPLY METHODS OF A WELDING AUXILIARY JOINING PART | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538706 | HEATING ELEMENT AND HEATER ASSEMBLIES, CARTRIDGES, AND E-VAPOR DEVICES INCLUDING A HEATING ELEMENT | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535566 | HEATER DESIGN FOR CARBON ALLOTROPE ICE PROTECTION SYSTEMS | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532299 | ELONGATE HEATER FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380592 | DEPOSITION MASK, MASK MEMBER FOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEPOSITION MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18284294 | SPLIT-TYPE MULTIFUNCTIONAL UNDERWATER ARC WELDING POWER SUPPLY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278151 | PREPARATION JAR FOR A KITCHEN APPLIANCE, A LID FOR THE PREPARATION JAR AND A KITCHEN APPLIANCE | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342999 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM HAVING A CARTRIDGE WITH A SIDE APERTURE | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18201306 | FIBER LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18322141 | SUBMERGED ARC WELDING SYSTEMS AND SUBMERGED ARC WELDING TORCHES TO RESISTIVELY PREHEAT ELECTRODE WIRE | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321700 | Method of Rotating a Welding Torch During Operation | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18314612 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR ASSEMBLY | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121083 | Welding Power Supply With Half Bridge | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015572 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING WELDING CURRENTS, AND WELDING CURRENT SOURCE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO WELDING CURRENT SOURCES | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094306 | MODULAR GRILL AND SMOKER, SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND USER DEVICE INTEGRATION | January 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150446 | PIZZA PAN WITH NESTED TIERS AND RELATED METHODS | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18066048 | ELECTRIC HEATING PADS AND MATTRESSES | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987502 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SYNERGICALLY CONTROL A WELDING-TYPE OUTPUT DURING A WELDING-TYPE OPERATION | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903575 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Weld Cell | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17908799 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESISTANCE SPOT WELDED JOINT | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17823285 | FRICTION WELD PLUG | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17896845 | HEATABLE PLASTICS COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889697 | MODULAR WELDING SYSTEM | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881681 | Integrated Automatic Sea Cucumber Cooking and Soaking System | August 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876838 | DEPOSITION MASK, MASK MEMBER FOR DEPOSITION MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEPOSITION MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17874821 | AUTOMATIC WELDING METHOD | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872902 | Electric Connector Engaging a Welder to a Spot Welding Tool | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17757445 | ROTATING ARC WELDING TORCH | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17782618 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING JOINING APPARATUS | June 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829396 | ELECTRIC PLATTER | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17774304 | A STEEL CORD CUT END PREPARATION DEVICE AND A WELDING MACHINE FOR WELDING STEEL CORD | May 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 44 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17728748 | Meals preparation machine | April 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17716454 | Roasting Basket | April 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17713184 | Contoured Electrodes for Joining Workpieces with Curved Surfaces | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754480 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD AND WELD MEMBER PRODUCTION METHOD | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17766229 | ARC WELDING TORCH | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17695716 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING A PART AND USING LASER PEENING TO FORM OR CORRECT THE PART | March 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17683759 | WIRE FEEDER WITH ADJUSTABLE LIFT | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17583747 | ELECTRIC HEATING PADS AND MATTRESSES | January 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17597574 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATING DEVICE, AND HEATING DEVICE | January 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17646183 | INDUCTION HEATING COIL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563445 | AUTOMATIC MATERIAL CHANGING AND WELDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STAMPING MATERIALS | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17547364 | MOTION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICING OF WELDING TORCH | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17617110 | BREWING UNIT FOR A COFFEE MACHINE | December 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17531339 | Accurate microwave heating method and device based on time reversal calibration technology | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17531634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROASTING COFFEE BEANS | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17609798 | DOMESTIC MICROWAVE DEVICE WITH ROTARY ANTENNA | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17452868 | APPARATUS FOR WELDING | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17452449 | SPOUTED LIQUID CONTAINER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17452320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MEASURE AND CALIBRATE LASER PROCESSING MACHINE USING LOW-POWER BEAM PROFILER | October 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17510480 | PRESSURE PROFILING DEVICE, PARTICULARLY FOR DISPENSING UNITS OF PRESSURIZED LIQUIDS | October 