“Can I change patent examiners?” This is one of the most common questions I get. The short answer is “probably not” You can petition to…
In my last post I looked at how one patent examiner statistic — what I termed RCE allowance rate differential — can help inform whether…
For those of you that haven’t checked out BigPatentData examiner analytics in a while, a little while back I added strategy-specific allowance rates. These are…
As I wrote last week in Breaking the Seal, when presented with allowable claims that aren’t perfect, I often take the claims (that is, allow…
Today I am looking at statistics on continuing applications. This post was motivated by two questions that I wanted to explore: Question 1: Should I take…
In the first post of this series, we saw that, overall, allowance rate goes down with each appeal. That seems to intuitively make sense because,…
In my previous post, I looked at two metrics – allowance rate and actions per disposal – that I find useful in assessing an examiner…
How often do you get 5 minutes into an office action and you start thinking “here we go again, another idiot patent examiner that has…
I have previously posted on what happens after an appeal brief (here and here) and what happens after a pre-appeal conference decision of “proceed to…
What is the first action interview pilot program? For those who are not familiar with the first action interview pilot program (FAIPP), I will let…