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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to everyone who replied. My impression of chances of success were closer to what Scott had written, but I’m very glad to see David’s numbers!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Boundy via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 6, 2023 7:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> David Boundy <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] New Examiner?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Scott's 60% affirm rate isn't the whole story. Some years ago (like 15) I asked for ALL the statistics by Freedom of Information Act. When you add up --<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- reverse on pre-appeal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -- examiner can't write an Examiner's Answer and gives up<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">the <b>win</b> rate is 70-80% The Board affirms only about 20% of appealed issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This varies a lot by technology and issue. For example, the affirm rate for § 101
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:50 PM Scott Nielson via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Serif";color:black">Regarding PTAB stats, this
<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/statistics" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/ptab/statistics">
page</a> has what you are looking for. In FY <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fy23_appeal_receipts_and_dispositions_september2023_.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fy23_appeal_receipts_and_dispositions_september2023_.pdf">
2023</a> (just ended in Sept), the PTAB affirmed the examiner 58.3% of the time, affirmed-in-part 9.1% of the time, and reversed 31.9% of the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Serif";color:black">I file a lot of appeals and I've had good luck. However, I just lost one the other day where the PTAB rehabilitated the examiner's lousy rejections (complete with new grounds of rejection
for some of the dependent claims I thought we would for sure win on). It goes to show that there is always an element of uncertainty when you go to the Board. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> on behalf of Katherine Koenig
via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 5, 2023 6:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a> <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Katherine Koenig <<a href="mailto:katherine@koenigipworks.com" target="_blank">katherine@koenigipworks.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] New Examiner?</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in">I’m prosecuting a US-inbound case for a mechanical product. I’ve had a terrible go with the Examiner, who appears to be steered by his SPE’s opinion about the case. According to PatentBots, the Examiner has a 64% 3-year grant rate (slightly
lower than his art unit) and his SPE has a <b><u>0%</u> </b>3-year grant rate (slightly lower than [insert villain here]). The client is an FA, and he and his client are both really hoping for a better chance of patentability.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in">My understanding is that there’s no way to request a different Examiner, and even DIVs, CONs, and CIPs are likely to be assigned to the same Examiner. The only way to get a different Examiner is to present claims that would move the application
to a different art unit. Is this correct? I hope someone has a magic strategy that I don’t know about!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in">Statistically, does the PTAB uphold a rejection more often than it reverses? Any input or suggestions would be welcome, thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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