Anticipate Examiner Behavior for Better Prosecution Outcomes
Visualize your examiner performance and tailor your prosecution strategy with PatentAdvisor™ Examiner Time Allocation (ETA™).
Predict both the likelihood and difficulty of obtaining a patent
Many commonly used patent statistics fail to account for important examiner-specific information and actions examiners have taken on pending patent applications, but these actions are an important part of the calculation. With variability at every level of the USPTO, PatentAdvisor ETA algorithm yields a more comprehensive and reliable measurement of examiner difficulty.
PatentAdvisor ETA vs Examiner Allowance Rate
Why PatentAdvisor ETA is a better metric.
Includes all pending applications
Factors in how long the examiner has been at the Patent Office
Driven by the examiner’s behaviors, not by the filer’s actions
Know when to build your strongest approach and when to appeal
PatentAdvisor ETA is an exclusive metric based on a proprietary algorithm measuring how an examiner behaves. It is a predictive indicator of prosecution length that can easily identify cases requiring extra care and enable a more carefully crafted prosecution strategy.
Instantly identify your favorability with color-coding
PatentAdvisor ETA scores are displayed in easy-to-understand color categories that identify whether you have been assigned a favorable or less favorable examiner.
- Red = Inefficient, less experience, granting less than 15 applications per year, on average.
- Yellow = In between, somewhere in the middle
- Green = Efficient, lots of experience, granting over 50 applications per year, on average.
Steps to consider for each category of Examiner ETA
Red
These are not likely to issue without considerable amendments and spend. Consider abandonment, aggressive amendments, or appeal. Depending on the application’s value, an early appeal may be the best step, particularly as these applications often end up on appeal anyway.
Yellow
Caution, dig into the analytics to determine which strategies work best with these examiners: pilot programs, interviews, RCE– need to know what the data tells you to minimize spending and maximize claim depth.
Green
Do not amend aggressively, this examiner likes to grant and you are likely to get an allowance without an RCE. Consider an interview.
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