Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19295127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND NEUROMODULATION OF DESIRED ANATOMICAL TARGETS | August 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19006277 | HYDROGEN AND FLUORINE DOUBLE RESONANCE RADIOFREQUENCY COIL FOR RECTUM | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18903637 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALY IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUES | October 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18830702 | FAT FRACTION ESTIMATION FROM TISSUE NON-LINEAR RESPONSE WITH ULTRASOUND MEDICAL IMAGING | September 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18828079 | SYSTEM INCLUDING MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY UNITS OPERATED WITH LIMITED BANDWIDTH | September 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18787104 | SPATIAL COMPOUNDED HARMONIC IMAGING FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND APPLICATIONS | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18833569 | RADIOLOGICAL CLIPS HAVING ULTRASOUND IDENTIFICATION | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18782946 | NONLINEAR AND SMART METAMATERIALS USEFUL TO CHANGE RESONANCE FREQUENCIES | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18728714 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING VASCULAR ACTIVITY DYNAMICALLY AT A MICROSCOPIC SCALE | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18771726 | METHOD OF IMPROVING QUALITY OF ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS THEREFOR | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727067 | Flexible Radiofrequency (RF) Coil for Small Field-of-View Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | July 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18679989 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A DEEP LEARNING BASED MODEL FOR HARMONIC IMAGING | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669068 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IN PATIENTS DURING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18710810 | METHOD OF MEASURING SPEED OF BLOOD FLOW FROM RF SIGNAL | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666143 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18706898 | HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF GINGIVAL BIOMARKERS FOR PERIODONTAL DIAGNOSIS IN HEALTHY AND DISEASED SUBJECTS | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645177 | Regional Gain Control for Segmented Thin-Film Acoustic Imaging Systems | April 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18629415 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNATURE MATCHING (MRSIGMA) FOR REAL-TIME VOLUMETRIC MOTION TRACKING AND ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18589361 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | February 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18291344 | CAMERA-BASED VITAL SIGN DETECTION | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18291429 | CORRECTION APPARATUS, CORRECTION SYSTEM, CORRECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415664 | WATER JET LIGHT GUIDE FOR IN-VIVO SPECTROSCOPY | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18574365 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING COGNITIVE CAPABILITIES BASED ON BRAIN IMAGE | December 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536055 | DATA TRANSFER ON ULTRASOUND PROBE SIGNAL WIRES | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18568045 | ALL-IN-ONE ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING HISTOTRIPSY | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525507 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE BASED ON DYNAMIC PARAMETERS THEREOF | November 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18562022 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING OF DEEP TISSUE MODULUS BY STRETCHABLE ULTRASONIC ARRAYS | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18288261 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF SETTING ACQUISITION PRIORITY IN INTERLEAVED IMAGING MODES OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18553591 | DIVERGENT LENS ARRAY | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18282571 | METHOD FOR USE IN ULTRASOUND IMAGING | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18549672 | FLEXIBLE ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18244174 | IMPLANTS USING ULTRASONIC BACKSCATTER FOR RADIATION DETECTION AND ONCOLOGY | September 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461148 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED LOCK DEVICE | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18365777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS ULTRAFAST ULTRASOUND BEAMFORMING WITH PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18275717 | NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A TARGET FEATURE IN AN OBJECT | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227681 | TWO- DIMENSIONAL ULTRA SOUND TRANSDUCERS AND SYSTEMS | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18273909 | Implantable Imagers for in Vivo Imaging | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18271118 | ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD AND LEARNING ALGORITHM THEREOF | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217976 | HYBRID SPATIAL AND CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION FOR TARGETED PERFORMANCE OF MRI COILS | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215516 | SOLID SAMPLE MAGNETIC COUPLING HIGH RESOLUTION NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESOLUTION PROBE AND METHOD OF USE | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335096 | RADIO FREQUENCY COIL METHODS AND APPARATUS | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205002 | ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION TREATMENTS | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18325393 | INTERFACE IN COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SPECTRUM MODE, OPERATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18038885 | RETROSPECTIVE TRANSMIT FOCUSING USING A TRANSMIT SPEED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18038498 | GUIDED ACQUISITION OF A 3D REPRESENTATION OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198785 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198141 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING A BENDABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318203 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18035754 | GENERATION OF A TEMPERATURE MAP | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310231 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138693 | PSEUDO-BIRDCAGE COIL WITH VARIABLE TUNING AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18032953 | IMAGE COMPOUNDING FOR MIXED TRANSDUCER ARRAYS | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18131396 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192945 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SHEDDING OF TISSUE LINING CELLS WITH