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17507263 | MOBILE SELF-CONTAINED COFFEE SHOP | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17605203 | HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLDERED OBJECT | October 2021 | January 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17504654 | AEROSOL GENERATOR | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17504360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING CONTENT OF A BEVERAGE | October 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17494941 | POWER CONTROL FOR HAIR IRON HAVING CERAMIC HEATERS | October 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17490919 | AIRBAG HOT WIND HEAT-INSULATING DEVICE | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17441292 | JOINT STRUCTURE, AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT, AND JOINT STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17474530 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437434 | WELDED JOINT MANUFACTURING METHOD, WELDED JOINT, TEMPERING DEVICE, AND WELDING APPARATUS | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593126 | ACTIVELY HEATED OR COOLED GARMENTS OR FOOTWEAR | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593063 | VAPOR PROVISION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | September 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17468087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONTROL A WIRE ELECTRODE AT THE END OF A WELD | September 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17465955 | SEMICONDUCTOR-MANUFACTURING APPARATUS MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17461358 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED SLEEPING BAG | August 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17459094 | VISION-BASED ROTARY PART OFFSET CORRECTION FOR WELD TOOLPATHING | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17412976 | SINGLE-SERVE BEVERAGE POD WITH ADDITIVE ENCLOSURE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF | August 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17433148 | WELDING SLAG CLEANING DEVICE, WELDING MACHINE HEAD AND WELDING SYSTEM | August 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433025 | EXPULSION DETECTION METHOD IN ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDING AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | August 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17406799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TIP TRANSFER | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17406172 | SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PROCESSING RUBBER SEALS | August 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17403140 | SLEEVE FOR A FRUIT SQUEEZER | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17401882 | FLUID HANDLING APPARATUS AND FLUID TANK SYSTEM | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17402315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEATING THE TOP LID OF A PROCESS CHAMBER | August 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17428066 | WELDING TORCH | August 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17392894 | ROBOTIC WELDING SYSTEM WITH ORBITAL WELDER POSITIONED ON ROBOTIC ARM | August 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17391362 | AUTOMATED MARKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPLACEABLE AUTOMATED MACHINE COMPONENT TRACKING | August 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17390431 | Gasless, Mechanized, Field-Welding Of Tubular Structure | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425593 | CAPSULE FOR INFUSION PRODUCTS | July 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425464 | ROASTING APPARATUS | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17377314 | ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE | July 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17375983 | LAYER-BASED DEFECT DETECTION USING NORMALIZED SENSOR DATA | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17422542 | METHOD FOR MONITORING WELDING OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE, DEVICE FOR MONITORING WELDING OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE, AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17370485 | JACKET FOR A CARTRIDGE OF A LIQUID-COOLED PLASMA ARC TORCH | July 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17419852 | MULTI PLANAR HEATER ELEMENT FOR USE IN A HIGH-SPEED OVEN INCORPORATING A NOVEL TENSIONING SYSTEM | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17346866 | POWER SYSTEMS AND ENCLOSURES HAVING IMPROVED COOLING AIR FLOW | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17345418 | INDUCTION COOKING HOB INCLUDING A COOKING AREA WITH THREE OR MORE INDUCTION COILS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COOKING AREA | June 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17312294 | COOLING DEVICE | June 2021 | September 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17299125 | Rotisserie Oven, Method Carried Out by a Control System of a Rotisserie Oven, and Computer Program | June 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17294306 | MULTI-LAYER MOTOR VEHICLE EXTERIOR PART COMPRISING A HEATING ELEMENT | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SIMS III, JAMES F.
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.
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.
⚠ 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 SIMS III, JAMES F works in Art Unit 3761 and has examined 285 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.
Examiner SIMS III, JAMES F's allowance rate of 86.0% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SIMS III, JAMES F receive 1.79 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SIMS III, JAMES F is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 28% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SIMS III, JAMES F. This interview benefit is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 46.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 71% 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.
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 22% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 51% 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'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 4.1% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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