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,…
For us patent prosecutors, whether to file an appeal brief or an RCE is a decision we have to make more often than soup or…
No, my site did not get overrun by the pharmaceutical pushers that like to submit “advice” in the comments section. The title is referring to…
It’s a brutal scenario. You filed your appeal brief. You filed your reply brief. You waited and waited for the PTAB to render a decision.…
Last week I posted a bunch of stats about 101 rejections in the age of Alice and Mayo. The data I presented suggested that, for…
Patentlyo.com recently published a great article from Colleen Chien about the impact of subject matter eligibility rejections on patent prosecution. Here’s a recent analysis I…
Eli Mazour was wondering how many examiners have not allowed any applications this year. Since he has a cool podcast (with an impressive list of past guests),…
As I touched on last week, for the ~80% of After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP) requests that are coded in PAIR, the amendments were…
As promised last week, here is a more detailed breakdown of what happens after an appeal brief, examiner answer, or reply brief. ~15% of appeal briefs…
The table below shows the appeal outcomes for BPAI/PTAB decisions since 2010 for art units with at least 20 decisions in that time period. Although…