ULTRASOUND | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028250 | 1.X-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ARRAY WITH ELEVATION CONTROL FOR APERTURE AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126363 | Method and Apparatus for Identification of Imaging Quality of Fetal Ultrasound Images | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125634 | MULTI-BOUNDARY ARRAY ULTRASOUND IMAGING | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181235 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRACKING BLOOD VESSEL CROSS-SECTION | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178666 | IN VIVO PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175510 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18170531 | RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18041373 | ALERTING AND MITIGATING DIVERGENCE OF ANATOMICAL FEATURE LOCATIONS FROM PRIOR IMAGES TO REAL-TIME INTERROGATION | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18166615 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER OPENING AND CAVITATION IMAGING USING A DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING ARRAY | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160942 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098886 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF PRECISION FUNCTIONAL MAPPING-GUIDED INTERVENTIONAL PLANNING | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086372 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN OBJECTIVE IMAGE QUALITY METRIC AFTER ULTRASOUND IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PRIOR TO PERMANENT STORAGE | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18078858 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND LASER ENERGY CORRECTION METHOD AND PROMPTING METHOD THEREFOR | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007562 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPARSE PHASED ARRAYS FOR GUIDING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPIES | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17925275 | PROBE WITH COOLING CHAMBER | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980321 | DUAL MODE THREE-DIMENSIONAL BREAST IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF A MEDIUM | October 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920951 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ALLOWING A NON-SKILLED USER TO ACQUIRE ULTRASOUND IMAGES OF INTERNAL ORGANS OF A HUMAN BODY | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045362 | ULTRASOUND SCANNER WITH DISPLAY INTERFACE | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHIELDING A LINEAR ACCELERATOR AND A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE FROM EACH OTHER | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17908016 | HANDHELD ULTRASOUND SCANNER WITH DISPLAY RETENTION AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17896221 | USING CARDIAC MOTION FOR BEAT-TO-BEAT OPTIMISATION OF VARYING AND CONSTANT FRACTIONS OF CARDIAC CYCLES IN SEGMENTED K-SPACE MRI ACQUISITIONS | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797465 | CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY GIRDLE | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868577 | AUTOMATION-ASSISTED VENOUS CONGESTION ASSESSMENT IN POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866940 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OPTICAL-BASED FORCE | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17860471 | AUGMENTED/MIXED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORTHOPAEDIC ARTHROPLASTY | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810338 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17810315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17625895 | MEDICAL IMAGE GUIDANCE MARKER | June 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786052 | NAVIGATING BRONCHIAL PATHWAYS | June 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17784050 | ULTRASONIC METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING THE NONLINEAR SHEAR WAVE ELASTICITY OF A MEDIUM, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17828532 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775664 | REDUCTION OF REVERBERATION ARTIFACTS IN ULTRASOUND IMAGES AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771457 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LABEL-FREE ALL-OPTICAL NEURAL REGULATION AND IMAGING | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17766540 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SENSOR HAVING A FLEXIBLE CORE, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17708111 | Method for the reduction of interference signals | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709270 | Regional Gain Control for Segmented Thin-Film Acoustic Imaging Systems | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709346 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY UNIT WITH LIMITED BANDWIDTH | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17707539 | Permittivity Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) And Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) | March 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17705671 | Apparatus and Method for Supporting a Shimming of a Magnetic Resonance Apparatus | March 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656872 | QUANTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF ANGIOGRAPHY AND PERFUSION | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17642408 | CRANIAL IMPLANT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE FAT COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT IN AN ORGAN | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17689794 | SPIN RESONANCE SIGNAL MEASUREMENT USING A MODULATED FICTITIOUS FIELD | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753465 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638950 | PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION FACILITY | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner VARGAS, DIXOMARA.
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 VARGAS, DIXOMARA works in Art Unit 3798 and has examined 172 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner VARGAS, DIXOMARA's allowance rate of 96.5% places them in the 87% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by VARGAS, DIXOMARA receive 1.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 VARGAS, DIXOMARA is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VARGAS, DIXOMARA. This interview benefit is in the 20% 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, 39.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 90% 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 37.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 57% 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 file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 73.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 9.9% of allowed cases (in the 93% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 63% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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