Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13219589 | IMAGE CAPTURE UNIT AND METHODS OF FABRICATING A LENS ARRAY BLOCK UTILIZING ELECTROLYSIS | August 2011 | November 2011 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12828567 | IMAGE READER PERFORMING IMAGE CORRECTION AT THE PIXEL LEVEL | July 2010 | August 2012 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12710582 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD FOR MEASURING AXIS TILT OF SHAFT OF MOTOR FOR POLYGON MIRROR | February 2010 | May 2012 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12648378 | CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR MODULE WITH WEDGE-SHAPED GLASS PLATE FOR GUIDING LIGHT | December 2009 | June 2012 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12560675 | DISPLAY DEVICE EMITTING A LIGHT FLUX AND MOBILE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE | September 2009 | May 2012 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12547632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING LIGHT SOURCES IN MEASUREMENT OF A SURFACE IMAGE | August 2009 | September 2012 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12487281 | A PHOTODETECTOR AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING AN ON STATE OR AN OFF STATE OF AN OUTPUT TRANSISTOR | June 2009 | March 2012 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12118683 | LUMINOUS INTENSITY LEVEL INDICATING DEVICE | May 2008 | April 2010 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12109080 | PHOTONIC PROXIMITY SENSOR AND SCALABLE PHOTONIC SENSING SYSTEM | April 2008 | June 2011 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12150281 | OPTICAL UNIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE WITH POSITION ADJUSTING SECTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME | April 2008 | January 2011 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 11971178 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING FOCUS LEVEL ON A LIGHT SCRIBE DISC | January 2008 | January 2011 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 11925742 | LENS ARRAY BLOCK FOR IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND METHODS OF FABRICATION | October 2007 | April 2011 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 11762192 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A SHIELD WIRE AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE HAVING A SHIELD WIRE | June 2007 | January 2009 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 11730513 | PROJECTOR WITH LAMP UNIT HAVING A U-SHAPED INSERTION FRAME | April 2007 | February 2010 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 11689948 | IMAGER SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPE | March 2007 | May 2009 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 11716969 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND COVER GLASS ATTACHING STRUCTURE | March 2007 | June 2010 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 11713489 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS WHICH RECORDS AND/OR REPRODUCES INFORMATION USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUMS | March 2007 | October 2008 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11598191 | VIDEO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE | November 2006 | April 2008 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11593161 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM | November 2006 | March 2008 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 10599890 | DETECTION DEVICE COMPRISING A PARABOLIC MIRROR AND USE OF SAID DEVICE IN AN OVERFLIGHT MACHINE | October 2006 | February 2008 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11534779 | A SELF-CENTERING HUB FOR TIMING DISCS OF ENCODERS, STEPPING MOTORS OR SPINNING ROLLER DRIVES | September 2006 | October 2008 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11474458 | MULTIMODE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND MULTIMODE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | June 2006 | August 2008 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 10562686 | BEVELED ERGONOMIC IMAGE RECORDER WITH BENT READING REGISTERS | April 2006 | August 2008 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 11378291 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH LIGHT-SHIELDING PLATE INTERPOSED BETWEEN LIGHT GUIDES | March 2006 | August 2007 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11377080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT INSPECTION OF LARGE FLAT PATTERNED MEDIA USING DYNAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL SPATIAL FILTERING | March 2006 | October 2006 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 11369287 | REFLECTIVE ENCODER WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL CODE CARRIER | March 2006 | December 2007 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 11023233 | OPTOELECTRONIC POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM | December 2004 | October 2009 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 10514287 | DUAL-MODE CMOS IMAGING SENSOR WITH SUPPORTING LED | November 2004 | September 2007 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 10979592 | LIST MODE MULTICHANNEL ANALYZER | November 2004 | June 2007 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 10954188 | COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR IMAGE SENSOR HAVING CROSS TALK PREVENTION AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | October 2004 | June 2009 | Allow | 57 | 9 | 0 | No | No |
| 10920187 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE WITH DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE SENSITIVITIES AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2004 | February 2007 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 10505182 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE OPENING ANGLE OF THE SHUTTER OF AN ADJUSTABLE ROTATING SHUTTER IN A FILM CAMERA | August 2004 | May 2007 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 10710708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN A LIGHT-MANAGEMENT FILM | July 2004 | October 2006 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 10476207 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING A PARAMETER OF A MOVING OBJECT | May 2004 | November 2005 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 10813503 | NEAR-FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPE FOR LASER MACHINING OF MICRO- AND NANO- STRUCTURES | March 2004 | January 2006 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 10767600 | FIBER OPTIC-BASED PROBE FOR USE IN SALTWATER AND SIMILARLY CONDUCTIVE MEDIA AS FOUND IN UNENCLOSED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS | January 2004 | September 2006 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 10644701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRECISION COUNTING AND TRACKING OF SIGNATURES MOVING BETWEEN A GRIPPER CONVEYOR AND A STACKER INFEED | August 2003 | September 2005 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 10396760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT INSPECTION OF LARGE FLAT PATTERNED MEDIA USING DYNAMICALLY PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL SPATIAL FILTERING | March 2003 | December 2005 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BUI PHO, PASCAL M.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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.
⚠ 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 BUI PHO, PASCAL M works in Art Unit 3798 and has examined 38 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner BUI PHO, PASCAL M's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 100% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by BUI PHO, PASCAL M receive 1.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 14% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BUI PHO, PASCAL M is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 62% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BUI PHO, PASCAL M. This interview benefit is in the 18% 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, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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 24% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 22% 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.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 18.4% of allowed cases (in the 98% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 21.1% of allowed cases (in the 95% 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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