Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18786275 | Integrated Rocker for High Power Engine Braking | July 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654952 | VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM COMPRISING HYDRAULIC LASH ADJUSTER OPERATING VIA A ONE-WAY COUPLING MECHANISM | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643223 | CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR VALVE TRAIN VALVE MECHANISM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | April 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18636424 | VARIABLE CAM TIMING PHASER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18612080 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18688246 | FREE-PISTON STIRLING ENGINE | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684912 | COMBINED ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CARBON DIOXIDE MINERALIZATION PROCESS AND RELATED INSTALLATION | February 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684887 | Variable-Capacity Oil Pump | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18564703 | PIVOTING BRACKET ASSEMBLY, ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY, AND VALVETRAIN | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18519837 | GEOTHERMAL POWER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSEA SYSTEMS | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18388982 | VARIABLE CAM TIMING PHASER | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18484053 | VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A DISCRETE LOST MOTION DEVICE | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277423 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18262063 | GEOTHERMAL PLANT FOR EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM A GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR LOCATED BELOW THE OCEAN BOTTOM | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18197997 | HYDRAULIC VARIABLE CAMSHAFT TIMING WITH A TEMPERATURE BASED HYDRAULIC SWITCH | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252506 | COMPRESSED-AIR ENGINE WITH INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHAMBER AND ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION WITH BALANCED VALVE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311263 | ROTARY VANE PUMP | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18304037 | THERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE ROTOR BOW | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18298578 | INTAKE STRUCTURE OF TURBOCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | April 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18246888 | ROLLER ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18186281 | DRIVE ASSEMBLIES AND COMPRESSORS INCLUDING THE SAME | March 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18042663 | VALVE-ACTUATING DEVICE | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18099518 | GEOTHERMAL POWER FROM SUPERHOT GEOTHERMAL FLUID AND MAGMA RESERVOIRS | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154849 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE UNIT AND VALVE TIMING CHANGING DEVICE | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18066615 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960473 | SWITCHING ROCKER ARM HAVING STAMPED INNER ARM CONFIGURATION | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17937984 | MODULAR SUSTAINABLE POWER PLANT FOR HARVESTING NON-VOLCANIC GEOTHERMAL HEAT | October 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946329 | Method for on Demand Power Production Utilizing Geologic Thermal Recovery | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17902309 | Diesel Exhaust Fluid Pump System and Method | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17894546 | RENEWABLE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17820577 | Heat Engine | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17820052 | TUBULAR RECEIVER FOR HEATING PARTICLES WITH SOLAR ENERGY | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799421 | ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLIES | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787917 | MODULAR WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH VIBRATION DAMPING | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17784210 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR WITH SERVICE PLATFORM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805250 | ENERGY PRODUCTION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS, AND RELATED HEAT TRANSFER DEVICES AND METHODS | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660514 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ENRICHED MEDICAL SUSPENSION | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY GENERATION DURING HYDROGEN REGASIFICATION | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17648766 | LOST MOTION VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION SYSTEMS AND METHOD | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17611957 | VALVETRAIN POWER TRANSFER MODULE WITH SHORTENED LEAF-SPRING CONTACT | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17528262 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR PROVIDED WITH A DISCHARGE PORT DEFLECTOR | November 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17495545 | Blower Having a Protrusion Adjacent the Static Tap Hole | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17429087 | SHALLOW DRAFT, WIDE-BASE FLOATING WIND TURBINE WITHOUT NACELLE | August 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17384466 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP SYSTEMS WITH DIRECT ACTUATION | July 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 5 | 1 | No | No |
| 17284211 | Control Device and Control Method for Variable Valve Timing Mechanism | April 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 48 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16913097 | OPERATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR HARVESTING A THERMALLY PRODUCTIVE FORMATION | June 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16811049 | JET PUMP APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR STANDING COLUMN WELL SYSTEMS AND DEPLOYMENT THEREOF | March 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16481238 | Heat Engine | July 2019 | February 2025 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16322840 | SELECTIVE ABSORBER FOR HARVESTING SOLAR ENERGY | February 2019 | January 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16239544 | CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | January 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16312795 | TURBINE CONTROL VALVES DYNAMIC INTERACTION | December 2018 | November 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16142647 | VALVE ACTUATING MECHANISM HAVING COMBINED BEARING AND HYDRAULIC LASH ADJUSTER RETENTION DEVICE | September 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16135536 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC VARIABLE VALVE | September 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16023469 | VARIABLE VALVE OPERATING APPARATUS | June 2018 | November 2019 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15991398 | ACTUATION ARRANGEMENT FOR SWITCHABLE LEVER | May 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15963893 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS | April 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15879428 | VALVE TRAIN FOR A RECIPROCATING PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND METHOD FOR VALVE CONTROL IN A RECIPROCATING PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | January 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15558091 | VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS | September 2017 | September 2019 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15278899 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VARIABLE VALVE TIMING IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | September 2016 | December 2019 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13385045 | TOROIDAL MOTOR | January 2012 | October 2013 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12916979 | TOROIDAL ENGINE | November 2010 | January 2014 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12842957 | Geothermal Heat Transfer And Intensification System And Method | July 2010 | February 2013 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HARRIS, WESLEY G.
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, 0.0% 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.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner HARRIS, WESLEY G works in Art Unit 3783 and has examined 54 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner HARRIS, WESLEY G's allowance rate of 87.0% places them in the 61% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by HARRIS, WESLEY G receive 2.81 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HARRIS, WESLEY G is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -3.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HARRIS, WESLEY G. This interview benefit is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 20.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 14% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 48.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 99% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 62% 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 43% 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 17.0% of allowed cases (in the 92% 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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