Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1773 1777 1778 1797
This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases
Allison G. Fitzsimmons is a patent examiner in Tech Center 1700 and Art Unit 1773. She has reached a resolution in 620 cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 47.9 percent for these applications. This percentage indicates that slightly fewer than half of the cases assigned to her result in a patent grant. Practitioners can use this 47.9 percent rate to understand the balanced but rigorous examination environment presented by this examiner.
The impact of interviews on prosecution outcomes is shown by an interview lift of 16.1 percent. This metric suggests that direct communication with the examiner provides a meaningful increase in the probability of allowance. An interview lift of 16.1 percent indicates that verbal negotiation is a productive strategy for addressing rejections and moving an application toward a grant. Practitioners should consider scheduling an interview to improve their chances of success in this art unit.
The median days to allowance for successful cases is 1291. This duration represents the middle value of the time taken from filing to the issuance of a patent. A median of 1291 days provides a specific timeline for applicants to consider when managing their expectations for the prosecution process. These metrics are based on 620 resolved cases, offering a data-grounded perspective on the examiner's historical prosecution patterns.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18048608 | PRODUCED WATER TREATMENT FOR DIRECT INJECTION USING MECHANICALLY ASSISTED FORWARD OSMOSIS | Non-Final OA | Saudi Arabian Oil Company |
| 18008749 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING BIOMASS FROM A SOLUTION COMPRISING BIOMASS AND AT LEAST ONE AROMA COMPOUND | Non-Final OA | BASF SE |
| 18319118 | FILTRATION DEVICE, FILTRATION SYSTEM, AND FILTRATION METHOD | Final Rejection | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| 18622001 | ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF FILTRATION MEDIA | Non-Final OA | Donaldson Company, Inc. |
| 18572640 | ACCUMULATOR | Final Rejection | FUJIKOKI CORPORATION |
| 18079745 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTER WITH IMPROVED FLUSHING | Non-Final OA | ENTEGRIS, INC. |
| 18081993 | Nonwoven Fabrics Including Recycled Polyester | Non-Final OA | Berry Global, Inc. |
| 18137195 | DEVICE FOR TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION OF A FLUID | Final Rejection | Levitronix GmbH |
| 18037575 | FILTER | Final Rejection | MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. |
| 18431305 | TRAINED NEURAL NETWORK MODEL TO DETERMINE CARTRIDGE AND SYSTEM HEALTH | Non-Final OA | Thermo Finnigan LLC |
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